we have to get a place where north korea and south korea are talking to each other. even if you want a peace deal, it is between washington and north korea. to answer your question, i nnderstand why the moo administration is doing what it is doing but i don't think it is necessarily the way to make a breakthrough. they breakthrough will come between washington and north korea. we still have to have talks. we have to go back to that. it is hard work, but that is what we have to back to and start all over again. mark: victor, your thoughts on this basket of issues. you are still on mute, victor? dr. cha: i agree with what sue said. for the south koreans to get look they want, a prerequisite is some sort of freeze deal initially, but that will be a hard choice for the biden administration because it will mean, are you going to relax sanctions? that will be the key internal decision that has to be made. second point, very quickly, is to doea is 's mo provocations after the inauguration. launch, had a rocket the trump administration did as well. so it will come after the

negotiations between japan and north korea are deadlocked. what is north korea's current stance? >> translator: north korea insists the victims who have not returned are dead or never came to the country. but its accounts are riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions. north korea returned the remains of what it said were abductees, but dna testing showed they were not. later the country indicated it would hold another investigation. but this was suspended and its relationship with japan is stuck at a standstill. the abductees' families believe north korea's suspicious behavior suggests that it wants to close the issue by continuing to hide the fact that the remaining victims are still alive. >> translator: the suga administration has been installed in japan, and biden is expected to become u.s. president in january. japan and the u.s. share recognition of this human rights issue. but how might they cooperate to deal with north korea? what needs to be done to resolve the situation? >> translator: the new administrations have the opportunity to break the deadlock. to do that

but early in 1952 north korea. claimed that villages throughout the country was suffering unprecedented outbreaks of bubonic plague anthrax and typhus. it accused the united states of bacteriological warfare dropping germ bombs containing insects shellfish and feathers infected with plague as well as anthrax and color. america angrily denied the claim. was just released films lay bare the shocking truth behind communist charges of germ warfare in korea and ever since the germ warfare allegations have been dismissed as communist propaganda from an isolationist rogue state it was broadcast by the communist propaganda machine throughout the world. today north korea is the most impenetrable state on the planet. yes over the past 20 years professor morey musser taka a leading japanese academic has gradually won the confidence of peon young secretive rulers. like a healthy boy i don't condone violence. shows how was i not only saigon orders and president of that all of us so they must. now mari has persuaded p.r. nyang t

today at the 38th parallel korea remains divided north and south korea remain technically at war every hour of every day the border guards square up to each other across the symbolic dividing line under the constant gaze of american forces. but because search for information about biological warfare in korea will take him far away from this disputed border. harbin northeastern china. in the 1930 s. and 1940 s. japan occupied this part of china. inside these brick buildings a division of the imperial japanese army unit 731 carried out grotesque human experiments as a result japan became the 1st country ever to perfect the technology of biological warfare. agents in this. chair and. the. fate of. color to me. the trash the japanese experiments exposed to bare living. victims insects or shellfish infected with plague anthrax and cholera while weapons experts created unique bombs to deliver these pathogens to their target during world war 2 japan dropped thousands of these bombs throughout northern china infecting towns and villages with plague cholera anthrax and type for you to see they'

according to north korea. began dropping bombs filled with infected insects in january 952 near the end of the korean winter. in support it cites what it claims is contemporary newsreel footage showing scientists examining insects surrounding the remains of bombs on snow covered ground like a bomb casing from a standard leaflet bomb that was used to deliver pamphlets and that sort of information we showed this film to entomologist and biological warfare expert professor geoffrey lockwood it's really difficult to say what that is there's there's no scale so i can't tell what the size of those insights are given that that appears to be snow i would guess that of the big it could be something like stone flies crawling around on the snout but for professor lockwood the problem is not with the insects the bombs or the snow it's with the veracity of the film itself it has to be almost certain that what we're seeing here is a a recreate of what the koreans saw or claimed to have seen the possibility of getting a came

this claim by north korea that it is yet to have a single case of the coronavirus and north korea kim jong saying that this might pay dearly for these kinds of comments so it does show you where the situation is between north and south at the moment that basically things are still stalemate they are still deadlocked and of course with the end of all of this summit diplomacy between donald trump and kim jong un everybody seems to be in this holding pattern waiting to see what this transition will mean water biden administration will mean for the korean peninsula all right robin thank you for that update from seoul. coming up right after the break why the philippines finds itself at the bottom of the list for a coronavirus. player in or what happened to print to walk out during a champions league football. the orientation of the weather patterns of europe is changing but it is twisting a bit like this so many places been sitting in funk for a while in eastern europe even the british isles alyse that changes the wind picks up the stormy weather we've have through italy and particularly i

