the south korean president's office issued a statement saying that it is unfortunate that there was not south korea would support the active dialogue between the united states and the north korea koreans, and, of course, south korea and the south korean president in particular would be the most disappointed in these talks. the south korean president has been hoping -- in engagement and exchanges. now without the traditional ally, the united states obviously got a really important one. he won't be able to do that. he is going to be much more restrict restricted the japanese also starting to weigh in they are going to be speaking very soon with president trump one thing that was interesting and would apply to japan is that president trump had said that he had kim had told president trump that there would be no testing, and also, that there wouldn't be -- that the u.s. would not want to weigh and ease sanctions. there is one senior official that mr. trump did not make concessions easily there's a bit of a relief in japan. >> he says thank you to our generous host in hanoi this week presid

stages what the south koreans focusing on. i guess in terms of the vigils koreans were looking for more of a broad smile and a little bit of a more greater sense of delight in these two leaders meeting again after two hundred sixty days or in months here but some of the observers i'm hearing here that they're proud to have smile as who are not very big and somehow maybe it's kind of like psychology here we've been hearing for the past few days that it could be a small deal not a for denuclearization but a freeze and who knows maybe because of that some of my friends who are watching the t.v. were just telling us that we don't we don't says much smile here or maybe things are getting more difficult and maybe you know when the the presidential office spokesperson talks about there's no distinction between big deal and then small deal it's all continuum whatever and here we seem to notice that the final deal that may come out may not be something that could excite people there are some concerns here and especially because of the

first of all what is what is the feeling coming from the south korean capital given that the south koreans have done an awful lot of the diplomatic heavy lifting to get to this stage. roy right now the merger of people feel quite positive about what's happening here adding further to what had been achieved last year as a result of prison mean when scenes efforts to bring peace here and remove as much as we can about the worries of war however there is a minority of opposition here that are very much concerned about what's happening in hungary may actually end up resulting in the weakening of south korea's capabilities to defend itself and so on and so to summarise you know my answer to your question what's the mood here altogether the mood is rather divided between majority who is seeing this as a something positive but minority who has growing concerns so is there a a sense a prevailing sense and in seoul that there is a possibility that donald trump is a very impromptu negotiator is we now know could actually negotiate away some of the assurances if you like security assurances that sout

where he's expected to finalize arrangements for donald trump and kim jong un's next summits many south korean business leaders hope the meeting will revive joint project between the north and the south armagh bribe reports from seoul. south korean business leaders anticipate what a second summit between kim jong un and donald trump might mean for the economies of both careers they only have to look to the case old industrial complex to appreciate both the opportunities and the risks. it was shut down three years ago when relations were near their lowest point. and many factory owners believe after the past year of reconciliation led by south korean president moon j.n. it's time to restart it. and are. we endured this agony of the way team the reason we have not raised our voices before was because we believed when jane's commitment to enter korean economic corporation. opened in two thousand and two just on the northern side of the border between the two koreas the complex brought together south korean management and investment with north korean labor to offer a glimpse of what a unified econ

two just on the northern side of the border between the two careers the complex brought together south korean management and investment with north korean labor to offer a glimpse of what a unified economy might look like it's an intriguing prospect south korea is one of asia's richest economies north korea is one of its poorest in recent years south korean investment has increasingly flowed to other asian countries but given the chance north korea would seem to be the more obvious destination. of clear terms of distance ok song is less than an hour away which is nothing compared to china or vietnam there in a tariffs and we are the same nation. for many to have workers from both careers working alongside each other is the true reward of moving closer together. we are the same nation we speak the same language activating k. song would also help create jobs in the south and if the success of case song could be recreated elsewhere so the argument goes that imagine what a unified korea might be capable of public pride al-jazeera so. israel has begun building a new barrier along its border with ga

the three direct meetings between north korea's leader kim jong il and south korean president new day in where the main driving force behind these developments one symbolic visit however is still missing kim jong un has said he wants to come here to south korea's capital seoul that would be historic no north korean leader has set foot in the city since the end of the korean war some sixty percent of south koreans think a visit would be a good idea if it helps build peace and it might surprise you but there are some here who are even outright fans of kim jong. un she regularly sings that public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. i'm going to. have the first. very polite. model such a young leader who treated our president so respectfully look there are two years i did the research. introduce many policies of the north korean people. views that are heavily contested in the past his activism could easily have landed her in conflict with south korea's national security laws now the political climate is more open and eve

