south korea is brilliantly equipped. it really is, and north koreans know, it there is no mystery about this, so i think trump understood from the very beginning that disengagement from overseas commitments with foreign military power was an essential feature of adapting to change in the world, so i think he always had that on his mind and still does. now, how do you do that? that is something that you sit down with your korean ally insole and you say all right, look, let's come up with a schedule. you sit down with the north koreans, let's look at what they've got, how long is going to take to do this, it may be three, years for, years five years, what difference does that make to us as long as it happens? i let the koreans reach this and have a way to verify it and it could be verified by a third party. i do not care if it is, iaea, or anybody else, the bottom line is let's offer it up and let it work itself out. we've got to get out of this 19th century colonial mindset. we are not the british empire. we do not want t

north korea is dependent on south korea too. if we cooperate we can see common prosperity.those are the four principles and he has laid out the four main strategies. first strategy is the strategy of peacekeeping. peacekeeping means that passing war through strengthening of their alliance. this idea of peacekeeping really arose out of the crisis in 2017. there was a kind of past dependence on the preceding conservative government but he strongly believed that one way of preventing war is having strong defense capability and he believes in the utility of alliance with the united states . second, strategies called a peacemaking strategy. he wanted to reduce tensions with north korea, wanted to build confidence with north korea. he wanted to adopt an end of war and of korean war declaration and wanted to transform the peacekeeping agreement into some sort of peace agreement or treaty and he wanted to sustain viable peace regimes under the korean peninsula. in fact, that has been one of the most important policy strategies of the go

but international sanctions prevent south korea from engaging with north korea. for example, president moon strongly desired to have railroad connection reconnected between north and south and even he had groundbreaking ceremony in january last year but nothing happened "after words". he wanted to reopen and mount a project again, because international sanction regime he could not do. the north koreans argued that the south korea has not done anything to north korea. therefore he's having a hard time pushing for the idea of peace building through piece economy. proactive diplomacy, contrary to what conservatives and south korea have been criticizing we have been -- [inaudible] we have been 100% coordinating with the united states. we have shown 100% transparency to the u.s. with regard to exchanges and corporations. as a result of that relations have become completely frozen and we now have a dilemma that what should we do if the united states cannot make breakthrough in its talk with north korea? i do not know what will take but [inaudible] if the u.s. fails to

also raised the threat level here in south korea from yellow to orange that's 3 levels below the the highest level of concern they've also had some universities cancel some classes as $70000.00 chinese students study here in south korea many of them returned home for the lunar new year they're now returning and again the alerts are going out to university about quarantining some of those teams particularly those that are coming back from. frank what is your sense in terms of how satisfied people are with what the government has been doing. many people here in south korea are dissatisfied 150 were a 5 year old infected patient was released from a clinic and had contact with tens of people issues a boat this are being used as a kind of political football especially by the opposition and the backlash has also trickled out to outlying areas where the government has put in place a quarantine facility that it wants to use for those people returning koreans returning from china they blockaded the facility with tractor trailers very interesting shanks neath thank you. it's an award winning f

south korea has the lowest fertility in asia. and like japan, which is losing people at over i think at least half a million now if not more now every year. a korea that is losing people and enters a phase of societal demoral zags changes the dynamic and the relationship between the two koreas. so i would want to ask as a question what would the dynamic have to be in the longer term future for north korea to be able to reunite the peninsula on its terms? and the reason i ask such a strange-sounding question is that if, indeed, we're beginning to see or will in the future see a decline in the optimism of south korea -- this would be something similar, say, to what happened in the era of stagnation which was decisive in the last phase of the soviet union. what would we need to do to prevent a north korea that was suddenly becoming stronger from being able to achieve the long-term strategic victory and to make the great vision the way of the land? >> michael vallejo from johns hopkins university is never at a loss for provocative qu

many people here in south korea are dissatisfied 150 were a 5 year old infected patient was released from a clinic and had contact with tens of people issues a boat they are being used as a kind of political football especially by the opposition and the backlash has also trickled out to outlying areas where the government has put in place a quarantine facility that it wants to use for those people returning those south koreans are returning from china they blockaded the facility with tractor trailers very interesting shanks nets thank you. it's an award winning film set in pakistan made by a pakistani director that no one dare can watch it's been banned by government censors after a smear campaign by a radical islamist political party to wreak back pakistan party leaders claimed a film called zindagi to moscow or the circus of life is critical of islam they came to this conclusion after watching the 2 minute trailer they threatened to stage protests and attack theaters if the film is released it reportedly tells the story of a devout muslim man who enjoys dancing in the story a video