today at the 38th parallel korea remains divided north and south korea remain technically at war every hour of every day the border guards square up to each other across the symbolic dividing line under the constant gaze of american forces. but because search for information about biological warfare in korea will take him far away from this disputed border. harbin northeastern china. in the 1930 s. and 1940 s. japan occupied this part of china. inside these brick buildings a division of the imperial japanese army unit 731 carried out grotesque human experiments as a result japan became the 1st country ever to perfect the technology of biological warfare. agents in this. color to me. the trash the japanese experiments exposed to their lives. victims insects or shellfish infected with plague anthrax and cholera while weapons experts created unique bombs to deliver these pathogens to their target during world war 2 japan dropped thousands of these bombs throughout northern china infecting towns and villages with plague cholera anthrax and type for you to see there for. the bottle that the

this is the the good news coming up today and imagine the situation in south korea . that's the assessment from the country's president as south korea recalled its highest stating increased in this case is so far this year is the country on the verge of its 1st ever national lockdown. kind of court of silence to endure as slick song productions plus a new generation of do it yourself. at the ready to fill the vacuum and capture a few sounds. great you got to be back must. have british babaji welcome to. glad you could join us south korea has ramped up testing facilities amid a 3rd wave of corner virus infections over the weekend the country reported over 1000 cases its highest daily increase since january president has called it an emergency situation and has ordered the mobilization of police military personnel and medical doctors to come up the spread of the virus this despite tougher social distancing rules that were implemented last week from tomorrow schools will close in the capital city and further destructions haven't been ruled out and if implemented these wo

it's sometimes called south korea's broadway. we visited the new universe theater company, who have won awards at korean music festivals. they focus on social issues and use historic events for their shows. >> the script, direction and management of the group are all handled by the leader, kim su-jung. we spoke to her online. >> kim's group had started meeting in this building for rehearsals. they pay $600 a month in rent. it wasn't easy to find such an affordable space. >> none of the group make a living by performing. they all have part-time job. yet their passion for the stage ties them tother. serated, but without ally nnecti their group won't survive. they've beg reme reheaals. >> looki at each othern the scen, th exchangideas. >>> the light of dawn appeared in may as the government relaxed restrictions. the group chose a previous work for their reopening, a story about a woman who suffered physical abuse. >> together the group examined the script, we wrote every detail, and began rehearsals. audien audience members would be

she says south korea's conservative culture is also partly to blame. for me because i'm learning but i knew they wouldn't what i say oh they could care. whatever thought and just don't know who or what all over her work at they were. all about their openness always nancy. grace i didn't i used to boil because i think it's not the full knowing. when it's all good it has all that what is it ok. no words that are. all. over you it's no way. to tackle digital 6 crimes and illegal filming the government adopted a comprehensive set of measures in september 2017. 3 months after his swearing in a south korea's president mugabe even made a national priority. piers up already on financial to run into more. general calm all you're going to. draw more structure. there are. some citizens are helping take up the fight. you're gonna. need to get what we've done with a lot of money now remember. the only thing the women don't want how much you know about this is we are here for. the. housewives. soon and joel need $30.00 a self a soul in the district of dil so good on

and south korea have been targeted including johnson and johnson over backs north korea has apparently tried to infiltrate u.k. based astra zeneca for more on this we're joined at every 30 analyst and chief security advisor for central one morgan right morgan thanks for being with us today it's good to see you good to see you again sir morgan how big of a deal is this. this is huge you were just talking about bitcoin i will tell you dax seems will have a value i think far greater than even something like bitcoin does back seams are now the currency of the realm i mean big question is about money it's about monetization it's about well back scene is about lives and you can control the supply chain if you can control the intellectual property the research and development the distribution i mean saving lives at this point is the key and people will spend billions and billions of dollars to make sure that that happens so this makes it an extremely inviting target not only for criminal organization but for nation states who are looking to steal intellectual property research development and

