from the japanese perspective and the south korean perspective. will they go along given the costs that are involved with his this kind of tension between the united states and china? thank you. >> thank you, robert, for a great elucidation of the problem, and now it's up to scott and mike to tell us how our allies are going to help us navigate out of this. >> thanks to the center for national interest for the invitation. maybe what i'll do is briefly say a little bit about how i think president and south korean government see the u.s. and discussion and get into my discussion of perceptions in south korea of rising rivalry between the u.s. and china. essentially i think for president moon is relieved that is a break in the tension, and he got an endorsement from president trump with regards to his push for diplomacy with kim jong-un, plus an u.s.-china statement hat tip from president trump to kim jong-un. so he's probably feeling pretty good because this is the break and appearance short-lived the break in the rising compensation between china and the u.s. that essentially when that o

and the south korean government see the u.s./china discussion and then get into my discussion of perceptions in south korea of rising rivalry between the u.s. and china. and essentially, i think for president moon, he is relieved that there is a break in the tension. and he got an endorsement from president trump with regards to his push for diplomacy with kim jong-un kim jong-un. plus a hat tip from president trump to kim jong-un. he is dealing good because there is a break, an apparent maybe short-lived break in the rising competition between china and the u.s. that essentially when that occurs it restricts south korea's preferred strategy of navigating choice avoidance between the u.s. and china. south korea prefers choice avoidance because it is dependent on china for economic benefits given the fact that south korea's trade with china is so significant while it relies on the u.s. for security. it generates more pressure on seoul as both the u.s. and china compete with open ear to imposey costs on south korea as to influence south koreans strategic choices. really, i think th

drop of excellence of the us with the impact on china south korea and also on the south korean stock market the trade association estimated the full-blownbe trade war between us and china would copy a six. four drop the south korean exports and a loss of $36 million. so with this vulnerability for south korea is also mitigated by the fact and pursuant for some time and the strategy really shows itself primarily in the expensive investment and trade that is occurring in vietnam it is the number one investor and as a destination for investment with china. so really that first-round case study with the rivalry on south korean study is that issue that was a litmus test as well as a loyalty test in china south korea relations and the subsequent retaliation by china against korea for the deployment is estimated to cost south korea as much as seven.$5 billion. looking at the scope of the security cooperation to send a message that the alliance should be confined to north korea only. in the process of doing so china also suggested it should have a veto over the alliance of capabilities again

but defend the south korean perspective. we are going to go on longer than the cost in this tension between the united states. >> thank you for a great elucidation of the problem and now it is up to scott and mike to tell us how our allies are going to help us navigate out of this. thanks to the centers for national interest for the invitation. maybe what i will do is say briefly how i think the south korean government sees the discussion and then get into my discussion of the perceptions and south korea rising between the u.s. and china and essentially i think for president moon, he's relieved that there is a break in the tension and he got an endorsement from president trump with regards to his push for diplomacy, plus innings this china statement they have kept so she's probably feelin he's py good, because this is a break and an appearance sort of short break in the rising competition between china and the u.s. that essentially when that occurs it restricts the preferred strategy of navigating the choice avoidance between the u.s. and china. south korea prefers choice avoidance

council in the south korean capital seoul has approved initial funding for a plan to co-host in the olympics it with pyongyang the proposal for a joint a north south a bit was agreed to by the leaders of the two countries at their last thought it but it will cost we know half a billion dollars for south korea alone a price tag that's expected to climb stately mcbride reports from some. all decked out for the season of giving the city of seoul is learning just how much she will have to give to co-host the olympic games in twenty thirty two seoul metropolitan council met to help formulate its bid as well as the initial cost billions more will have to be spent on infrastructure in both koreas. in spite of the hefty price tag many here believe it's worth it. if we can co-host i think it will provide a good opportunity to move towards peace the only captain and then of course cost is a concern but there's around thirteen years to go and north korea could develop its economy to a considerable extent by then given its relative wealth compared to its much poorer northern neighbor south kore

south korean perspective. will they go along, given the costs that are involved with this kind of tension between the united states and china? thank you. >> thank you, robert, for a great relouis dags of the problem. now -- elucidation of the problem. now it is up to michael and scott to tell us how our allies are going to help us navigate out of this. >> thanks to the center of national interests for the invitation. and maybe what i will do is briefly say a little bit about how i think president moon and the south korean government see the u.s./china discussion and then get into my discussion of perceptions in south korea of rising rivalry between the u.s. and china. and essentially, i think for president moon, he is relieved that there is a break in the tension. and he got an endorsement from president trump with regards to his push for diplomacy with kim jong-un kim jong-un. plus a hat tip from president trump to kim jong-un. he is dealing good because there is a break, an apparent maybe short-lived break in the rising competition between china and the u.s. that essentially whe

