establishing the republic of korea. three weeks later, communist controlled elections in north korea from which un inspectors were barred, established the communist regime and divided the korean nation. not long afterward, the communists decided their moment for conquest had come. >> in early summer of 1950, life was good. there was peace, time for living in the quiet way. then suddenly in the predawn darkness of june 25, 1950, south koreans were jarred awake by a living nightwear. unprovoked and unannounced, the communists'latest war of conquest had begun. many thought it was the beginning of world war iii. it might have been, if we had not taken immediate action. president truman ordered our navy and air force to provide cover and support through the republic of korea. then the united nations, the united states delegate spoke for the indignant people of free nations everywhere. >> the armed invasion of the republic of korea continues. the republic of korea has appealed to the united nations for protection. i am proud

. ♪ >>> korea. a crowded little finger of land but of key importance to the free world in the far east. what happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the united states army. the war began here at the 38th parallel. just how did this imaginary line become the fuse for a three-year explosion? before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were then our allies. when surrender came on the asian mainland, russian troops would accept the surrender of japanese forces north of the 38th parallel, and we would do the same south of it. the 38th parallel was chosen because it divides the korean peninsula roughly in half. it was also agreed that free elections would be held, and the government of korea returned to the korean people. in august of 1948, free elections were held in south korea, supervised by united nations inspectors, establishing the republic of korea. three weeks later, communists controlled elections in north korea from which u.n. i

i told him i was going to korea to pick up a patient. i did not say north korea. phoenix ayers headquarters, a 2nd team led by chief operator dent thomson has to solve a logistical problem. the plane will not be allowed to refuel in pyongyang. currently there are certain sanctions that are in place between the us government and the north korean government. and for us to pay for anything that we would have to get special permits, which we simply did not have time to do. on the morning of june 10th 2017, a saturday, the plane takes off on its mission, is joined by 2 male nurses and 2 u.s. state department representatives. with refueling stops in montana and alaska, the our flight takes them halfway around the globe to northern japan. and hopefully on to pyongyang, to the outskirts of cincinnati, ohio. on a warm beer grew up here in the suburb of wyoming. and i'm glad 1st. his parents don't answer our inquiries. they aren't seeking the spotlight. the town has modest and affluent neighborhoods. auto warmness father runs a medium sized business auto. the oldest of 3 ch

finally, he leaves north korea. the vibration noise of the airplane was, was really difficult for him and it made him stiffen almost as if he were having a compulsion. so we gave small doses of the standard, those sedating drugs to 2 nurses. and i said, talk to each other about how do we want the parents to see him? do we want him to be fully awake or do we want him to be calm and sedated and we should be calm and sedated. crew flies home via their planned around until the white house administration's claims of $0.06 create another mishap. at the president's direction, the department of state has secured the release of auto warm beer from north korea is on his way in route home to be reunited, reunited with his family. we began to talk with the ground handling people at cincinnati international. and they said the media was showing up truck after truck and it was getting out of control. and we said, look, we highly recommend that we change the arrival airport from cincinnati international airport to lumpkin regional

north korea is not a victim. there are terrorists a, today's droid a. they purposely and intentionally injured, with no evidence from twitter's great interview on who was tortured beyond belief by north korea before and also with no evidence. a government official had told the new york times that although had been repeatedly beaten however, neither the hospital nor the coroner, we consulted, found any evidence of torture. but what was the cause of death? we have evidence that his brain was deprived of oxygen for a length of time significant enough to cause severe anoxic and suffer a lot. but the other words, brain damage caused by the lack of oxygen to the brain has to be at least at least 4 minutes. this is an example of what a normal brain looks like. and then this is an example of a brain with changes similar to what otto had, where you can see that the ventricles are huge. and the rest of the brain tissue is really shrunken, meaning that the entire brain was deprived of oxygen for a significant amount of time. if he was struck here, he might have ch