weather is next and then stronger together north and south koreans hope to revive projects as the country is great place. however we've got plenty of sunshine into the philippines over the next couple of days further south lots of heat of the day showers a rumbling away into malaysia down into indonesia the seasonal waves of course to be really quite nice the more wet weather then as we go on through each day little bit of weather possibility up towards the gulf of thailand bangkok at around thirty four degrees celsius a little dry as we go through wednesday but elsewhere really a case all spot the difference in the shows of course for later join up with the wet weather that we have across the far more australia those flooding rains still swirling away across queensland big area of low pressure that just around the gulf of carpentaria fleeting very wet weather across townsville yet again so more heavy downpours coming through the sea the same at the moment where the flooding record level floods are set to continue for some time yet to come more than a thousand people have been evacuated f

campaigners say the issue of human rights in north korea is being ignored it's a sore point for south koreans whose relatives were allegedly abducted by forces from the north during the korean war rob mcbride has a report from the city of. decades after the fighting ended they are the korean war lingering victims whose faces are gradually fading into history but for their living family members they are painful reminders of stolen lives lekan chan was just twelve when he last saw his father taken by invading troops along with thousands of other south korean men back to north korea from which they never returned because one day i had six brothers and sisters and my mother had to bring us up by herself she got a job as a cleaner our life was horrible the south korean government has been keeping the issue alive recently opening a museum close to the demilitarized zone separating the north and the south the abductees were mostly technicians and did ministre to us who were of value to north korea the north has always denied that they were taken against their will most all thought to be long since d

and seoul is still disputing a close encounter at sea between a japanese military aircraft and a south korean warship in december and the incident came soon after south korea's supreme court ruled in favor of a laborous forced to work during world war two by japanese companies with those firms now ordered to pay compensation japan called the decision totally unacceptable claiming the question of compensation had been settled by an agreement back in one thousand nine hundred sixty five as for the comfort women it says an agreement reached with the previous south korean administration in twenty fifteen was meant to have resolved the matter once and for all accusing the current administration of reneging on the deal. many south koreans believe the fight for justice is far from over for campaigners kim was a symbol of that struggle in death she symbolizes it still rob mcbride al jazeera so. north korea has agreed to dismantle two if its military sites and open them for outside inspections ahead of an expected summit between donald trump and kim jong the u.s. special envoy will meet north korean o

or south -- our south korean allies and the north. maybe easing of sanctions in return for whenever north korea falls through. -- follows through. host: are those reasonable steps for the united states? mr. kimball: those would be important steps on the road to denuclearization. north korea has a substantial arsenal. they have 10-20 nuclear bombs. they have material for another 30 to they have got dozens of nuclear 60. facilities. denuclearization even if the two sides agree to a plan and are working hard together is going to be a years long process. we have to look at this as an action for action process. each side builds confidence they are going to follow through, build confidence in one another and we can get along the road as fast as possible. that is the goal. the summit is trump's last best opportunity to make progress. host: questions about the summit you can ask our guests. 202-748-8001, for republicans. 202-748-8000, for democrats. independents (202) 748-8002. korea offers these things how does the oversight look, how do we

he ordered the kidnapping of a south korean actress. ♪ he also kidnapped her husband, a movie directordered them to make movies. >> look i need to improve the north korean film business. anything you need, you just let me know. >> as the '90s approached, kim jong-il was spending huge sums to build a nuclear weapons program and the economy began to collapse. when flooding destroyed north korea's meager food supply in the 1990s, there were no resources left to feed the country. it was one of the worst famines the world has ever seen. at least 2 million people died of starvation. and finally, there is kim jong-il's legacy of political imprisonment. begun under his father, he greatly expanded it and it continues to this day. this is the dark side of a brutal and secretive regime. but there is another north korea. a country many people have never seen. with entertainment. wealth. luxury. >> people are going to these restaurants. they are taking taxis. >> there's even a glamour couple. >> north korea's image makers are turning kim jong-un and ri sol-ju into william and kate. >> that story wh

