japan has been urging south korea to take appropriate measures. the south koreans maintained their stance. a south korean court is expected to rule on another lawsuit demanding damages later this month. the japanese government says any right to claims was settled completely and finally in 1965 when japan and south korea normalized ties. in 2015, the governments of japan and south korea reached an agreement that the issue had been resolved finally and irreversibly. >>> united nations security council says north korea is continuing to modernize the missile program. it says north korea unveiled a new short-range missile in a military parade in january and confirms north korea has confirmed capacity to deliver capacity and strategic weapons. they fired two missiles into the sea of japan. they were said to likely be the same type seen in the parade. north korea is cultivating partnerships abroad to upgrade ballistic missiles. it says u.n. member states should steadily increase sanctions on the north. >>> here in japan, april 1 is the start of the busin

and south korea in the remainder of this year because the current president the current progressive south korean president has about a year left because they are already yet odds on exactly how to achieve the shit shared objectives on north korea now we can expect they will try to work together but i would not be surprised if they experience some tension along the way you know it's too early to predict what happens next year in south korea's presidential election but if a conservative candidate is elected we can expect the eye of the allies to be closely aligned in dealing with china north korea but if a progressive wins again then we can expect some discord and and some tension in the alliance when they're trying to deal with north korea and china and our north korea the associated press just quoted kim jong un of knowledge ing the country is facing its quote worst ever situation and we know north korea also withdrew from the tokyo games and it's closed its borders ever since the start of covert a year ago what's going on. you know i think their withdrawal from the tokyo olympics i think

in the spring surgeon coronavirus cases in south korea will tell you what austerity is blaming for that increase. it's time for the perfect jan in the winter sponsored by qatar airways. now at the moment threat arabia is generally cotton finest turned phrase humid recently around the gulf states in qatar bahrain and the eastern side of society but that normally plays and probably reduce the humidity it's warming up the sun is out now on the coast of for example lebanon beirut sees a temperature rise above the average about $25.00 over the next 3 days which is very pleasing it's been rather cool sherry just recently the last the snow has gone from the sun caucasus but it's still there in afghanistan and we might see a few showers generation the high ground the mountains of western society or western yemen and that increase in the breeze in the north might well bring some yet more hazy dusty through the gulf down towards us it's like at the moment to be honest the seasonal rains in africa are on their way north with the sun so the good dog now goes out from madagascar sir tom's anea catch

japan and south korea are coming online. and we do have the market open in tokyo and seoul, another major markets -- a number of major markets across the region including australia and new zealand in hong kong and mÉlenchon are closed for public holidays. this is bloomberg. ♪ wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50 million low-income americans with the tools and resources they need to be ready for anything. i hope you're ready. 'cause we are. so many people are overweight now and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why they don't work

security council resolutions and not to mention the threats in south korea and americans living in south korea. can thank you so much for joining us thank you for having me. india is reporting daily records of new covert cases on thursday it topped more than 126000 with my russia state an epicenter of this new 2nd wave of the pandemic i.c.u. beds are quickly filling up health officials are worried and in some places clinics face vaccine shortages. rolled up and ready for a 2nd shot prime minister narendra modi among a growing number of indians to be fully vaccinated against the corona virus. india has now surpassed the us as the world's fastest vaccinating country with more than $3000000.00 shots being administered each day and yet the virus is outpacing vaccinations in the country is now well in the midst of a severe 2nd wave the new new variant is spreading fast. views. dispiriting bird you just you might in were that it was what did this you to send this exam are being served and what babies are made there this is going to do in don't suppose in the coming. weeks or months even. to tr

and south korea in the remainder of this year because the current president the current progressive south korean president has about a year left because they are already yet odds on exactly how to achieve the shit shared objectives on north korea now we can expect they will try to work together but i would not be surprised if they experience some tension along the way you know it's too early to predict what happens next year in south korea's presidential election but if a conservative candidate is elected we can expect the eye of the allies to be closely aligned in dealing with china north korea but if a progressive wins again then we can expect some discord and and some tension in the alliance when they're trying to deal with north korea and china. and our north korea the associated press just quoted kim jong un of knowledge ing the country is facing its quote worst ever situation and we know north korea also withdrew from the tokyo games and it's closed its borders ever since the start of covert a year ago what's going on. you know i think their withdrawal from the tokyo olympics i thin