raised the threat level here in south korea from yellow to orange that's 3 levels below the the highest level of concern they've also had some universities cancel some classes as the $70000.00 chinese students study here in south korea many of them returned home for the lunar new year they're now returning and again the alerts are going out to university about quarantining some of those teams particularly those that are coming back from. frank what is your sense in terms of how satisfied people are with what the government has been doing many people here in south korea are dissatisfied 150 were a 5 year old infected patient was released from a clinic and had contact with tens of people issues a boat they are being used as a kind of political football especially by the opposition and the backlash has also trickled out to outlying areas where the government has put in place a quarantine facility that it wants to use for those people returning it was south koreans returning from china they blockaded the facility with tractor trailers very interesting shanks nets thank you. it's an award wi

and south korea. and it also offered a tremendous opportunity since the united states shifted away from militarism and military budgets and referenced that in response both in mitigation and adaptation, it could transform both our concept of security and open up a window for dialogue both with north korea, but actually also and the more important issue which is a regional peace regime architecture including japan and china which i guess from my personal feeling, the greatest concern is not the risk of a nuclear north korea, but rather the risk of a arms race between japan and china which would dwarf anything that north korea could possibly threaten. so your thoughts on the question of climate change. thank you. >> thank you for that question. one of my jobs at the quincy institute in the east asia program is to come up with concrete actionable ways that we can address climate change, particularly with respect to cooperation with china which we believe is vital. this is all much easier said than done a

south korea is a big economic power to have a lot of influence and south korea has its own initiative towards southeast asia. in this regard, even when japan strongly promotes cooperation with southeast asia, sort of how to cooperate with south korea, is also entering sort of the scope of japan. and also with regard to the u.s./japan alliance, i think one of the key issues is how much japan and the united states can cooperate in developing infrastructure, in implementing specific projects regarding infrastructure in relevant regions in korea and southeast asia. my sense is from a viewpoint of a researcher, japanese researcher of southeast asia, southeast asia needs a huge amount of money and china cannot afford to sort of finance that southeast asia needs. in this regard, the southeast asia also seeks other sources of support. in this regard, japan and the united states have great potential to fully, effectively sort of promote infrastructure development in the region. >> thank you for the question. as for the south korea issue, both countries, japan and south korea, the politization

his arch enemy south korea right across the border is a market economy and vibrant democracy. the second archenemy, japan, is the world's third-largest economy and his real archenemy is across the pacific and all these enemies are doing well economically so he wants to transform north korea but how do you do that? that is the dilemma and the only way he can is become the next china by opening up north korea. the moment he opens it up you bring in information, capital, technology, people ask questions and his legitimacy begins to crumble. as a result although he wants to become the next bombshell king i don't think it is going to happen. so the dilemma over time would become progressively stronger. i think in my book i talk about the fact that all north koreans have avatars. if you have seen the movie by james cameron, it is where you have a body double who actually is a real live avatar. in north korea since it is the most highly monitored and surveilled city in the world, country in the world, when you are three months old, for example, all children are taken to state nurseri

korea south korea quarantining all evacuees from a province i believe rob bring us up to date with what's actually happening there at the center. that's why we've had 4 more confirmed cases in south korea bringing to 11 the number of people with corona virus that has been confirmed but of course the big development this friday as you mentioned there is the opening of these makeshift quarantine senses 2 of them south of the capital seoul one of which. we're standing outside to accommodate the hundreds of south korean citizens who are now being brought out. and we've had the 1st evacuation flights that has come with people being brought here and this has been a long time in the organizing that have been attempts to get this flight for the past few days the south korean authorities say that they've been told by china that given the demand from all of these different countries wanting to send flights to get their nationals out you basically have to take a number and get in line and they say they've simply been some much demand for slots looking at it less charitably some observers are saying