she says south korea's conservative culture is also partly to blame. for me because i'm learning by the i.c.a.o. . whatever they just don't know who or what all over her work at they were. there are there's always nancy. grace i think that your point there is i think it's not the full noise. and that's all that it has of all that wouldn't it ok. no word or one does all. over you it's no way. to tackle digital 6 crimes and illegal filming the government adopted a comprehensive set of measures in september 2017. 3 months after his swearing in the south korea's president mugabe even made a national priority. piers up already on financial to run into more. than a general come all you're going to. draw more structure. there are. some citizens are helping take up the fight. when you find. it hard to get what we've done with a lot of money now remember. the only thing rebounding or how much you know about this is we are. one. of the. housewives. soon and. 30 is south of seoul in the district of bill so good once a month these volunteers team up 1st specific m

and the president of south korea has called on the military to provide more testing now south korea has been a pioneer of test and trace well it seems as though the system here may not be good enough to deal with this so there are being more resources there and there is also a worrying warning from the health minister here in south korea that unless they can get on top of these numbers if they continue to see this 3rd wave continue to see more numbers every day then it could be putting a stress and stretching resources in intensive care units within a matter of a couple of weeks from now and of course rob the the government in south korea is very concerned about the public messaging over this past several months they they understand public fatigue when it comes to coronavirus messaging but they want to keep them onside. there's a real concern here that with previous waves of this pandemic there has been something to concentrate on there's been very specific clusters but it seems with this 3rd wave it is so widespread that's a real concern here now relatively of course these numbers comp

she says south korea's conservative culture is also partly to blame. for me because i'm learning but i knew they wouldn't what i say oh they could care. whatever then just don't know who or what are all over her work at their. level up until then it's always nancy. grace i thought that i used to boil because i think they smoked. and that's all that it has of without it ok. now words that are. all. over you it's never going. to tackle digital 6 crimes and illegal filming the government adopted a comprehensive set of measures in september 2017. 3 months after his swearing in the south korea's president mugabe even made a national priority. piers up already on financial to run into more. general calm all humans are going to. draw more structure. there are. some citizens are helping take up the fight. when you find. it hard to get what we've done with a lot of money. the only thing rebounding or how much you know about this is we are here for. the. housewives. soon and joel need 30 a selfless soul in the district of bill so good once a month these voluntee

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and south korea have been targeted including johnson and johnson over backs north korea has apparently tried to infiltrate u.k. based astra zeneca for more on this we're joined by pretty analyst and chief security advisor for sentinel one morgan right morgan thanks for being with us today it's good to see you good to see you again sir well morgan how big of a deal is this. this is huge you were just talking about bitcoin i will tell you that seems will have a value i think far greater than even something like bitcoin does back seams are now the currency of the realm i mean big question is about money it's about monetization it's about well back scene is about lives and you can control the supply chain if you can control the intellectual property the research and development the distribution i mean saving lives at this point is the key and people will spend billions and billions of dollars to make sure that that happens so this makes it an extremely inviting target not only for criminal organization but for nation states who are looking to steal intellectual property research developmen

balloons into north korea the move is seen as an attempt to revive denuclearization talks of ground to a halt bride reports now from seoul. branding them as human scum north korea has long been enraged by defectors releasing propaganda messages into its territory activists have regularly sent leaflets by balloon or in rice filled bottles to float across the waters separating the 2 koreas the issue came to a head earlier this year with the north destroying going into korean liaison office on its side of the demilitarized zone and cutting all hotline communications with the south in a bid to restore relations with north korean leader kim jong un south korea's liberal president moon j.n. has tried to prevent the propaganda or activities the defectors have accused him of violating their rights to free speech. so as long as kim jong un continues to threaten south korea with nuclear weapons and to suppress the people of north korea we will continue to release our leaflets under this new law offenders will now face up to 3 years in prison and sauza as of dollars in fines it's not known how

70 years ago and technically south and north korea have yet to make peace. and the army life was quickly closing in on the group's oldest member known as gen just 2 days before he turns 28 the laws upper limit for beginning service parliament cleared the way for a 2 year deferment. other heartthrob didn't have that luxury in 20131 of the country's biggest k. pop stars known as rein was discharged from the army after serving his time. in sports stars enjoy their own special rules son him in a footballer currently playing for tottenham hotspur was exempted from service because he'd won a medal at the asian games but he still had to complete basic training which he did last year when the coded pandemic conveniently interrupted the premier league season. so whatever they decide to do b.t.s. have 2 more years to set more industry records and break more hearts until their national service is supposed to begin and the music's over. john list frank smith joins me now from solo with mall frank how is military service viewed in south korea well it kind of has a mixed