it's just seem to be a troubling trend that is happening literally across south korea and it is being blamed in part at least on the weather in the last week or 2 we have seen an awful lot of spring sunshine that has led to a lot more south koreans travelling which seems then to have resulted in these clusters we have a similar pattern at the end of last year back in last november there was a spell of good weather we had an awful lot of domestic travel which then seemed was being blamed for what became the 3rd wave of infection here in south korea last december so the authorities here are concerned that we could be on the verge now possibly of a 4th wave and it has to be said that we're still talking about relatively small numbers and there is still largely quite good compliance and cooperation everybody here still wears a mask but the authorities here have accepted that there is a level of fatigue after more than a year of this and that we are seeing that translated now into a certain relaxation basically people aren't taking the kinds of precautions that they once did so we're now i

korea says it's extremely irresponsible while south korea has promised to take the necessary steps to ensure the health of its citizens bride reports from seoul. for years this has been the only solution to the increasing volumes of contaminated water build ever more tanks at the plant site to store it crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 water has been used to cool the damaged reactors becoming radioactive and now totaling one and a quarter 1000000 tonnes the japanese government says once treated it's safe enough to be released. you know danny. we will attain a level of safety far above the regulation standards and the government will take a course of measures against harmful rumors we have judged that release into the ocean is a realistic option and decided it is the policy to follow. supporters of the plan say this kind of water release is common practice in the nuclear industry and that there's only a minimal risk to health but it's bound to hurt businesses in fukushima like tourism and fishing that have taken years to rebuild and opposition to it extends to japan's neigh

about the movie parricide winning those awards so the fact that south korea is once again recognized on the world stage is very well received here rob thanks very much those from abroad talking to us from seoul i want to bring in scott mendelssohn he's a film critic and he's a box office pundit for forbes who's joining us live by skype from moorpark in california it's good to have you with us i want to talk to you about the award that was given to social opens the diverter but also mere neil and jamming to wilson it took the oscar from him hair and make up in modern means black bottom now man neal said i stand here to make and i break this glass ceiling with so much hope for the future i know one day it won't be unusual groundbreaking it'll just be normal and she writes do you think. well that's 1st of all thank you for having me 2nd of all that's the goal to where we discuss give diversity includes a duty in terms of the awards race as the last and last of a big deal and you know the way that happens is far more diverse and inclusive films to be caught up in the awards ways to be co

another company we are watching is in south korea. samsung electronics losing ground after they reported operating profit for the first quarter that beat analyst estimates. they had strong smartphone and gadget sales. but we are seeing the samsung stock losing ground. haidi: pretty high expectations from investors given it was a pretty satisfying beat. let's look at the open as we see trading underway. the first few minutes in sydney, a pretty modest start to trading. we have a full day of gains. financials on another day of gains as we see stocks outpacing asian counterparts amid the global reflation trade. we are seeing the finance of index coming over 12%. continue to watch the gains. aussie dollar holdings set -- holding steady. resilient after that got upgraded. seeing risk creep back in. new zealand up by .5%. still watching these tourism players on both sides in new zealand and australia after the announcement of the travel bubble to begin april 19. the kiwi dollar, pretty steady this morning at 70: -- 70.62. eco-data coming in

korea we also understand there's a possibility that the south korean prime minister may be visiting iran so on both fronts this could be a political decision but of course iran never admits that or leave it there thanks so much as the day me and miles military is intensifying its crackdown on protesters by imposing more internet restrictions and the near information blackout that means images of violence like these will be difficult to trickle out the joint has now limited fiber broadband service was the only way left for people to access the internet in some areas satellite dishes used to access international channels are being confiscated to an international pressure is growing on the military the u.s. has imposed sanctions on me and miles main state own gem company that's an important source of income for the generals. and the u.k. is made no offer of safe haven to be in march former ambassador cho charmaine was locked out of the embassy in london on wednesday it was removed from his post after criticizing february's coup and calling for the release of deposed leader aung san suu