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establishing the republic of korea. three weeks later communist -controlled elections and north korea from which human inspectors were barred, established a communist regime, and divided the creation. not long afterwards, the communists to sided that their moment for conquest had come. >> in early summer, 1950, life was good in the agricultural south. there was peace. time for living in the quiet, ancient way. ♪ ♪ then suddenly in the predawn darkness of luck june, 25th, 1950 [noise] south koreans were jarred awake by a living nightmare. unprovoked and unannounced. the communists latest war of conquest had begun. many thought it was the beginning of world war three. it might have been if we had not taken immediate action. president truman ordered our navy and the air force to provide confront support to the republic of korea. it in the unit in nations, united states delegate spoke for the indignant people of nations everywhere. and >> the armed invasion of the republic of korea continues. the republic of korea has a

the republic of korea. who wants korea to defend itself. the united nations, who has the influence to call off of the invading north korean army? the soviet union. who is responsibility for the bloodshed that inevitably ensued from the facts of aggression. the north koreans and those that support them. who can stop the bombing and the bloodshed? the north degree krans. and those who forth their agraegs. what member of the regime? the soviet union. who is supporting the charter and really working for peace? the 53 members that are supporting the republic of ko a korea. is the soviet union one of 53? no. not the soviet union, but the united nations that are sharing in the action in korea. these are the nations, united for peace, that have used the peaceful mediation in the five years of the nation's progress and the nations that now and forever stand to meet aggression any where by the powers invested in them in the united nations charter. >>> weeknights this month, we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available

finally, he leaves north korea. the vibration noise of the airplane was, was really difficult for him and it made him stiffen up almost as if he were having a compulsion. so we gave small doses of the standard, those sedating drugs to 2 nurses. and i said, talk to each other about how do we want the parents to see him? do we want him to be fully awake or do we want him to be calm and sedated and we should be calm and sedated. crew flies home via their planned around until the white house administration's claims of success. create another mishap. at the president's direction, the department of state has secured the release of auto warm beer from north korea is on his way in route home to be reunited, reunited with his family. we began to talk with the ground handling people at cincinnati international. and they said the media was showing up truck after truck and it was getting out of control. and we said, look, we highly recommend that we change the arrival airport from cincinnati international airport to lumpkin reg

i told him i was going to korea to pick up a patient. i did not say north korea and phoenix errors headquarters, a 2nd team led by chief operator dent thomson has to solve a logistical problem. the plane not be allowed to refuel in pyongyang. currently there are certain sanctions that are in place between the us government and the north korean government. and for us to pay for anything, we would have to get special permits, which we simply did not have time to do. on the morning of june 10th 2017, a saturday, the plane takes off on its mission, is joined by 2 male nurses and 2 u.s. state department representatives. with refueling stops in montana and alaska their flight takes them halfway around the globe to northern japan. and hopefully on to pyongyang, the outskirts of cincinnati, ohio, although warm beer grew up here in the suburb of wyoming. i had 1st, his parents don't answer our inquiries. they aren't seeking the spotlight. the town has modest and affluent neighborhoods. auto warm beers father runs a medium sized business. although

with korea and with japan. he'll really be pushing on his cabinet representatives to get out there to make those promises real and so, when you think about the fact, well, is this going to be, you know, on the president's to-do list every day, not necessarily. i mean, in all candor, he's going to be dealing with the pandemic and dealing with the economy. but it's going to be on his agenda every day inasmuch as he's directing those cabinet members to make real his promises to the alliances, and to the allies on behalf of the alliances, to reinvest and reinvigorate, you know, the priority in those. >> that's really helpful and interesting, and just follow up on one piece and perhaps it's to suggest, also, be and tell me if i'm wrong, it's also going to be something that it's incumbent on the nchlnnsc and i the cabinet, one of your first points is, the most important resource is the president and everybody knows it. the leaders know it around the world and allies know it and there is no substitute in some regards,

nobody knows that in faraway north korea. he was seen from the outset as a prisoner of war, with no access to diplomats following trump's inauguration. parents speak out and accuse the obama administration of failure. although they met with his secretary of state john kerry, several times they confided trump's favorite network socks, news easy prey for their hosts. ongoing partisan crusade against obama's democrats and john kerry was secretary of state at the time you just picked him when i met with. and what was the outcome of that nice guy. nice person. you in any way? totally exasperated and overwhelmed with north korea. totally did he help you in anyone? no, absolutely not. did anyone in the state department help you in any way? no, absolutely not. the 1st thing, after i got the phone call was to teach you read the state department. log on. no one to write korea before you let him go out and with someone from the state department, so that to me other words, many knowing you for the kidnapping and imprisonment of your son