of the three direct meetings between north korea's leader kim jong un and south korean president move day in where the main driving force behind these developments one symbolic visit however is still missing kim jong said he wants to come here to south korea's capital seoul that would be historic no north korean leader has set foot in the city since the end of the korean war some sixty percent of south koreans think a visit would be a good idea if it helps build peace and it might surprise you but there are some here who are even outright fans of kim jong. un. she regularly things at public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. sometimes sometimes i don't but when i saw it at the first time it came out very polite in stockholm such a young leader he treated our president so respectfully don't look there to me as i did some research into found out that he introduced many policies benefited the north korean people over time how we can as a conjunction when sung it is to come to which some of the views that are heavily co

lim you who has had closer contact with north koreans but almost anyone in the south she was the captain of the joint korean basketball team at last year's asian games a bonding experience. one time one of the north korean players brought us a snack a toyota drives which i didn't expect it to taste good but it was delicious so i told her i loved it and she brought me more to. give it going we've heard i brought her some snacks from south korea so it really felt like we were members of the same family. she was. on the. so-called sports diplomacy like at the winter olympics in time last year is one of the few ways open to north and south korea to build trust and improve their relation. to me that if. the relations between north and south and between the north and the west are very closely connected here the progress in the denuclearization process is tending fellow north and south very limited options you have to heal to its restricted to things like sports culture religion cutting but also to areas that are not restricted by the sections. had to me that. but south korea would like to move

my south korean friends were nervous wondering why the u.s. president sounded like the north koreans. i had a friend come up to me in church and ask asked me if we could have a nuclear war. first time i have been asked that question. thankfully, that all kind of went away. if you look at the last year, in terms of none of that type of rhetoric, the threats, none of the fear mongering. it's been a very much change in atmosphere. indeed, the president has informed us that he fell in little love with kim jong-un. i don't know if he's mentioned that to melania, exactly how the threesome works out. nevertheless, this is been a very good time for us. we've had rising threats, fear of war, et cetera and all the sudden, we are having talking and discussion. there's been real concern we haven't seen much denuclearization over the last year and will be interested see if we can get a reboot of the upcoming summit in hanoi. there is certainly an opportunity there. it's a positive development despite some of the frustrations people have. to my mind, looking

we've had a fairly open and honest two-liner from the south koreans. >> absolutely, yes.we had a statement from a south korean diplomat saying the whole world was waiting for an agreement. so were we. we're as perplexed as anybody else around the world. in eight years, that's the most open statement i've ever heard from the south korean government, which just shows how much they had riding on this. i mean president moon jae-in staked his credibility on this. he really put himself out there. he put up with being called an appeaser by the u.s. president at one point. he was desperate to get the two sides talking. and don't forget he's waiting for kim jong-un to come to seoul. that was supposed to be the next step. they were waiting to see how well this went, and then they were hoping in the springtime kim jong-un was come to seoul. >> he was supposed to come at the end of last year, and that didn't happen. the thought was this summit would waipave the way. >> it's reminiscent of the prior summit because the south koreans then were surprised, it seems were not given a heads-

such as the south koreans have done. that said, since those times when british ships were in southern china, there has been a lot of changes. given that north korea is engaged with weapons of mass destruction, are we going to say, you can have access to the world bank. you can be a member of the inf. i don't think that's going to be so easy. if i were kim jong-un, i would be skeptical when president trump says, this is great for condominiums. i'm not sure he really gets it. i know he does want to develop the country. i think he wants to do it on his own terms. the history of communist reform programs, i used to serve during the cold war in places like poland. the landscape is littered with failures of reform programs. the concern would be, if i start this, it won't stop. i will eventually be thrown out of power. >> thank you very much. joining us from denver. steve engle on the ground in hanoi. let's move things on to have a look at what's going on with our first word. >> we start with the bank of japan. the governor say

how worried i south koreans about security in the wake of this?”worried about the fact that tensions will inevitably rise. there was concern in 2017 before what appeared to bea concern in 2017 before what appeared to be a peace process began in january of 2018. most south koreans have somehow gotten used to the idea that maybe we don't have to worry about north korea anymore and we could see the sentiment reflected in the level of support for the continued military presence of the us forces here. support has been falling. we are going to see some of that attitude changing because of what happened today. of course not everybody thinks that the process is com pletely everybody thinks that the process is completely over. as you said earlier, many people think that we could think of this as a stumbling block. nobody said the dialogue is finished. but this certainly goes against expectation, and it is a fairly dark day, especially for the south korean government, which has been heavily invested in promoting this process and was very much prepared to ann