and if south korea doesn't go then it means i think that the games are a huge problem. and john are there still questions about whether the games should be held at all. well yes i think they were there i mean until about 2 weeks ago many places in japan were still under a state of emergency. that was just been lifted well cases of following talk you're in japan recently you know who not it's going to happen but i think it's as i said before it's a case of they come this far and they try so hard to get it off the ground so they didn't they were explore every option to get the games going even if it means no fans more broad not fans from japan just having you know maybe missing some athletes from some countries but as much as it can there will be some kind of olympics. ok john durden in seoul thank you so much for your time and to liverpool manager you're going to coopt as a side are not seeking revenge as they get ready to face real madrid in the 1st leg of the champions league quarter finals the teams go head to head for the 1st time since the 28 team final in kiev are

shery: japan, south korea and australia coming online. let's get to the action. sophie: ahead of the golden week holidays, japanese stocks moving to the upside at the start of cash trade, following the were start -- week for japanese equities since february. the yen trading at a seven week high with markets anticipating a fed decision. traders are waiting on boj's bond by and watching the 10 year space which comes ahead of the central bank decision out on tuesday. turning to south korea, earnings are due from cosco, also watching crypto place with prices fluctuating in the asia session. the cost be getting one third of a percent after snapping a four-week game but the index, globally improving exports helping the recovery in taiwan and south korea. we get gdp reports from both economies this week. switching to australia, this morning at the start of a staggered open, stocks opening higher by 2/10 of a percent but keeping an eye on industrial measures -- metals, given the rally with copper and aluminum. in the commodities patch you have crude holding below $62 a b

well i think what we've seen is this increasing dominance of south korea and taiwan and in the asia pacific landscape both are amongst the most significant geopolitical hotspots in terms of potential future disruption even though probability may be low so i think given this steady decline that we've seen in the u.s. share of semiconductors manufacturing and that's been brought to light this year with these big shortages that are affecting global manufacturing and of course structurally the world is becoming more and more dependent on semiconductors as electronics becomes more important in many different industries so i think it is driving the strategic recognition in the u.s. that they need to become less dependent on the international supply chain and particularly in areas such as defense technology and other areas of advanced technology to have more domestic production capacity and by the way of course the e.u. with its digital compass strategy is on exactly the same strategic path with the e.u. having said that they want to increase and conduct disruption in the e.u. from 10 percent of w

not pose any risk but beijing is calling the move extremely irresponsible on south korea has summoned the japanese ambassador bride has more from a protest in seoul. this is a highly controversial decision that has been long awaited here in northeast asia we are down at the location of the japanese embassy here in seoul in south korea where there is a demonstration taking place organized by a number of different to n.g.o.s and environmental groups opposed to this some of them saying that this amounts to nuclear terrorism by japan from the south korean government there has also been a statement of opposition saying this is totally unacceptable it will lodge a formal complaint with the japanese also official concerns of course in china another neighbor here in northeast asia but probably some of the strongest opposition will be in japan itself especially around the northeast part of the coastal area of japan that was impacted by this. by the earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago where we have the big build up of water we're talking about 1250000 tons of contaminated water here this is wat

the initial objective of the un intervention was to liberate south korea. but determine administration was persuaded by macarthur. after the inch on invasion that they had an opportunity to go ahead and cross the 38th parallel and reunified korea. and so macarthur ordered that and so un forces mostly americans crossed the 38th parallel. began to advance northward into north korea. the chinese had warned us against that but macarthur was sure that the chinese would not intervene. and so we began to advance north and got fairly close to the yalu river, which is part of the border between north korea and china still today. and it was at that point. and mid-november 19 50 and 300,000 members of the people's liberation army of communist china cross in the north korea and drove the un forces back drove them so far back that soul was lost again to the north koreans and this time the chinese so we were driven back across the 38 parallel. and so the war was on the verge of really escalating. and what macarthur wanted to do as a supreme commander was essentially. bom