good evening, everybody in korea. evening, -- good morning, everybody in washington. good evening, everybody in korea. welcome to the 15th addition, brought to you by the good folks at kia motors. this week on the capital cable, u.s. foreign policy, u.s. elections, biden-harris transitions and their implications for korea and northeast asia. our guest this week, perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues with not just implications in washington, not just implications in seoul, but implications around the world . and we are lucky to have mr. denis mcdonough, former white house chief of staff. cabinet rank, we have broken the cabinet rank ceiling here. former deputy national security advisor and former advisor to the n.s.c. he is someone who has sat at the nexus of foreign policy, u.s. politics and communication and he knows a little something about northeast asia as well. the pride of stillwater, minnesota, he currently is a professor at notre dame and i , think he microing mores the st. j

the republic of korea. who is assisting the republic of korea to defend itself? the united nations. with the support of 53 of the 59 members. who has the influence and the power to call off the invading north korean army? the soviet union. who is responsible for the bombing and bloodshed that inevitably ensued from the fact of aggression? the north koreans and those who support them. who then can stop the bombing and the bloodshed? the north koreans and those who support their aggression. what member of the security council is supporting the north korean regime in the security council? the soviet union. who then is supporting the united nations charter? and really working for peace. the 53 members of the united nations who are supporting the republic of korea. is the soviet union one of the 53? no. >> no, not the soviet union. but the 53 of the 59 members of the united nations which are sharing in the united nations action in korea. ♪ these are the nations united for peace who have used the peaceful methods of mediation in five years of united progress. and the nations who now and

so north korea is not going to be ignored. we already talked extensively about how north korea historically conducts provocations around the election particularly when washington is , distracted. so i think everything that was said, it's biden administration obviously is prioritizing domestic venue and ambitious agenda and will have to empower his cabinet and worker bees to ensure north korea does not do what we all think they are going to do. because the north koreans are going to force their way in. we just talked about how president trump himself was ballisticith missiles. that was three weeks after inauguration day. president obama, within four months of his incoming administration, a series of provocations. so if north korea tests, and i think initially they will start with a technique of probably a smaller provocation, like a show of a ballistic missile, then slbm, but if they conduct a major provocation like testing this monster-sized missile we saw in the october 10 parade, they will probably calculate that the biden a

so, south korea needs china to help maintain some semblance of southin north korea, and korea will continue to balance both the u.s. and china. i would hope that with a biden administration would come a reduced level of the harsh rhetoric, the fighting words, so to speak, that the trump administration has become famous for vis-a-vis china. even though we do have serious issues with china, we do not temperature, the escalate the rhetoric, and push not only china up against the wall, but really our allies. the u.s. trade war, the steep on items like steel for example, hurt south korea as well as western european allies. canada, also. not just china. the biden sense, administration i think would be much more nuanced and careful to be clear who are our friends, at the our allies, and same time be very clear with china where the boundaries are, especially in terms of the south china seas issues, and the east china sea disputes our allies have stakes in. college professor kathleen moon -- katharine moon joining us. exclusive why -- that interview is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ is bloomberg. ♪

with korea and with japan. he'll really be pushing on his cabinet representatives to get out there, to make those promises real. and so when you think about the fact, well, is this going to be, you know, on the president's to-do list every day? not necessarily. i mean, in all candor he's going to be dealing with the pandemic and he's going to be dealing with the economy. but it's going to be on his agenda every day in as much as he's directing the cabinet members to make real his promises to the alliances -- to the allies on behalf of the alliances, to reinvest and reinvigorate u.s. priority in those. i hope that's -- mark: that's really helpful and interesting. let me follow up on one piece and perhaps -- just suggest also and tell me if i'm wrong, it's also going to be something that it's incumbent on the n. f.c. and others in the cabinet and the national security agencies to watch carefully in that you outlined a situation where you've got your first -- one of your first points is the most important resource

