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 foreigners in north korea who could accompany k to with our state of the country, however, from the on media i in the north korea, it looks like there's something going on. but on top of that, in terms of the data, it looks very serious, but at the same time is also a little bit doubtful whether those high number, the so to high number of the positive cases are true. or there's some kind of a

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

and biden has been really indifferent in north korea. so this could be a way north korea sends out the signor's helos or engage with those. and the via, even though having this is changing because all of sudden north korea announced that the covalent agency changer. so this could be the sign from north korea regina that they may be willing to engage with outside of the word. but because of the saving face, the approach outside their site, so it's more like they send out the seed in those outside of the word that they could reach out north korean, reach him. but interesting believer there all the time being there or so do you live from the sun university of central lancashire. thank you so much. thank you. meanwhile in china or shanghai official says, the city is looking to resume normal life from the 1st of june, deputy mayor zone wings announcement is the clearest timetable so far of a return to normalcy in the city of 25000000, where many residents have been confined to their homes, compounds and neighborhoods for more than 6 weeks. of

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

, 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

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

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

we talk about the evolving nuclear threat in north korea. you said you're going to present a plan to strengthen effective extended deterrence. regarding that action plan, i wonder what specific discussions you had today -- did you see eye to eye on this action plan? pres. yoon: in the past, when we talked about extended deterrence, we talked about a nuclear umbrella. that is what i thought about extended deterrence in the past. but beyond that, there could be many other aspects. including fighters, bombers, missiles -- so regarding the timely deployment of strategic assets, we did engage in the discussion today. going forward, i believe there will be more concrete discussions between our two sides. that was our agreement and it will be between our teams. also, as i already stated in the course of answering the question from the u.s. journalist, in order to prepare against a possible nuclear attack, our two countries' combined nuclear exercises should be stepped up in many aspects. we had that discussion. thank you. >> we are going back to th

north 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

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

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

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

it will allow into north korea. but then also there is an, almost almost a paranoia with the north koreans about allowing in any foreign experts, any foreign aid, we've seen a food imports emergency food being held up of the borders. for example, for the fear that it might somehow be contaminated by cov, it's so they are concerned about that they're concerned about international monitoring that might come along with accepting any aid. and then of course, from a domestic point of view, after saying for 2 and a half years, it has this under control is one of the few places in the world that doesn't have the, the, a cove it. and army kron that. now it is an a crisis and it is accepting all of this, a packaging from abroad, with foreign labels, et cetera, that it has to, to, to ask the rest of the world to help it out of this crisis. rob, thanks very much indeed. those drug more bright following that story from sol, attentions high in occupied east jerusalem after the killing of al jazeera journalist, shewn a barclay la

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

what we learned about north korea was very difficult. now it's almost impossible to know what's really going on inside north korea in showing yang, for example. other than what we hear from korea central news agency at the same time, kim jong, in this meeting of high level officials, mentioned the need to continue economic development despite the struggles the countries having now and. and if north korea does actually need help from abroad, is going to take it when it comes with conditions attached like international surveillance. that's a very good question. you have analysts coming out on, on both sides of that today. there is an admission of failure is part of that, and people think that that means that north korea is setting itself up to accept and perhaps even request international lead. all also, north korea has reacted negatively within the country to health care officials. it's very unusual for criticism of officials in north korea to get out. however, there is the potential for broad assistance for countries other than north kor

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 exempt to prevent on worsening of the country's economic situation. it, she was last correspond frank smith, if there was any way to assess the economic hardship now facing with korea, think listen, it's 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 symp

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

korea's kim or providing vaccines to north korea. i wanted to see if there are any preconditions for that. ahead of meetings in tokyo, i understand that they will be asking for you to consider rejoining the tpp negotiated by president obama. can you talk about your thinking about whether this in the pacific economic framework can lead to a bigger trade deal in the region? pres. biden: you want me to go first? the answer with regard to what i -- what i provide vaccines for north korea? the answer is yes, we have offered vaccines, not only to north korea but to china as well and we are prepared to do that immediately. we have gotten no response. with regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea, that would depend on whether he was sincere and serious. what was the other question? >> if there is room for a broader trade deal to come out of the pacific economic framework? we understand that japan and others would like you to reconsider joining. pres. biden: we are talking about in terms of this arrangement is quite signi

korea's kim or providing vaccines to north korea. and so i wanted to see if there are any preconditions for that . and then ahead of your meetings in tokyo, i understand that they will be asking for you to consider rejoining the tpp that was negotiated by president obama. could you talk a little bit about your thinking about whether this into pacific economic framework can lead to a bigger trade deal in the region? thank you . if you go first, the answer with regard to what i read , would i provide vaccines for north korea? what i prepared to meet the answer is yes. we've offered vaccines not only north korea but to china as well and we're prepared to do that immediately. we've gotten no response with regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea would be dependent on whether he was sincere and whether we're was serious. what was the other question you asked me? but there's room for broader trade deals to come out of the indo-pacific economic framework. we understand that japan and others would like you to to consider

