the president of south korea, not north korea. he prays kim jong-un as i dynamic leader -- he praised kim jong-un as a dynamic leader. the movement in the 1980's is based on unification or a nationalist movement. they are basically pro-china. how do we know this? in 2017, xi jinping -- not from the democratic party. the progressive groups in korea. it is simply based on ideology. fear of being criticized or bullied by their colleagues. south korea must understand the situation and make objective decisions. let me stop there. >> thank you so much for both informing us and enriching our understanding about domestic politics and views. and reminding us that when you buy into alliances you buy into complex relationships. what our understanding is of these relations. there is not one view or even two views. it is a very important contribution to think about this. i want to turn to you and think more about the role the prime minister of the japan has played. several prime ministers of japan. what prime minister kishida has done picking

in order to advance south korea japan and south korea u.s. japan relations further, it's important to maintain the positive momentum that prime minister kashida and i have built together. a primary goal of the summit is to set relations between japan and south korea a positive note for the future. still, many south koreans oppose such cooperation, and president yune is widely viewed as lame duck with the national assembly controlled by the opposition. critics of improving relations with japan held small rallies near the presidential office throughout the day. they argued that through strengthen. being of the trilateral alliance with the us and japan, south korea is being used to confront north korea and china. we can no longer stand by and watch south korea security be sacrificed to protect the us and japan. the unsokyol government must immediately stop building the south korea japan alliance, which is turning south korea into a forward base for us japan defense and attacks on china. a new prime minister. japan later this month and new presid

cold war you have some of the most conservative anti-communist governments in the world and south korea. you have some of these staunchest, today's people debate whether north korea is at mark comments are more traditional with communist elements? what ever you want to say it is, it lasted a lot longer than anybody thought it would. >> i asked when a final question and that will open up to the audience for questions. from your perspective in your research backgrounds, why did people around the world care about the korean war when it happened? and why should we care today? >> iar think they cared for a variety of different reasons. i have already mentioned before the way the korean peninsula was perceived at the time. so i think that was one issue this juxtaposing of democracy and communism on the peninsula. i also think for the united states it was looked at possibly as a test of credibility. one of the things that's interesting in terms of the united states is before world war ii it had been one of the wealthiest and had potential military power. it had been very reluctant to take on a

in order to advance south korea, japan and south korea, japan relations further.apan. south korea is being used to confront north korea and china. we can no longer stand by and watch south korea security be sacrificed to protect the us and japan. the unsol government must immediately stop building the south korea japan alliance which is turning south korea into a forward base for us japan defense and attacks on china. a new prime minister in japan later this month and new president in the united. states early next year could challenge washington's efforts to control regional security. franksmith press. and with that we come to the end of this bulletin. thank you. thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye. the economic condition was very bad. youngest leader of the soviet union was the ruler of the largest country in the world. gorbachev was preparing himself for better days, days when the soviet people, like the americans, could live well. people had pinned their hopes on gorbachev, and gorbachev had pinned his hopes on reagan. gorbachev knew if the unite

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

the us and south korea are currently negotiating the cost. soul will pay for hosting american troops roughout the country, but many south korean civic leaders question the benefits of the military alliance with the us. the us military is in south korea to exercise heigemony around the korean peninsula, not because of north korea. the us is oriented to check, russia and china. driving the korean peninsula into crisis and turning it into a war training ground. meanwhile, the southgreen government recently announced plans to ramp up weapon sales with orders for tanks, fighter jets and howetsers, making the country top 10 arms exporter. south korea's alliance with the united states and its allies is also critical to the country's arms trade, which is developing with little concern for human rights. that's despite a law that banns arms trade to active conflict zones. south korea's exported weapons worth 10. of millions of dollars to israel over the past decade, and its arms trade continues despite israel's ongoing genocidal war on gaza. multiple small press events protested the south korea

we will decisively counter the dprk's threats through the south korea us alliance and south korea us japan security cooperation, thereby contributing to peace and stability in the indo-pacific region and beyond. under president unsuk, south korea has also sought to strengthen its ties with the western military alliance, nato. previously, southgrees leadership has brought in other states to support engagement and dialog with the dprk, but the current administration, encouraged by the us, has focused on strengthening military alliances targeting the dprk, increasing tension in the region. outside the venue, activists expressed their concerns about states joining in southgriz alliance system, highlighting germany's recent inclusion in the un command, which overseas the dmz. the strengthening of the unc is part of us hegemonic strategy in a step toward building a south korea, us, japan, and indo-pacific regional alliance, ultimately aimed at waging war against the dprk. this move. promotes armed conflict in korea and northeast asia, increasing the risk of nuclear war, an indo-pacific war