and south korea have been targeted including johnson and johnson over backs north korea has apparently tried to infiltrate u.k. based astra zeneca for more on this we're joined at the alice and chief security advisor for sentinel one morgan right morgan thanks for being with us today it's good to see you good to see you again sir well morgan how big of a deal is this. this is huge you were just talking about bitcoin i will tell you jack seems to have a value i think far greater than even something like bitcoin does back seams are now the currency of the realm i mean big question is about money it's about monetization it's about well back scene is about lives and if you can control the supply chain if you can control the intellectual property the research and development the distribution i mean saving lives at this point is the key and people will spend billions and billions of dollars to make sure that that happens so this makes it an extremely inviting target not only for criminal organization but for nation states who are looking to steal intellectual property research and developmen

well still ahead here on al-jazeera no more flying leaflets the new controversial law in south korea that critics say violates their right to free speech. and housetraining is using i.v.s. to restore one of the world's most endangered ecosystems those stories and after the break. there's been a big drop in temperature in the last week in the suburbs not in fact in the arctic or around the northern hemisphere this is represented by these these colors so really it is pink it's really cold below minus 20 that cold air in the seasonal way comes out of the warm waters the open waters of the siege and the sea even the yellow sea that produces snow showers which we see the snow showers will pile up probably half a meter meet even more snow on the western slopes of most of honshu and hot card in the cold itself enhanced as the showers make some diva make some bigger in the philippines and the vietnamese coast and given the type of year we've got where the waters bit warmer in the philippines sea on the western side of the pacific and generally speaking around the indian ocean you tend to get

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this is deducted news a show coming up today and imagine 2 situation in south korea. that's the assessment from the country's president. recalled its august stating increased. so far this year is the country on the verge of its 1st ever national knocked on. silenced india as slick song productions plus a new generation of do it yourself. at the ready to fill the vacuum and capture a few fans. must. have been welcome to. join us south korea has ramped up testing facilities amid a 3rd wave of corner virus infections over the weekend the country reported a little over 2000 cases its highest daily increase since january president has called it an emergency situation and has ordered the mobilization of police military personnel and medical doctors to cup the spread of the virus this despite tougher social distancing rules that were implemented last week from tomorrow schools will close in the capital city and further destructions haven't been ruled out and if implemented these would in effect mean a lockdown for the 1st time during the pandemic. dozens of covert 900 testin

any comments in particular in regard to korea? >> i think the alliance between the united states and the republic of korea is very strong and resilient. it's a senate approved defense treaty. we have 28,500 troops in south korea with significant capabilities. the rok military is very significant. it's one of the better militaries in the world. i am very confident in the military capability to deter any provocations or attacks by north korea. it is also true that north korea has advanced their nuclear weapon and missile delivery capabilities. but the deterrence capabilities of not only the republic of korea, but also in combination with japan, and most importantly, with the u.s., is very significant. so north korea has a wide variety of challenges internal to their own society. do i expect north korea to do provocations at some point in the future? that is very possible. they've got a long history of doing things like that. but i think we have adequate vigilance. we are monitoring the situation closely as we always do with north ko

70 years ago and technically south and north korea have yet to make peace. and the army life was quickly closing in on the group's oldest member known as gen just 2 days before he turns 28 the laws upper limit for beginning service parliament cleared the way for a 2 year deferment. other heartthrobs didn't have that luxury in 20131 of the country's biggest k. pop stars known as rain was discharged from the army after serving his time. in sports stars enjoy their own special rules so on here i'm in a footballer currently playing for tottenham hotspur was exempted from service because he'd won a medal at the asian games but he still had to complete basic training which he did last year when the covert pandemic conveniently interrupted the premier league season. so whatever they decide to do. 2 more years to set more industry records and break more hearts until their national service is supposed to begin and the music's over. journalist frank smith joins me now from seoul with small frank how is military service viewed in south korea. well it kind of has a mix