moon met three times this year and made a series of goodwill gestures south korean say kim has asked to meet moon several times next year robert bryant is the latest in the south korean capital. the presidential office in seoul won't reveal too many details about the exact contents of this two page letter but it is being warmly received here by south korean officials president moon j.n. indeed has responded on social media thanking kim jong un personally there had been hopes that kim jong un would be visiting south korea it would be an historic visit the first by our north korean leader indeed since the korean war and that that visit would take place during this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang for their third summit in september but it wasn't to be the case even as late as last week some people were predicting that the visit might be taking place on the thirtieth and thirty first clearly that's not happening but this letter does now lead to speculation that the visit will take place possibly as early as the new year communed on to chairm

mohamed at all just the into gaza. south korea's president has received a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il asking for talks in the new year president moon jane's office says kim was sorry he couldn't make a planned visit to the south before the end of twenty eighteen kim and moon met three times a c. and it made a series of goodwill gestures the south koreans say kim was asked to meet several times next year robin wright joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so why is kim jong un saying this now and how significant is it i think a south korean officials here are somewhat relieved they're saying this is a very positive sign indeed president in a south korea is just responded darron on social media thanking kim personally for the letter believing that this is a sincere approach that kim jong un is still very much committed to this whole process of course it does go some way to easing the disappointment that south korea did not play host to kim joining this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang in september for their third su

popular south korean t.v. dramas a major part of the korean cultural wave known as so today where discuss the rise of k. pop and how these major cultural export an image of korea brought well joining us to talk about this is our panel of k. pop fans and so danny cam he's one of the creators of dk dk t.v. that's a you tube channel where you can watch his video series k. pop explained by korean in toronto canada michelle cho an assistant professor of east asian popular cultures at the university of toronto she is the author of how you. to play now the korean wave in the age of social media and in new york born cam she is the creator of the band known as e.x.p. edition welcome all of you to the stream i want to start with a member of our community who pitched the idea for today show all the way from new zealand anthony sent us a video comment on why he thinks this is an important topic for our like for us is playing through the. music coming out of south korea or from coughing is critical. for quite so much because of one you mentioned to stay very group there and if you're not tamil you're

been angered by the us military restarting exercises with the south korean military. and there are questions about how this now proceeds into the new year, whether there will be further progress. things seemed to have slowed down since donald trump met kimjong—un in singapore, six months ago. but the president referring to the north korean negotiations on twitter, just a few days ago, said, there was no hurry and that things were going fine. dan johnson there. let's cross to the south korean capital seoul now, and speak to the bbc‘s korean service reporter, hyoung kim. this reaction from north korea, does it show that these new sanctions are really going to bite when it comes to the regime? i think you can say that. however, when north korea reacts, what south korean analysts normally look at is who issued this statement? obviously, the statement was carried out by north korea's state media, however it was issued on the name of a director at research centre of north korea's foreign ministry, not the same person but another official from this research centre actually issued anot

. only on al-jazeera. welcome back supporters of announced and south korean president are turning to online video sites to demand her release a was jailed in april for twenty four years for corruption and abuse of power conservatives say they've lost their voice in politics after she was removed from office the region junger reports. dad his team go live every weekday at six pm it may look like a television studio but this is china's office in seoul the audience exclusively on you tube and mike is a right leaning channel with close to three hundred twenty thousand subscribers. chong says the political scandal involving former president weakened the conservative voice in south korea's mainstream media. but she still has a lot of support and their protests against her impressive meant continue. new. people with conservative right leaning views who do not agree with president parks and pietschmann had nowhere to turn for news if you're trying to fill that void and it might at the height of the turmoil surrounding park she gave chon exclusive interview which proved a turning point for hi

