they've remained under de facto south korea and control, put north korea claims these waters, which is why it's not surprising that they don't appreciate us and south korean nate. the drills here in 2010, north korea attacked one of the islands, killing several people there. now, north korea has repeatedly fired artillery into the waters around the islands as a threat. north korea has been unhappy about this border for decades now can seems done with tolerating it. he called it illegal. it seems to me he wants to crash for some reason. he wants that to happen and he's preparing for it. this is robert carlin. he's been working on north korea for over 50 years and has been there at least 30 times, including as a us intelligence officer. carland things him don't on this talk of the legal borders might only be the 1st step to white or military action. another worrying development came recently declared that south korea is now the north principal enemy before peaceful reunification was the official call. tim was effectively saying south korea is no longer part of the traditional core of the

page when it comes to nuclear ambitions of the north, and i sensed there was a desire for both south koreato represent their interests when they come to the abducted nationals that the north koreans currently detained in their country, so, yes, north korea will be on the agenda. i expect to see it in the joint statement, although i do not know what china's response will be. annabelle: china's advantages in that relationship, does that become a source of leverage for china in this trilateral, especially because china is trying to stop the wedge being driven between china and the u.s. and its allies in terms of its chip ambitions. japan and south korea as well. >> i think in some of the preliminary commentary is not a beijing prior to this meeting, it is very much expected merely -- premier li with us for supply chain resilience to work together on key issues. this is something to the united states and south korea but on their agenda. there will be an attempt to pull back the extent to which south korea and japan are economically focused on the washington link. how successful he will be i do

the leaders of china, japan and south korea are in seoulfor their first trilateral summit since the pandemic. and we explore how technology is helping musicians cope with stage fright. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. the leaders of china, south korea and japan have gathered in seoul for a trilateral summit — theirfirst meeting in more than four years. ahead of that, south korea's president yoon suk—yeol met separately with china's premier li qiang on sunday, where they agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement. japan's prime minister fumio kishida and li qiang also had a meeting. according to japanese media, kishida asked that china lift its ban on imports of japanese seafood during that one—on—one. i spoke to bates gill, senior fellow at the national bureau of asian research, who laid out his expectations for the summit. obviously it is very important gathering of these three important east asian countries. the first time they have met in a number of years. the summit itself is important just for symbolism and effort on the part of these three countries who had se

are working out in his favor these days kim is very involved in that's a threat, especially for south korea, which is backed by the us. so is the frozen conflict between north korea and south korea? heating back up. and is kim more dangerous than ever the these days kim jonathan seems to be pretty and to maps. and when dictators start focusing a lot on the borders, that's always a bit worry. and here he is inspecting a model of the south korean capital soul and warning that his country is ready to completely annihilate his neighbor to the south. if provoked whatever that means, and this is the border, he particularly has his eye on the disputed maritime border between north and south korea, known as the northern limit line or n o l. instead of just extending the land border out into the seats, look at how the boundary is drawn here. coming up over these islands. they've remained under de facto south korean control, put north korea claims these waters, which is why it's not surprising that they don't appreciate us and south korean nate. the drills here in 2010, north korea attacked one of th

south. earlier this year, north korea branded the south its number one enemy and said reunification was no longer increased their military presence inside the dmz, meaning the villagers are offered some serious perks to persuade them to stay here. they don't pay taxes or rent or serve in the military. translation: it isn't a stretch |to call this paradise on earth. | kim kyung—rae fought to save this land at the age of 16, but his six daughters have all left the village, bound for seoul. sleepy taesung can no longer compete with the bright lights and opportunities of modern—day south korea. yoon—kyung is mr kim's third daughter. she left as a teenager to go to school and never came back. this is a photo of my wedding. and my youngest daughter's wedding. has it been sad for you over the years having all six of your daughters leave the village? i was most heartbroken when i had to send my youngest daughter away. for years, women have been at a disadvantage here. while men were allowed to marry outside the village and bring their wives in, women were not — forcing them to leave to find love. in the

