so i am declaring the republic of korea that is south korea. he declared and set i am the president come going to the president all of korea. and he meant all of this territory the entire peninsula. well on the north is not having any of that. he had the same ambition. so we then follow suit a number of days later and declares his own republic. the democratic people's republic of korea. now of course the north koreans, being korea and they have to be do one better. now notice they have to do one better than not foreigners or outsiders but one better than essentially their brethren. this is that word i mentioned earlier, paradox, begins to make sense to you. this is one of the dominating paradox. on the one hand you see in the moment they become bitter enemies and they end up killing each other by the end of this brutal korean war more than 10 million people. if you add everybody up. essentially 5 million people some say more essentially had been killed as were the most brutal civil wars. civil war in our country is bad enough, it was essentiall

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south korea's president has hinted a formal end. the war with north korea may be on the horizon. north korean troops invaded the south in june of 1950 in the bid to unify the peninsula with support from the then soviet union. and u. s. lead force entered the war in support of south korea than china joined in, in support of the communist north. millions of koreans were killed in the fighting, which lasted for 3 years. it ended with an armistice, but in the us, china and north korea. but south korea didn't agree to it's and no peace treaty has ever been signed. 71 years later. so them young ang are still technically at war. let's talk to b. j. kim. he's an affiliate professor at the hancock, university of foreign studies and a former south korean diplomat. he joins us from sole b. j. kim, is this piece in our time? or is it step changed towards what might become peace in our time? what might become? i would say because this is an agenda, the president when jane has been working with ever since 2018 when trump and kim joel were meeting. that's the time when the president, when jane

s. china and north korea, but south korea didn't agree to it. and no peace treaty was signed 71 years later. so an pyongyang, a still technically at war. i know crank is a former united states deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. he joins us now live from washington at good to have you with us, sir, sir. so that pyongyang, the u. s. and china have agreed in principle to declare the conflict of what does in principle mean. what would the u. s. want from north korea? would the usb prepared to make concessions of its own? well, thank you very much for having me. i would say that the devil is in the details as it always is when negotiating with the gym regime in north korea. i think in principle, yes, none of or declaration is a laudable objective. but let's remember that it is in essence more symbolic than anything else. what the korean peninsula needs is a comprehensive peace treaty. and a component of that would have to be the north koreans agreeing to the nuclear arising. so i would say that one of the things that the united stat

to reach some sort of a conversation with north korea. well, president moon has been invested in seeking reconciliation with, with north re spend a lot of personal capital and political capital on that. i, however, of his, his term is coming to an end. so he's thinking about legacy issues. i would argue that the national interests are much longer term and out live the personalities. so i don't expect any kind of a sudden reconciliation or some kind of piece agreement. i think we can be in this equilibrium, this sub standard or sub optimal equilibrium for a long time into the future. daniel kingston lecture, if international relations at troy university, thank you for your time. my pleasure. well, d, nicolai's, asian off the korean peninsula is one of the u. s. president j biden's foreign policy priorities 2022 may see a pivot from the oval office and pressing global issues. and the growing threats from china and fish explains if the white house was a circus. joe biden would be plate spinner in chief as he enters into his 2nd year in the o

and south korea. however, now the south korea as being acknowledged for its popular culture, it is quite natural for the korean government to utilize it as a soft power tool. and the other country would want to do the same point. but then when you get up to 10 or 10, been invited to government diplomatic event, one of the latest examples, the members of a pop group who company, the korean president to session of the united nations general assembly in new york on other exam for the state be to, to china in 2017 when k drama the past home had your health counseling is the president, edder, korea, china events, the government. and it's a pity that the appearance of home who is exceptionally popular in china, can contribute to reducing the political tension between the 2 countries. it has been carts of national branding and cultural diplomacy. the brand, korea would not be where it is today, without a helping hand from the entertainment industry. new players streaming services like netflix and hulu, audie