nobody knows that in far away north korea. he was seen from the outset as a prisoner of war, with no access to diplomats following trumps inauguration. parents speak out and accuse the obama administration of failure. although they met with his secretary of state john kerry several times. they confide in trump's favorite network sox news, easy prey for their hosts, ongoing partisan crusade against obama's democrats. and john kerry was secretary of state at the time to just get to him when that was said and what was the outcome of that nice guy. nice person, if you in any way, totally exasperated and overwhelmed with north korea. totally. did he help you in anyone? no, absolutely not. did anyone in the state department help you in any way? no, absolutely not. the 1st thing, after i got the phone call was to teach you read that state department, log on. no one to write korea before you let him go out and which someone from the state department, so that other words, many owing you, for the kidnapping and imprisonment of your son

but did north korea intend to kill its victim or not? i don't know for sure, but that does not matter in the legal case. in the end, the court orders north korea to pay half a $1000000000.00 based among other things on the president's public confirmation that north korea tortured auto for a while, the one bears publicly stand by the president. lending their support to his fight against the north korean dictatorship, after a shameful trial, dictatorship sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. wonderful parents. fred and cindy warm are here with us tonight. please. thank you. are powerful witnesses to a menace that threatens our world and your strength truly inspires us. so thank you very much. thank you. at some point, the north korean leader clearly decides that his rockets provide the country with sufficient protection. maybe he spent enough time studying the u.s. president to see he only needs to compliment trump to get his way. and although kim refuses to demobilize, starts to praise him like never before. he even exonerates kim, in the

on relations with north korea. biden spoke with south korea's leader who called to congratulate the president-elect on his victory. cnn's paula hancocks is live in seoul, south korea, with more on this. paula, nice to see you. what did the two leaders discuss? >> well, laura, certainly one of the main things they discussed was how to improve the alliance, the u.s. south korea alliance as we expect to happen as president-elect biden considers alliances very important, and also how to progress with north korea. now, notably north korea has still not mentioned anything about the u.s. election, and i don't think it's any secret that north korea leader kim jong un would probably have preferred a second term for president trump. this is the legacy of president trump's north korean policy. historic meetings with leader kim jong un, thankless letters described by the u.s. president as love letters, a statement signed in singapore but little tangible progress on denuclearization. >> it's not at all in a better place as a re

so, you know, north korea already a regime that is -- is under extreme measures. has gone even beyond that. and it desperately needs a vaccine. >> sure. >> and so does the rest of the world. >> right. we all do. pivoting now to politics because, you know, north korea's been largely silent since the u.s. election. we learned diplomats have been told not to be antagonistic for the time being. what do you think north korea is thinking right now in terms of its relationship with the biden administration? we know that joe biden is likely not going to have three summits with kim jong-un without any preconditions. >> that's right. but, you know, north korea is -- it does one thing very well. it knows its history. and it studies its history. and it knows very, very well its relationship with the united states. that goes back a very long time. and it has a very long memory. and, frankly, it understands u.s. politics or it thinks it does. maybe perhaps better than we do. president-elect biden is not a new person for north korea. the north korean regime. and they know very w

stalled it's become obvious north korea's strategy now is wait and see north korea has been already on the waiting mode when it comes to dealing with the united states because there is no hope for the trump administration to make any important changes prior year. election on november 3rd most analysts believe north korea would prefer a trump victory they see his impulsiveness such as when he unilaterally canceled joint military exercises with south korea but will be saving a tremendous amount of money plus i think it's very provocative as their best chance of getting relief from sanctions he put trampled elective maybe it's cool for young men because they still love each other they fear. they are or could personally in contrast a presidential victory for joe biden would likely be a return to the more traditional policy of strategic patience of sanctions pressure and international isolation biden has described kim as a tyrant and to thug north korea in turn called biden a rabid dog significantly kim has called for a ruling party congress for january 2021 to announce a new 5 year plan

reactor in north korea. secretary bill perry negotiated that under president clinton. we knew where the fuel rods were and we knew the limits on their nuclear power. colin powell, our secretary of state, announced one day we were going to continue the dialogue and work with the north koreans. the president reversed him, publicly. while the president of south korea was here. and the president of south korea went back to south korea, bewildered and embarrassed because it went against his policy. for two years this administration didn't talk at all to north korea. while they didn't talk at all, the fuel rods came out, the inspectors were kicked out, the television cameras were kicked out. and today there are four to seven nuclear weapons in the hands of north korea. that happened on this president's watch. now that, i think, is one of the most serious sort of reversals or mixed messages that you could possibly send. >> i want to make sure -- >> in this one minute, i want to make sure we understand that people -