she says south korea's conservative culture is also partly to blame. for me because i'm learning by neither of those i.c.a.o. . whatever then just don't know who or what are all over her work at their. level up until then it's always nancy. grace i thought that i used to boil because i think they smoked a pulmonary. and that's all that it has. it ok. no words that are. all. over you it's never going. to tackle digital 6 crimes and illegal filming the government adopted a comprehensive set of measures in september 2017. 3 months after his swearing in new south korea's president mugabe even made a national priority. piers up ordering the un then it's all to run into more. general calm all humans are going to. draw more structure. some citizens are helping take up the fight. you're gonna. need to get what we've done with a lot of money. the only thing the women don't want how much you know about this is we are here for. the. housewives. soon and joel need $30.00 a self a soul in the district of dil so good once a month these volunteers team up 1st specifi

north korea always accusing south korea of not doing enough to try to prevent these sorts of action taking place and things really came to a head this summer when relations really deteriorated across the d.m.z. we had to the north koreans cutting communication lines and even destroying an into korean liaison office so south korea mindful of the fact that they want to try to keep dialogue on track and keeping gaging with north korea has been using various local laws and various measures to try to stop these controversial activities but now it's actually putting it into a national law which is quite serious stuff it makes it illegal to launch these propaganda balloons a 3 year prison sentence and thousands of dollars in fines but as far as the defectors are concerns it violates their rights to free speech here in south korea . a curfew has been imposed in iraq's northern province after at least 5 people were killed in antigovernment protests kurdistan is really from a long standing financial dispute between the central and regional governments a global decline in all prices has intens

instead of north korea nuclear policy that we normally discuss. thank you so much and that's it for today. those want to work side. they doubled up all votes that asia we live in now with images of china's top wingsuit athlete juncture bearing, taking a jump from tantamount to an inside. old china. we'll see you tomorrow for the fight against the corona virus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say? information and context? the coronavirus update. 19 special on t w 3. jake, on the story for us and for our planet is a way to bring you more conservation. how do we make see the screen? how can we protect our tests? with the difference blindness, environmental series included $3000.00 on t.w. and on modern world aids day. this year finds us deep in the throes of another. pandemic, tobit 19. the highly infectious novel coronavirus has left across the world devastating health systems and causing economic turmoil. not since the h.i.v. aids pandemic of the 1990 s. have countries faced such a common health thre

and no more flying if it's new controversial or in south korea the critics say violates their rights to free speech. today's flood warnings are in cyprus turkey circulating storm and also in the southwest of france not rain just about stopped but the storm after storm coming into the west is out of europe this is the next one heading up towards the south of ireland now take a while to get the habit it will be there on tuesday it is still moving quite quickly but ahead of it is slowing weaving rain in central southern france and for much of eastern europe it's just become a quantum cold once again fog a huge problem nor indeed snow but it is cold so the stormy system will run quickly through push go and france as you can see and probably through the british isles but it gives a day of some of the gales in kolkata south coast of ireland there becomes a gusty sherry picture after that but the rain has fallen in turkey has been excessive 2 $180.00 pressman rages in the last 2 days that's gone beyond what the average for december is for on tallia the rain is just about finishing now in tu

has become easy in south korea well it's becoming harder. for police officers to find the hidden cameras. is an exploding criminology and digital 6 crimes. that can go in that they. won't be. told by the guys that i know well. as. a. whole. one isn't. so. much opposed. because you will. both. mothers call to basically about 3000 to what they're going to vote for me the order of i don't know in the door it's one of the you don't pay what. talking to a little system you put all have no trouble with no here's all of us movie feeling a cup cold. cold because what are they i mean you don't know much and don't need that. she says south korea's conservative culture is also partly to blame. for me because i'm learning by the i.c.a.o. they could carry. on and just don't know who or what all over her work at they've. got their own opinions on what nancy. grace i think that i used to boil because i think they smoked a pulmonary. and that's all that it has of without it ok. now words that are. all. over you it's no way. to tackle digital 6 crimes and il

in south korea restricting free speech in a bid to start talks with north. there's just been some pretty vicious weather off the coast of east australia neighbor has been described as the equivalent of catching road cycling i wasn't cycling but it certainly was stormy we had waves forces 10 metres high that rather low and that nobody whips up the sea gives you folks on the beaches in the sunshine coast the gulf coast coastal erosion down in byron bay this is soft christiansand just washed away because this is not the 1st storm of the season inland it is more obvious from the amount of rain that fell it is one in 100 year event in a half a meter of rain with a raise not quite as bad now nor is the wind it's all going south through sydney's as renewed in new south wales as things improve in brisbane melbourne same time has seen a rise in temperatures could be 2 days of 30 degrees that were lost because the rain heads down towards eastern victoria and a.c.t melbourne stand about $23.00 now that is boris where it should be the average is about 20 says be a 10 de