and for a moment look at a situation where it is north korea that -- south korea, the rok, that begins to dissent with north korea in a situation long-term of advantage. why would i say that? south korea has the lowest fertility in asia, and like japan, which is losing people at over, i think at least a half a million, if not more now, every year, a korea that is losing people and enters a phase of societal demoralization. changes the dynamic in the relationship between the two koreas, so i would want to ask as a question, what would the dynamic have to be in the longer-term future for north korea, the pdrk, to be able to reunite the peninsula on its terms, and the reason i ask such a strange-sounding question is that if indeed were beginning to see or will in future see a decline in the optimism of south korea, and this would be something similar say to what happen in the era of stagnation, which was decisive, in the last days of the soviet union, what would we need to do to prevent a north korea that was suddenly becoming stronger from being able to achieve the long-term strategic vi

south korea is one of the most popular destinations in asia for chinese tourists and in this coming holiday period the country is expecting to play host 213-0000 visitors from china now while direct flights from hand have been suspended this influx is a cause for concern here and south korea is putting in place the usual precautions such as health checks at points of entry and so on the country is no stranger to outbreaks like this one back in 2015 it was badly impacted by another type of coronavirus the mers virus from the middle east that made nearly 200 people sick 38 of whom actually died so south korea is well aware of the dangers and has in place the kind of precautions a needs to take the same cannot be said of north korea a lack of resources then means it is far more vulnerable to a public health emergency such as this one and it has done in the past for example with the above the virus put in place far more drastic measures stopping all visitors while this might guarantee that it will get no cases of the coronavirus it is very bad for its economy because a tourism especially from c

they are turning against south korea here. what are the risks in the long-term to petroleum supplies, the south korean -- saying it is not see a direct impact as of yet. >> at the moment, it has not impacted south korea. south korea does have a petroleum reserve that would last three months. they also have reserves jointly run with the uae, which they could draw on if they needed excess reserves. situationk at this where it could escalate, you could have disruptions in the middle east. economyrea, 40% of its runs on petroleum and they get 70% of that from the middle east. it would have a significant impact on the south korean economy if supplies were disrupted for an extended time. haidi: there is myriad geopolitical conflicts and tensions that could arrive and a lot more we don't know. as to whether this is the end of the tensions right now, what options would be available to south korea? if they have to look at other suppliers, in terms of compatibility, norway and australia have similar sulfur content, so they might be opti

south korea is a big economic power over southeast asia and south korea has its own initiative towards southeast asia. in this regard even when japan strongly promotes cooperation with southeast asia, how to cooperate with south korea also entering japan's storage and also with regard to the us-japan alliance, i think one of the key issues is how much you can cooperate in developing in implementing specific projects regarding infrastructure in relevant regions. my sense from a viewpoint of a japanese researcher, southeast asia needs a huge amount of money. india and china cannot afford the finance that southeast asia needs. in this regard, southeast asia also seeks sources of support. in this regard japan and the united states have great potential to effectively promote development in the region. >> for the south korea issue, japan and south korea, politicization has a very big power to shape the attitude toward each other and so this is beyond a very big obstacle to coverage with others and on the other hand japan, china and south korea are trying to promote free trade agreement among

china's deadly corona virus is spreading south korea confirms its 1st case. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up barricades and burning tires renewed protests begin in iraq capital baghdad. world powers back to cease fire in libya more shelling and oil blockade raised doubts people whole. class ship hijackings double in the gulf of guinea biting at the world's most dangerous waterway. the spread of a new and potentially deadly virus appears to be accelerating in asia the virus has killed 3 people since 1st being detected in the chinese city of 139 new cases were confirmed over the weekend south korea's centers for disease control and prevention has now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into incheon city from move on sunday has been quarantined that follows one case being confirmed in japan early in january and 2 in thailand 6 days ago after london and click confirmed patient was identified in the quarantine phase and there is no community exposure and those who have come in contact are currently being investigated. let's take a closer

