or engage south korea again? i mean, your guess is as good as my because you would think they would be at a point where they would want come certainly they want the sanctions relief, but they are still holding on so it leads to these questions what is driving the kim regime sky keyless? you would think having a vaccination strategy would then be an answer to trying to ease the border lockdown but that hasn't been the case as well. the flip side of this of course is some say the regime is able to survive because again somehow in terms of the illicit economy or illicit goods that things are still getting in to the country illegally may be through -- sheena may not -- may know more about this but i don't know what the port situation looks like if it opened any ports but there may be ways to smuggle things, smuggle things through. but again though sort of stories are also anecdotal so it's really hard to know. the elite tend to thrive through l legal sanctions evasions through the illicit economy. i don't know to wha

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korea influence in south east asia and beyond. hungary, ticket or south korea has never had any hard power with which to threaten the world . what we do have is a certain cultural charm for a long time, south korea. it was mostly just about war, poverty or confrontation between north and south korea. however, now that south korea is being acknowledged for it's 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, succession of the united nations general assembly in new york on other exam for fake be to to china in 2017 when k drama the past home have 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 nationa

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

protection that we got south korea. and we will make it totally in that case. a lot of people will lot of people see in death scenario. that's going to be a very, very dangerous scenario. you have to rely upon the mercy of north korean regime that doesn't work in the minds of most of korean, at least more than happy. okay, we'll leave it there. thank you so much. b. j. kim. thank you. still to come here on the news for you. now tony bennett becomes the 1st is really prime minister to make an official visit to the united arab emirates. and in support can next year's wilcox produce a break for arab teams with biggest stage flowers here with that story. ah hello there. let's have a look at the weather across europe over the next few days. and it's looking much finer and dryer across southern areas in particular for that south west corner. and that's going to come as a relief to places like northern spain and southern france where we've had severe flooding caused by torrential rain. now the flood waters remain, but it does

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

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

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

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

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

and it's a similar story for sol in south korea. we're going to see 10 degrees celsius by the time we get to wednesday, but it's going to remain rather wet and windy across the north of japan. that sure weather. still to come here on the al jazeera and use our enough taliban, it becomes the 1st is really prime minister to make an official visit to the lighted arab emirates. and in sports can next year's world cup produce a breakthrough for arab teams, on footballs. biggest stage for us here with that story ah, in the country with an abundance of resources. and one moment we move to grow and fraud with balance for real economy, blue economy and the digital economy with the new job creation lot, indonesia progressively, during the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest. leslie park when the reaches growth and progress in indonesia. now, do you want to bank that puts the pro before the product? you see products don't see the big picture for businesses expert steve, this is why net bank business banking offer you a team of experts

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

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,

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,

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to use on from the pandemic in south korea. had things under control early on. it's now battling thousands of cases. what you put that down to oh, thank you for having me, emily. i would say 1st of all on december 1st. so a little more than 4 weeks ago we saw a full population vaccination rate of 74 percent. and we thought that that would be good enough to embark on our stepwise return to normal, which was our exit strategy from the pandemic. we lifted many restrictions, including allowing visitations to long term care facilities, such as convalescent hospitals and nursing homes. unfortunately, we did not take into account the amount of waning of munity that had occurred, especially in people older than 60 years old. and so with measures lifted, there was an increase in community transmission which we expected. but unfortunately, there was also a huge spike in break infections, especially in people aged 60 and above. and that's what's caused a huge increase in the number of hospital admissions. and unfortunately, in november, i saw the largest number of public r

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

south korea imposes new restrictions to try to stop the spread of the oma chrome variance after a rise in new corona, virus infections. but an event consider is better than a life gun suit of foam warning from the world health organization advising countries to step up efforts to cut the spread of the only con variance the desperate plea for aid. tens of thousands still without food and water. following the typhoon that hit the philippines took his troubled lira c, source and volatile trading. after a brief initial gains for the government moves to strengthen the currency and its full, the faith of president makes his case. need to bring those well up as well. and the proposals that i've known, the day that i think are going into the direction johnny and francine are tells aldi's air that holding a world come every 2 years will benefit. all countries with south korea has imposed new restrictions on gatherings and businesses after a rise in covey. 19 infections that health work has been warning of an impending crisis. the new measures came into force on monday night out as heroes acid b