to china and us allies south korea and japan on the other.- and japan on the other.t our and japan on the other. to get your thoughts _ and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on _ and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade - and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade which i and japan on the other. to get| your thoughts on trade which is an area that could be mutual benefits for all three parties involved. what are the priorities?— involved. what are the priorities? involved. what are the riorities? . , priorities? that is where the three countries _ priorities? that is where the three countries have - priorities? that is where the three countries have the - three countries have the greatest self—interest for continuing cooperation and they represent a significant proportion of global gdp and global trade. proportion of global gdp and globaltrade. but proportion of global gdp and global trade. but that will not change, particularly. there are critical issues, for example on export controls and limitations that south korea and japan have pl

just us allies, south korea and japan on the other.- us allies, south korea and japan on the other.to get our japan on the other. just to get your thoughts _ japan on the other. just to get your thoughts on _ japan on the other. just to get your thoughts on trade. - trade is an area of mutual benefit for all. what are the priorities on this front? clearly that is where the three countries have the greatest self—interest for continued cooperation. they represent a significant proportion of global gdp and global trade. that's not going to change particularly. there are some critical issues, export controls, limitations that japan and south korea have placed on the export of high end technologies and high—end technological investments inside china like to see lifted, a little more open and free flow of those important technologies in semiconductors and other cutting—edge technology. that's what child would like to see. i suspect that both japan —— china would like to see. reluctant to open up like to see. reluctant to open up those gates much further than they already are. how does the

you know you have some of the most conservative anti-communist governments in the world, in south korea. and you some of the, you know, staunch ist, you know, whether people, you know, today, people debate whether north korea is really, you know, this, you know, is it more communist or more traditional korean with some communist elements, whatever you want to say that it is, though it's lasted a lot longer than anybody thought that it would. so i'll ask one one final question and then we'll open it to the audience for questions. from your perspective and your your own research background, why did people around the world care about the korean war when it happened and why we care today? well i mean, i think they they cared for a variety of different reasons as it is. it was ongoing. i mean, i have already before sort of the way the korean peninsula was perceived at the time i saw it. so i think that one issue, you know, there's this sort of juxtaposing of democracy and communism on, the peninsula. i think, you know for the united it was looked at possible as a test of credibility. one of

so we had to manage our relations, our allies south korea and south korea and north korea were engaged a serious competition, legitimacy on the korean peninsula right. and so it's hard for the us to try to engage with the dprk when south korea, our ally is telling us don't engage you know we'll do we'll also settle things out at a inter-korean level but don't them villages me the legitimacy they're looking for because you know we're the we're the the korea that has the democracy and a market oriented policies right so that's that's you know we're trying to balance our alliance with south korea. and the other one, i think is the presence of the courts of our posture in the region. right. u.s. forces in korea because there times where north korea reached out to the us in the night, starting in the 1970s, they tried to replace armistice regime with a peace regime. and we essentially ignored north korea. i think some of it is because north korea wired to include the withdrawal of u.s. forces. south korea on the agenda. that's something that was required in the armistice agreement.

to a similar balloons. propaganda, balloons being flown by north korean defect is living here in south korea. northwoods, which always angles north korea, but they are thought which is called to very much about in the south because these groups say this is mainly that freedom of expression. an interestingly at the north is use the same argument now against the south with kim jo jones. so that's the influential sister of north korea. is lita saying this is these balloons? i'm bailey, the people of north korea using that right to free expression and the south can do nothing to prevent its rob mcbride. and so thank you. a presidential candidacy, mexico holding that final campaign? right. he's a head of the general election on sunday that going to be the largest in mexico's history, in terms of the number of photos and posts being contested. maybe a 100000000 people are due to cost that balance doing a record number of 1st time folks as well then 20000 local state and congressional positions of being for, for as well as that off the president. and for the 1st time, the 2 front brothers, all wome

