korea, is that china's popular among south korean dipped below that of japan and japan is not south korea's favorite country, i thiy knows for the first time in 2017 it has since recovered somewhat but on a whole over the course of the past decade south koreans have grown more anxious about china in rough proportion to growing levels of support for the u.s.-korea security alliance. and so when asked in march 2020 team to choose to between u.s. and china, in the context of continued sino-u.s. rivalry, and all son paul showed two-thirds of greens polled chose the united states. and also for the first time in that poll koreans express south korea's economic future, not a security future, its economic future depend on the u.s. more than china. that was really quite striking. really i think as an expression of south korean frustration for china's economic actions. favorability of the u.s. in south korea remains in the six range on a scale of zero to ten while china has dropped in the three to four range. and then the impact on domestic politics i think this is a particular interest as we

plus it has an impact on south korean stock market. the international trade association estimated a full-blown trade war between the u.s. and china would cause a 6.4% drop in south korean exports and loss of about $36 billion. but to a certain extent, this vulnerability for south korea has also been mitigated by the fact that south korea has been, i think, per suing for some time now a diversification strategy away from depending on china too much. and that strategy really shows itself primarily in the extensive investment and trade that is occurring between south korea and vietnam. south korea is vietnam's number one investor, at $62 billion in total investment. and also, the reemergence of the u.s. as a destination as a destin sayings for korean investment versus china. on the security front, the first round case study for the effect of rising u.s./china rivalry on south korean security is the thad issue where the u.s. deployment of thad batteries in south korea became a litmus test in china/south korea relations as well as a loyalty

and the south koreans don't want to be pressured. and that better strategy where south korea is soft. but also another factor that determines long-term is who is shaping international order? with this direct competition but what the south koreans are saying that to be more of power based hierarchy and to know what that feels like and looks like historically so as this competition emerges that south koreans will look hard and also traditionally they have gone with living successfully. . >>. >> we just have a question. . >> and there are two dynamics , i guess there are three for which our allies and the natural evolution of that. the second is the united states going to our allies with those specific issues to say you have to take control. but it is a little more complicated. we make the choices that may not specifically asking the allies to make those decisions and the consequences of those choices to affect our allies and listening about what she said at the beginning that this administration at least to make the choice of the polic

plus it has an impact on south korean stock market. the international trade association estimated a full-blown trade war between the u.s. and china would cause a 6.4% drop in south korean exports and loss of about $36 billion. but to a certain extent, this vulnerability for south korea has also been mitigated by the fact that south korea has been, i think, per suing for some time now a diversification strategy away from depending on china too much. and that strategy really shows itself primarily in the extensive investment and trade that is occurring between south korea and vietnam. south korea is vietnam's number one investor, at $62 billion in total investment. and also, the reemergence of the u.s. as a destination as a destin sayings for korean investment versus china. on the security front, the first round case study for the effect of rising u.s./china rivalry on south korean security is the thad issue where the u.s. deployment of thad batteries in south korea became a litmus test in china/south korea relations as well as a loyalty

now south korea's president has received a letter from the north korean leader kim jong un 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 kamin 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 peo

the city 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 sou

separating the two koreas so in conjunction with this letter south korean officials are still confident that the whole reconciliation process is still on track. brazil's biggest social organization the landless workers movements as attacks on its members have increased significantly since the. election of a new far right president will be sworn in on tuesday as we've been hearing on the news he describes the group as terrorists less than america does of the sea and human resource in the state of mato grosso do so in the west of brazil. scores of families who belong to the odd landless people's movement live in makeshift homes along this road in southwestern brazil they now that castillo says the two months ago she was taking a shower when she heard her neighbor's screams this shack was up in flames torched by unknown assailants luckily no one was injured animal didn't think none of them made much i'm not going to tell you we're not afraid we are that's why we leave the lights on now i'm afraid but what can i do against these people nothing. she's referring to increasingly emboldened opp

the north koreans have 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 actua

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 summit of the year that kim jong un in

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pop along with the 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 becau

that the city council in the south korean capital seoul has approved initial funding for planned to co-host and olympics with pyongyang in north korea politics aside the price tag may be the biggest hurdle the current bill sits around three and a half billion dollars and rob mcbride has more from the capital all decked out for the season of giving the city of seoul is learning just how much he will have to give to co-host the olympic games in twenty thirty two seoul metropolitan council met to help formulate its bit. as well as the initial cost billions more will have to be spent on infrastructure in both careers 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 korea would probably have to bear much of the cost at least in the beginning offering an in

the city council in the south korean capital seoul has approved initial funding for a plan to co-host and olympics with north korea the leaders of both countries agreed on the joint north south bit at their last summit but politics aside the price tag may be the biggest hurdle the current bill sets around three and a half billion dollars with many expecting it to still climb rob mcbride reports from seoul. all decked out for the season of giving the city of seoul is learning just how much it 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 you'll need and then of course cost is a concern but there's iran 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 and all the neighb

korean winter olympics simpy on chang. in little more than a year the two koreas have gone from nuclear bomb and ballistic missile tests and threats of war to preparing to present their joint bid to the international olympic committee with the highly volatile nature of into korean relations the question is whether the momentum of cooperation can be maintained a decision on hosting the twenty thirty two games won't be taken until twenty twenty five and who knows what relations between the north and the south will look like seven years from now rob mcbride al-jazeera sole five time olympic champion missy franklin has announced her retirement from swimming at just the age of twenty three the american lit up the two thousand and twelve london olympics when and for gold as a seventeen year old the following year she became the first woman to win six events at a single world championships but chronic shoulder pain and issues including depression have pushed her out of the water and she says she's ready to leave the pool behind n