by the people there so south korea is now said to be considering imposing a 20 percent tax on income generated from crypto currency transactions essentially south korea is considering reclassify and returns we don't crypto currencies as a type of quote other income placing it in the same category as money earned from lotteries rather than as a form of capital gains as it's currently treated there and by the way here in the u.s. so obviously this would be a very positive move for crypto holders any chance we could see that come to the us or is the us still so far behind on this in the ira so far behind on this no chance of. yeah i think the u.s. as you know. issued guidance just as you know as soon as new as october and you know calling it a property and subject to capital gains i don't really see the u.s. tax stance to moving much away from that mainly because in the u.s. crypto is still seen as an investment as speculate of investment. so until it becomes more mainstream and you can you know go to the corner starbucks and buy buy coffee with get paid with it in a more real. way i ju

china's deadly corona virus is spreading south korea confirms its 1st case. of stan grant this is al jazeera lot from go out also coming up barricades and burning tires renewed protests begin in iraq's capital baghdad. world powers back a cease fire in libya but more shilling and an oil blockade raised doubts it will hold. these double in the gulf of guinea making it the world's most dangerous waterway. the spread of a new and potentially deadly virus appears to be accelerating in asia the virus has killed 3 people since 1st being detected in the chinese city of rwanda 130 died new cases were confirmed through the weekend south korea's centers for disease control and prevention have now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into incheon city from will hand on sunday has been quarantined that follows one case being confirmed in japan early in january and 2 in thailand 6 days ago. back to london to confirmed patient was identified in the quarantine phase and there is no community exposure and those who have come in contact apparently being investigated

south korea. just. growing frustration with lebanon's economic crisis protesters are angry that 3 months of anti-government demonstrations seem to have gone nowhere what's needed to break the stalemate in the 11th leadership willing to change the political system this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey for 3 months now people in lebanon have been demanding change worsening economic crisis means many can't find jobs pay for basic goods or even withdraw money.

south korea is a big economic power over southeast asia and south korea has its own initiative towards southeast asia. in this regard even when japan strongly promotes cooperation with southeast asia, how to cooperate with south korea also entering japan's storage and also with regard to the us-japan alliance, i think one of the key issues is how much you can cooperate in developing in implementing specific projects regarding infrastructure in relevant regions. my sense from a viewpoint of a japanese researcher, southeast asia needs a huge amount of money. india and china cannot afford the finance that southeast asia needs. in this regard, southeast asia also seeks sources of support. in this regard japan and the united states have great potential to effectively promote development in the region. >> for the south korea issue, japan and south korea, politicization has a very big power to shape the attitude toward each other and so this is beyond -- a very big obstacle to coverage with others and on the other hand japan, china and south korea are trying to promote free trade agreement am

shery: japan and south korea open in an hour. i am shery and. -- ahn. sophie: i am sophie kamaruddin. welcome to daybreak asia. haidi: our top stories, president trump going to davos as his impeachment trial looms. he accuses the democrats of trying to reverse the 2016 election. shery: credit markets warning of a sell signal. we have an exclusive interview. in hong kong the government is again rejecting calls for universal suffrage for the chief executive here. this as anger bubbled back on the streets of hong kong. shery: australian markets have just opened to trade. let's turn to sophie for a check of what she is watching. sophie: we are seeing stocks gaining ground, .1% with the stock market looking overheated and valuations and records. the latest, investors buying into the aussie stock rally. environmental risk around the earnings estimates. futures looking mixed. it is opening slightly lower, this -- nikkei futures under pressure ahead of japanese industrial output we will get later this morning along with taiwanese export numbers and jobless figu

had previously not designated south korea as part of the defense permit or. -- perimeter. u.s. war games change from just status quo ante, going back to the the 38th parallel, to the yalu river. you have a whole discussion on river discussion. was there a sense that the war could draw the chinese in? what was the assumption, you could have american forces on the chinese border without the chinese responding? sam: well, the backdrop of this was that the united states had from theintelligence russian sources, none in north koreans, none on the chinese. what happened is there were a series of informed or not very well informed guesses made by political leaders and the leaders of the fairly new central intelligence agency. and they assumed the chinese were too weak. they assumed th soviets did not wante a war. they were prepared for it, which was in fact correct. stalin was, throughout all of this, very cautious. careful not to get directly involved with soviet forces. was at theur, who end of his career, had had a had beenessful time, the commander in the far east. korea was not p