south korea will continue to stand as bastion of freedom. first we will ensure our capability and readiness to independently overwhelm the dprk and safeguard freedom with our formidable strength. the minister al's ambitious alliances. "we will decisively counter the dprk's threats through the south korea u.s. alliance and south crea u.s. japan security cooperation, thereby contributing to peace and stability in the indo-pacific region and beyond. under president, south korea has also sought to strengthen its ties with the western military alliance, nato. previously, southgrees leadership has brought in other states to support. engagement and dialogue with the dprk, but the current administration, encouraged by the us, has focused on strengthening military alliances, targeting the dprk, increasing tension in the region. outside the venue, activists expressed their concerns about states joining in south crez alliance system, highlighting germany's recent inclusion in the un command, which oversees the dm. the strengthening of the unc is part o

coast of south korea this week. young exercises. these exercises in particular, however, are also viewed as offensive. pyongyang slams the drills as a rehearsal for invasion, peace and security. experts suggest that such exercises do practice the capture of foreign territory, landing training is not so much defensive as about entering enemy territory in times of emergency and occupying some areas if necessary, so north korea opposes this, calling it training for invasion. these drills this year include surveillance drones as well as south korea's recently purchased usf-35 war planes. it's argued the proliferation of us weapons to allies in the region represents escalating counterproductive arms race. south korea, north korea, the united states and almost all countries are advocating for so-called peace by force, but i think we need to face this paradoxical reality that the more they do, the more peace becomes endangered. south green president yunsuk yul has made peace by force his catchphrase for national defense. t

in 2020, she wanted what it would be like to live in south korea. so she took the plunge and moved to solve the flavor a little bit. so all these pretty quickly these are just straight. mary's adoptive parents were told that hood, this mother was too poor to raise her. my adoptive mom and she really thought she was doing something else realistic. once in so mary tried to find out more information from her adoption agency. and what she was told, you know, to add up the stories that my adoptive parents were given was completely false. how do you know that? um, because in my adoption papers there's conflicting information. so all of the paperwork that was required by us immigration classified me as an no record of my parents, but also in that same file. in the english translation, there are 2 people identified as my parent. mary went to her adoption agency, eastern social welfare society, several times for an explanation. last day i've never been able to provide one. i thought that i had all the pieces. so then to find out, wait a minute, none of that

beforehand germany south korea or dependent.t seems like that would be an important thing to account for. so maybe i will leave it there. i think it is a good paper and i would be interested in your responses to the questions and comments and questions from others. thank you. [applause] >> before opening up to the floor -- >> yeah, sure. first off, thank you so much. great comments. i want to respond to some of your comments. first to you. you mentioned the measure of the military threat and economy thread. the disputes against china or the economy interaction with china. of course that matters. one of the major proposals is to show some larger context like national variations. at the same time as i entered earlier, the temp oral variations. sparking the anti-china sentiment. later they expect to gain. not something in this kind of story but we wanted to show why some groups of countries are increasing especially in recent years. in order to show care to patents and in order to show some temper variation derived by anti-china se

data to reflect the global climate emergency. culminating in a disturbing, like the full months in south korea. this no pure of soul on al jazeera since the 1950s, 200000 south korean children being adopted by families worldwide. now adults, many adult teeth are retook, desperate for information about that, but it's my life spagetti. i feel looking for 20 years, please give me the tools. finding offices is difficult. i'm at claims that adoption agencies falsified documents and even traffic children from what quickly became a lucrative business. the adoption agencies found there was significant money that people were willing to pay to adopt the child's. we were pretty much sold for profit. one o in east investigates south korea's international adoption scandal. the at the basic one john mark is in the center of sol. marybelle is just another face in the crowd, and that's the way she likes it. how do you find living here compared with the united states? it's easier it's, it's much easier coming back to korea. everybody looks like me. for like my entire body. mary was a doctor to america in 1992

to dial down the temperature unit skim. alda 0, pull on south korea. tropical storm yankee is hit. the philippines and triggered floods some land slides across the country. at least 13 people, including a 9 month old baby have died following heavy rains. the eastern city of naga was among the hottest hit, one of the capital money law, schools and government offices closed on monday as a precaution. obviously was bonnet below has more from antonio independent beings when in terms of the death and destruction that tropical storm yagi left in its wake in the phillipines, especially when compared to storms in type was that it fits the philippines in previous months and years. it hasn't been major, but of course one desk is one to many, and we are at the side of one of the land slides that occurred during the height of a tropical storm yagi. and you can see right behind me, there is a clearing operation that's ongoing. and on the left side, that's huge patch brown. early on monday morning, a huge chunk of soil came crashing down from the left side of the road behind me to the right side