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to modernise north korean railways and roads — and connect them to the south. the ceremony, which also included members of families divided by the separation of the two countries 68 years ago, was held in the border town of kay—song. from seoul, laura bicker reports. a north korean band welcomes the south korean officials as the train from seoul crossed the border dividing the two countries and arrived at panmun station in kae—song. the ceremony included laying some railway sleepers and putting up joint road signs. the south's president moonjae—in and the north korean leader kim jong—un agreed earlier this year to work towards connecting the peninsular‘s transport systems. south korean engineers have spent the last few weeks inspecting hundreds of miles of the north's railways to check the work needed to modernise the network. it's thought it will take billions of dollars of investment. translation: we are very much aware that the re—connection of our railways and roads means more than just physical reconnection. people and supplies will come and go through the routes

north and carrying one hundred south korean officials as part of the process hopes are high for the two koreas to grow closer together after decades of separation. reconnection of railways the roads means more than just the physical reconnection people and supplies will come and go through the roads and we will have closer cooperation in culture sports tourism and health. from the north a call for the people to come together. well you know in touch throughout all the results of the raid and road project hinge on the spirit and will of our people we cannot accomplish that reunification if we hesitate and fail to care about other countries. too. for now however a major hurdle is the north korean regime itself construction on any rail and wrote links can start any time soon as necessary materials and investment and under you and then u.s. sanctions still in place they will not be lifted until north korea commits to denuclearization. germany like so many western nations is an aging society that means that the number of people in need of care is constantly rising the number of nursing st

as he is accused of clinging to power. not silent anymore supporters of a disgraced south korean president find new ways to make themselves heard. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching an increase of moisture and rain across parts of the philippines that has been the trend over the last few days and if you notice here on the satellite a lot of those clouds are making their way to the north so from manila that means the rain is coming into play and it's going to stay not only saturday but also into sunday as well over here towards the west though it's been quite nice across thailand and malaysia but we do think we are going to see more rain over the next few days coming into play down across the central areas for qual and poor it is going to be a mostly cloudy day few with a temperature of thirty three degrees as we make a way down here towards australia with thunderstorms are still going to be a problem and that is all due to a frontal boundary here across parts of brit's been making its way towards the north into queensland so that is going to cause thunderstorms here on

this. one is the address that is questions to listen to. the red dress was designed by the south korean artist on the song who when we arrived was busy making sure everything was perfect. song so the five hundred fifty meters of the dress by hand herself with the help of a friend it took a whole summer eighty five days to be precise. q . did you adjust the size of the dress to fit the bullets are needed yes small a little bit small and a little bit more oval hats not run yeah except for men but i love what you say is this it's it's the dress is not a dress it's a space and it invites look the first thing i come in here first thing i do is want to get in there look at it you don't need to use dropout like playing the on that it's a fraction of the wrong thing you just mohan to. get in and out and being together so what did you think this would be good for music i know my concert or my i mean i love this concert or this is extraordinary but why we are so like stiff ya it's better when i listen my grandmother playing. and i'm like on the on her chair and like i came to. the heart of

south korean artist ahmed song who when we arrived was busy making sure everything was perfect. song so the five hundred fifty meter the dress by hand herself with the help of a friend it took a whole summer eighty five days to be precise. did you adjust the size of the dress to fit the bullet sorry meter but yes smaller a little bit smaller and a little bit more oval hops not rock that yeah exactly then but i love what you say is this it's it's the dress is not a dress it's a space and it invites look the first thing i come in here first thing i do is want to get in ok i think it's you don't need to use dropout like clay in the on that it's like chin and the round thing you just mojang to. get in there and they are and being together so why did you think this would be good for music i don't like concert or my army i love this concert or this is extraordinary but why we are so like stiff ya it's better and i listen my grandmother playing. on the on her chair and like i came to. the heart of the music i listen is not just this recent news or it's all or all of it and we are doing togethe

between the north korean and south korean leader was actually quite meaningful that has been the most important diplomatic initiative of this year i think south korea has been quite skillful in engaging north korea and they have a number of specific on. contracts that they're working on now they want to build infrastructure that actually has potential for bringing north korea then of course there was the trump kim handshake that was meant to be historic in effect it was really just a very city is so where do you see donald trump's role in all of this. his policy is all about disruption but i think in the korea conflict we see that disruption in itself is not a strategy the real progress if you want to talk of any progress has been made by very classic diplomacy on the south korean side and also on the chinese side but isn't the fact that the u.s. and north korea met their leaders and that is not a sign of progress. it's that there was the will to make progress but between donald trump and the state department there's a big rift about that donald trump wanted that t.v. moment but