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experts worry north korea will not accept help. president biden was asked about that specifically, and about meeting with the leadership in north korea at his joint press conference earlier today. here's what president biden had to say. pres. biden: the answer with regard to, what i meet, what i provide vaccines -- would i meet, what i provide vaccines for north korea, what i prepare to meet? yes, we have offered scenes not only to north korea but china as well. we are prepared to do that immediately. we have got no response. regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea, that would be dependent on whether he was sincere and whether it was serious. host: shihoko goto, your thoughts on the idea of president biden meeting with kim jong-un, and explain what is going on with covid in north korea. guest: regarding covid, north korea had been able to stave off the covid onslaught, but it seems like it is really picking up, and most of the people there are not vaccinated. it is not from the lack of trying on the part of we

that's the population of north korea, largely unvaccinated. the om across very in that they have admitted is broken out in pyongyang is highly, highly transmissible. and it has a built lap david health care system, if we look at how other developed countries coped with things, even with a robust system. they were challenge. there are a lot of factors involved. one thing is certain north korea needs to get vaccines and medical supplies in the country as soon as possible. it's really a race against time to see how serious this operate for pyongyang in north korea really is phil. thank you so much for that. frank smith in sol. meanwhile, experts in south africa, i knew some variants of army kron could cause a 5th wave of cobra. 19 infections, only round, a 3rd of the population's vaccinated, though most have acquired a degree of natural immunity through previous infections. experts i that's helping to keep hospitalization right down the w correspondent, other increase report from character ah, the crowded venue life music. good to pipes. that's w

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 big trouble, the food system is in big troub

is the people of south korea, japan, or china and north korea and their leaders? guest: i would say all of the above, what item really needs to do is make sure that seoul and tokyo feel they are equally loved by washington and both equally important in this long-term challenge china poses on multiple fronts. host: what are the highlights of the trip in your mind? we saw president take a tour of one of these chip factories, semi conductor factories. what are the highlights you are going to be watching for? guest: the fact that straight off the plane he goes to the semiconductor manufacturing company samsung is a tremendous symbolism of the united states being committed to working with partners, wanting to get korean commitment to ensure there is stability in the chip sector. we have had a lot of disruptions doing covid. we are going to need more chips. it is a technology that will only increase in need as we become more integrated, digitally, and the united states is not making them enough. by going there i think that that has shed light on the need for economic se

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

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, how they could hope to bring north korea back to the negotiating table. both sides have said they're willing to talk to the lead, kim jong-un. and under the right circumstances there's been no response to that. both sides have also said they're willing to help any assistance north korea needs in its covid outbreak. it announced just over a week a ago it had a covid outbreak in pyeongyang and no response to that. >> both countries said they're willing to help with that covid outbreak. paula hancock there in seoul, appreciate it. joining me now from washington, d.c. is a senior fellow and codirector of the east asia program and director of the china program. as we wait to see how this visit unfolds he's finally getting there but given russia's military aggression, a lot has changed strategically in just a matter of months. how do you think this might affect everyone's posture in general in the region whether it has to do with north korea or even china's emboldened foreign policy stance? >> that's a great question. i think both countries in the region especi

, in persuading north korea to come to the negotiating table. they also spoke about helping north korea with its cobit 19 outbreak. yes. nor craze. experiencing a very severe cove at 19 out. right. we don't really have the figures at the moment because no, chris simply doesn't have the test kits to even even be able to say how many people have been infected with cove at 19. and this is the country where the population is unvaccinated, the country where the majority of the population malnourished, which means they would be more susceptible to diseases. it has a very inadequate health care system. they lack basic equipment. they like facilities, they lack medicine. so it really will not be able to cope if there is a huge outbreak of corona virus and from all accounts, it is quite a severe and serious situation in north korea. 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 ne

that's the population of north korea, largely unvaccinated. the arm across very in that they have admitted is broken out in pyongyang is highly, highly transmissible. and it has a good lap updated health care system if we look at how other developed countries coped with things, even with a robust system, they were challenge. there are a lot of factors involved. one thing is certain north korea needs to get vaccines and medical supplies in the country as soon as possible. it's really a race against time to see how serious this operate for pyongyang in north korea really is phil. thank you so much for that. frank smith in. so let's take a look at small stores, making headlines around the world will stay with north korea because the south says john young as test launched a 3 short range ballistic missiles to see the military parade. seen here in april, north korean leader kim jong on said he would speed up the development of nuclear weapons despite a un resolution banning and all launching ballistic missiles capable of carrying a memorial service