. eunice caitlin falls from foot chang, south korea, from sea to air, a show for us to over. well, the enemy, dozens that i'm to be as combat best will be merged in a campaign, meant to shock and off after s $35.00, be fighters and attack helicopters. pay the way for the beach side. surprise assault, that the best of the korean peninsula depend on our rock and us forces continuously working together, shoulder to shoulder, including during this the future saying you on the 2 sides of the sodium or double dried in drills or showcase of the us south korea alliance upgraded with each joint drill and the complexity of its capabilities and processes life. and normally the landing of the 2nd world war and the baby was civil and reversing the fate of the korean war. some 74 years ago was changed. in today's ro, combine us south korea command se, with those regional partners going through leadership transitions this year. president use on your has underlined that president joe biden and japanese prime minister for me o key she does. upcoming exits will not weaken their partnership. hu

formats and shows in recent years have come from south korea. we'll find out why. let's start with ukraine's offensive into the russian region of kursk. this happened towards the beginning of august, and when it did, it was a surprise to many observers. and, of course, this has military objectives, but as well as that, it provides an opportunity for ukraine to change the narrative around the war. catherine philp is world affairs editor at the times. she's reported from war zones for decades, and recently accompanied ukrainian forces across the border into kursk. so, i was coming into ukraine for... i've been coming on and off since before the invasion, and this was a long—scheduled visit. itjust so happened that it came at a time when ukrainian forces had crossed the border into russia. so, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the

and there's now huge amounts of investment heading south korea's way.edged to spend $2.5 billion in the next four years. disney+ is planning to create more korean originals for 2024 and 2025. one senior executive has described it as "a gold rush for korean content". let's hear from someone who knows a lot about developing hit formats and then selling them around the world. insoon kim is head of content at a production company called something special, and she's been explaining to me why korean television is on such a run. the first reason would be korea is an extremely competitive society. we've always been surrounded by big countries historically, so we had to survive creatively. our rapid economic growth was achieved within a half—century. k—pop industry is well—known for its competitive environment, which is not always a bright side. korean viewers are absolutely not easy to please. so korean tv... is that right? ..yeah, korean tv has to provide them new things all the time, so that could be one reason. another reason could be, i think korean creativ

-japan-south korea is a key part of that strategy. president biden wants to take our relationship to unprecedented heights. you saw that in the fact that his first two invitations to foreign leaders to the white house where the president of japan and president of south korea. he emphasized not just the importance of the trilateral relationship and where he wanted to see it go but the critical relationship of r.o.k. and japan ties if we were to truly realize full potential. all of those efforts culminated in the camp david summit that took place on august 18 last year. i will be candid, it was one of the greatest privileges of my time in government to work on that summit and the process that led up to it. it's hard to capture the feeling among those three leaders when they met at this time last year. such a special setting were so many important forms of reconciliation were encompassed. not only was the summit incredibly important for its profound, symbolic value, but it launched a number of work streams we have taken forward in the ye

this is the second exercise south korea after suspending the military treaty with north korea. south korea's special forces have emphasized that they will continue to conduct regular naval exercises in this area. three months ago, south korea completely suspended the de-escalation agreement signed between the two koreas in 2018, which called for the establishment of a maritime buffer zone and the ban of such drills to reduce cross-border tensions . the exercise between washington and seoul ended last week. pyongyang has declared the joint us-south korean exercises as an attack against it . president biden's son. america accused of fleeing he accepted his tax. hunter biden had previously denied the prosecutor's accusations about not paying 1 million and 400 thousand dollars in income taxes from 2016 to 2019. now, by admitting his guilt , he surprised the prosecutors who appeared in court for the trial. the court is probably his will be sentenced to 15 years in prison and a fine of about one million dollars. slow the son of the president of the united states has already been trie

south korea's abstention on israel's illegal occupation of palestine at the un is. is essentially theary and economic cooperation with israel. saturday, second group of palestinian supporters also protested and marched in the capital, their central demand increased boycots and sanctions of israeli products. frank smith, press tv, soul. the russian news network rt, in response to band placed by western social media platform, says if they close the doors and windows, rt will enter through the cracks and gaps. the rt accounts were blocked and removed from us tech company meta without the possibility of restoration on september 17th. our correspondent marina kortanova reports from rt from the rt headquarters. editor and chief margarita simon commented on the blocking of the tv channel and the media group russia today on the platforms of the american firm meta saying that the move did not come as a surprise. she added mata, which owns facebook and instagram, is actually controlled by the cia. simonan said she had repeatedly warned that meta platforms should not have been allowed to operate