and a trilateral summit between china, south korea and japan begins for the first time in four years.e'll discuss first the security challenges in the region, and the business side of the trip in 30 minutes on business today. we start in the middle east. palestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. dozens of people have reportedly been killed, including children. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in rafah�*s tal al sultan neighbourhood, west of the city centre. in a statement, israel's military said an idf aircraft struck a hamas compound in rafah, adding: "the idf is aware of reports indicating that as a result "of the strike and fire that was ignited "several civilians in the area were harmed", before adding, "the incident is under review." earlier on sunday, hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eigh

south korea and japan or allies of the united states. we've seen an increase in the us. so create japan military cooperation over the past couple of years. and so you'll restarted previously suspended large scale joint military exercises. china view these as a threat to them while the us and so chris say they're really aimed at north korea . aging sees this otherwise, and they are concerned that so create japan or going to strengthen that alliance with united with the united states. further, in washington's efforts to further contain china, michael, north korea's the weapons program is part of the backdrop to this meeting. to what extent can these countries work together when it comes to this issue? i think that's really a, a tough one here. so 3 in japan, of course they want to see these long range missile tests that the north korea has engaged and especially ramped up over the past year and a half or so they want to see those contain they certainly don't want to see nor create move further to develop its nuclear technology. they're also increasing concerns about north

south korea is one of the busiest places when it comes to this activity.d aca pipeline coming to market before the end of the year. annabelle: of course the question is if you have that level of excitement and interest in south korea, are we going to see that translated? filipe: hopefully. i think there is expectations that we are going to see deals coming to market more than they did last year. those coming to market are expected to trade well. annabelle: outside of career though? filipe: outside of korea, that is a harder question. if we look at india, for example, yes, there is a pipeline and deals are coming to market constantly and getting bigger and bigger. they want, you have a lot of activity in the secondary market. a lot of dds, for example, in europe. china and hong kong are a bit harder to say. annabelle:. annabelle: that was our equity capital markets reporter filipe pacheco there. that's it from "daybreak: asia." our better markets cup continues as we continue to the start of trading in shanghai, hong kong and shenzhen next. this is bloomberg

you could look at south korea, japan, taiwan, where it's barely above one, and in some instances belowat do to a society and to its population? just to be clear, below replacement level, countries now represent 75% of... 75% of people are living in countries already below that rate. below 2.1? below 2.1. even india, which surprises people. and when you look inside india, you have, i believe, 35 states — only five of those are above replacement level right now. so, the perception we have that this might be only affecting south korea orjapan or italy is long outdated. what does it mean? it means that over a certain time span, births will halve. people don't usually think of it this way. but for example, right now in south korea, with a birth rate of 0.7 children per woman, births are going to halve every 20 years. so someone born today in south korea, by the time they get to college age, only half the number of kindergartens would be needed. 20 years later, ao—year—old korean will only need... ..will see a society with a quarter of the number of kindergartens. this is a shocking level of

how is south korea likely to respond? we heard a woman in our report there who was expressing fear that this might lead to an all out war. is that a likely scenario? i think we need to remember that kim, done the nose. that's an all out rule, not least a war involving nuclear weapons will me solves, but lead to the ultimate destruction of his regime and his state. that said, we should not be complacent. and i think this assess the precedent for taught publications that we might see between those screwing cells clear the question about biological weapons as well is always one of those quite well known. we know that north korea has tried to make biological weapons, but very little is known about it. we noted in the pulse they didn't know the dogs of chemical weapons. so i think we need to be very wary about film young's development of all the types of capabilities. nope, just nuclear weapons. how far do you think kim john own is currently willing to escalate? i think the government has a host of domestic issues within the c