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

the entire scandal ignited protests right across south korea. it's hard to put into words the kind of ire, the anger on the streets as the links between big business, wealthy family—owned conglomerates and the presidential palace were revealed. and when it came to her sentencing, certainly, many people felt that it was the right thing to do in the circumstances, and it showed that justice could be served. she was the first president to be impeached in this way and president moonjae—in, the current president, ran to office on the — kind of ticket of saying that he would rule out corruption. so that is why it has come as such a surprise. but i would like to just give you a statement from the blue house, from the presidential palace, and from president moon, which has just been released. he says he hopes "it is time for south korea to step forward "from the painful past to a new era, "we need to gather our strengths "to courageously face the future together, "rather than fighting by being buried in the past." there is a note saying that, "in

well that, that depends who you ask in the political divide here in south korea, you talked to e j young in those, in the democratic party, they were largely against the decision that they say that the president made again on his own. and they say that it won't have that, that big impact. however, on the conservative side, you took your, he's the sort of front runner right now for the presidential election. he was in favor of her getting a pardon despite the fact that he was a prosecutor, chief prosecutor, involved in putting her behind bars in the 1st place. the conservative block also considered is considered this something of a trick by president moon g and to divide the conservatives as they move into a presidential campaign season. here for just remind us briefly, the kind of what park was jailed for and why her case illustrated a link between high political office and south korea's big family run companies. that's a really important question. we need to go back to 2016 and, and what went on there. we had demonstrations for about 3 months. every single saturday, hundreds of thousand

south korea is reinstating stricter social distancing laws just 6 weeks after. and it's able to quote, live with covered 19 and in africa, the delta and only cron very and have driven infections by nearly 83 percent. for the world health organization says they are fewer dest said in previous spikes. well, the challenge begins, are coverage with this report from london. the 1247 year, a staar from london brought its usual bustle to paris. but soon, these trains may be mostly empty from saturday, frances limiting travel to and from the u. k. so only those with compelling reasons . french nationals, residents and their families, all arrivals have to isolate truck drivers. they are exempt. it'll say salvage adult. you know, plastic damage, this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further type in the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of mac on various cases in our territory. so during this time, we vaccinated that the booster shots spent for the 2nd day running the u. k. has logged a record breaking number of n

in south korea. conservative president park, good. hey, was impeached in 2016 in the wake of a corruption scandal facing accusations of abusive power and taking bribes from companies such as samsung park was sentenced to 22 years in prison. but after serving less than 5 years, park successor is granting her pardon. the liberal government led by president mon jay in said at hoped her release would heal old wounds and bring harmony to south korea after 2 difficult years of the pandemic bonds. how many single ugly tad the top offers, hopes the pardons can serve to bring in a new era of unity and reconciliation that transcends different thoughts and opposing views. yella had only protected him either. south korea has a history of pardoning officials convicted of corruption. the government cited the 69 year olds, deteriorating health in their decision to release her will. parks right to vote, will be reinstated, but she's barred from running for office again. monday single presidential term ends next year. and south korea is preparing for

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

ah south korea's government test. 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 has a country's 1st democratically elected leader to be thrown out of office. robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at pusan national university. he explained some of the reasons behind parks amnesty. she had both physical and mental health issues. since impeachment, i mean, she's pretty clearly not going to have any kind of meaningful political role. and korean life, if she's allowed to go home, it's a peer is going to happen. i think she's now in her seventy's and she's really struggled. she's been in prison. she just had surgery in her shoulder. and right now with cove it in the rest of it, right? because also because she's older, she's just not really going to play any kind of mea