plus on election week we take a closer look at one major worry in east asia as north korea continues to flex its military muscle we ask if the country will pose a threat for america's next president. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us more than a 1000 migrants from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan during westward across the continent for better opportunities has ended up in the town of the lead in bosnia border in croatia it's an entry point into the european union and it has become a hub for these travelers and many of them do not have adequate shelter he has this report. from far away the woods on the outskirts of bosnia has been. peaceful. but beneath the foliage a crisis is unfolding here hundreds of suffocation refugees and migrants spend their nights and shacks made of plastic sheets. we are staying here in the cold at the time of the coronavirus pandemic lileks food and other basic needs to survive here the e.u. should help us. jill dougherty refugees living in the improvised jungle camp fear a harsh winter already the temperature is less than 2

what's being said in south korea and any reaction coming out of north korea at this time? >> well, rosemary when it comes to south korea, there was a fairly swift congratulations from president moon jae-in, also says he's going to see there's going to be no vacuum, no gaps between the two administrations when it comes to the peace process. he doesn't believe it will change radically. also when it comes to alliances. of course we have heard from president elect biden. he wrote an op-ed that he will be encouraging closer alliances, something he believes donald trump did something very different, the exact opposite in fact. but when it coms to north korea, we hasn't yet heard a response. it's not unusual. it does take pyongyang to react to whoever's won the u.s. election. but it's likely this is not the result that the leader kim jong-un wanted. had haez spent a lot of time and effort with president donald trump. they have had three historic meetings. there were countless letters which mr. trump called love letters. clearly it was a top-down approach. it was all about the rel

stalled it's become obvious north korea's strategy now is wait and see north korea has been already on the waiting mode when it comes to dealing with the united states because there is no hope for the trump administration to make any important changes prior year. election on november 3rd most analysts believe north korea would prefer a trump victory they see his impulsiveness such as when he unilaterally canceled joint military exercises with south korea but will be saving a tremendous amount of money plus i think it's very provocative as their best chance of getting relief from sanctions he put trampled elective maybe it's cool. because they still love each other they hear showing they are or could personally live in contrast a presidential victory for joe biden would likely be a return to the more traditional policy of strategic patience of sanctions pressure and international isolation biden has described kim as a tyrant and to thug north korea in turn called biden a rabid dog significantly kim has called for a ruling party congress for january 2021 to announce a new 5 year plan

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south korea, 52 point nine, also pretty strong. indonesia about 50 for only the third time this year so those stood out to me. we have a number of them below 50. japan inching up at 49 versus 48 last month. malaysia, vietnam, and the philippines, all below 50. ,hen you headed into this global trade really picked up over the past couple months, and our bloomberg trade tracker is at its healthiest in its more than two year history so we see signs that exports are recovering. there is demand. factories are pumping out production and that is reflecting some strength in asia so we would expect to see pmi's continue to improve, at least to have some stable demand at factories. shery: is this a story still of diversions? china -- divergence? china versus southeast asia? ofhom: -- >> there is some that theme still. indonesia, even though they had research into the virus and have been dealing with elevated cases for sometime, that was pretty good news for them to be above 50. we have been looking at north asia leading the charge, posting su

rainy weather for those that are in south korea and southern north korea. across central america, people have been dealing with devastating hurricanes. weather-like condition there is quite disastrous. let us lk at this deo to see what people are dealing with in terms of the aftermath after thousands of homes were destroyed after a hurricane slammed the northeastern parts of nicaragua. many people were left homeless after strong winds and heavy rain lashed the area. many towns are partially flooded. the soils are well saturated with water. the problem is there will be more rainfall. the storm has downgraded to a tropical depression, expect lots of moisture to move towards that northeastern interior. that could lead to further flooding. for the northern part of america moving into the united states, we see snow and cold weather towards the northwestern pacific and temperatures dwindling down into the single digits along those parts. that's all your weather. take care. >>> that's all for this hour. thank you for watching nhk "newsline." hope you'll join us ag