south korea and australia. let's turn to sophie for what to watch. >> we are keeping our eye on sk telecom. over in tokyo, watching nomura on a report that it is starting to tighten financing for some hedge fund clients. the financial conglomerate in japan all watched as the plan to spend $1.8 billion as companies expand digital services. toshiba is very much on watch. they could give shares -- >> we will get more work analysis with the chief investment strategist, stefan. of course, we have the market open in sydney, soul and tokyo -- seoul and tokyo. lots more to come, this is bloomberg. ♪ (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend thousands on drugs, doctors, devices, and mattresses, and still not get relief. now there's aerotrainer by golo, the ergonomically correct exercise breakthrough that cradles your body so you can stretch and strengthen your core, relieve back pain, and tone your entire body. since i've been using the aerotrainer, my back pain is gone. when you're stretching y

and thus liberating south korea. the north so this is what he planned. his staff every member have his staff said don't do it. it's too risky. the big problem was tides the tides in the inch on area very very high. and very low and therefore the tides would limit allied access to the beaches for a good number of hours during each day. and so this became a real problem of supply and it might lead to the isolation of the american troops that actually got sure if the north koreans were able to react quickly. to the invasion macarthur insisted, however he basically said we're going to do this. and so they did it. and the inch on landing which came on september 15 19 50 was a terrific success. we landed with one marine one army division backed up by other forces. they retook soul and then drove across the korean peninsula severing the lines of communications the south the north korean troops in the south panic tried to get back north eventually many of them thousands were captured by the american forces and the south korean forces. the initial objective of th

because south korea needs it is about conventional threats as well. but also it's the long road which includes u.s. and japan. diplomacy with north korea has to be placed in the hole 3 pillars so to speak as we try to figure out a trilateral strategy towards north korea. i will stop my comments there, thank you. >> thank you so much. i think 1 last question before we switch to audience questions is building up this idea of getting the trilateral together on north korea internet innovative way. and also the trilateral network and focus on my note mr. knapp had mentioned some of these in his speech but are there any areas you would all like to see the biden administration, i know there other areas you really like to see trilateral cooperation start to address both whether the indo pacific or specifically in the region of northeast asia, let's start with you. >> okay. i think it has all been mentioned by jessica and mr. knapp by the way. so global threats, global issues as well. i think 1 of the pressing issues is digital economy, rural making, and japan

climate summit in south korea is pledging to curb financing of coal power plants we're going to china take a look. as will go to spain's costa del sol where there's cautious optimism the good times could soon pick up again. welcome to the show i'm seeing here is the end berlin german chancellor angela merkel has defended her promotion of disgraced payments company wire card during a trip to china almost 2 years ago. a closed door parliamentary committee that the september $21000.00 trip came before there was reason to assume problems with the company other than speculation and the berlin often businesses overseas wire card at one time investor darling collapsed in 2020 after conceding it couldn't account for 1900000000 euros of listed assets its accounting irregularities had been widely reported by the financial times for years heating up in spring 2019. business report chelsea delaney and chelsea this was the big day this was the climax of this investigatory panel were there any bombshells have there been any bombshells so far from echols testimony. i think there wasn't much in the w

korea saying that iran is freed one of its oil tankers and the captain iran had seized the south korean flag ship in january after accusing the crew of oil pollution there's been tension between seoul and tehran over $7000000000.00 of the rainy and funds frozen in south korea as part of u.s. sanctions on iran so as to what's prompted the release of this tanker then well it's really difficult to say because iran will never admit that it's holding a ship for political reasons and of course as you mentioned there are the $77000000000.00 of iranian funds stuck in south korea because of u.s. sanctions that this could be a goodwill gesture from iran trying to show the united states and europe that if they take steps iran will also take steps we also could be because there is talk of the south korean prime minister visiting iran to discuss matters with president has rouhani and of course what iran's position is that this ship was polluting the waterways and because it didn't have any previous infringements the prosecutor allowed for its release and again this does come at a political sensitive