low r sep, is made up of 10 south east asian countries, as well as south korea, china, japan, australia, and new zealand. the agreement will provide a simpler training framework, meaning businesses won't have to navigate separate requirements to export to different countries. around 90 percent of trade, tariffs was that within the block will eventually be eliminated. it will also cover nearly 30 percent of global economic output and a 3rd of the world's population. india decided against joining the trade block in 2019 out of concerned that it would be flooded with cheap imports from china. all right, let's bring in our guess from pin on pin cambodia giant men on a visiting senior fellow at the i. c. s. use of shock institute joining us from aging. ein our tank in a china political and economic analyst. and in washington, d. c. niel's graham, an assistant director with the atlanta counsels geo economic center, a warm welcome to you all, and thanks for joining us today on inside story shout. let me start with you 1st to day who benefits the most with this are sep agreement. the large coun

s. lead force entered the war and support of south korea. then china joined in support of the communist north, the 1st cold war proxy conflict. millions of koreans were killed in the fighting, which lasted 3 years. 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

in south korea, covid cases _ getting boosted. in south korea, covid cases have _ getting boosted. in south korea, covid cases have reached - getting boosted. in south korea, covid cases have reached record| covid cases have reached record highs, prompt and covid cases have reached record highs, promptand hundreds covid cases have reached record highs, prompt and hundreds to get in line for testing. governments around the world are researching travel to try and buy themselves time against the new omicron variant. —— restricting travel. do you have restricted flights from several southern african countries, forcing portugal to said repatriation flights to get stranded citizens in mozambique, and as the new strand new spreads, leaders have to make difficult responds, decisions on how to respond to this global pandemic. saoirse wilson, bbc news. the omicron variant is in asia as well. here in singapore, there are 552 new infections down from saturday. 13 deaths have been reported. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we'll meet the winner of australi

also coming up, south korea re imposes social distancing rules. as the number of new coven 19 infections and severe cases increases bangladesh. much 50 years since its independence from pakistan. and algeria eliminates host nation pata in the arab hub, semi fun santa scoring up from a late fee. ah, we begin in the u. s. where a new storm system is sweeping across the midwest. tornadoes in the states of nebraska and iowa have cut power to hundreds of thousands of people. i, we know warnings are in place for an area stretching from new mexico to michigan. gas have already whipped up dust in kansas, making it dangerous to drive these latest storms come as president joe biden visited communities hit by last week's tornadoes. a ca, people were killed and hundreds more, still missing but, and promised to promised to help the communities rebuild. as hydra castro reports from mayfield in kentucky. this street in bowling green, kentucky once rang with the sounds of children playing young families, lived here. but then on friday, the tornado came and some n

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

let saw her go from south korea's president to prisoner . she's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption that the government's pardon will see her released on december 31st along with around 3000 others. how are you putting on your credit score? we have included former president park and he and form of prime minister hung shook to the list to overcome unfortunate past history and cries of covert 19, but realised peoples unity and provide a chance to take a new step forward to the future. we will park is currently in hospital and analysts believe that's played a part in her imminent release. i think it's really heard dancing age and her health issues. she's her physical and mental health issues since impeachment i'm, i'm, she's pretty clearly not going to have any kind of meaningful political role in korean life she's allowed, got home is appears going to happen. hawk was one seen as political royalty, the daughter, a former president part young. he, she served as acting 1st lady after her mother was killed in 1974. jo, you young sir? y

and south korea is preparing for an election in march. some analysts speculate parks release could boast to support for the conservatives, or it may divide them in the lead up to an election that current polls say will be a tight race. our final news item is for children of all ages. santa claus has left his home in lapland to deliver presence, to every one who has been good. the sir, leave you with this footage of santa setting, off on his journey. ah ah. you see very merry christmas sh her i'm just kinda. i think that's hard and in the end the some me you are not a lot us to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this? with the smudges were lions of the what's your story. ready he wasn't, i was women, especially and victims of financing and i'm some take part and send us your story. we are trying always to understand this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not the guests. you want to become a citizen. in phil migrants, your platform for reliable information ah, is europe's energy crisis shackled to its political c