north korea relations and a peaceful regime on the korean peninsula. it's not just south korea's leaders who will be paying close attention to events and hanoi here's what people in seoul had to say about the upcoming summit. if the regime completely dismantled its nuclear weapons program i would hope for unification but if there is a hidden agenda and we go ahead without exposing it then i'm against it the would only go on after the korean war happens again or third north and south will turn into a sea of fire and we will all die. i had a bad image of north korea when i was young but recently that has changed. joining me now is professor stephan haggard a korea expert at the university of california at san diego seven tell us what role south korea has in any of this. actually a quite big role president moon has been keyed in getting us to where we are with the so called the limp big gamble getting the north koreans to come to the winter olympics and that's set in train the summit's now after this the south koreans also want to play a role in trying to integrate the two k

and many factory owners believe after the past year of reconciliation led by south korean president moon j.n. it's time to restart it. along must we endure this agony of awaiting the reason we have not raised our voices before was because we believed when genes commitment to enter korean economic corporation. opened in two thousand and two just on the northern side of the border between the two careers the complex brought together south korean management and investment with north korean labor to offer a glimpse of what a unified economy might look like it's an intriguing prospect south korea is one of asia's richest economies north korea is one of its poorest in recent years south korean investment has increasingly flowed to other asian countries but given the chance north korea would seem to be the more obvious destination. of clear terms of distance ok sun is less than an hour away which is nothing compared to china and vietnam there in a tariffs and we are the same nation. need to have workers from both careers working alongside each other is the true reward of moving closer together

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where he's expected to finalize arrangements for donald trump and kim jong un's next summits many south korean business leaders hope the meeting will revive joint project between the north and the south armagh bribe reports from seoul. as south korean business leaders anticipate what a second summit between kim jong un and donald trump might mean for the economies of both korea's they only have to look to the case old industrial complex to appreciate both the opportunities and the risks. it was shut down three years ago when relations were near their lowest point. and many factory owners believe after the past year of reconciliation led by south korean president moon j. and it's time to restart it. are. usually.

so clearly a number of sticking points but interestingly the south koreans are bewilders by this. the strongest statement i've ever seen from the south korean government saying we are perplexed and interestingly president trump did not inform the south koreans either in advance or before his news conference. that would not have gone down well, guys, in seoul. >> we heard it in the news conference as well, the president saying when he gets on the plane he's going to be making a call. bill talking there that they weren't informed as to what went down with kim jong-un early on in the day. so all of this is coming as nbc news has learned that the trump administration had dropped the u.s. demand that north korea agree to a full disclosure of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs as part of this summit. that list is exactly what caused the last round of serious negotiations to fall apart a decade ago. recent reports reveal that north korea has as many as 20 undisclosed secret ballistic missile bases. >> it will be absolutely imperative in thisfecti next su that we come away

shocked at what had happened and the president right now is talking on air force one with the south korean leader. that cannot be a good phone call. i'm sure there's a lot of distress in south korea about where this process is going. but let me just say going forward i think there are a number of things we have to worry about. one is whether we'll continue to exercise which would then provoke north korea. whether they are going to continue to develop weapons and material which they have been doing since singapore which is a provocation against us. and then what's going to happen with the sanctions? are we going to increase them? are we going to leave them the way they are? there's a lot left to be answered as we look down the road. >> let me ask the ambassador then, what should we do going forward to pick up on the questions that victor was raising there. do we resume military operations, do we resume talks with our allies. what would you advise? >> to say that his special envoy will be leaving vietnam and going to meet with the south koreans, going to meet with the japanese, maybe stoppin

and my mother had to bring us up by herself she got a job as a cleaner our life was horrible the south korean government has been keeping the issue alive recently opening a museum close to the demilitarized zone separating the north and the south the abductees were mostly technicians and did ministry to us who were of value to north korea the north has always denied they were taken against their will most are thought to be long since dead but son could still be alive and the organization representing their families wants their plight to be included on summit agendas. i want they should now for all future talks and for north korea to be responsible for resolving this issue. and it's my hope that the remains of the ep the keys are returned to their families we want the north koreans to recognize what they have done on our holidays for it behind the summit smiles a dark shared history still waiting to be resolved in spite of the progress over the past year just what happened to thousands of people from the south who disappeared north of this border during the korean war remains a mystery but the