korea saying iran has freed one of its oil tankers and the captive iran sees the south korean flag ship in january accusing its crew of oil pollution there's been tension though between the 2 sides since south korea froze $7000000000.00 of iran's money as part of u.s. sanctions the obvious question then as said is there any sign of a link between the $2.00 issues. certainly is a coincidence isn't it that this ship is being released while these talks in vienna are taking place it could be that this is a sign from iran to show to the west to the united states and those europeans that iran is willing to take steps if the europeans and the united states are also willing to do the same but also we are hearing that the south korean prime minister is set to visit the country to meet with president hassan rouhani so it could be assigned to the south koreans as well but iran has been adamant that this is their money that's been frozen and they've wanted to get their hands on it for quite quite a while those those $7000000000.00 of iranian iranian funds that have been frozen because of u.s. sanct

the three that bob mentions are ones that you hear from the south korean, certain parts in south korea, and certain circles in japan. they are unlikely to be easily implemented, but they are the kinds of things you would want to discuss in a nuclear planning group bilaterally, quadra laterally, because we want the australians too. ms. ryan: dr. ford, would you like to jump in? dr. ford: i myself do not have any problem with any of the things that bob suggested. i would suggest the algorithm , and it sounds like ivo would agree. i think we probably all struggle over the years in different administrations, a problem is deciding what we think in the right answer is from a perspective of alliance reassurance and having to explain to our allies why that should be reassuring to them. if he were to approach this from what they think they need and as a jumping off point in terms of how we approach the alliance, that would probably be a good thing for all concerned. ms. ryan: i'm going to move onto another question, this comes from -- please excuse me in advance, marcus, for perhaps mispronounc

treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant south korea has summoned the japanese ambassador. iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will not affect upcoming talks to revive the nuclear deal he made the comments was missing his russian counterpart sergey lavrov is visiting tehran 2 days before talks resume in vienna between the policies of the 2015 deal iran is dealing with what it's calling an act of sabotage at its main nuclear facility. is live for us in tehran keeping across all the events and both foreign ministers. there about the talks what are they been saying. well yes the russian foreign minister has said that they are hopeful that the can be revived and obviously these talks are going to take place in vienna from an stage of odds are if he said that the u.s. needs to return to that deal and lift all sanctions but he did issue a warning he said that time was running out and that's because of the domestic political situation here in iran following that incident in the towns there is a great deal of pressure on foreign minister d

korea this time involving the use of wartime forced labor these were south koreans forced to work in japanese factories in appalling conditions and back in 2018 a court here rules controversially that 2 japanese corporation should be held liable under further court ruling ordered that their assets be seized to pay compensation now that led to a diplomatic route to a trade dispute with limited targeted sanctions being taken by japan so it has had a real impact on relations in more recent times there have been attempts to try to restore relations build bridges involving some members of the current government here in south korea so privately at least they will be welcoming this latest court decision because if this court decision had gone in favor of the plaintiffs in favor of the comfort women that would have been made it a lot harder for south korea to restore relations with tokyo. thanks so much rob mcbride chan's murder 3 has promised an 18 month transition to free elections after the death of president in the east there be the army says he was killed while leading soldiers fighting

shery: japan, south korea and australia coming online. the nikkei led higher by utilities and energy companies. watch out for toshiba, which remains untreated right now of course, after we continue hearing more news about the potential buyout offers on the table. the japanese at the moment holding at the 108 level. we continue to see incredible strength for the japanese yen this week, rising to a three week high. watch out for those jgb's as well. we had the boj -- we are focusing on the 20 year change in the auction next week. look at what the kospi is doing at the moment, no changes at the moment. investors on the sidelines given we have the bank of korea's rate decision today. not much expected from that decision, they are expected to keep rates at half a percent. the korean won now unchanged as well, not a lot of movement in the korean markets, this after the korean won saw its best day in about a month. we have south korea reporting the first jobs great is the pandemic began. we have seen a little bit more of a risk-on sentiment acro

hundreds of fishermen across south korea have been protesting against japan's decision to release contaminated water from its fukushima nuclear plant into the sea they fear the threat of contamination will have a huge impact on the industry and their livelihoods many are calling on tokyo to withdraw the plan just as soon as possible. so this is the answer these are the top stories and there are reports that at least 25 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in afghanistan the blast happened in the pull city that's the capital of logar province south of kabul there's been no claim of responsibility so far israel's prime minister has promised an investigation after at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival that happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had gathered. to contribute the mountain air and disaster is one of the worst disasters that has befallen the state of israel but we mourn the victims our hearts go out to the families and also to the wounded whom we wish for their full recovery there were heartbreaking people crushed to dea