so you could leverage north korea is quite limited for business. and in terms of military deter, provided by alliance between south korea and allies, which in japan are quite functional and solid. so status quo is not such a bad option for neighboring punches. at least for a while. in the run up to the summit meeting, we're showing pictures as you're talking to us, the summit meeting between donald trump, the, than us president and kim jong in. and there was a lot of speculation in the world media that his sister might have been positioning herself to take over from him. because it's very difficult because we're all by definition outside the country. very difficult to get a handle on how big their respective power bases are within the political mechanisms that run pyongyang. how likely is he to either be deposed or just turn away from the job that he, he now does? well, i guess the chance is so near 0 because they said that there's no alternative available. there is no money in ex dial and no consistent with the 2 separate line system only can have

join us from san south korea. good to have you with us. so looking back on the last decade, has it been a last decade for the economy? mostly. yeah. the north koreans don't actually 5 figures on their economic growth anymore. they haven't, in a long time, the south 3 and reserve bank makes guesses. and those guesses have been fairly low, right? around 2 or 3 percent. i suppose for country north korea with its chronic economic performance and it's chronic malnutrition and corruption. so like that, i suppose that's not too bad, but i mean, north korea could grow more rapidly, substantially more rapidly if it weren't sanctioned. and it spent less on military, but the regime has prioritize nuclear development over domestic humanitarian concerns. and so yes, i'll be north going growth has been pretty low. ok. but when it comes to the nissan of nuclear programs, there has been development there. right? sure. those have been quite successful, right? i mean, when kim's only inherited the program from his father can johnny on 2011, i believe their

they will think, well, north korea has nuclear weapons, it is not that big of a deal. >> north korea has been hit by crippling sanctions to curb its weapons program but it has made little difference. >> the north can never give up its nuclear weapons. it considers it to be vital to the survival of the regime. >> the country is now in crisis. the border has been sealed shut to prevent the spread of covid-19. vital supplies have not been able to get through for nearly two years. >> in the end, if there are no's -- is no section relief, it is trouble and kim jong-un knows this well so i am sure he will come to talks. >> this key anniversary has kim jong-un at a crossroads. what he does next will decide his future and that of his people. bbc news, seoul. jane: yes. what will kim jong-un do next? constant question for successive administrations in washington. before we go tonight come over the course of this pandemic, many of the world's health officials have tried to stay calm when speaking to the public. one official in australia really rose to the occasion at a covid briefing today eve

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just information about cove it axis in south korea? well, i think it's, it's quite a big problem here. if you look at the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic that we're caught in, in the changes in government policy, it's, it's difficult for people to have faith here in south korea, social networking services. as you saw, the youtube channel of young, a rim, and other social networking channels are really emphasizing again, some data taken from the many, many studies and taken out of context without really carefully looking at all of the data. and certainly not relying as much as people should. some people should on medical professionals. now, the government has recognized this problem now and the prime minister as promised to share information with young adults and children more accurately as well. they also plan to role of vaccination opportunities or hopefully vaccinations at, at schools. in fact, put this in perspective for us. it's vaccine skepticism. they're more prevalent among young people. yes, i think it is. i, i, i've been

it ended with an armistice between the us, china and north korea, but south korea didn't agree to it. and no peace treaty was signed 71 years on. so i'm showing an a still, technically at war b. j kim is an affiliate professor at the hancock, university of foreign studies and formerly a south korean diplomat. he says the south korean president luigi and wants to officially end the war before he leaves office. this is an agenda, the president when jane has been working with ever since 2018 when trump and kim joel were meeting. that's the time when the president, when jane began airing, the idea of introducing that declaration of the end of the war. and his term president james term is ending. this coming may after march presidential election in this country. so this is one of the legacy is he wants the stablished before he steps down here before he leaves his office. though for him, this is a very important agenda. but the thing is, the fact that this has not been materialized ever since. it's an introduction of the idea to 1000 a in tells us it's pretty much a daunting task. it's not

the well, north korea has new your weapons, not that big a deal. laura: north korea has been hit by crippling sanctions to curb its weapons program, but it has made little diffence. >> the north can never give up its nuclear weapons, as it considers it vital to the survival of the regime. laura: the country is now in crisis. the border has been sealed to prevent the spread of covid-19. vital supplies have not been able to get through for nearly two years. >> in the end, if there is no sanctionselief, the regime could be under threat. kim jong-un knows this well, so to release sanctions, hampshire he would come to talks. laura: this key anniversary has kim jong-un at a crossroads. what he does next will decide his future and that of his people. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. lewis: that is it for me f the moment. i will be back with headlines in a couple moments. meantime, more line on the bbc news app. you can get me on social media, on twitter i am not -- i am at @lvaughanjones. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided b