in the morning it's talk only kept nine lives one south korean. and the mongolian band that's quarter of global hits. rock. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us on this the first day of the lunar new year across of all people offering prayers like this in temples and sitting down with family members for that all important meal it's the yard of the pig this time around and people are hoping it brings with it a you know what celebrating. praying for good fortune in the new year a tradition for chinese communities around the world and. here at beijing's baju temple thousands flock to welcome the year of the pig in chinese culture the zodiac sign is a symbol of luck and wealth hopes that were reflected in the new year's wishes. i wish for good health for my family and success in my career and of course i hope for perspective pretty conventional. so for this year i'll be taking my college entrance exam so i hope to get. another custom to bring good luck temple go is trying to strike a bell hanging under a bridge it's a lucrative time for

to liable south korean media here i want to ask you you said that we did out practically no one when they will be north korean leader will be willing to come to the table and take the actions that are in required. if that's the case would the u.s. be willing to strengthen the sanctions and perhaps put the pressure on north korea to move forward i don't want to comment on that i can just tell you this that we have very strong sanctions i don't want to talk about increasing sanctions they are strong. they have a lot of great people in north korea that have to live also and that's important to me and i would say this my whole attitude changed a lot because i got to know as you know chairman kim very well and they have a point of view also so i don't want to really talk about that i just think that hopefully for the sake of south korea for the sake of japan and frankly for the sake of china i was talking to president xi who really is a man that gets the respect of a lot of people. i say you can't love having a nuclear state great next to china. and he doesn't he really doesn't i would he

let's get more from our correspondent laura bicker, who is in the south korean capital, seoul.irst of all, this extraordinary claim from the president, if i had not been elected president we would be right now in a major war with north korea. i think when it comes to donald trump's popularity here in the korean peninsula. it was a huge blow when he was talking about renting down fire and fury on pyongyang. there was a real view that it was donald trump himself that it was donald trump himself that raise the rhetoric, that caused this peninsula to be on the brink of war in late december 2017. but it is also president trump and the trump administration that has managed to get kim jong—un to the negotiating table, that has managed that first summit between a sitting us president and the north korean leader. that was when his approval ratings rose through the roof here on the korean peninsula. so in some ways it was donald trump himself who brought the korean peninsula to the drink of war, and it has also been donald trump who has brought this peninsula hopefully, certainly that is

seoul are still disputing a close encounter at sea between a japanese military aircraft and a south korean warship in december and the incident came soon after south korea's supreme court ruled in favor of laborous forced to work during world war two by japanese companies with those firms now ordered to pay compensation japan called the decision totally unacceptable claiming the question of compensation had been settled by an agreement back in one thousand nine hundred sixty five as for the comfort women it says an agreement reached with the previous south korean administration in twenty fifteen was meant to have resolved the matter once and for all accusing the current administration of reneging on the deal. many south koreans believe the fight for justice is far from over for campaigners kim was a symbol of that struggle in death she symbolizes it still the bride al-jazeera so . now castle is celebrating football history the world cup hosts have won their first major trophy beating favorites japan three one in the asian cup final for the match took place against an uneasy mix of politics

all right stephen barwick reporting from south korean capital seoul thank you.well one of the world's most iconic aircraft is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its maiden flight the boeing seven forty seven nicknamed the jumbo jet took off for the first time on february ninth one thousand nine hundred sixty nine in the us state of washington it was the first wide body plane to be built and it held the record for carrying the most passengers until the twenty first century seven forty seven series was originally to be phased out after four hundred planes were sold half a century later more than fifteen hundred have taken to the skies. let's get a reminder now of the top story we're following for you. venezuela's opposition leader is a foundling to end the blockade of supplies that's a border with colombia. doe's says a team of volunteers will be sentenced next week to bring the eight across to president nicolas maduro meanwhile called the aid fake and blames washington for the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis. don't forget you can always get news on the

