without political or military consideration or much if north korea response to south korea's offer to provide aid, we will give full support including covered 19 vaccines and medicines, medical equipment, and the health personnel. since north korea acknowledge it's only con outbreak last week, doesn't have already died in a 1000000 others sickened by the corona virus huddled with no vaccines and little medication available. taking precautions has become the key in north korea's cove. it battle, one of the army and gentlemen are for more is dr. sargje in limb. she is a senior lecturer in north korean studies at the university of central lancashire doctor lim. when you speaking about north korea, we are talking about an unvaccinated population, weak healthcare facilities, and the only chron variant. how serious could the situation get in north korea? every run out is the same situation. i carry isn't about little bit of a speculation at the moment because we don't know how exactly the situation is like in north korea because for like last more than 2 years, there were no other foreigner

just to try to butter north korea up were to try to satisfy north korea. and so that in that sense, north grew, knows fully, well does in his play expecting the, the upcoming unit bite in alliance to be tougher towards it's and less flexible. so in that sense, you know, i would not be surprised if some of these missile activities are, you know, in preparation for north korea, gearing up for hardy hardening its own position towards the unit and bite administrations. and so, you know, i think in the short and mid term a, we've actually made some escalation of tensions going forward. but we do should, we should remember that both by administration and the upcoming, the incoming administration of both, made it clear that they are open to diplomacy and dialogue. a young kim thank you so much for joining us. thanks so much. meanwhile, inside north korea, well to the best of our ability since it's so difficult to get a sense of what's happening there. but in the capital of kiln yang, kim jung on has been intent on constructing high rise apartment buildings. he wa

korea and the u.s. are comprehensive strategic allies stand ready to meet these , challenges collectively and shape a rules-based order in the process. these aspirations that president biden and i share are well reflected in the joint statement we are adopting today. in the negotiations leading up to the joint statement, our two countries' deputies have trust and -- have exhibited trust and partnership which i note with appreciation. sustainable peace on the peninsula is underpinned by the principled and consistent policy towards north korea. in lockstep coordination with the biden administration, i commit to resolutely safeguard peace on the peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward to engage in practical cooperation. i will exert diplomatic endeavor to that and end. -- to that end. we reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there is no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that the strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. pr

we have heard from the white house that they have had this outreach to north korea to which north korea has effectively given nothing in return. they have ignored it up until this point. he was asked, president biden, very directly whether he would meet with kim jong un, and this was his response. >> with regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea, that would depend on whether he was sincere, and whether he was serious. >> reporter: obviously his p predecessor met three times with the leader. very little came from the summits themselves, but beyond that, it's also important to ask whether kim jong un himself is in any frame of mind to be meeting any leaders at this point, and the answer appears to be no. he seems very dead set on his missile launches and his weapons testing capability at this point. and to that point as well, they are also dealing with a covid outbreak. it's only just over a week ago that pyongyang admitted they have omicron in the country, which could be devastating in what we believe to be a completely unvaccinated concern, and we know president bid

north korea's expanded coverage emergency. more than a 1000000 people could be able to do, took over 19, but the country doesn't have vaccines and health care is week. how much was put the situation kids. meanwhile, in china, shanghai said to target date for lifting all covered restrictions. many of its 25000000 people have been your a strict lockdown for nearly 2 months. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us. north korean state media has reported at least 50 deaths and some 1000000 people down with fever days after acknowledging a coven 19 outbreak for the 1st time. for more than 2 years, the country had claimed it was covered free. it had also refused to accept vaccines from abroad for its population experts for a looming catastrophe in the secrets of state. and that have already been offers of help from neighbors, china and south korea. ah, the state media's anti virus program is full on it and it stresses help young young is working to curb it's major outbreak of the virus. and as inter

north korea on that front. now there was also talk about peace insecurity, not just on the korean peninsula, but also in the wider region in the indoor pacific region. and president biden talk specifically about stability in the taiwan strait. and he talked about how the u. s . wants to maintain a free and open indo pacific region, and this really is a reference to china, not a direct reference, but an indirect reference to china. china has been asserting itself militarily and also in terms of trade. and part of this visit really to asia is the, is the u. s. reasserting itself in this area. i'm trying to rebuild ties to this region because this is a region that was neglected under his predecessor donald trump. so this is what the u. s. is hoping to do with this visit. now, one way the u. s. hopes to do that is by launching a new economic framework known as the indo pacific economic framework that's going to be launched in tokyo by president biden on monday. and south korea is going to be a part of it, because t