korea's p.c. bounce which sounds exciting but it actually just means p.c. rooms. large internet the face with up to over 100 computers woodin and didn't sue took us to see what. it's saturday incentives and student districts and weston still didn't engines who are good friends. and almost every day they meet at it and there are around 4500 of these internet cafes in salone a new ones open all the time. well there aren't as many prejudices today. before a few games a lot of people would see you as being addicted to computer games. but now if you are good that's something to be proud of. times have changed here's a bit of my. game of choice is league of legends one of the most successful video games in the wild. teves of 5 people with different characters fight against one another the goal is to destroy the other team's base. engine says both have computers at home but they prefer play n.p.c. buying the venue's are more than just places to play for many young south koreans they're an important part

take a look at south korea. we are getting export numbers out of south korea for the first 10 days of the month. gains of 24.8% year on year, chip exports rising 24.8%. when you average it out come of the daily average exports for the first 10 days, it is a gain of 32.6% and imports rising 14.8%. so we continue to see very strong gains for south korean exports, given the strong demand across the region. let's stay in south korea and we will be watching shares of lg and sk innovation insole at the top of the hour, the two ev nattering makers set to end the better u.s. trade dispute. su keenan has the latest. the agreement averting an import ban on sk innovation and a tough situation for president biden. su: absolutely, and besides holding up manufacture for several automakers, the dispute have become a political conundrum. as many as 6000 battery manufacturing jobs in the politically important state of georgia are at stake. also, the agreement spared president biden from making a choice between is climate agenda

korea. well still ahead here on al-jazeera iran 1000 attack on its main nuclear facility won't go unpunished well israel issues its own warning that story after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways you may have heard the term now you by you it's the system named spring rains in japan south korea and most of china and this is it is basically a frontal system the boot is in and out throughout the next few weeks is currently being you know to rain to japan at least it will be on tuesday and that is true for southern china where it doesn't hans a little bit as it disappears from japan the sun comes back at the moment the korean producer is enjoying the sunshine and that's true of all of northern china as temperatures really on the high side for some but about where it should be to beijing for the south i'm pleased to say that east internees here is free of actual and forecasts showers the main thrust of the biggest rain is further north and for the reason

about the movie parasite winning those awards so the fact that south korea is once again recognised on the world stage is very well received here. it's good tell you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera hospitals in india's capital new delhi are getting oxygen supply is worth just 2 to 3 hours at a time due to severe shortages india's record at the world's highest number of new infections.

south korea was not yet a tech powerhouse it was less interested in innovation the government wasn't convinced of the cost potential and it withdrew funding for his research. fast forward and today ilan muffs electric car is worth over $500000000000.00. while 100 velux fear call warning systems that is to person firmly as sole the professor isn't bitter. in fact he has enormous admiration for musk's vision but he thinks his own 1990 s. technology is comparable to what tesla is doing today of course it responds create to create the future. of course tesla invested a lot of money in testing so it might be much better when it comes to sophistication but there shouldn't be much difference when it comes down to basic functionality. you know as a tesla is regarded as the best car in the world if possible i'd like to compare our technology today as well so his challenge the company to a jew on the roads one of his 990 s. vehicles against the tesla prototype in real world conditions despite his admiration for today's car tech giants professor hanneman hong admits he does regret one thing tho

from south korea through mounting threats to our homeland. that is why the capability is important to them, they want us to have second thoughts about whether we stand with the south for fear of losing los angeles or something. from both determining north korean aggression and supporting our allies, the answer has to be -- it has to do with postures and doctrines and approaches that make that decoupling feel less inevitable to the north korean perspective. that may be a complicated amalgam of postures and capabilities as well as nuclear reassurances. that is the hard part of finding that recipe. we need to be focused on undermining their efforts to separate those two pieces of our aligns an our end as we go forward. ms. ryan: i want to thank our panelists, i wish we had more time, but we have to wrap it up at 11:45. i would recommend everyone to go read the full report, here a summary of the issues and policy recommendations. thank you to the atlantic council for organizing this event and all the panelists for spending time today and talking