north korea marks 10 years since kim jong-un became supreme leader. we look at the impact of his time in office. ♪ jane: welcome to "world news america" on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with more evidence that the omicron strain of coronavirus is spreading rapidly across the globe. the worst figures are coming from europe, in particular the u.k. in the last one he for hours, the number of infections in britain has reached a new high for a third consecutive day. even in places where omicron hasn't yet taken hold, governments are worried. many of them are scrambling to ramp up their vaccination campaigns before a new wave of cases. bbc's correspondents from around the world report now on how the rise of the omicronariant is affecting people in their countries. we start in france. >> the figures in france are not good. we are heading towards a new spike. 60,000 to 65,000 cases of covid every day, which we have not seen for a long time. most are not omicron. the vast majority are delta variant. but it is widely believed the number of omicro

milley: we are always paying attention to north korea. that is a country that is extraordinarily well armed. they have 70% of their military arrayed within striking distance of the demilitarized zone. seoul, korea, is only 27 miles from the demilitarized zone. and with the regime of north korea is a brutal, tough regime, very aggressive, and led by an individual that is very difficult to figure out. they are always doing provocations over the course of time, whether it is missiles or other things. so north korea is something that we always are watching very closely. our intent in north korea or china or russia, we want to maintain a military capability and a diplomatic level of effort to deter war. we don't want any conflict. we want to deter war. but if deterrence fails, we are determined to fulfill our treaty obligations with south korea. so far since 1953, deterrence has worked, and we are hopeful that will continue to work. david: we have heard of cyberattacks from china, north korea, russia in the united states. we don't know if they

coming up, remembering the founder of north korea. also, the forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes. why us police bombed philadelphia and afghanistan's first man in space. we start with the story of a true trailblazer who made history in 1960. she became the modern world's first female head of government when she was elected prime minister of sri lanka — or ceylon, as it was known. her daughter spoke to witness history. you are the first woman prime minister in the world. would this make your influence less or more strong? considerably more strong. do you think they'll be more capable than the problems than men are? that remains to be seen. my mother was incredible. she shed her reticence, her shyness, she came forward and on every political platform, she spoke. my father was prime minister first from 1956 to 59 of sri lanka, ceylon as it was known then. sadly, his enemies assassinated him. my mother had no intention of going into politics. her three children were fatherless and she wanted to devote all her time to bringing them up

again, south korea really reveals that the u. s. and japan are hoping to benefit from this disk with a couple of process. and there is a g geo political dynamic in this because either you belong in this supply chain or you don't. so that will accelerate the geopolitical divide into the coming years. and the export curves are not ended. the hallway band is still in place. we'll have to see, not just the economic dimensions of this, but the geopolitical dimensions as well. june teufel, dryer, of course said june parker was talking about the acceleration of the geopolitical divide. and that leads me to something i wanted to ask you, which is could this race to make up for the shortfall ignite political tensions? i'm not sure of because he, a chinese government of course is the, is the, the reason for most of these political tensions, things were going fine until the chinese began is to use computer chips and rare earth and all kinds of things as economic weapons. so i think there or did they, did geo political tensions are, are already

and, also, don't go to north korea. how here it is, your moment of zen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's as likely-- and you're right, you pointed it out in your great monologue-- that we don't know much about omicron-- but it is as likely that omicron is a good thing than something we should panic over. respiratory viruses mutate. that's what they do. they more often than not-- not an ironclad law-- but more often than not mutate into something more benign. as you pointed out in south africa, it sounds benign. if we all get omicron and achieve natural immunity, it can achieve natural immunity, it can be a good thing. so i was watching this movie the other night. it was a world war ii movie, and, uh, there was nazis in the movie, and i noticed that the nazis in those movies always had, like, two separate heils. they had, like, the regular heil that they would do, and then, when they were around the offices, they had, like, this casual heil. do you remember that one? did you ever notice that? they come in the office, "yeah, heil, how