, think listen is difficult to know what's going on inside north korea. they have admitted to having something like 1700000 cases. those that are symptomatic, showing a fever, but many of the cases would be an symptomatic. and that information doesn't line up with what they're saying in terms of casualties. so far. just 62 deaths. there have been concerns about north korea's response in terms of locked downs. they have said that they're going to lock down isolate portions of the population, those that have appeared symptomatic. and these locks downs, especially if they spread across people that are not symptomatic in an attempt to avoid the spread of the virus in north korea, will have a serious effect in terms of economic repercussions on a family unit basis in health care professionals and human rights advocates worry that north korea won't balance the economic hardships that people may experience through lock downs. with the pandemic in the effects of the pandemic itself. if we remember, north korea was the 1st country really to seal it's border back i

korea and the u.s. need a global , comprehensive agreement to meet these challenges. these aspirations that president biden and i share are well reflected in the joy statement we -- joint statement we are adopting today. in the negotiations, our two countries'deputies have shown trust and partnership. a sustainable peace on the korean peninsula is consistent policy toward north korea. incoordination with the biden administration, i commit to resolutely safeguard peace on the peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engagement in practical cooperation. we as leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the gp are. there is no compromise for security. we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. president biden affirmed the u.s. commitment that defense of the republic of korea extended. at the same time, our two countries hope to see north korea take the path towards genuine denuclearization. together with

korea and the u.s. as global comprehensive strategic allies stand ready to meet these challenges collectively and shape a rules based order in that process. these aspirations that president biden and i share are well reflected in the joint statement we're adopting today in the negotiations leading up to the joint statement our two countries deputies have exhibited trust and partnership which i note with appreciation and sustainable peace on the korean peninsula is underpinned by a principled and consistent policy towards north korea in lock step coordination with the biden administration. i commend to the safeguard peace on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialog and engage in practical cooperation. i will exert diplomatic endeavors to that end. we as the leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there is no compromise for security under this shared i believe we concurred a strong deterrence against north korea

china's dominance in the region or north korea well the both very important, but north korea is also an urgent issue, especially after kim jong, who lifted a self imposed moratorium and he tested a oh, he launched an intercontinental ballistic missile back in march. now there are also reports that he could be getting ready to conduct a 7th nuclear test. so that adds a certain sense of urgency to the north korean issue. not only that, there is also another issue that north korean on faces, which is a severe outbreak of coven 19. and this is made was by the fact that it's population is unvaccinated. it doesn't have a, an adequate health care system. it lacks basic supplies medicine equipment. it doesn't even have enough test kits. so this and they've refused aid from the u. s. from south korea and also from the u. n. so what this potentially could mean is possibly a diplomatic opening to restart talks to restart. diplomacy with north korea, but it also presents challenges because it could mean a humanitarian crisis on the doorstep of south korea. and it could also be potentially a poss

let's do this. ♪ >> south korea. like most people, i'm starting out in seoul, an international mega city located near the center of the korean peninsula. it is the beating heart that drives the korean economy and churns out record-breaking pop culture exports, "squid game," "parasite" and bts, the biggest band on earth. this place is fast paced and runs around the clock. what about the rest of the country? is it super traditional, modern or both? after today i'm headed further into the country side. i want to learn about the people, the drinking culture and, most importantly, the food. >> the food is probably the one part of the culture that i'm the most well-versed in. i've been fortunate enough to have a number of korean friends that have taken me to the homes and hole-in-the-wall spaces i have been taken to. on the surface he is a teddy bear, but after a couple of bottle the tiger comes occupy. we go way back. we met at culinary school and have been friends ever since. he is one of the first koreans to become a ma