beach resort onjava. crew working with the south korean band seventeen are missing. closed for christmas — no end to the us government shutdown as senate democrats and the white house face off over the border wall. the us envoy to the fight against islamic state resigns in protest at donald trump's decision to withdraw american troops from syria. we start with some breaking news — at least 43 people have died and around 600 have been injured in a tsunami in indonesia. the giant wave hit the sunda strait, which is the channel between the islands of java and sumatra. the government's disaster mitigation agency said in a statement, it struck on saturday night, hitting beaches in the area. the authorities are investigating whether it was caused by the nearby volcano, kra katoa. terrifying pictures of this tsunami are being posted to social media. this video has emerged of a concert which was underway when the surge of water hit land. suddenly, the stage you see is destroyed and the water comes into the audience itself. members of the crew, the wife of the lead vocalist are said

resettle. it was set up by the south korean unification ministry in 2010. there are a lot of things they need to learn and agist to when they go from a socialist society to a capitalist society. but where they're living, working is supposed to be kept confidential and now they're living in fear. they're worried somebody in north korea could potentially find them or step up monitoring on their family that remain in the north. they worried about what could happen to them. one believes that north korean leader kim jong-un would secretly like to kill him and others like him. and i can tell you from numerous trips to north korea they consider people who escape just about the lowest human beings there could be. they call them the scum of the earth. again that is not confirmed. what we do know from the south korean unification ministry, a spokesperson telling cnn, so far they say no harm has been observed due to this leak. that is little consolation to nearly 1,000 people living in the south wondering who has their personal information and what are they going to do with it? >> thank you. >>> in

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jong un has sent a letter to south korean president moon asking for more peace talks between the two in twenty nineteen kim said the leaders of the two koreas who met three times this year had taken bold measures to overcome years of hostility. tens of thousands of serbians have marched through the capital belgrade again to protest against attacks on opposition politicians and journalists the protesters waved banners accusing president alexander of stifling democratic liberties cracking down on political opponents and controlling the media. voters in the democratic republic of congo are casting ballots for a new president the winner will take over from strongman joseph kabila who stepped down two should have stepped down two years ago but instead postponed the election several times there's been reports of long lines and glitches at polling stations but for the most voters are simply happy to finally have their say. they waited for two years to cast their vote what difference will a few more hours in the pouring rain make. after eighteen years of the same man in charge voters in kinshas

dollars by south korean authorities they say the car maker was too slow to recall vehicles affected by a faulty engine but b.m.w. may have bigger worries than just the fine and now also faces a criminal investigation. south korea's transport ministry wants prosecutors to investigate german car maker b.m.w. it says it has evidence the will to john took its time to form authorities of a forty car engine b.m.w. known b.m.w. said it recognise a correlation between the defect in the exhaust and the fire on its vehicles only on july twenty twenty eighteen but the company's headquarters formed a task force in october twenty fifteen to resolve the problem of the fort and embark on measures to minimize the risk of fire including changing the vehicle design from sun so one you can check more than forty cases of fire involving b.m.w. cars were reported in south korea where the carmaker has now record more than one hundred seventy thousand vehicles by october b.m.w. had recalled another more than one million vehicles due to the same problem in europe and some asian countries including south career w

breakfast in the u.s. china trades but will continue for some time to come. south korean officials accuse german luxury carmaker b.m.w. of delaying recalls of cars with engine faults that led to dozens of fires b.m.w. known she b.m.w. said it recognized the correlation between the defect in the exhaust and the fire on its vehicles only on july twentieth two thousand and eighteen but the company's headquarters had already formed a task force in october two thousand and fifteen to resolve the problem of the fault and embarked on measures to minimize the risk of fire including changing the vehicle design which took sunset when you put your. more than forty fires involving b.m.w. cars were reported in the country and the carmaker apologized and recalled more than one hundred seventy thousand vehicles by tobar b.m.w. announced it would recall an additional one million vehicles due to the same problem in europe and some asian countries including south korea there its sales by late november were down ten percent the year before. folks flattened by contrast has not been dragging its feet j

sister to the south korean president moon. let's talk. the first summit in more than a decade, a made for tv meeting and a chance for kim to project a surpriseding new image from dangerous dictator to smiling statesman. until this year, the third something leader had never met another head of state. almost overnight, a whirl wind of diplomacy from smiling photos to president xi to the summit in singapore to the first ever meeting between a sitting u.s. president and north korean leader. >> i was really being tough and so was he. we were going back and forth and then we fell in love. okay? really. he wrote me beautiful letters. >> letters can only go so far. denuclearization talks have stalled. tensions with the u.s. are rising and north korea is believed to be quietly expanding its nuclear program, all of it raising the stakes for the second summit between trump and kim early next year. in 12 short months, a surreal transformation from global pariah to the global spotlight without giving up a single nuclear weapon. he will begin 2019 locked in a standoff with the u.s., sanctions