coming up, remembering the founder of north korea. also, the forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes. why us police bombed philadelphia and afghanistan first man in space. we start with the story of a true trailblazer who made history in 1960. he became the modern world first female head of government when she was elected prime minister of sri lanka as it was known. her daughter spoke to witness history. you are the first woman prime minister. would this make your influence less or more strong? considerably more strong. do you think they'll be more capable than the problems the men are? that remains to be seen. my mother was incredible. she shed her reticence, she came forward and on every political platform, she spoke. my father was prime minister first from 1956 to '59 of sri lanka. sadly, his enemies assassinated him. my mother had no intention of going into politics. her three children were fatherless and she wanted to devote all her time to bringing them up. but there was such a pressure from the party and the people in general th

south korea and taiwan are investing within their homelands. south korea announced a chip belt cluster, which basically entails foreign companies such as dupont, samsung electronics, sk hynex memory chips, their focus is not just on memory chips, but also on system chips. taiwan, at the same time, is going to invest heavily in taiwan while maintaining leverage in the u.s. by expanding production facilities. we will have to see how this enfolds -- unfolds into 2023 and the longer term, maybe 10 years. >> june, taiwan has a most 60% of the market when it comes to semiconductors. is there any possibility that he could see taiwan try to use this shortage of semiconductors as a political tool? >> well, taiwan is very, very careful. and the momentum recently, because china has become so increasingly aggressive across-the-board, united front work activities aimed at subverting the democratic process in a number of companies -- and a number of countries, expansionist activities in the south china sea and east genesee -- east china sea, and they have ra

it ended with an armistice between the us, china and north korea, but south korea didn't agree to it. and no peace treaty was signed, 71 years later, sole and pyongyang still technically at war b, j came as an affiliate professor at hancock, university of foreign studies, a former south korean diplomat. he says that the south korean president, moon j in wants to officially end the war before leaving office. this is an agenda, the president when jane has been working with ever since 2018. when trump and kim joel were meeting. that's the time when the president, when jane began airing, the idea of introducing the declaration of the end of the war. and his term president mondays term is ending. this coming may after march presidential election in this country. so this is one of the legacies he wants to establish before he steps down here before he leaves his office. so for him, this is a very important agenda, but the thing is, the fact that this has not been materialized ever since. it's an introduction of the idea, 2008 in tell us it's pretty much a daunting task. it's not a, in that a

south korea's government of pardons, former president par june. hey, who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption? ah, play you're watching al jazeera ally from do how with me fully betty ball, also coming up guilty of manslaughter. a u. s. cord convict a white police officer who shot dead, a black man at a traffic stop in minnesota. i'm a crohn is come on real fast, but it will be over soon. the us and europe report record covered 19 infections where there seems to be more evidence the on the con variant is milder than other strains. and vladimir putin put nato in his side. the russian president claims the alliance for creating tensions. ah, thank you very much for joining us. south korea's government has pardon former president park you and he has been serving a 22 year prison sentence for corruption. the justice ministry says the move is aimed at overcoming national divisions. park was convicted in 2017 of colluding with a friend to receive billions of dollars from major companies. she was the country's 1st democratically elected leader

also coming up to growing opposition among young people in south korea, district corona virus measures. as the all micron wave takes hold and the united nations human rights off that's called on poland. a better route to address what is called the polling situation of migrant stuck on the joint. buddha plus the long awaited movie stakeholder was delayed even further, by the pandemic, we move on to raise and carrie anne moss, resurrect the matrix 22 years after neo 1st followed the red hill. but is it any good? ah, i'm rebecca writ is welcome to the program. germany is bracing for a rapid spread of the army kron karone virus variance with therein already in the country. the government is responding by stepping up its vaccination program and introducing new restrictions tight limits on social contacts will come into effect after christmas. army crown is on the advance in germany, and the politicians say it's time to react. after their meeting, chancellor schultz and the state premiers said private gatherings would be limited to just 10 people if they're vaccinated or of recovered from co