to that end, korea and the u.s. have decided to cooperate vigorously with international instruction, building on the global vaccine partnership, korea will actively join the global fight against covid-19. a global health security coordinating office will be established in seoul as a way to contribute to sustainable, global health security. in addressing the existential threat to humanity posed by climate change, our countries will endeavor to achieve our 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets and 2015 net zero emission goals through even greater coordination. the friendship and trust i have foraged with president biden will pave the way for further bilateral partnership for the new era. i hope our two countries will engage in frequent communication and close consultation with each other. thank you. >> next, we will invite the president of the united states to speak. pres. biden: thank you for the time you gave me today. and incredible hospitality. i am honored to be able to meet you so early in your tenurre. it is a

in asia, in north korea and south korea, got japan. it was always a question about why the united states did not want china to attack japan. that is a fact. host: let's talk about russia -japanese relations now. guest: japan became the first asian country to beat a western power, that is to say russia at the turn of the 20th century. host: the russo japanese war. guest: the russo japanese war. so japan and russia have -- that has been one of the key developments in bilateral relations. but as was pointed out, the -- towards the end of world war ii russia joined the allied forces, and it actually took some of the -- what the japanese called the northern territories, the islands in the north of japan. japan actually does not have a formal peace treaty with russia today. -- to date. the reason why japan did not take a strong stance against putin and he invaded crimea is because there has been this great need for japan -- at least claim part of those islands russia has occupied, has claimed sense 1945 -- since 1945. there has been hope tha

north korea. which has been the case in the past. president biden wants to really expand it in something better. a trade alliance, economic alliance. he wants to position south korea as a more of a player in the indo pacific on security issues aside from north korea. that's kind of what we expected them to be talking about in this behind the scenes meeting. one of the others things the president was hoping to do is kind of cultivate an interpersonal information with the president. this is the first time they have been able to meet face to face and really talk issues on substance. president biden is really someone who places a premium on the relationships. it's essential when you are governing and the leader of the free world. you go around the world and try to meet the people and develop some chemistry with them. they do have certain commonalities. that's something you can expect the president did in that long one on one meeting. of course the issue of north korea even though the president wants t

rivals, south korea in the us. there is the potential for assistance from the broader international community. then frank smith, south korea, is a reminder of our top story. fiddlers leaders have formally announced their intention to join night of the decision. marx, a monumental shift from a loan help position of military and non alignment. next conflicts with tim sebastian. i'm ben facility. in fact, next out with who entered the conflict. so with sebastian reporter whose victory parade in moscow, no sign of the war and ukraine is coming to an end. russia's leader flown during his power and these weapons. i'm blaming the way for his invasion, but will the rest of a deal with him again of questions around a more social democrat? my mom, the german wonder who joins me this week for conflict zone. next, on d, w. i started out with addiction and transformed into an orgy of hate and violence. the history of the ku klux klan, the oldest terrorist organization in the united states. its members, white for a racist state

and north korea faces a wave of cobra. 19 infections. what will it mean for lives and livelihoods already on the brink, walking to the show. i'm sitting here in berlin. it's good to have you with us, with a war and ukraine is also war on infrastructure, including gas and oil pipelines, serving the country. ukraine has already been forced to cut gas service from hundreds of thousands of households. russia has, however, spared its own transit pipelines. that is the system for delivering it's gas to europe. but could those pipelines be coming into play? what 2 major transit pipelines cross ukraine to europe. so use, and brotherhood. a gas volumes through them are through both of them are now becoming a bit harder to pin down due to the war. and the so use pipeline runs through the loo hans region in eastern ukraine, which is now occupied by russian forces. ukraine announced last week that it would suspend gas transit at one of the pipelines hubs to stop service to that occupied area. on that stoppage effects at most one 3rd of the gas suppl