south korea and beijing but 1st this report from charlie and. declaring an international public health emergency is rare but with the corona virus spreading globally the world health organization says it warns the code need to international response i'm declaring a public close emergency of international concern. over the global outbreak of novel. coronavirus the main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in china but because of what is happening in other countries greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker systems. which are ill prepared to deal with it. countries like india one of the latest report cases the respect to disease until now individual nations have made their own decision in response to the outbreak in italy more than $6000.00 tourists were under locked out aboard a cruise ship near rome after 2 chinese passengers displayed flu like symptoms the couple were put into isolation until the test results came back negative for coronavirus meanwhile evacuations of foreign n

ramy inocencio has the story from south korea. ♪ >> reporter: k-pop, korean pop music is a worldwide phenomenon. ♪ from heartthrob boy bands like bts ♪ to girl groups like black cape, it's a multibillion industry that dazzles. but the apparent suicides of two female k-pop stars in less than two months have revealed a darker side. first in october, 25-year-old choi gin ri known as sully. then in november, her close friend, 28-year-old ku hara. together they amassed millions of views on their music videos. but despite their international fame, both women were long-time targets of cyber bullying. in k-pop, perfection is a must, in discipline, performance, and in looks. >> if you aren't under a certain weight, you can definitely get cut. >> reporter: no one understands that better than k-pop artist amber liu says there is an expectation in the industry to be perfect. >> you'll told what to do, what to say, what to think. >> reporter: she was a former fan and friend. she said she can see what cyber bullying can take. >> when they hear you're getting help, they're what? why are you get

by the people there so south korea is now said to be considering imposing a 20 percent tax on income generated from crypto currency transactions essentially south korea is considering reclassifying returns we don't cripple currencies as a type of quote other. place in the same category as money earned from lotteries rather than as a form of capital gains as it's currently treated there and by the way here in the u.s. so obviously this would be a very positive move for group the holders as we could see that come to the us or is the us still so far behind on this in the ira so far behind on this no chance of . yeah i think and the us as you know. issued guidance just as you know as soon as new as october and you know calling it a property an asset and subject to capital gains i don't really see the u.s. tax stand stand to moving much away from that mainly because in the us crypto is still. seen as an investment as speculate of investment. so until it becomes more mainstream and you can you know go to the corner starbucks and buy buy coffee with it get paid with it and a more real you k

we got south korea g.d.p. than were higher, 1.2% the third quarter in 2017 and we got a strong number out of taiwan and the economy is doing well in the fourth quarter. does that bode well for japan? >> i think so. at least it is some indication that the very negative trade that we saw in 2019 as a result of the u.s.-china trade may be bombing out and it is not nearly as high as the mashts you mentioned, korea and taiwan. there is a significant explosion that investors are mindful about. the stabilization of imports and recovering domestic demand, that form you lates the basis of why we are constructive on the market in 2020. >> there was a press conference yesterday and i know you were on an airplane and no real shocking news. they held steady and uped the outlook on the economy. these were expected and lowered some inflation targets. again, also there is caution to expect that the next move might be normalization. what do you read? >> at the end of the day it is our view that the bank of japan's ability to l

by the people there so south korea is now said to be considering imposing a 20 percent tax on income generated from group to currency transactions essentially south korea is considering reclassifying returns we don't cripple currencies as a type of quote other. place in the same category as money earned from lotteries rather than as a form of capital gains as it's currently treated there and by the way here in the u.s. so obviously this would be a very positive move for a group to holders as we can see that come to the us or is the us still so far behind on this in the ira so far behind on this no chance of. yeah i think the us as you know. issued guidance just as you know as soon as new as october and you know calling it a property an asset and subject to capital gains i don't really see the u.s. tax stand stand to moving much away from that mainly because in the us crypto is still. seen as an investment as speculate of investment. so until it becomes more mainstream and you can you know go to the corner starbucks and buy buy coffee with it get paid with it and a more real you know

by the people there so south korea is now said to be considering imposing a 20 percent tax on income generated from crypto currency transactions essentially south korea is considering reclassifying returns we don't cryptocurrency these as a type of quote other. place in the same category as money earned from lotteries rather than as a form of capital gains as it's currently treated there and by the way here in the us so obviously this would be a very positive move for a group to holders as we can see that come to the us or is the us still so far behind on this in the i.r.s. so far behind on this no chance of. yeah i think and the u.s. as you know. issued guidance just as you know as soon as new as october and you know calling it a property an asset and subject to capital gains i don't really see the u.s. tax stand stand to moving much away from that mainly because in the u.s. crypto is still seen as an investment as speculate of investment. so until it becomes more mainstream and you can you know go to the corner starbucks and buy buy coffee with get paid with it in a more real. way