korean winter olympics simpy on chang. little more than a year the two careers have gone from uclear bomb and ballistic missile tests and threats of war to preparing to present their joint bid to the international olympic committee with the highly volatile nature of into korean relations the question is whether the momentum of cooperation can be maintained a decision on hosting the twenty thirty two games won't be taken until twenty twenty five and who knows what relations between the north and the south will look like seven years from now rob mcbride al-jazeera sole five time olympic champion missy franklin has announced her retirement from swimming at just the age of twenty three the american lit up the two thousand and twelve london olympics when and for gold as a seventeen year old the following year she became the first woman to win six events at a single world championships but chronic shoulder pain and issues including depression have pushed her out of the water and she says she's ready to leave the pool behind now

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 t

so now comes word from the south korean president that he is to relay a message from president trump that first of all, he likes north korean dictator kim jong-un, and secondly, he's willing to, quote, fulfill his wishes. what does this mean exactly? at this point, neither the white house nor the state department are saying. they don't like to comment on the situation here. but i think there's a good question in that if there is still constant contact between the u.s. and north korea, as the state department likes to say there is, why is it even necessary to relay this kind of message through the south korean president, that trump likes kim jong-un? it's kind of reminiscent of a few months ago when trump said during a rally that he and kim jong-un are in love. so they can send all the messages and elton john cds they want, but the fact is there hasn't been any noticeable progress in talks. and in fact, you know, okay, two months ago, secretary of state mike pompeo was in north korea saying they were very close to establishing a date for the next summitt between trump and kim jong-un.

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 saturday and into sunday as well

i think the handshake 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 tha

but it seems the honeymoon is over for south korean president moon jae-in. we will look at what's behind the change in popularity. we're back in just a moment. give dry skin the elbow. new age perfect hydra nutrition moisturizer from l'oreal. an ultra-nourishing cream enriched with manuka honey extract. got it honey? l'oreal's age perfect relieves dry skin... and leaves it hydrated, toned and more elastic. it's about feeling comfortable in your skin! new age perfect hydra nutrition moisturizer from l'oreal paris. and for extra dry skin... discover age perfect all-over honey balm. because you're worth it! >>> welcome back, everyone. well, many looters see a dip in popularity in their second year in office. south korean president moon jae-in is no different. >> that's right, his critics say he's too concerned with north korean relations and not focused enough on issues at home. our paula hancocks has this report from seoul. >> reporter: it is one of the images of 2018, the south korean leader hand in hand with the north korean leader at the dmz. moon jae-in's

the red dress was designed by the 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

same sent his younger 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 lock

it is all changing now and this train heading 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. from north 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. not to you. 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 are banned under un and us sanctions still in place they will not be lifted until north korea commits to denuclearization. germany like so many western nations as an asian society the number of people in need of car

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 vocali

he has since become a star in the political online news arena the latest battleground for south korean politics. after the change in administration conservative political pundits were pushed out of the mainstream media then while searching for a new place they came upon this new media space called u two and made their home at a weekly conservative rally many protesters most of them in their fifty's and sixty's are eager consumers of the news. segment out of ten people over fifty own a smartphone in south korea and what the country boasted one of the world's fastest mobile internet connectivity there is no shortage of you tube videos to watch especially political views. i'm dumb but. i don't watch anything else my wife watches other channels just so that she can have conversations with other people but i only get information from you tube i don't watch anything else but depending solely on one outlet for news is raising fears about the spread of misinformation. you too much about there aren't any regulations to control what gets posted on you tube so we see a lot of extreme stories bein

he has since become a star in the political online news arena the latest battleground for south korean politics. after the change in administration conservative political pundits were pushed out of the mainstream media then while searching for a new place they came upon this new media space called u two and made their home at a weekly conservative rally many protesters most of them in their fifty's and sixty's are eager consumers of the news. simon out of ten people over fifty own a small town in south korea and what the country boasted one of the world's fastest mobile internet connectivity there is no shortage of you tube videos to watch especially political views. i'm dumb but. i don't watch anything else my wife watches other channels just so that she can have conversations with other people but i only get information from you tube i don't watch anything else but depending solely on one outlet for news is raising fears about the spread of misinformation. to you too much about there aren't any regulations to control what gets posted on you tube so we see a lot of extreme stories bei

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 d

and not silent anymore supporters of a disgraced south korean president find new ways to make themselves heard. hello you know welcome back to international weather forecast we're seeing plenty of wet weather here across central portions of europe all these clouds you to see right here a lot of rain in those clouds and we're going to see that really standing to saturday as well was very windy conditions here for berlin it's going be a wet day at nine degrees down towards vienna at about twelve degrees paris it is going to be cloudy but out here towards the west well unfortunately we're going to see another atlantic storm coming into play and that is going to be bring some windy and wet conditions across much of the u.k. paris is going to be wet as well attention there of thirteen degrees but across southern europe things are not looking too bad we could be seeing clear skies down towards the south of rome is going to be a sunny day with a temperature there of about sixteen degrees very quickly i want to you over here to the no the part of africa the excel isn't quite nice across much of

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 just now europe's largest carmaker say

has been fined ten million 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 worry is than just to find it 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 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 in its vehicles only on july twenty twenty eighteen there 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 designs from sun to one you took 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 record another more than one million vehicles due to the same problem in europe and some asian countries inc