and south korea have been targeted including johnson and johnson over backs north korea has apparently tried to infiltrate u.k. based astra zeneca for more on this we're joined at every 30 analyst and chief security advisor for central one morgan right morgan thanks for being with us today it's good to see you. good to see you again sir well morgan how big of a deal is this. this is huge you were just talking about bitcoin i will tell you dax seems to have a value i think far greater than even something like bitcoin does back seams are now the currency of the realm i mean big question is about money it's about monetization it's about well back scene is about lives and you can control the supply chain if you can control the intellectual property the research and development the distribution i mean saving lives at this point is the key and people will spend billions and billions of dollars to make sure that that happens so this makes it an extremely inviting target not only for criminal organization but for nation states who are looking to steal intellectual property research and develop

70 years ago and technically south and north korea have yet to make peace. and the army life was quickly closing in on the group's oldest member known as gen just 2 days before he turns 28 the laws upper limit for beginning service parliament cleared the way for a 2 year deferment. other heartthrobs didn't have that luxury in 20131 of the country's biggest k. pop stars known as rain was discharged from the army after serving his time. in sports stars enjoyed their own special rules saw on your own men of football are currently playing for tottenham hotspur was exempted from service because he'd won a medal at the asian games but he still had to complete basic training which he did last year when the covert pandemic conveniently interrupted the premier league season. so whatever they decide to do b.t.s. have 2 more years to set more industry records and break more hearts until their national service is supposed to begin and the music's over. journalist frank smith joins me now from seoul where the mall frank how is military service viewed in south korea. well

several months later a mysterious new disease appeared in north korea called korea hemorrhagic fever, and it existed in in a series of litte dots along the belt of korea, along the 30th parallel which mystified the american epidemiologists. so that i think actually happened. then there was a second, a massive propaganda battle between the communists and the anti-communists, the americans and the british and the french, and that battle was hinged on whether the americans had flown over individual airplanes and dropped mysterious insect bombs, if you can believe it, in the snow of the very rural areas of china near the korean border. and that i think is has a slightly different answer, and it hinges on the books title. the books title is "baseless." the reason it is called "baseless" because operation baseless was the name of a a secret, top secret air force program aimed to perfect biological and chemical weapons at the earliest possible date. and it was a project that was on an emergency basis as the korean war got bigger and, well, everything got worse in korea. so project baseless w

unesco south korea's that adds south korea's -- lantern festival to his list of cultural heritage sites. >> the 2020 world cup -- 2021 world cup holding the rights to hold another huge event. andrian: the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year. right now, several european countries are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths. in the u.k., london and surrounding areas have entered the highest levels of restrictions and boris johnson plans to relax those restrictions and has been criticized by some medical experts. germany has begun its first day of an emergency lucked out with limits on most gatherings and events. at the same time record daily death toll was recorded with more than 950 people having died. the vaccine rollout will start on december 27. >> no one is expecting a normal christmas, least of all those who have lost loved ones to the pandemic grieving loved ones have condemned towards johnson and demanded a public inquiry >> we were hoping that by now, lessons would have been learned they have not bee

this is the doctor news coming up today and emergency situation in south korea. that's the assessment from the country's president as south korea recalled its hardest daily increase in co don't know why this case is so far this year. is the country on the verge of its 1st ever national lockdown. kind of cornell that is locked down silenced as slick body with song productions plus a new generation of do it yourself rafa's are ready to fill the vacuum and capture a few fans. welcome to. join us south korea has ramped up testing facilities amid a 3rd wave of corner virus infections over the weekend the country reported a little over 1000 cases its highest daily increase since january president has called it an emergency situation and has ordered the mobilization of police military personnel and medical doctors took up the spread of the virus this despite tougher social distancing rules that were implemented last week from tomorrow schools were closed in the capital serial and further destructions haven't been ruled out and if implemented these would in effect mean a