pro-palestinian activists have once again taken to the streets of the south korean capital, so they condemn south korea'sian diaspora demanded attention to israel's onyielding genocide in gaza. a young palestinian student explain the strategy behind tel aviv, the us and their allies. this occupation and attack is merely an extension of the western colonial project managed by the united states and its allies. it seeks. to erase our history, kill our children and end all hope for secure future. still boyed by global anti-israel pro-palestine demonstrations, protest leaders say they will not back down. they're trying to erase our identity, but we are defending our land and our history. we will not be a silent number, and we will not be silent in the face of injustice. the south green government's response to israel. this ongoing genocide has been mixed in april, south korea voted to extend un membership to palestine, but last week at the un general assembly, south korea abstained from the vote, demanding israel and its occupation of palestinian land, a resolution passed with an overwhelming majority. inform

south korea had a pretty good result. so that's led some people to think that for some reason, maybe in some parts of asia, maybe there was some preexisting immunity to it because no matter what policy you implemented, you got a pretty good result. aj calls it policy invariants. like no matter what you do you get a pretty good result. but i would be willing to bet that at least of the explanation has to do with the age difference in the countries if you're not correcting for that. but also, we haven't corrected for obesity levels because we know obesity was another marker for this and the us has a big problem with that. as we know. professor woods, did you get the. i did not. why i had covid in 2021. and i think now more or less conceded by everybody that that was better protection than i could have gotten any other way. what do you people to know when they pick up diary of a psychosis definition of of what tends to happen is that we we have a crisis in america and then a narrative gets attached to it. so whether it's the

in south korea hanging over these talks, clinching a deal before a possible return to the white house by trump and an nfl quarterback says the risk of new concussions and the lingering impact who his health and brain isn't enough to get him to quit the sport that he loves. we're following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central new details about the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of former president donald trump. >> court documents released this afternoon say that, ryan wesley routh may have been lying in wait for more than 11 hours before secret service agents spotted him with an sks style rifle. just a few hundred yards from where the former president was golfing on sunday, ralph was in federal court today and prosecutors are now charging him with possession of a firearm while a convicted felon as well as possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. now, this afternoon, trump is meeting with the acting secret service director ronald rowe, row apparently plans to stay in florida as this investigation plays

in 2020, she wanted what it would be like to live in south korea. so she took the plunge and moved to solve the flavor a little bit. so all these pretty quickly. these are just straight. mary's adoptive parents were told that hood, this mother was too poor to raise her. my adoptive mom and she really thought she was doing something else really nice once in. so mary tried to find out more information from her adoption agency. and what she was told, you know, to add up the stories that my adoptive parents were given was completely false. how do you know that? um, because in my adoption papers there's conflicting information. so all of the paperwork that was required by us immigration classified me as an no record of my parents, but also in that same file. in the english translation, there are 2 people identified as my parent. mary went to her adoption agency, eastern social welfare society, several times for an explanation. last day i've never been able to provide one. i thought that i had all the pieces. so then to find out, wait a minute, none of th

thomas and south korea said the impact of global warming has been evident for years now. the rising temperatures, the threatening the future of tenchi estates of korean cuisine units come reports from sol on the rolling hills of con, one state and the eastern region of south korea came. she gob checks his crops, a lifetime of work invested in these greens for decades. the soil has produced the highland kabbage, used in the much loved staple kimchi, the cooler clement perfectly suited to the vegetables, strong stems and crisp leaves. but kim says that's changing. fewer than i can feel the climate crisis approaching, cultivated land in the region considered the origin of highland kabbage is being hub to do to soil diseases. and viruses fits thrive in hot temperatures. haven't got them going on for months. prolonged heat waves have scorched the region. this summer in south korea was the hottest on record with temperature is 1.9 degrees celsius higher than the seasonal average. the heat was punctuated by sudden and powerful downpours that lead to lab slides and flooding. in n