and, also, don't go to north korea. how here it is, your moment of zen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's as likely-- and you're right, you pointed it out in your great monologue-- that we don't know much about omicron-- but it is as likely that omicron is a good thing than something we should panic over. respiratory viruses mutate. that's what they do. they more often than not-- not an ironclad law-- but more often than not mutate into something more benign. as you pointed out in south africa, it sounds benign. if we all get omicron and achieve natural immunity, it can be a good thing. - ♪ i'm going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna have myself a time ♪ - ♪ friendly faces everywhere ♪ ♪ humble folks without temptation ♪ - ♪ going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna leave my woes behind ♪ - ♪ ample parking day or night ♪ ♪ people spouting "howdy neighbor" ♪ - ♪ headed on up to south park ♪ ♪ gonna see if i can't unwind ♪ - ♪ [mumbling] ♪ - ♪ so come on down to south park ♪ ♪ and meet some friends

and even in korea, we are seeing cases of breakthrough infection. our 1st 2 cases had been fully vaccinated with the maternal vaccine. and then they had got the infection. i was traveling in africa and so the i'm a chrome variant is, is in the community already in korea. and my biggest concern is that if we see huge increases in cases that inevitably always leads to increase in hospitalizations. even if the disease is less severe. and right now our hospitals are full. we cannot afford to have a search in cove in 1900 on top of what we're already seen. it's an easy concerning situation we have to move on, but thank you very much for your insights. doctor alice tan from them is many women's hospital life for us in so thank you. thank you. and that you all may con variant has now been found in 15 countries. but as i mentioned, us health officials say they're a science. it's less dangerous than the down to variance. the world health organization says there's no reason to expect existing vaccines will fail against this variant. and it's your pain directo

south korea and taiwan are investing both in the us and in their homelands. south korea has recently launched a k bell cluster k chip bells cluster, which basically entails foreign companies such as stupid and s and mel participating. but at the same time, some phone electronics, basically s k. hi, next memory chips and nan flash. their focus is not just going to be on memory chips, but also on system chips. taiwan, at the same time, is going to invest heavily within taiwan while maintaining the leverage in the u. s . by expanding production facilities. so we'll have to see how this unfolds into 2023, and into a longer term, maybe the next 10 years june tore full dryer. let me ask you, taiwan, we know has almost 60 percent of the market when it comes to semiconductors. is there any possibility that we could see taiwan try to use this shortage of semiconductors as a political tool? well, the taiwan is very, very careful. m, the momentum recently. and i would say in the last 5 years, just because china has become so increasingly aggressive across the board, i e

but south korea didn't agree to it. and so peace treaty was signed, so 71 years later, north and south korea a still technically a for b, j ken, as an affiliate professor at hancock, university of foreign studies. in a former south korean diplomat, he says the south korean president wound j in wants to officially end the war before leaving office. this is an agenda, the president when jane has been working with ever since 2018. when trump and kim joel were meeting, that's the time when president, when jane began airing, the idea of introducing that declaration of the end of the war. and his term president james term is ending. this coming may after march presidential election in this country. so this is one of the legacy is he wants the stablished before he steps down here before he leaves his office for him. this is a very important agenda, but the thing is, the fact that this has not been materialized ever since. it's an introduction of the idea, it's a 1000 a, it tells us it's pretty much a daunting task. it's not a,

in north korea developing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons are closer to russia and they are the united states. moses points, yes, there's a proliferation of missile defenses but that's because this proliferation of ballistic missile capabilities, lots of nations are developing those capabilities and lots of nations feel vulnerable to them and want defense as a way to protect themselves. it is not ballistic missile defenses that kill people, it's ballistic missiles that kill people so i think you had a transition of mission but at the same time the technologies were coming she had capabilities against omitted attacks, particularly tactical peter ballistic missiles. if you think about what the israelis have done to develop capabilities against those missiles as well as our own, it's a pretty good story. it's not perfect but a good story. we should come back later on this issue about the russian and chinese threats and what the role of most missile defenses and back. to answer your question, the mission changed and we had a good shot at developing the technologies that were able to