and south korea have been targeted including johnson and johnson over backs north korea has apparently tried to infiltrate u.k. based astra zeneca for more on this we're joined at the over 30 analyst and chief security advisor for central one morgan right morgan thanks for being with us today it's good to see you. good to see you again sir well morgan how big of a deal is this. this is huge you were just talking about bitcoin i will tell you dax seems to have a value i think far greater than even something like bitcoin does back seams are now the currency of the realm i mean big question is about money it's about monetization it's about well back scene is about lives and you can control the supply chain if you can control the intellectual property the research and development the distribution i mean saving lives at this point is the key and people will spend billions and billions of dollars to make sure that that happens so this makes it an extremely inviting target not only for criminal organization but for nation states who are looking to steal intellectual property research and deve

until the spring the thinking was when they were planning the vaccination campaign that south korea had this under control it could watch the vaccinations being rolled out elsewhere but now it seems as though that thinking was somewhat misplaced ok well joy is that from seoul thanks very much. hong kong's highest court has ruled the city's governments have the right to ban masks at public gatherings join last year's protests many anti-government demonstrators one must hide their identities and protect themselves from tear gas quarterfinal a pale went further than a lower court says and held the government's right to impose emergency measures but ruled. unconstitutional and instead to the streets showing the protests in which thousands of arrested. so there has had on al-jazeera. growing anger in northern nigeria whether threat from armed groups is crippling promised livelihoods. and the british will campaign against foreign truck drivers in south africa we take a look at why they're being targeted. hello there the weather looks pretty good across the middle east over the next couple

it is also true that north korea has advanced their nuclear weapon missile capabilities. mand in fact the deterrence capabilities have not only income edition with japan and also the united states and it's very significant so north korea is a high priority challenges, internal to oursociety . do i expect north korea to view provocations at some point in the future? it's very possible. they got a long history of doing things like that. but i think we have adequate vigilance. we are monitoring the situation as we always do in north korea and we have adequate military capabilities that might come our way. >> very last question general and again, thank you so much for the time you're spending with us today and all of you g men and women in uniform around the world . to defend us and their families, their questions about weapons of mass destruction and let me put that in a specific form in regard to the concerns in particular, one we learned anything about biological weapons with the potential of future kinds of biological weapons are watching this pandemic and to naturally oc

and the united states became in about one - - a vote of the civil war in korea. it was as if there was an electric shock going to washington. and everything there was plans and schemes and worries in a general way about the evil empire of russia suddenly became very specific especially when the united states started losin losing, there was a feeling that no, the russian tanks were better than the american tanks for instance in the was very concrete the questions had to be asked in the main question wa was, what do we have in our arsenal to win the apocalyptic war that is just around the corner? >> there are two very specific questions that you ask and one is to put the ages together and with that serum and that they only wanted to find something they were working on and commissioning but they never denied that they should use it and also china accuse the united states of planting smallpox during the war. so get to that fundamental question did weird in it we? what did we use it? >> unfortunately i think the short answer is yes. the chinese and the north koreans w

and south korea receives a special designation from unesco for its lantern festival. the world health organization says the corona virus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several e.u. countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths in the u.k. london and surrounding areas have entered the highest level of restrictions the prime minister boris johnson is defending the tightening of restrictions over the christmas holiday period the smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas. when we see 3 households can meet on 5 days i want to stress that these are maximums not targets to aim for but of course it's always going to be safest to minimize the number of people you meet well germany has now entered its 1st day of an emergency lockdown with limits on most christmas gatherings and events at the same time a record daily death toll was recorded with more than 950 when a hole has more now from london. there had been a great deal of press

she says south korea's conservative culture is also partly to blame. for me because i'm learning but i knew they would know what i say oh they could care. whatever they just don't know who or what are all over her work at their. level and to their openness always nancy. grace i didn't i used to boil because i think it's not the full noise. and that's all that it has of all that wouldn't it ok. no words that are. all. over you it's no way. to tackle digital 6 crimes and illegal filming the government adopted a comprehensive set of measures in september 2017. 3 months after his swearing in the south korea's president mugabe even made a national priority. children piers up already on financial to run into more. than a general come all you're going to. draw more structure. there are. some citizens are helping take up the fight. you're gonna. have to get what we've done with a lot of money now remember. the only thing the women don't want how much you know about this is we are here for. the. housewives. soon and. 30 is south of seoul in the district of bill