the new measures in south korea came as the world health was ation. shoot a stop you message council low and celebrate later all funds are seek of this bundle. all of us want to spend time with friends and family. all of us want to get back to normal. the fastest way to do this is for all of us leaders and individuals to make the difficult decisions that must be made to protect ourselves and others, but uneven council is better than a life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later designed to celebrate the now and grieve letter, british prime minister by his johnson and said that he's looking at all kinds of measures to stop the rapid spread of alma kron. at least 12 people have now died with the variance in the u. k and hospitalizations in london, stay the rising. also in europe, germany is set to limit private gatherings to tenant back, so they said all recovered people from the 28th of december in france. approval has been given to or for the use of the pfizer vaccine in children, aged 5 and above. new zealanders postponed his plans

the entire scandal ignited protests right across south korea. it's hard to put into words the kind of ire, the anger on the streets as the links between big business, wealthy family—owned conglomerates, and the presidential policy were revealed. and when it came to her sentencing, certainly many people felt that it was the right thing to do in the circumstances and it showed that justice circumstances and it showed thatjustice could be served. she was the first president to be impeached in this way and president moonjae—in, the current president, ran to office on a kind of ticket of saying he would rule out corruption. that is why it has, such a surprise. i would like to just give you a statement from the blue house, the presidential is, and from president moon that has just been released. he says he hopes to is time for south korea to step forward from the painful past two a new era, we need to gather our strength to courageously meet the future together, ratherthan courageously meet the future together, rather than be buried in the past. t

glad you could join us. much like western europe, south korea is reproducing pandemic restrictions to control a sudden spot in corona virus cases. more than 5000 over the past few days. and much like in western europe. many aren't happy about it. that includes teenagers who from the 1st of february, next year, we'll have to be vaccinated to be able to enter shops and establishments. it's a measure already in place for adults, but some teenagers and their parents want nothing to do with vaccination. so the green high school student yang de rim, and his friends don't want to get vaccinated. neither do many of the 23000 followers of his youtube channel. his live streams emphasize risks associated with vaccination, while downplaying, the benefits and argue the government's vaccine pass violates they're human rights hold. good thing, no one knows what the future side effects will be. questions about whether it is effective or growing because there are many cases of infection with delta variance and omicron variance even after being vaccinated. so individuals should decide whether or not to

you're watching it renews coming up next, and d, w, 's, asia, anti vax or is in south korea report on how young people are pushing back against pandemic measures. that story and a whole lot more coming up in just a moment with the wrench banner g. i walk and brilliant on behalf of all of us here . thank you very much for spending this part of your day with us. the news continues again at the top of the out. we up see event with the plight of the refugees and kelly. despite the freezing, cold, thousands of migrants are waiting here their destination, brittany, many paying for the journey across the english channel with their lives. finally, france and england want to focus on europe. in 60 minutes on d, w. ah, we're all set to get to go beyond deal with as we take on the world. 8 hours. i do all this. yeah. we're all about the story that matter to you. whatever it takes, 5 policemen a deal . we are, your is actually on fire made for mines to sleep. listen carefully. don't know how with today. ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. wit

a did other news asia coming up today, the growing anti backs, a movement in south korea? motor more young people are refusing the job as omicron forces, or tod do restrictions. a report on the pushback to pandemic measures. and as many filipinos faced the devastation left behind by typhoon bry, we'll see how the christmas spirit is being tested in the philippines. ah, i british manager, welcome to the w news asia. i'm glad you could join us much like western europe. south korea is read, producing pandemic restrictions to control a sudden spot in corona virus cases more than 5000 over the past few days. and much like in western europe, many aren't happy about it. that includes teenagers who from the 1st to february, next year, we'll have to be vaccinated to be able to enter shops and establishments. it's a measure already in place for adults, but some teenagers and their parents want nothing to do with vaccination. so the green high school student yang de rim and his friends don't want to get vaccinated. neither do many of the 23000 followers of his youtube channel. his li