that is what south korea tells us. be cautious, this pandemic is not done with us yet. >> we had news -- omicron's specific vaccine. what is the guidance we are getting more broadly in terms of what order we do these? shall we wait for the new vaccine? >> what we have learned from recent studies that have come out in the past two weeks is the most time you are exposed to this virus, the higher your protection level is going to be. if you have been infected, then you get a vaccine, you have a better result than just getting vaccinated or getting infected. if you get a poster on top, your benefit is greater. experts believe that because we all went to this as virgins to this virus, what your body needs, what your immune system needs is to see if multiple times to get a baseline protection for the more you get protected, the better off you are. with people thinking they do not want to get the booster because they want to wait for an overcurrent booster, that is not the right way to think. at this point, it is going to tak

again, south korea really reveals that the u. s. and japan are hoping to benefit from this, this couple of process. and there is a g geopolitical dynamic in this because either you belong in this supply chain or you don't. so that will accelerate the geopolitical divide into the coming years. and the export curves are not ended. the hallway band is still in place. we'll have to see, not just the economic dimensions of this, but the geopolitical dimensions as well. june teufel, dryer, of course said june parker was talking about the acceleration of the geopolitical divide. and that leads me to something i wanted to ask you, which is could this race to make up for the shortfall ignite political tensions? i'm not sure because he or chinese government of course is the, is the, the reason for most of the political tensions, things were going fine until the chinese began is to use computer chips and rare earth and all kinds of things as economic weapons. so i think there are or did political tensions are, are already there. and i don't th

and even in korea, we are seeing cases of breakthrough infection. our 1st 2 cases had been fully vaccinated with them during the vaccine. and then they had got the chronic infection. i was traveling in africa and so the army, cranberry and is, is in the community already in korea. and my biggest concern is that if we see huge increases in cases that inevitably always leads to increase in hospitalizations, even if the disease is last severe ever since cat, her one, the right to host the 2022 wildcat. the golf nation has faced scrutiny about its treatment of workers, especially involved in building stadiums for the tournament. organizers say their commitment to workers welfare has their to big improvements and living and safety standards. andy richardson reports next year catherine lucille stadium will host the world cup final the now it's home to some of the thousands of construction workers who helped realize this countries footballing ambitions. they include v j in nor do i met their accommodation block near the stadium. the jazz working capital fo

missile defense system focused for example on north korea has a track record in testing not a perfect, it certainly. for its efficacy we might expect we would want one missile fired at a time and optimal conditions . what would be a reflection of the extent to which the benefits of withdrawal are an extension of technological defense? >> is a technological progress but also a change in the mission. so star wars, my recollection is the star wars vision ronald reagan promulgated as interpreted and applied by the defense department was to use the strategic defense initiative to mitigate the leading edge of the soviet ballistic missile act -- attack. it was an anti-soviet conception and an effort by ronald reagan to sort of say we should not base on our security on threatening to obliterate each other, but we should agree that we will defend against each other's system. at that is a more humane and more away as a space -- moral way as a base for a deterrent. the bush 41 hundred different conception of the missile defense. a senator push this hard at the time. we called it global protectio

i mentioned that we south korea doing quite well. taiwan up by about .5%, so the weakness mainly coming through in the likes of japan, hong kong, and china. let's get the first word news with vonnie quinn. >> the first confirmed u.s. case of the all micron virus has been detected in california. the patient has mild symptoms after traveling from south africa. south africa's daily cases almost doubled in one day to more than 8000 as the strain takes hold. fed chair jay powell has set for the second time in two days that officials should consider -- he told the house financial services committee that inflation has become more persistent and policy will continue to adapt. >> going into the september meeting i thought there was a strong case for a faster pace than what we had announced. since that time the data have come in supportive of that case, some very open considering tapering. >> and china would close -- would close a loophole to raise overseas capital. it may be finalized as soon as this month. china's market regulator said on it

the markets are coming up in korea and japan. futures, currently looking a little off, may be poised for a weaker open. markets in australia, weaker. kospi futures in positive territory by 0.2 5%. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ hey, angie! you forgot your phone! hey lou! angie forget her phone again? yep. lou! mom said she could save up to $400 on her wireless bill by switching to xfinity internet and mobile. with nationwide 5g at no extra cost. and lou! on the most reliable network, lou! smart kid, bill. oh oh so true. and now, the moon christmas special. gotta go! take the savings challenge at xfinitymobile.com/mysavings or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes switching fast and easy this holiday season. shery: welcome to "daybreak: asia." paul: asia's major markets just open for trade. our top stories this hour, the overgrown overhang, more fragility weighing on investors. the buyer is not deterring hong kong's plans to reopen, and bitcoin, the slide extends into a fifth week while tokens are slumpi