one of my favorite for men to dishes is now at the center of a spat between south korea and china. the row over this kimchi and whether it is chinese or korean kimchi. according to the un is the korean neighbor preserved vegetables season with spices and fermented seafood cabbage being one of the most common versions. but chinese state run newspaper global times claimed that china had received an international certification for kimchi, but what it had received was one for power. chinese style salted for many vegetables. the chinese claim over kimchi didn't go down well in south korea, from thing, even the agriculture ministry, to issue a clarification, that kimchi shouldn't be confused with if the saying holds true that you are what you eat, then koreans are kimchi, 95 percent of them eat the spicy pickled cabbage every day. that's $2000000.00 tons annually. even its preparation is a celebrated ritual. so reports that china had secured international certification for a comparable product. was something many koreans found hard to digest. so we're going to take you inside rather medi

there is a un security council of experts in north korea that said north korea has developed a very proficient army of hackers that can the country several billion dollars. this is help take the bite out of some of the sanctions. shery: east asia government editor with the latest. here is what the markets are looking like at the moment. we are seeing every sector and the green right now, being led higher by energy. we are talking about the highest level in over a week. 0.9%.tocks also gaining commodities weakening among counterparts. futures higher at the moment. nikkei futures higher. the japanese yen getting a little bit of ground against the u.s. dollar at the moment. sessionsher after two of gains. coming up, we will be speaking to the ceo of china beige book leland miller. the market opens in tokyo is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am shery ahn. our top stories this hour, asian markets set for gains. the s&p, the dow, and the nasdaq sought new highs -- saw new highs. the bill goes to the senate. survey sayshina that the mainland may no

as we always do with north korea. and we have adequate a la terry capabilities to deal with whatever might come our way. >> the very last question, thank you so much for the time you're spending with us today and all you and the men and women in uniform around the world are doing to defend us and their families. there are some questions about weapons of mass instruction. we learned anything about biological weapons with the potential of future kinds of biological weapons by watching this pandemic a naturally ,ccurring as best we know naturally occurring outbreak, but nonetheless that may foreshadow things that could be done deliberately by a future non-state actors or governments if they create more advanced biological weapons? and then secondly in regards to nuclear weapons, i wonder if in particular the concern about limited nuclear war that we've heard russia threaten at times in recent years that secretary mattis felt the need to in some ways respond to with the nuclear posture review of 2018. if the idea of limit

coming up today and situation in south korea. that's the assessment from the country's president. recalled. this is the country on the verge of its 1st ever national locked. down silenced as slick song productions plus a new generation of do it yourself. at the ready to fill the vacuum and capture a few fans. i vish babaji welcome to. join us south korea has ramped up testing facilities amid a 3rd wave of corn about us infections over the weekend the country reported a little over 1000 cases its highest daily increase since january president has called it an emergency situation and has ordered the mobilization of police military personnel and medical doctors to cup the spread of the virus this despite tougher social distancing rules that were implemented last week from tomorrow schools will close in the capital and further destructions haven't been ruled out and if implemented these would in effect mean a lockdown for the 1st time during the pandemic. dozens of covert 900 testing sites are opening up in south korea's capital and anyone can turn up and get a free test before people

it's an annual event eagerly anticipated across south korea held around borders birthday tracing its origins back more than a 1000 years the festival symbolizes the enlightenment of mines through buddha's wisdom but coming in spring it is also a celebration of life that all koreans can share in this year's event was scaled back because of the pandemic. this reflects the philosophy of buddhism that we care about people normally large crowds gather to see the illuminated floats that often reflect current events recent improvements in into korean relations that lead to joint a limb picked teams and the possibility of reestablishing rail services between north and south were celebrated last year to kuwait to tear this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and in the world by overcoming conflicts with buddhist spirit of mercy 2 years ago south korea's buddhist temples were recognized by unesco for their contribution to the heritage of humanity for the cementing buddhism's role in the fabric of south korean society. the law total enter 1st will represent traditiona

as we always do with north korea. and we have adequate military capabilities to deal with whatever might come our way. >> the very last question, thank you so much for the time you're spending with us today and all of you, and the men and women in uniform around the world, what you are doing to defend us and their families. there are some questions about weapons of mass instruction. -- about weapons of mass destruction. have we learned anything about biological weapons, with the potential of future kinds of biological weapons, by watching this pandemic naturally occurring, as best we know, a naturally occurring outbreak, but nonetheless, that may foreshadow things that could be done deliberately by a future non-state actors or governments if they create more advanced biological weapons. and then secondly, in regards to nuclear weapons, i wonder if in particular the concern about limited nuclear war that we've heard russia threaten at times in recent years, that secretary mattis felt the need to in some ways respond to