like at south korea's pavilion, bursting with lights and technology. so if i scan this image here... i get an augmented reality view of what south korea deems to be the future of mobility. and that includes flying cars. but there is one last emerging global superpower i wanted to see. so this is the china pavilion, and one of the biggest pavilions here, you might have guessed it might be — they definitely don't do things by halves, which explains why every night they do a drones and lights performance outside. here it goes! a brilliantly synchronised, stunning display. i expected nothing less. stay with us, because still to come on the show: i take on one of the world's biggest floating inflatable assault courses... boo! ..and find out how the residents of a very special home here in dubai coped during lockdown last year. the speed with which those things devoured that chicken was unbelievable. the beaches here are one of the many reasons to visit dubai, and as you can see, it is a glorious day, people are enjoying the sun. and i have been told there

south korea reported 5200 coronado virus cases on wednesday. that's a new record. highs is to start the pandemic. and the left is leaders. i'm out of castro is set to become 100 as his 1st female president, ending 12 years of rule by the national party book. counting is still underway, but the warning party has conceded defeats in elections. the secretary of state says any russian aggression in ukraine will trigger quote, serious consequences. anthony blinkin is meeting nature foreign ministers to discuss the build up of russian forces on the border with ukraine. president vladimir putin has said native forces mobilizing in ukraine would cross a red line for russia. bernard smith, now from moscow, nato foreign ministers say there will be a high price to play for any new military aggression against ukraine. and moscow was reminded the west has already used economic, financial, and political sanctions. we have seen the brushes, playbook many times over. an part of their playbook is to attempt to create ah, and manufacturer, a so called provocatio

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

in south korea, there is the risk of japanification. in the philippines, be low vaccinations, we think there is a big risk for growth disappointment. paul: and china as well. in your report, you say the worst is yet to come. how bad do you see a getting? -- it getting? sonal: there has been a change in mood because of the shift in policy that we are seeing right now. our view is the real policy that will turn around china's growth really needs to come from the relaxation of the redlines on the property sector. china relaxing its zero covid strategy because that is a constraint on consumption. we have not seen that. not to forget that we have the winter olympics coming up next year. while we have seen incremental policy easing, our view is we think growth will continue to moderate. we have growth around 3% in the fourth quarter and also in the fourth quarter of -- first quarter of 2022. we will see more material policy easing. worst yet to come in terms of the growth -- growth outlook still. paul: 3% growth rate in china seems curiously

and south korea is preparing for an election in march. some analysts speculate parks released could bolster support for the conservatives, or it may divide them in the lead up to an election that current polls say will be a tight race celebrations to mar christmas, have begun in the city of bethlehem. in the west bank. we leave you now with them sights and sounds of the traditional christmas parade on manger square in front of the church of the nativity in bethlehem, and marian, i haven't seen from me and the entire news team. thanks for watching. ah hm. with the landscaping, a reflection of a turbulent history. the cities, a mosaic of different people and languages. iran's mountains reveal unparalleled beauty. the special look at a special country round from above. starts december 27th on d. w. ah. russia, the largest country on earth bound since the fall of the soviet union, its population has declined by 5000000 men. here have one of the lowest life expectancies in europe. alcohol, drugs and tobacco are all too often to blame. leading

south korea has a history of pardoning officials convicted of corruption. the government cited the 69 year olds, deteriorating health in their decision to release her will. parks right to vote, will be reinstated, but she is bad from running for office again. here up to date. now on the w news, i'll be back at the top of the hour with some more headlines for you from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for the company. with, for do you like it? with do you want it? okay, then buckle up, put the pedal to the metal and let's ride. mm read on d w. m, we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah romantic corner chat. hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot d w, travel. all we go with ah, is europe's energy crisis shackled to its political crisis with russia, a spike in natural gas prices this week. and russia's frustrations over the certification of a new gas pipeline with germany. have both sides, claiming the other is playing politics. we'll take a closer look also on the show. semiconductors are in short, supply around the w