south korea and taiwan are investing both in the u. s. and in their homelands. south korea has recently launched a k belt cluster k chip bells cluster, which basically entails foreign companies such as you, paul and a s and mel participating. but at the same time some products basically s k hi, next memory chips and nan flash. their focus is not just going to be on memory chips, but also on system chips. taiwan, at the same time, is going to invest heavily with in taiwan while maintaining the leverage in the us by expanding production facilities. so we'll have to see how this unfolds into 2023, and into the longer term, maybe the next 10 years. june teufel dryer, let me ask you, taiwan, we know has almost 60 percent of the market when it comes to semiconductors. is there any possibility that we could see taiwan try to use this shortage of semiconductors as a political tool? well, the time one is very, very careful. m the momentum recently. and i would say in the last 5 years, just because china has become so increasingly aggressive across the board, i don't have

the church with funds from korea. tony pedro ma certain palm of seneca from the apple journal . ponder is upon it, which he says part bought the church property for retreats outside of sydney in picturesque kangaroo valley, but later sold it and ingram. i mean, it was thought, had you thought a one and the que human there, how tom williams were sick girl contribution hunger. and according to beth's own counselor, parkman, song, money from park also flowed further afield, halter a new career in napoleon green meadow to mahogany, poor hunter. some were put into the gun crew, punky little joys yoshika. and it appears the connections benefited. lim young soon to over the next couple of decades, the former pastor and director of the infamous brothers home became the thing you figure in the israeli and korean per se. but korean church featuring on youtube and in local christian magazines. after establishing a family church in 1995 park set up a family company in australia, the directors were himself, his wife limb, sung soo

in korea, travel names are also being affected. they have reported their first omicron variant cases in five people. korean air one of the biggest losers. we are seeing some of those tour companies down. korea announcing to implement the 10 day quarantine for two weeks. watching those japanese airlines. in australia, we are watching after pay. the delay of the vote for $26 billion takeover. it could lift the odds of its failure due to the 23% discount in the 2021 peak. we are also watching after pay on account of the meeting being postponed amid the spanish regulatory approval delay, as well. shery: here is a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. crown resort has opened its books to blackstone after the board said the buyout firm's latest offer doesn't offer compelling values. the casino operator will allow them to access nonpublic information for initial due diligence inquiries. the state added there is no certainty discussions between crown and blackstone will result in a revised proposal. we will be watching sun ci

mun's single presidential term gains year and south korea is preparing for an election in march. some analysts speculate parts release could bolster support, for the conservatives or it may divide them in the lead up to an election that current polls say will be tight. phil: to the italian city, where a loved christmas chert -- tradition is under threat. --is a type of glass mating -- making. the sculptures and manufactures -- a recent surge in the price of methane gas used to power the furnaces is making it hard to keep them open. reporter: at first, it is just a chunk of glass. after francesco whoa that in goldleaf, put it in the firmest, and blown it into shape, with the help of his colleague stefano, it has transformed into a masterpiece. the end result is of around a glass christmas ball. each one is a unique work of art. >> i dream of them at night and have to keep coming up with something new and different. i think of something special and make it a reality. reporter: he melts colorful chunks of glass to make a kaleidoscope. the colors swirl together and when he adds air,

they are still so in demand in south korea. it is one of the top countries that love these luxury bags. i'm talking about the seventh largest market for luxury brand items. paul: it is a big deal. some fascinating pictures to go with that story. you can see on the bloomberg terminal, people camping in tents outside of the chanel store. read that story and see our past interviews on our interactive tv function. you can also dive into any of the securities or bloomberg functions we talk about. and become part of the conversation by sending us instant messages during our shows. that is for bloomberg subscribers only. check it out at tv . this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: a data jump day in china. to give us a rundown and a preview, let's bring in bloomberg markets china open call anchor, david inglis. what legendary things are you watching today? david: you forgot your favorite calling and future resident of mars the way things are going here on earth. look at the market, there are two key things. in hong kong, the divergence betw

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