the mother sauces of korea. the earthen crocks are spread all throughout the property. >> openly exposed to the nature and climate so it's very important to get those clean rings and sunshine. >> so the weather of this valley impacts the result with like the wind, the rain, the sun and everything? >> that's right, that's right, it's like tehrua, like the wine. >> we yuds grapes, and you use soybeans. >> soy boes, right. >> am i allowed to taste these? >> yeah. >> three primary sauces made with soybeans. something similar to japanese miso, a red spicy paes, and then finally -- darker, less salty and a little sweet. the genius lies in the time it takes to permit them. for the most special would bes it will be the year 2006 treft. >> that looks pretty gnarly. aisle going to be honest with you. that's got a lot of personality, you know what i'm saying. i'm used to having the process, you know, in the jar. that was a big piece. i'm going in deep. >> in your mouth. >> initially very salty. but when the salt dissipates

korea seen with 3 recent missile tests and the military parade. just a few weeks ago. the country is putting on a defy and show of strength. only behind the scenes a different picture all came from own i wearing a face mask for the 1st time ever admitting that his country too, has been hit with a corona virus. at least 6 people have died that he taking a page out of china's playbook. north korea has moved towards locked downs to keep the health risk at bay. the economic cost to the country is unknown. oh, okay. so you knew to cove it? food shortages and economic crisis, my deteriorate in north korea, in order to prevent that they are conducting food rationing measures. so north korea and a very severe quarantine measures to prevent a mass outbreak of confirmed corbett cases. correct. that was just got on your thought for now. north korean state tv shows empty streets or typical scenes for are locked down towards south korea reports that north korean farmers was seen on their fields across the border. a sign that the agricultural sector might be ex

we look forward to ways to take the alliance of the republican korea -- republic of korea and the u.s. to greater heights. vice chairman, thank you for welcoming us to this semiconductor facility. this is an auspicious start to my visit because it is emblematic of future cooperation and innovation that our nations can and must build together. i am joined by my secretary of commerce secretary raimondo working everyday to bring us closer to that goal. i have seen how this plant makes the most advanced chips in the world, a wonder of innovation, design, precision and manufacturing. semiconductors enable our modern lives from automobiles to smartphones to medical diagnostic equipment. when it comes to the most advanced chips like the ones made here with samsung, it is only one of three companies in the world that makes these chips. it is an incredible achievement. because, these little chips, only a few nanometers thick are the key to propelling us into the next era of humanity's technological develop in. artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, 5g, and so very much more. things we

forces korea. obviously a major military, american military, presence here in south korea. so certainly that is a focus of the president's while he is here. from here he will drive over to a samsung plant that is manufacturing microchips, is this a critical message that the president wants to bring first thing here is the importance of these very critical technology for cars. there has been a short average them globally that has faaffect car manufacturing in the united states and the president is working to wean the united states off its reliance on chinese semiconductors, hopefully to make more of them at home and of course make them in south korea as well. so you really start to see the economic component of the trip materializing as well. so the president has just landed, taking his time of course, freshening up maybe to get off the plane and really make his first step on asian soil as president. >> we're just waiting as that door of air force one is open. it is taking him a while to make this first trip to asia, but he is here just outside of seoul. and there we have pr

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this is a big opportunity for south korea to deal with north korea. >> staying with north korea, the country reported 260,000 cases of fever, bringing the total number of suspected covid- 19 cases to nearly 2 million. the country is averaging several hundred thousand patients suffering from fever each day, since confirming the first coronavirus case last thursday. the newspaper wrote, confirming 63 deaths linked to the outbreak. health authorities say the hospital wards are being built across the country to isolate the sick. they are ramping up reduction of medical equipment to help contain it. with no vaccination program, north korea's health system is ill-equipped to deal with covid- 19. they have not responded to offers of help from the united states or south korea. it is believed to have received some medical supplies from china. the u.s. health officials say coronavirus infections in some parts of the nation reached levels where wearing masks is encouraged. the indoor mask mandates have been listed in every state. the director of the cdc and prevention said 32% of the u.s. popul