back in south korea, high temperatures and unpredictable rainfall are threatening the survival of king chief scientist war and the cultivation of the highland kabbage could cease within this century that you're going to pay. we need to develop new varieties of crops that will adapt well to the changing environment. don't seem to be making the future of this traditional favorites, increasingly uncertain. unit skim oh to 0. so we'll still head here on tuesday, or the 5th shipment of impulse vaccines arrives in democratic republic of congo. as virus numbers continue to rise, the, the cultivating food is the foundation of human civilization. but food today is a global commodity. if the industry did not make money, how many people would be on and how it's cultivated, the contentious debates, public interest and the public safety is definitely not taking precedence and in depth examination into i agree basis. and the conflicting interests play industry doesn't want any regulation. they just want to put the products on the market. the price of progress on o g, a 0, us vice president, pamela,

and now let's talk about the economy, alexandra, in july, our aluminum exports to south korea increasedhalf times. tell us, how much did we deliver in the end? tatyana, almost 30,000 tons for 78 million dollars, for now on to other topics. russian business has accumulated about 32 trillion rubles in national currency deposits. such data for july are provided by the central bank. the amount was a third more than last year. the growth was a record for all time statistics since 2012, the reason is the attractive rates, which can exceed 16%, experts interviewed by izvestia note. against the background of a high key rate of 18%, it is more profitable for entrepreneurs to place funds on deposits, since the profitability of investment projects is often lower and does not compensate for market interest. the bank of russia, among other things , will take this fact into account when making a decision on the key rate , market participants believe. the next meeting will take place on friday, september 13. the european commission was inactive in solving the transit problem oil to europe through the

as objections from a south korea, we also see released on fridays images of conjunction, overseeing another weapons test. this is thought to have been the testing of a multiple, a rocket load system from north korea's east coast, carried out on thursday morning when we're also told that kim jong and visited a facility for the training of north korea and special forces he was pictured holding what appears to be a sniper rifle, the floating of uh, its nuclear capability and its military prowess all seems to be timed for the run up to us presidential elections. and we are owned by south korea and also us officials that we can expect a possibly a bigger publication as we get closer to the election date in the fall. and that may be the launch of an icbm and intercontinental ballistic missile, or even another underground nuclear test run mcbride, i'll just say era. so the $30000.00 voting workers have gone on strike in the us. that's often 96 percent of union members willing to to reject new payoff is following a series of protests. production will now be halted on board and 737 macs, and all the

when it comes to these economic security issues, but south korea sells half of its chips to china so ill need insurance to minimize the impact on south korean firms. when it comes to japan, china is threatening to retailer 8 -- retaliate with limiting the exports of critical minerals to japan and we are hearing u.s. officials are in talks with japanese counterparts a look at a strategy to try to find alternative sources of critical minerals for japan. and it was confident of assuaging concerns that may be coming to an agreement to japan by the end of this year. avril: there has also been a buildup of domestic pressure in the u.s., as they get pushed for the biden administration, how tough might it get on its u.s. allies? minmin: if you look back to 2022 in the u.s. first announced these sweeping tech curbs, you saw this big spike in sale of equipment from the likes of asml and tokyo electron to china and that the sign of chinese companies stockpiling these items in anticipation of further curves. later on, in japan they followed out with less restrictive curbs in the u.s. and that led

is kept reports from 400 south korea, from sea to air, a show for us to over well, the enemy, dozens of them to be as combat best will be merged in a campaign, meant to shock and off after s $35.00. be fighters and attack helicopters, pay the way for the beach side. surprise assault, that the best of the korean peninsula depend on our rock. and us forces continuously working together, shoulder to shoulder, including during this the future saying you on the 2 sides of the sodium or double dried in drills or showcase of the us south korea alliance upgraded with each joint drill and the complexity of its capabilities and processes life and normally the landing of the 2nd world war and the baby was civil and reversing the fate of the korean war and 74 years ago was changed. in today's ro combine us south korea, command se, with those regional partners going through leadership transitions this year. president use on your has underlined that president joe biden and japanese prime minister for me o key she does. upcoming exits will not weaken their partnership. hung me camp david's try late

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of a wave of public opinion with when it came to the whole question of whether south korea should acquire nuclear capabilities, as you know. well, the context of this was the sixth nuclear test by north korea, really. i mean, frankly, since you were on the ground in yongbyon, that was many years ago. you know, we haven't had anybody in north korea or had any real negotiation since then. not now. i know you were in the obama administration. no offense. three of our administration or the trump administration, but not the sort of negotiations that were taking place in six party or an agreed framework. it's been a long time. and so i think there was some heightened frustration and this led to a rash of public opinion polls in south korea said somewhere between 60 and 75% of south koreans thought that they should have nuclear weapons. so i guess one question is so you feel like the ncg and the washington declaration have have addressed some of these concerns and your general thoughts on this whole question of these these public imprint, this public opinion on the issue? yeah, no, thank