and of course this comes at a time, as we get this first trilateral meeting since 2015 between south koreachina and japan. no doubt chips would have been on the agenda. also, we are seeing some movement from north korea with this failed satellite launch. jill: that's a really interesting trilateral meeting. the important thing to remember when it comes to relations between china, japan and south korea is that japan and south korea in particular have trended more toward being stronger u.s. partners and allies recently, so even with the news you were getting out of this summit saying they are revitalizing cooperation with china on security and economic matters, i mean, that only carries so much weight when part of the reason why this summit was suspended over the past several years -- part of it was the pandemic, obviously, but another part of it is you are weighing political tensions between these three powers. that ultimately comes to the forefront here. as you mentioned, you still have geopolitical tensions in north korea as well, which is more of a beijing ally. i think what this summit

the new publication comes one day after south korea accuse the north of sending hundreds of balloons filled with trash and suspected extra minute over the border. the south calling it a low class starts. hundreds of these balloons arrived in south korea overnight and are scattered across the country, the gary trash and what the army said, look like fish. he's sent across the border by north korea. it has left locals and so worried he does okay. in terms what is she doing with this home? it was so creepy and scary that the balloon must have full. and then because north korea designate a specific target to really, i mean everyone was scared at that moment. i wonder what would have happened if there wasn't just rubbish sheet. and so even though viruses or chemicals, because the pedal continued and i thought war could break out right away, down the deposit is a little strongly, that's how i felt. if this situation worsens, that would be war. since security don't know how far north korea will go, i was very anxious. they think they put on. of course, north korea has said that the balloons

according to press tv , south korea sold 47 million dollars of weapons to the occupying regime in the last 10 years. even though the international court of justice concluded that the israeli army committed genocide in gaza, the arms transfer continues. a few months ago, south korea amended its law to double the possibility of transferring weapons to the occupying regime. due to the genocide of this regime in gaza, according to international treaties, arms trade with it is prohibited. south korea. in which it was requested to export facilities to israel to stop, but since this resolution is not binding, no decision has been officially taken to suspend sending weapons to israel, and therefore our voices are heard more in these gatherings. activists who follow the genocide and war crimes of the zionist regime in gaza estimated. thousands of people, mostly women and children , were killed by the weapons that this regime imports from america, germany, south korea and other countries. after the publication of the preliminary results of the panjeshna elections and the transfer of a number of

relations . china is premier leach young and south korea as president. and so you'll have already held face to face discussions ahead of the meeting. the 1st try lateral summit between the 3 neighbors and within 4 years, the big focus is expected to be economic issues. but the official agenda doesn't include discussion around north korea's nuclear programs and war. china is territorial dispute over taiwan and the south china sea. earlier i asked the journalist, frank smith in sol, what we should expect from this, we're trying lateral meter as well. the expectations are pretty low, given the contacts you just mentioned. the so cream government released the agenda . it included climate change, trade health, aging and technology disasters. but it didn't include a regional security, really it or it made big illusions to, to promoting international peace. when looking around the region, if there is certainly security tension, especially especially given china's recent military exercises surrounding tie one. so that discussion is something that many observance

there are critical issues, for example on export controls and limitations that south korea and japane placed on the export of high—end technologies and high—end technologies and high—end technological investment inside china. china would like to see those lifted for a little more open and free flow of semiconductors and other cutting—edge technologies. that is what china would like to see but i suspect that japan and south korea will be reluctant to open those gates much further than they already are. the those gates much further than they already are.— those gates much further than they already are. the us have a factor in all _

authorities would put pretty much all of south korea within range. and so this has been condemned by both the south koreans and the united states. all of this is calm, but the time of increase tensions this week. a with south korea having just hosted a unimportant pri, latrell summit with japan and china, which is an good north korea. and the latest tit for tat action we have seen from the north has been the launch of hundreds of these balloons, many of which have landed locations all across south korea carrying a waste garbage. and we're told a fertilizer that seems to be in response to north korean defect is based in the south having launched over the years propaganda balloons into the north. now it's difficult for the authorities here to prevent that because these groups say this is merely them exercising. the rights of free expression. interestingly, the north is use the same argument now with kim jo junk. that's the influential sister of north korea's lead saying that these balloons represent what she has described as the free expression of north