what influence does china have over north korea's actions? and even if they have influence, will they use it? >> well, by their treaty china and north korea are still allies. they have a mutual defense clause in their treaty. and in terms of damage relations and trade, china is pretty much the sole provider of trade and economic assistance of north korea. so by that you could didact china has more influence than any other country in the whole world, but whether china will use that influence is a completely different matter. first off the chinese find les incentive or zero or no incentive to help the united states with the countries on the issue of north korea. instead china is willing to hold north korea as leverage for future negotiation and bargain with the united states. secondly, we know north korea has maintained a moratorium on their nuclear tests and ballistic missile tests. and the chinese argument has been north korea should be rewarded for their refrained -- refrained from provocation from conducting nuclear tests. and so far such r

use life from the north korea reports. it's 1st coven. 19 death state t v says hundreds of thousands more north koreans is showing symptoms. experts say it's unlikely the isolated brain james is equipped to manage this explosive outbreak. at the dangers discovered after russia's retreat, teams in ukraine cove through regain territory for unexplored weapons of correspondence is about the challenges they thanks. plus the strong, it's costing light on the doc to val galaxy. scientists reveal the 1st images of the black hole at the center of out ah, i've been fas all and it's good to have you with us. north korea has reported its 1st death from cove at 19. the news comes a day after the country acknowledged an outbreak of the virus for the 1st time in this world wide crisis. ordering a lock down, the same media says 6 people have died from a fever that's been spreading fast nationwide. it's confirmed one of them had tested positive for the corona virus on the chrome period. it's also released this photo of leader kim jong and

south korea. like most people, i'm starting out in seoul, an international mega city located near the center of the korean peninsula. it's the beating heart that drives the korean economy and turns out record-breaking pop culture exports like "squid game," "parasite" and bts, the biggest band on earth. this place is fast-paced, interconnected and runs around the clock. but what about the rest of the country? is korea super traditional, modern, or both? after today i'm headed further into the countryside. i want to learn about the people, the drinking culture, and most importantly, the food. >> the food is probably the one part of the culture that i'm most well versed in. but i've been fortunate enough to have a number of korean friends that have taken me to those hole in the wall space is would have never gone to. one of the guys i'm going to meet today is kimberly kyungmoon and i go way back. he is one of the first koreans to ever become a master sommelier, and he has devoted his life to the art

north korea closed its borders at the start of the pandemic, restricting trade. also with his main trading partner, china, within the country, ppo young has been keen to promote anti virus meshes with images like these provided by news agency. casey and 8 lost here. what is at our restaurant on where prioritizing sanitizing efforts in order to keep up with the disinfection rules. additionally, we conduct systematic hygiene and conduct tracing investigation and entrances where many people are coming in and out. i would regime but there is one disease control method kim young has refused to deploy so far. vaccination, some analysts say it's because the u and backed kovacs distribution program has international monitoring requirements and would expose the country to international scrutiny. with most of his 26000000 people believe to be unvaccinated, an outbreak could put a heavy strain on north korea's poor health care system. that might explain why it is now admitting cove it has arrived. according to some experts, they say pure young may be seeking outside 81 that

north korea, however, has rejected offers of help of assistance from south korea from the us from the un . it is rejected offers of vaccines. so it's possible that this may represent a new diplomatic front. it may be and a new diplomatic opening for countries to persuade north korea to come to the go shaping table. but it also presents something else. it could potentially mean humanitarian crisis looming on the border of south korea. and it could also mean the emergence of a more deadly variant of the corona virus. so this is something that south korea and the us hoping to be able to tackle. and that's why they're saying to north korea, we're ready to offer help if you want it. sort of through reporting live from sole and south korea. many thanks to de florence. kim jong and says that north career is starting to bring its coven 19 outbreak under control. even though a further 220000 people are reported to have what have been called the fever symptoms, kim told a beating of the ruling party. the progress is being made to slow the number of infections and hinted at lifting some restrict