korea and south korea actually summoned japan's ambassador over the issue and how will this affect marine life and humans ringback. well that's that's really hard to say japan's government and have men taint it safe other acts experts have warned that even though doses cause a risk because even though those those could you know could increase the risk of cancer program sense and just in february this year fisherman actually found a type of fish that contained really high levels of cesium and remember cesium that's not true. stefan reporting from your environment desk are greatly appreciated when a pivot our attention now to the u.s. where protesters in the state of minnesota have taken to the streets for a 2nd night after a young black man was shot dead by police near minneapolis the officer who fired a 20 year old 20 year old rather dante wright says she confused her gun with her taser tensions in minneapolis were already running high before this latest incident a white former police officer derek children is currently on trial they're charged with the murder of george floyd the presiden

tesco under pressure reaction coming from south korea about the plan of japan releasing a million cubic meters of treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear power plant and putting it into the pacific ocean. it would not happen for two years and tetco would be preparing a process and the share price now done .3% with south korea saying the whole thing was regrettable. let's look at agc, japanese glassmaker, up 4%. this company raising its full-year operating forecast and boosting targets as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. rishaad: we had trade data out of china little while ago. the yuan figures do tend to show there has been a reduction in the trade surplus for march. total surp

south korea has condemned neighboring japan's plan to release radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant in 2 years' time seoul has asked officials to explore possible international litigation against japan but tokyo says disposing of the water into the pacific ocean is safe and essential in order to decommission fukushima. the white minneapolis police officer who shot dead a black motorist has resigned along with the police chief dante wright was shot after he was arrested during a traffic stop protesters took to the streets for the 3rd night in a row despite a curfew. egyptian officials have impounded the huge shift lock to the suez canal last month because of a financial dispute with its japanese owner they are demanding more than a $900000000.00 u.s. dollars and compensation international supply chains were thrown into chaos with the ever given ran aground for almost a week. now the u.s. is reportedly planning to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan by september 11th of this year president biden is due to announce the plans later on wednesday there are about $3000.00 a

separating north and south korea carrying they say up to hearth a 1000000 leaflets condemning north korea and describing the leader kim jong un as a nuclear lunatic now these launches always enraged north korea who described the defectors who released these leaflets as human scum and holding the south korean government responsible for their actions in fact it was a similar releases last summer which led to north korea cutting off a communications with the south going as far as destroying a liaison office that had been set up to try to establish better relations the south korean government conscious of how north korea responds has taken measures to try to prevent these actions by these defectors going as far as passing a law last december that now makes it illegal act to release these leaflets punishable by up to 3 years in prison that in turn has been criticized by defectors who say it infringes on their rights of free speech here in south korea the south korean government says after this latest launch it will be taking appropriate action now hundreds of fishermen across south korea have

separating north and south korea carrying they say up to hearth a 1000000 leaflets condemning north korea and describing the leader kim jong un as a nuclear lunatic now these launches always enraged north korea who described the defectors who released these leaflets as human scum and holding the south korean government responsible for their actions in fact it was a similar releases last summer which led to north korea cutting off a communications with the south going as far as destroying a liaison office that had been set up to try to establish better relations the south korean government conscious of how north korea responds has taken measures to try to prevent these actions by these defectors going as far as passing a law last december that now makes it illegal act to release these leaflets punishable by up to 3 years in prison that in turn has been criticized by defectors who say it infringes on their rights of free speech here in south korea the south korean government says after this latest launch it will be taking appropriate action has been widespread concern about japan's decision

japan and south korea in march. japan and south korea in particular while china is slowing down a little but they started seeing the recovery much earlier than the other two countries. we are seeing a solid recovery really in global demand and manufacturing is trying to put the pandemic behind them. factories in taiwan, vietnam and indonesia have also been very busy according to similar data, thanks to the vaccine role as we keep talking about and also strong growth in the us and china. now rising costs are the new challenges for businesses though it is time to pay attention to inflation figures which we have been talking quite a lot, and that investors have been concerned about for a while. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: sizzling sales — uk lockdowns mean the best ever yearfor the barbecue business. we'll be grilling a top chef in just a moment. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: within the past hour, a hong kong court finds seven leading pro—democracy campaigners guilty of taking part in a