south korean government officials said that north korea was interested in dismantling the nuclear facility. if that's true, that might also be a tangible first step we might discuss with the north koreans, we could get inspectors there to take a look. of course we also have our separate intelligence capability to essentially miss trust but verify whatever north korea does. >> shannon: and because of her history as a part of this intel community, how tough is it fair in north korea because i've heard from others within the intel community that it is one of if not the worst, toughest place to actually get human intelligence and get accurate readings on just about anything from the economy to the nuke program. >> it is. it's a challenge for that for sure. there's also challenges and understanding kim jong un and one side benefit of all of this discussion between the president and kim jong un in singapore and here is that we really can object to kim jong un on and his advisors. at the forefront of kim jong un's mind are the lessons learned from other dictators like muammar qaddafi, who gave up

the south korean president pallas released a statement couple of days back, stating what their expectationse declaration of the end of the korean war—— declaration of the end of the korean war —— palace. there was really no mention of denuclearisation in a statement. all right, amrita basu, thank you so much forjoining us. and, mike, of course, iwill thank you so much forjoining us. and, mike, of course, i will be here for the next couple of hours in hanol for the next couple of hours in hanoi, and as i mentioned, both leaders have a fairly busy day today. they will meet tonight for a fairly intimate dinner, but president trump will meet with his vietnamese counterpart shortly. he is due to have a busy day, as busy as the hanoi traffic. back over to you. sharanjit, thank you very much. the british prime minister has for the first time held out the prospect of parliament voting to delay britain's departure from the european union. brexit is currently scheduled for march 29th. but theresa may has said mps must first vote on her preferred brexit deal, and then, if that's rejected, vote on whet

the demilitarized zone divides the korean peninsula into north and south at the thirty eighth parallel. the armies of both sides face each other along the border. this standoff has continued since the end of the korean conflict in one nine hundred fifty three back in october two thousand and six north korea successfully carried out its first test of a nuclear device a move that threatened to upset the precarious balance of power in the region. a triumph and north korea says its latest a ballistic missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike anywhere in the united states. the nuclear test made headlines around the world but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. that. they've been working toward this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in one nine hundred forty eight. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two and many koreans had seen those weapons seen the

. >> i'm sure south koreans, but also the pentagon perked up to the's comments. president did not describe them as important, but he emphasized the cost saying it costs hundreds of millions. not clear where he gets that figure but taking a shot in effect at the south korean allies saying i wish that they would pony up information for these. those exercises are meant to begin very soon. will they continue? at the last summit, you will remember he surprised even his south korean allies by delaying -- canceling those military exercises. we know how north korea views them. north korea views them as practice in effect for a u.s./south korean invasion. >> and there were reportedly fears within the administration that the president would give away too much. perhaps there is relief that he did not. christiane amanpour, jim sciutto, thank you both. >>> the news cycle back here of course has been about michael cohen. and that is where we go next. the president also talking on camera for the first time about michael cohen's stunning capitol hill testimony. hear what he said

i think the north and south koreans really have an agenda of their own when you look at the situation with united states to put like a hangover of the old colonial period when the united states occupied south korea and the soviet union is in the north now that is south korea would like to get much more freedom of independence of thought and action with the north a must say to you that when the north koreans were busy going ahead with their nuclear testing in the missile testing the japanese were very upset about that but the south koreans were very phlegmatic they had much more. likely to say well you know this is this is our brother north korea we're not too worried about it being a nuclear exchange you or that will be a nuclear attack and i think the south koreans are probably very hopeful and optimistic that this will happen richard a former straight ambassador to south korea thanks for being with us on outta there. plenty more ahead on this news hour including running for their lives dozens of casualties after a high speed train crash and egypt. a circle of celebration supporters

but the south korean government holds on to the ban on abortion. today their mission as children at all costs. young and warmer it took over what was the government after back then when they allowed abortions. did they want to support women's rights. but today we can see that it wasn't about that. it was about population control they were using women's bodies as a political tool which he says that. the south korean government has even gone so far as to publish a map of saul on the internet showing where women of childbearing age live. the darker the pink color the greater the selection for men seeking a wife. the chinese government has also noticed that a society without women will die out in the long run. a two child policy has been introduced in the hope of regaining a gender balance and solving the problem of an ageing population. and the government has again resorting to advertisements on building for sant this time it is for daughters and therefore potential future mothers. no girls means no daughters in law. the government in india is also ba