south korea has wanted to offer assistance to north korea, north korea doesn't believe the government that south korea can follow through because of a residence in 2019 when south korea offered tamiflu to north korea, the united nations wouldn't let south korea deliver humanitarian assistance of tamiflu because they had to be delivered in vehicles and it is banned vehicles to go into north korea, north korea doesn't believe the south koreans will be able to deliver any humanitarian assistance that it offers, so it is assistance that it offers, so it is a very serious situation. kim jong—un, this is not a stating collapse yet, the organisation capacity is still very strong but it remains to be seen what will happen in terms of the organisational capacity if doctors and nurses and professionals and teachers, all of home are without proper equipment to look after themselves, never mind anybody else, start dying. as we saw in britain and other countries at the beginning of the pandemic, before we had access to the vaccinations that we have. and as your introduction i did out, they have

korea. it is possible to get case numbers under control, so it's not clear what exactly has been happening in north korea. it is possible the lockdown has had an effect and reduce infections but there is no what they are all the way back down to zero and that means when the lockdown is lifted and of the infections will start to rise again and they have to make the same kind of decisions again unfortunately.— same kind of decisions again unfortunately. professor, with our unfortunately. professor, with your experience _ unfortunately. professor, with your experience in _ unfortunately. professor, with your experience in tracking - unfortunately. professor, with| your experience in tracking the trajectory of how the pandemic and the virus spreads through the population and what we know about north korea in terms of the lack of vaccinations there in the population, how do you see this playing out? it’s in the population, how do you see this playing out?— see this playing out? it's very di

an unprecedented turn of events in north korea . the country declared a severe emergency for but an outbreak of only kron if the 1st time killing young has admitted to having any coven infections. why has it made the mission now? and what is the risk for the population? and a promise of greater cooperation between the you and japan in the wake of russia invasion of ukraine, we looked at what's on the cob. ah, i british energy. welcome to the dublin news asia judge could join us. north korea has ordered a national lockdown to hold the spread of the only con variant. it is the 1st time leader kim jong ern has admitted to having any coven 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic in 2020. it is unclear. wipe, young young has decided to publicize the outbreak, but observe us fear the consequences could be devastating if infection spiral out of control, especially as no one in north korea appears to have been vaccinated. this is a 1st for north korean leader kim jung own. never before has the acknowledged that cove it is spreading in his

also coming up, north korea mobilizes its army. as the government tries to control coven 19, which is infected, nearly one and a half 1000000 people with 60 to deaths, violence unoccupied, east jerusalem during the funeral of a palestinian. now dozens of injured it's railey police, far tear gas and rubber bullets. the u. s. president approves redeploying, hundreds of troops back to somalia to fight the on group. i'll show bob reverse in your decision by donald trump. ukraine's military command says the mission to defend the eyes of styles. still plant is over. more than 260 ukranian fighters have been evacuated from the last stronghold of the resistance. and the city of mario paul, russia announced on monday it had reached a deal with ukraine to have wounded soldiers removed from the facility. moscow's hes will be taken to a medical facility in the russian controlled ton of nova asoft. ukraine says efforts are underway to rescue the fighters who are still in the plant. so dicky, g, muranski, we schools blank to the actions of the u

south korea, certainly china has offered to give vaccines to north korea. north korea has refused all of assistance. it's not clear whether or not they will take offers at the moment, sometimes when north korea puts out a revelation about some kind of disaster that's happened after a period of estrangement from the outside world, it means it symbolizes that it is an offer or outcry for assistance to comerom the outside world. so far, there have been offers in recent days from south korea and no response from the north koreans. most people would assume and assess there is a lot of problems inside north korea. they have been sealed off from the outside world due to covid for a couple of years, including the border with china at one point, which means they cut off all outside trade. they have bad harvests the last couple of years, certainly the stock of medicines, this has been a long-standing problem. the couple of years from cutting themselves off from the outside world and sealing off their borders only would have exasperated that. the health system is in b