by the people there so south korea is now said to be considering imposing a 20 percent tax on income generated from crypto currency transactions essentially south korea is considering reclassifying returns we don't cripple currencies as a type of quote other income placing it in the same category as money earned from lotteries rather than as a form of capital gains as it's currently treated there and by the way here in the u.s. so obviously this would be a very positive move for a group to holders as we can see that come to the us or is the us still so far behind on this in the i.r.s. so far behind on this no chance of. yeah i think the u.s. as you know. issued guidance just as you know as soon as new as october and you know calling it a property and subject to capital gains i don't really see the u.s. tax stance to moving much away from that mainly because in the u.s. crypto is still seen as an investment as speculate of investment. so until it becomes more mainstream and you can you know go to the corner starbucks and buy buy coffee with it get paid with it in a more real. way i ju

korea it won't be so but it will be down here across much of the south even osaka could see a rain shower or 2 there where across the philippines not looking too bad to the north down towards the south though we are picking up a few more showers in the overnight hours for parts of say boom we're going to be seeing about $28.00 degrees you there down towards the court of the expect to see some very heavy rain as we go towards wednesday and up here towards parts of coaching it is going to be a partly cloudy day with the showers in the forecast at 32 degrees and then very quickly across parts of india really not looking too bad over the next few days most of the heavy rain showers have ended we are going to see had her bad with some clouds in the forecast attempt of 30 inch knife at 31. tool to al-jazeera we were told to get to the ministry of all the russian has this been addressed by to ok we listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple and you know we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. investigating the use and abuse across the globe on al-jazee

to 6 rob mcbride has the latest now from a son in south korea. south korea was finally receiving back after a number of delays one of the special charter flights bringing $368.00 south korean citizens a total of $700.00 plus in rwanda expressed a desire to leave this it means about half of those citizens have now returned this friday to gimpo airport in seoul we've been in touch with one of the people on that flight have back and forth through social media he says it has been an exhausting night of screenings leaving the blue hand certainly screenings on the way into south korea but certainly i think a sense of relief to be out of hand and also gratitude that this flight has been laid on we know last few minutes of her that of the 368 people on board this flight 18 of them do have fever symptoms and then not been taken off to medical facilities in seoul now the rest that 350 will be coming south of seoul to 2 specially set up quarantine facilities this is actually a police training center where we'll right this is at one of these centers it's a c

of will hand is behind them rob mcbride al-jazeera a sun south korea. also we've got a plane carrying 110 evacuees due to land at an air force base in the united kingdom. goes there for us what happens on you once they land. well kemal here at the brize norton royal air force base they're expecting within the next few hours that plane to be landing here now what will happen is that there is a makeshift medical facility where all those on board will be tested they are accompanied by medical military medical offices as well as public health officials as well from then on they will bend board a bus where they will make the journey of about some 270 kilometers up to a hospital in the northwest of england where they will be put into some accommodation that some of what was previously stop the combination of a hospital one of the only places which should accommodate such numbers and they will be in quarantine for 2 weeks now even if they don't display any of the symptoms there it is of course the utmost importance that they are kept away from any other people

remember, north korea thinks it's democratic so if south korea is a democracy, but it's not liberal, it's not free, well, then, it looks a little bit like north korea, in at least theoretical terms. moon jae in after all, what's the name, what's the formal name of the state that he leads? it is the democratic peoples republic of korea. >> to watch the rest of this talk, visit our website book tv.org. search for gordon chang or the title of his book "losing south korea" using the box at the top of the page. >>> starting now, it's book tv in prime time. in just a moment, the impact that detroit's bankruptcy has had on the city's poor. then vanderbilt university president brian fitzpatrick offers his thoughts op class-action lawsuits. greenhouse talks about the challenges american workers face today. and later, a reairing of the former deputy assistant to president trump, sebastian gorka. find more on book tv.org. now here's more on detroit's bankruptcy. >> good evening, everybody. >> good evening. >> that's a good detroit response for c-span. my name is peter hammer. i'm a professor of