birth rate in south korea with the aim of preventing population aging the south korean government hasocated billions of dollars in cash subsidies for childcare services and support for infertility treatment to encourage families to have children. the government of south korea declared a state of national emergency due to the lowest birth rate in the world and plans to establish a new ministry of home affairs. the crisis of declining population has been announced . unfortunately, according to the statistics , there is an average of less than one birth per woman in the country . the situation is really urgent and we have decided to unveil a specialized ministry called the ministry of prevention of birth rate reduction with the cooperation of the parliament. boss plan the president of south korea has proposed to reform the birth rate in this country while the birth rate has decreased by 8% . the birth rate in 2023 compared to 2022 with the decrease of 20,000 births to 8% is a crisis that experts believe by doing specialized work. centralized in the form of a new ministry can be curbed by

i merely calling full piece on the korean peninsula of the both south korea and japan will be hoping that china will use more of its influence at 2 bath on north korea to 10 per north korea's behavior between all 3 neighbors. various a diplomatic spots have existed in the past. various tensions still exist now, but the whole focus of this try lateral has been to put on a face of a co operation by all 3 and being on an upbeat note with premier lee of china saying that doubts and misunderstandings can be resolved. he says to candid tools, rob mcbride, i'll just say era. so for joining me now is ben was out of the shaft hall. he is an adjunct professor in the department of political science and international affairs at temple university jer pounds. and he joins his life from tokyo. so good to have you here with us. it's, i guess, very encouraging that these high level talks took place in the 1st place. absolutely, i mean it's been 5 years since the last try lateral meeting. in the meantime, we have seen a lot of diplomatic activity between the united states, south korea and japan. there'

south korea says north korea has launched the bar odd jobs, suspected ballistic missiles into its eastern sea. the 10 objects landed in the face of been traveling for around 350 kilometers south careers, accusing killing me on a publication. rama bryan has moved from sol to this law just happens just off the 1st lights on thursday with south korea and off barbara teese, detecting what they presumed to be 10 short range, ballistic missiles being fired from the sou, 9 area outside young young eastern landing in the waters off the eastern coast of the korean peninsula now given the large number of projectiles there is a lot of speculation that this could well have been what they call a super large caliber all large boil artillery rocket system. the kind that is fired from multiple launches on the kind that north korea has been testing recently . but with an estimated range of these project tells us 350 kilometers that's according to the south reno authorities would put pretty much all of south korea within range. and so this has been condemned by both the south koreans and the united states.

they think they put on north korea has said that the balloons were in retaliation to these inflatables, which were sent by south korean activists. that contained what north, korea and authorities called propaganda leaflets alongside us be 6 with gape up content. south korea has called this latest act, dangerous. it has deployed its military to inspect and collect these bags of fields from across the country to sports now where greek football club, olympia, coast, pro reyes has won. greece has 1st every european club title, streets of prey as turned into a sea of red teams. color has been set off fireworks and flowers to celebrate the victory. bianca's beat it loose fuel in tina, one to nothing. the goal and extra time of the europe. europa conference, the final the, as you're watching the news. here's a reminder of our top story. israel's military says it has taken complete control of the strip of land that separates garza from egypt. move comes after israel launched deadly strikes in the neighboring city of rafa. despite of global outcry over increasing numbers of civilians, the right that's it for now. we'll

south. this has been going on for a long time. north korea has long accused the south of psychological warfare. and as promised retaliation. so now by sending these hundreds of trashed filled balloons, they want south korean authorities to experience the head headache of cleaning up and locating all of this just like they say, they've been dealing with for a long time, but for north koreans who receive content, particularly from south korea, the penalties can be extremely severe. remember, we showed you rare footage of those north korean teenagers, apparently sentenced to hard labor for viewing and distributing south korean content there was a time 2017, 2018, when there were some brief periods of cultural exchange between the north and south part of that diplomatic to tn. and at that time, north koreans were allowed to legally get a glimpse of south korean culture. but those days seemed like a distant memory now, with information controls arguably tighter than ever inside north korea and now these trash balloons being sent to the south part