north korea's scrambling to deal with what's b believe to be a major coven 19 outbreak? it's calling up the army to help stem. the spread of the virus health officials say 62 people have died and nearly 1500000 have fallen ill since late april. robert bright has more from sol. it is extremely alarming, especially when you consider that until were less than a week ago. this didn't officially exist now we have a national crisis on our hands or by north korea's own admission. at the latest estimates point to around possibly one and a half 1000000 people at possibly having contracted at some sort of fever. most of those cases believe to be the only cron variant of co bids or many of those people having recovered a bit. it's very difficult to tell because of course there is a shortage of testing in north korea. dozens of people have been injured at a funeral and occupied east, jerusalem after res. really police attacked mourners. i 23 year old man who was injured during the storming of the alex and mos compound last month died and saturday. united states is easing its policy

does that kind of have an effect in the arguments in north korea and south korea? north korea has always been quite staunch on the fact that the nuclear weapon is central to their survival strategy and it is expected that they will continue to do so. actually, a lot of analysts are thinking that they will resume their fifth nuclear test at their site, and that is quite significant. and i don't think the direction will change in any short—term moment. there seem to be black holes at the heart of every galaxy in space, terrifying things which drag everything, including light itself, into theirjaws. for that reason, you can't photograph them. yet it turns out you can, after all. we got the first radio telescope pictures of a black hole in 2019, and now, we have got stunning pictures of the black hole within our own galaxy. i asked the bbc�*s science correspondent pallab ghosh to explain. a black hole is a dead star that has collapsed. the gravity gradually builds up so strongly that not even light can escape it. and it sucks everything in. so how on earth can you

comes to north korea. a similar situation from washington really. we heard from the white house that they have reached out to north korea. they are willing to talk to them, to engage, to negotiate. there's been nothing in return. what we could really expect from the two leaders is that north korea will be very high up on the agenda not just because the u.s. and also south korean officials have pointed out they think an icbm test may be imminent. also the fact that north korea has admitted to having a covid outbreak within the country. we don't know how serious it is. the indications that we are getting suggest that with an you can e unvaccinated population with a fragile best health care system shows it is a very serious situation. we know that the president has offered aid to north korea. he's offered mass vaccines and testing kits. certainly the white house has said they are willing to help out as well. it does appear there are many similarities in the way that the u.s. and south korean lead ers would li

north korea. —— hard line. the outgoing president, moonjae—in, staked his legacy on achieving a breakthrough with the north using diplomacy, but his attempts failed. jean mackenzie sent this report from seoul. forjust a moment, peace looked possible. but north korea is back to testing its biggest, most powerful weapons. a disappointing end for south korea's outgoing president, who staked his legacy on building peace. remarkably, he convinced the us president to meet north korea's leaderfor the first time in history. excitement built at these leaders announced to an audience of north koreans their plans to end the war that's divided their country for decades. 150,000 north korean citizens were applauding his speech. it was really a moving moment for me. a special adviser to the president, professor moon attended all the summits, even sharing even sharing shoju with kim jong—un�*s sister. but when talks between these unlikely friends broke down, so did talks between the koreas. is it fair to look back now a

korea and u.s. as global comprehensive allies stand ready to meet these challenges collectively and shape or rules based order in that process. these aspirations that president biden and i share our well reflected in the joint statement we are adopting today. in the negotiations leading up to the joint statement, our two countries deputies have exhibited trust and partnership which i note with appreciation. in sustainable peace on the korean peninsula is underpinned by a principled and consistent policy towards north korea. it coordination with the biden administration, i commit to resolutely safeguard on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engage in practical corporation. i will exert diplomatic endeavors to that end. we, as the leaders of the two countries, reiterate our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there is no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramoun

top of mind, of course, is north korea, which u.s. intelligence has said that they do believe it could be likely that north korea will try some other kind of missile test or nuclear test during this visit. of course also on the agenda will be how to strengthen not just deterrence, but obviously south korea's readiness as well. we'll bring you all of that in just a moment for our u.s. viewers and international viewers. african-american voices changemakers is next. for everyone else, i'll be right back after the break with biden's visit. (whispers) air wick upgrade to our redesigned oil warmer. our latest device optimizes airflow fill your space with lasting fragrance inspired by the scents of nature yolove. air wick. connect nature. [bacon sizzles] [bacon sizzles] ♪ [electronic music plays] ♪ [bacon sizzles] ♪ [electronic music plays] ♪ woo! lemons. lemons. lemons. the world is so full of lemons. when you become an expedia member, you can instantly start saving on your travels. so you can go and see all those lemons, for less.

foreign policy as it relates to north korea during this five-day trip to south korea and japan. what we're seeing from president biden is a move toward a much more traditional u.s. foreign policy. senior administration officials have told me is a careful approach to north korean diplomacy aiming for lower level working talks with north korea to try and get incremental progress. of course, the north koreans have been refusing engage altogether with the united states so far. including refusing or not responding it seems to offers from the united states and south korea to provide coronavirus relief to the big outbreak happening right now in north korea. president biden addressed a question about whether or not he would meet with the north korean leader. here is his answer. >> with regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea, that would depend on whether he was sincere and whether he was serious. >> reporter: now senior administration officials have told me they have no indication that the north korean leader or any north korea officials are serious and sincere abo

south korea says north korea has test launched 3 short range willis to miss out towards the sea military parade. here in april, north korean leader kim jong said he would speed up the development of nuclear weapons despite a un resolution banner given off in launching mr. ballistic missiles capable of carry nuclear war. diplomats, when a group of 7 of wealthy nations are meeting in germany to discuss the war in ukraine energy and food security relations with china and climate change. also on the agenda, ukraine's foreign minister as amongst those in invited to the 3 day g. 7 summit as a guest. but i can tell you, though in german nationals mathias, myra started his 6 months mission to the international space station. there was no question about continuing cooperation with russian cosmonaut, but the invasion of ukraine has thrown into doubt. but from his mission, however, mathias morris says that up there in space, there's no sign of conflict. the view of earth for astronaut mathias myra. this was a personal highlight of his time in orbit. if all the test was actually the noise, when i'm

rivals, south korea in the us. there is the potential for assistance from the broader international community. ben frank smith and so thank you. returning to ukraine and life in the capital key. if 2 thirds of the cities inhabitants of returned restaurants are open again and so with boxing gyms of things of beloved sport and ukraine. and it's helping some deal with the stress of war. weeks after russian forces retreated from the suburbs of cave gems have begun to reopen. at the all stars boxing club enthusiasts stay in shape while warding off anxiety and stress was booked in us canada, husky child with the curfew and the city and restricted movement. we needed some place to blow off steam and discharge emotional tension. i get a was naturally, this helps a lot and pollution from a high for the past 2 decades, ukraine has excelled in the boxing world with their fighters, gaining a reputation for speed, movement, and fighting. i q. the skills that also appear to have helped on the battlefield assistance, emotional bo

south korea is one of five treaty alliances that the united states has and with that south korea stands out because there is something called a combined forces command, where the u.s. and south korean militaries are intertwined. decisions to withdraw troops, it would take time to unwind and many, many layers of these institutions. but i think with this indo pacific framing, it is a different type of perspective. >> let's talk about semiconductors. central to these concerns here, not just short-term, it is long-term stuff. it is still taiwan, makes the lions share of the world's semiconductors, concerns about what if china were to invade and the pandemic issues in terms of production in china today. do the u.s. and allies have a real plan to diversify, not just the u.s., but the world's reliance on really just a handful of semiconductormakers? >> absolutely. and, jim, this has been in the works for a while. we're seeing acceleration of that plan right now. if you look at it, samsung is the one that was highlighted today. almost as soon as president biden landed in south korea, he went to