. >> now, south korea has also confirmed four cases. for the latest, cnn's paula hancocks is live for us in seoul. our david culver is in beijing. very worried. the chinese, david, have done this containment policy, but this latest news about how you can be -- you can have it, but not be symptomatic is very worrying because people must have traveled all over the world like that. >> reporter: michael, we were monitoring that press conference on sunday as that was announced. and we were shocked by that. that was very surprising to hear. i think that's what's starting to get a lot of attention here, is the claim from these health officials that they believe within the first one to 14 days, which is the incubation period of potentially having been exposed, that you could possibly be a carrier and transmit it to another individual. so that extends the safe period up to 14 days where they are trying to essentially have people self-quarantine if they believe they have been exposed. but it also raises some questions. we've got these airport sec

confirmed in south korea which is also saying a large influx of chinese tourists for the lunar new year holiday reports from seoul. south korea is one of the most popular destinations in asia for chinese tourists and in this coming holiday period the country is expecting to play host 213-0000 visitors from china now while direct flights from hand have been suspended this influx is a cause for concern here and south korea is putting in place the usual precautions such as health checks at points of entry and so on the country is no stranger to outbreaks like this one back in 2050 it was badly impacted by another type of coronavirus the virus from the middle east that made nearly 200 people sick 38 of whom actually died so south korea is well aware of the dangers and has in place the kind of precautions a nice to take the same cannot be said of north korea a lack of resources then means it is far more vulnerable to a public health emergency such as this one and it has done in the past for example with the a bolo virus put in place far more drastic measures stopping all visitors now while t

korea it won't be so but it will be down here across much of the south even osaka could see a rain shower or 2 there where across the philippines not looking too bad to the north down towards the south though we are picking up a few more showers in the overnight hours for parts of say boom we're going to be seeing about 28 degrees to you there down towards jakarta they expect to see some very heavy rain as we go towards wednesday and up here towards parts of coaching it is going to be a partly cloudy day was for showers in the forecast at 32 degrees and then very quickly across parts of india really not looking too bad over the next few days most of the heavy rain showers have ended we are going to see had her bad with some clouds in the forecast attempt of 30 inch knife at 31. i'm counting the cost from pounces monster trade deal is china capitulates can beijing deliver it ends of billions in extra trade russia seeks to isolate ukraine with a pipeline by plus south korea's does struggling to climb the social and skylights counting the calls on i'll just see them. beating eco friendly cit

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it has also spread to south korea, to thailand and japan. federal health officials are screening travelers from the epicenter of the virus, the chinese city of 19 million people. airports in los angeles, san francisco, new york, atlanta, chicago all screening efforts have been ramped up at those airports. joining us tonight is dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. doctor, we've had to talk about these issues over the years. this one is unusual in it's such a small number of cases both in china and now we hear about one case in the united states. what's going on? >> well, it's an evolving situation, lou. i mean, yes, there are relatively speaking not a lot of cases, but they're accelerating. just a few days ago there was 40 cases, then 45, then 60, now there are over 300 cases in china predominantly with six deaths. we were expecting that sooner or later we would see a case in the united states because of the extensive volume of travel between china and the united states. so the case that wa

. >> now to south korea where companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates. its leading jobs, but quite convinced of the benefits. >> it's a nerve racking day for this s south korean student. he is preparing to be interviewed by a computer. artificial intelligence will test his response time, hisis body language, and his facial expressions as employers in south korea increasingly usee a interviews to recruit new talented. . >> jobob seekersrs are desperat enough to e exaggerate their capabilities in order to have employers takeke another look a them. but you can't trick ai. as a job seeker i think i feel hopeless if ai interviews become popular and theajority ofof compapanies start to use t >> sk innovatation a and hyunda engineering construruction have started d using the technhnolog ththe kororea economic research institute top 131 companies either want to use or are already using ai to hire. that trend has given birth to a whole new industry training centers known as crown schools dedicated to preparing candidates for the ai interview. >> with