propaganda chief thinking of as role made him notorious in south korea media there make time nickname, time the north korean goebbels. after joseph goebbels, the propaganda minister of nazi germany, company and south korea has set a new world record for the biggest number of drones in a single light show. more than 5000 johns have taken part in the display. its been a headline attraction as an international exhibition showcasing the latest and unmanned aerial vehicles of brides reports from israel in south korea. in the night sky over the port city of inch on a synchronize show comprising 5293 points of light. each a single drove just a few years ago thrown shows like these when measured in the hundreds increasing in scale and sophistication. they represent the cumulative efforts of a small army of technicians all working to port enough to stick vision into the sky . a mission that this team says it never ties of just the level of creativity that goes in in the level of passion. it's always, it's like art, there's always a sense of passion, excitement, when you see something, when you

creation of the ministry of preventing the decline in the birth rate in south korea with the aim of preventing the aging population of the south korean government . also, to encourage families to have children, billions of dollars in cash subsidies for child care services. from the child and dedicated support for the treatment of infertility. due to the lowest birth rate in the world, the government of south korea announced a state of national emergency and announced the plan to establish a new ministry to overcome the crisis of population decline. unfortunately, according to statistics, there is an average of less than one birth per woman registered in the country , the situation is really urgent, and we have decided to unveil a specialized ministry called the ministry of prevention of birth rate reduction with the cooperation of the parliament. the south korean president's plan for birth reform in this country has been raised while the birth rate. the work and life of the family will establish relationships and encourage them to have children. the lifestyle of cars and convenience has also b

one is military, south korea is still technically of war with north korea. and we are on conscription basis. and if the demographic cliff hits by it will be very difficult to maintain the current level of number of forces in south korea serving service numbers. secondly, there would be a big pension issue uh, and the generate, the younger generation will basically be responsible to pay more for the pension, and also they will. it's not only the little birth rate also the aging society. so there would be a lower ration of people who can participate and you called omega activities in the future, and they will have increased responsibility to take care of the elderly gauge, putting a future with or without children. young man came great talking to you. thank you. in some sports news, real madrid bull face, but rosie adult led to the champions league final after a dramatic of late when of a buying munich to buy and scold. first things to us about the strength from the funds of davies, but with just 2 minutes left, substitute to say to equalize before grabbing th

angry response from sol, which called the act dangerous. hundreds of these balloons arrived in south korea overnight and are scattered across the country, the gary trash, and what the army said looked like vcs sent across the border by north korea. it has left locals and so worried he does okay. in terms what is she doing with this home? it was so creepy and scary that the balloon must have full. and then because north korea designate a specific target to really, i mean everyone was scared at that moment. i wonder what would have happened if there was some just rubbish. she needs to even look at this. but viruses or chemicals they can put, the title continued, and i thought war could break out right away, but i'm going to process a little strongly. that's how i felt if the situation were since that would be war . since a community don't know how far north korea will go, i was very anxious. they think they put on the 4th. north korea has said that the balloons were in retaliation to these inflatables, which were sent by south korean activists. they contained what north korean authorities ca

one is military, south korea is still technically as the war with north korea. and we are on conscription basis. and if the demographic cliff hits by, it will be very difficult to maintain the current level of number of forces in south korea. so serving service numbers. secondly, there would be a big pension issue uh, and the generate, the younger generation will basically be responsible to pay more before the pension, and also they will. it's not only the little birth rate also the aging society. so there would be a lower ration of people who can participate and you call them and get to it is in the future and they will have increased responsibility to take care of the elderly . okay. putting a future with or without children. young man came great. okay. thank you. here in germany, a full america land has been injured in an attack at a library, social democratic francisco. you say now the city's economy minister was hit over the head by the silence wielding a bag containing a solid object. the 74 year old man has been arrested the series of reason incidences fu