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

that's the population of north korea, largely unvaccinated. the on the kron variant that they have admitted has broken out in pyongyang, is highly, highly transmissible. and it has a built lap and aided health care system. if we look at how other developed countries coped with things, even with a robust system, they were challenge. there are a lot of factors involved. one thing is, certain north korea needs to get vaccines and medical supplies in the country as soon as possible. it's really a race against time to see how serious this outbreak for pyongyang in north korea really is. phil. thank you so much for that. frank smith in so we're going to return to ukraine now in life, in the capital at 2 thirds of caves, inhabitants of return to restaurants that have returned to the city. beg upon a restaurants are open for business again. and so a box and jim's box. it is a much love sports in the country and he'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

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

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

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

now we are a week later, north korea st. media is proclaiming victory over covid-19, handing out painkillers and traditional remedies has essentially eradicated or slowed the spread of the virus. even though they have had had millions of cases, the death toll is just kevin. it's hard to believe given what we have all experienced over the past two years, this pandemic and there is nervousness and fear for the people facing covid-19 with no herd immunity right now. [ applause ] >> reporter: the move is triumphant, the crowd massive. most people not wearing masks. at last month's military parade, kim jong-un promised to protect his people from hostile forces like the u.s. protection from the virus that would soon ravage his unvaccinated population, non-existent. weeks later, a devastating fever, believed to be undiagnosed covid-19, infecting the privileged citizens. >> we prayed it was a super spreader event. we know that they flew in citizens from across north criia. >> reporter: some of those citizens from the chinese border

we begin with north korea. south korea intelligence agencies as the north is prepared for a nuclear attack. they said they could conduct one at any time. the national intelligence service gave the assessment on thursday, at a closed door briefing to a parliamentary intelligence committee. the north completed reparations at the test facility for its seventh nuclear test. it is a first since september 2017. u.s. national security advisor, jake sullivan, said that they could be poised to test a long- range missile, nuclear device, or both. it could come around joe biden's upcoming visit to south korea and japan. the five day trip will start on friday before going to tokyo. sullivan said the u.s. is preparing for all contingencies, including the possibility of a provocation while joe biden is in south korea or japan. the news agency said that south korean and u.s. authorities have learned that north korea is injecting fuel into an intercontinental ballistic missile. >>> japan's air defense force carried out a drill

if north korea is ready to de nucular eyes, we will be able to help their economy and the lives of north korean civilians. the risk of the corona virus that we are experiencing at the moment requires humanitarian support for north korea done. if they positively consider these actions and are ready to de nucular eyes, that will be the 1st step. one of zeros florence louise, and so she was set watching. that's a press briefing, which happened within the last hour. what did you make of what you heard florence i thought the present to the very united front against the face of north korean aggression. now we know that and just recently north korean de kim junglin lifted a self imposed moratorium by testing or launching an intercontinental ballistic missile. and intelligence report suggests that he could be looking at conducting a 7th nuclear test soon. so it makes the matter of confronting north korean aggression pretty much more urgent. so the 2 leaders, president union, president biden talked about that extensively at the joint press conference. now they talked about how this alliance has r

ck: four ars after north korea's less nuclear test, u.s. officials are worrying they are excavating tunnels at their nuclear testing site to prepare another test. >> the developments and advancements every test makes in terms of nuclear devices, they get more and more powerful each time. each of these tests has been closer to perfecting this technology, refining this technology. nick: but north korea now faces a different test in the military and new mobilization. last week medics help to treat what they called fevers. health workers visit residents suspected to be sick. the equivalent of dr. fauci gives daily updates. >> we are aggressively broadcasting informative programs as residents want to know about this epidemic disease clinical course and medicine treatment. nick: those programs tell citizens to make gargles with salt, drink herbal tea, and take painkillers. and they promote homemade cures. >> i disinfected the room with alcohol, and circulated air. i think it can be treated like a regular cold. john: cove it is now openly discusse

north korea has fired. what's believe to be a ballistic missile for the 2nd time this week, it was a warning from the u. s. that pyongyang could be preparing to test nuclear missiles later this month. russia is rehearsing for his annual victory parade on monday, marking the anniversary of nazi germany surrender. in the 2nd world war will be a curfew around the cranium. port city of odessa from sunday because of worries about russian celebrations. it's the final day of.