that would be the number one competitor from south korea. it is not fair we have a trade deal so samsung would get the no waiver i want them to help us a little bit. apple has to help us i'm very strong on it. they have the keys to so many criminals and criminal minds they can do things they have the problem recently in florida they could have given us that information that would have been helpful. >> i understand both sides of the argument when you are dealing with drug lords and terrorists and murderers. i don't care, we have to friend out wh find out what's going on >> facebook. >> i met him he said i'm number one in the world. he said congratulations. >> should he stick to his guns with the political ban >> he's done a hell of a job he has to do what he has to do i've heard he's going to run for president. that wouldn't be too frightening. he said you are number one i said that's very nice. it is always nice. you know who number two is modi of india. he has 1.5 billion i have 350 we are going there soon. by the way, our relationship with

is calling for an immediate end to hostilities south korea has become the 1st to confirm its 1st case of a new coronavirus that originated from china patient numbers of tripled and 3 people have died since it was 1st detected in the chinese city of han in his 1st comments on the outbreak president sees you being says the virus must be resolutely compliant lebanon's president is meeting the heads of security agencies to discuss the recent waves of approaches the survey says more needs to be done to preserve peace and stability after 2 nights of a breast lift more than $500.00 people injured frustration has been growing out of the financial crisis. leaked documents suggest africa's richest woman siphoned hundreds of billions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president's daughter is a builder. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after inside story. growing frustration with lebanon's economic crisis protesters are angry tha

when you look at the pmi's for south korea in particular, half of south korea's gdp comes from exports. when you see that emerging into positive territory, at the least, things are bottoming out. well -- bodes well. a decent set up pmi's from across the asia region. let's check in on first word headlines. hong kong kicked off the new year with protests and teargas. new year'srs clashed day and into the night. protesters about to maintain their fight for more democracy at a less chinese control. president trump says he will sign the first phase of a trite deal on january 15 at the white house. he has been lenny to go to beijing to begin talks on the second phase. the first part of a deal will see an agreement on china to increase purchases of american farm goods in exchange for lower tariffs. a new trade deal between the u.s. and japan has kicked in. japan is reducing tariffs on u.s. beef, pork, and agriculture products. it is still pushing to secure its goal of reduced tariffs on cars at auto parts. japan says u.s. officials including be president have given assurances that a new tarif

terms of a rate cut in south korea. the thai baht are testing june lows. we are counting down to the reopen of markets in india, as well. yesterday, we saw indian markets rise by .6%. it is looking likely we can see more selling when markets reopened. we have the rupee holding at 71. a little bit of movement coming in the 10 year yield. holding at 6.572. let's get the first word news with su keenan in new york. fighte latest on the against the virus. the world health organization called an emergency meeting later thursday to discuss a former global alarm over the coronavirus outbreak. governments are tightening travel restrictions and several airlines are cutting services to china as the death toll mounts. the u.s. says the entire world must be on alert. to the u.s., the fed left rates and policy on hold, which was expected. they say the labor market is strong and the economy continues to grow. however, it says consumption remains only moderate, and investments and exports are weak. the fed says economic activity actual

the viral respiratory illness is hitting singapore, south korea and thailand. it is a large family of virus, sometimes the common cold, some have evolved into serious injuries. at this point this new virus does not appear to be as deadly or contagious. the bay area has remained clear of any confirmed cases so far but a planeload of u.s. personnel from the area will be coming to the bay area. we are live in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: the u.s. has an embassy in china and a consulate in wuhan.

i think south korea where you need more of a gallows humor about the north korean threat i think it's just punch you're over there and so that's like a good example of jokes that's able to be both in korean and international desk to take a take a pause for a moment because i want to share some of the other reviews have been coming and so this one came from. i told our online audience we're going to talk about paris like today send us your family's dad says brilliant comments on late capitalism we're always thinking of someone else love the director's line about it as a comedy with no clowns a hero with villains and me to move on to one more tweet a comment before we go to a t.v. critic this is matthew. power side is definitely one of the best films of 2019 it's a very good example of the beauty that exists in embracing films from diverse regions around the world and then this is jeremy blitz to me but it sums up. why does that is so appealing about the south korean film havoc. my main takeaway was in contrast to the dichotomy of those 23 which will see them to the western. trim of you