south korea is leading the way when it comes to having food waste a couple of decades ago only 2 percent of discarded food used to be recycled but today this figure has sold to 95 percent i'm going to find out how the country has achieved this turnaround. south koreans through a move food on average than europeans and north americans to understand why we need to look at the country's traditional craziness you know. here's a typical meal along with my main dish i'm having eggs salad and an assortment of edges of those and it all comes for free. decide issues called panton in korean are often left untouched and whatever remains go straight to the garbage can. opt out. about a month of room up in the. mr sun who runs this restaurant things to centuries old tradition has become a burden. should you talk and tell i'm. sure you got. a trick enough telling you to something more progress or cook a little bit of. this earring charlie hunnam. minute about. who's got your case on it or egypt you are swapping. now and going to touch or to have god's will put them in. charlie observation by rob chalk

it's innovations like these together with strict government regulations that have enabled south korea to turn its food waste problem around. if there is one place that symbolizes desex us its sky park located west of solar it attracts a 10000000 visitors annually but only 30 years ago this is what it looked like. back then it was the largest landfill in the word. a place that south koreans called the land of the. professor kim is a landscape architect who's been studying despite its transformation 100 to get one and then sitting in a government has on the siren a time when. all of them said oh he's only line up for your party there to get a man that want to build a bad. times earth. go get him on the rug with us on earth and there was a man who knows how to how go you where. we are or get on with the fishermen or thought you don't want you don't wish. to go on them say that well i'll tell you. whatever we will get i don't have the backing i had brought. the waste buried under sky park is in the process of decomposing these releases methane a potent greenhouse gas was a greater global

it was someone from south korea who came here and said but for these two men we would live in a very different kind of world. so i am very driven by the idea that that story, the story of what these two great leaders accomplished be told not only in classrooms his independence missouri or kansas city, but speak something that people around the world understand. we're fortunate that the ambassador from south korea was well read and educated and understood that intuitively, but not everybody does. so you think tim, i think people in roles like ours have a particular responsibility to the public and to the rising generations in particular to be sure that they don't forget that these things happen for a reason. the map of the world is different because of these two leaders. the society that we live, in the economic system, the social structures, all that we owe to great leadership. and we just underwent major renovations at the truman library, and as soon as covid numbers allow, we will be reopening and look forward to welcoming the public, and especially hosting clifton and alina here t

to send aid more oxygen diagnostic tests medicines and protective gas south korea also said that they're going to start. arranging flights for their citizens to return from india now the sentiment from all of these countries sending aid is that no one in the world a safe everyone is safe president joe biden said that as long as the virus is circulating anywhere that it's a threat to people everywhere as long as it's spreading that it can mutate and circulate further and the world health organization as we've been reporting has said that 3 variants in india could very well be responsible for the surge was ill so that has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic nearly 400000 brazilians have died from go over 19 the world's 2nd highest death toll investigation could be damaging for president. is he proposed to seek reelection next year. somalia's president mohamad outlaw he fought a module has agreed not to extend his term following domestic and international pressure is made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extensi

korea. for the tokyo olympics nothing it seems can go right the 100 day countdown to the postponed games was accompanied by a cheerless drizzle and as coronavirus cases continue to mount this warning from a senior political leader crane or don't win here if it seems impossible to go on with the games they must definitely be cancelled japan's government was quick to walk back that remark insisting the games will go on but it's a far cry from the boundless optimism of south korea's pyong chang winter olympics in 2018 which led to one precedented diplomatic divisions it was meant to her old an outpouring of goodwill in east asia with the run of a lympics in the region the postponed 2020 tokyo games although it's clear how those are turning out followed by beijing's winter olympics in 2022 which some countries are now threatening to boycott that's because of protests over china's human rights record a reminder of how vulnerable the games are to multiple let's turn all factors having selected 3 h