, you see the profound difference etween north korea and south korea. so that's why it's so important hat the united states continue strongly its alliance with the republic of korea, a vital grown ship that's stronger and stronger over the years. and i'm sure will continue for many more to come. i urge my colleagues to support i yield lution, and back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. house stion is will the suspend the rules and agree to ouse resolution 1012, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is to, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. title is jection, the amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. engel: mr. speaker, i move suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4644, the libya act, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. h.r. 4644, a bill to clarify un

he is asked about north korea. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> these were not preplanned remarks, and you can kind of see the looks of the faces of people next to him. not just melania trump, but kellyanne conway and the other officials are kind of like -- and i'm not sure even his own staff knew what to say. >> i thought initially it was pursuant to a strategy, and that unlike the obama administration, which after eight years of strategic patience, had left north korea much closer to achieving its objective of deliverable nuclear weapons. what i found when i arrived at the white house was it wasn't part of any strategy at all. it was just the way he felt on the days he made those remarks. >> trump soon upped the ante in his first speech at the united nations. >> if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocketman is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> well, there is something to what was refer

the bank of korea governor is talking at the moment. just talking about that decision .eing one of unanimity they are upgrading their 2020 gdp outlook, saying they will until theret stance are signs of a genuine recovery. backdrop ofgainst a saying the economic situation is not a full-scale recovery at the moment, saying that the 20-21 outlook is being revived because of global expectations. going on to say that the virus impactsew with record numbers of cases taking place in south korea at the moment. the bank of korea they're just holding a new -- news conference. rishaad: coming up, and extraordinary period. way next.the this is bloomberg. rishaad: tensions between canberra and beijing remain under strain. this after austria calls for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus and band huawei from providing 5g equipment. our guest is the author of china's grand strategy and australia's future in the new global order. certainly an impressive book payment what is your central argument in it? >> the central argument is that th

he wanted to go to korea, go back with his troops to korea. you didn't find out about that when you're you were young. i assume you found that up later. did you find that out when your father was still alive? >> yes. george, , the story to summarize it is, when general eisenhower becomes president eisenhower, now he's not just a five-star general pick as a matter fact, he gave up his army commission to run for president because we don't have generals as president of the united states. so he suddenly isn't the commander-in-chief and he is, my father was a graduate of west point, an army officer who was stationed in korea, comes back for his fathers inauguration and they have a very serious talk. ike ceja to decide whether you're going to go back to your unit in korea or i will command you to stay in the united states, here's the deal. if you go back to korea you need to carry a a handgun with you t all times and you have to promise me, promise me, this is an order, promise me you'll never be taken as a hostage or be in a situation where you cou

election outcome kim will also be mindful of his changing relations with his neighbors namely south korea china and russia with whom he's also held multiple summits in the past few years he and his regime no longer look as threatening and reclusive as they once did that more statesman like stature was evident at the recent military parade in pyongyang which also featured new missiles presumably capable of reaching the united states kim knows that if he returns to testing those weapons in defiance of a new u.s. administration he risks becoming an international pariah once more of the bride al-jazeera so well chinese media is a once in the u.s. election closely after relations deteriorated to their lowest point in decades under president trump there have been divisions over trade and technology that have escalated rapidly trimming you has more now from beijing. a concert honoring the people of time and those who lost their lives during the cried a virus pandemic entitled dedicated to 2020 and perform to turn debating music festival goes behind the piece by a sense. it's a collective. that p

plus on election week we take a closer look at one major worry in east asia as north korea continues to flex its military muscle we ask if the country will pose a threat for america's next president. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us more than a 1000 migrants from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan during westward across the continent for better opportunities has ended up in the town of the lead in bosnia border in croatia it's an entry point into the european union and it has become a. for these travelers and many of them do not have adequate shelter he has this report. from far away the woods on the outskirts of bosnia's barely look peaceful. but beneath the foliage a crisis is unfolding here hundreds of south asian refugees and migrants spend their nights in shacks made of plastic sheets. and then yes we are staying here in the cold at the time of the coronavirus pandemic lileks food and other basic needs to survive here the e.u. should help us to get your nobody refugees living in the improvised jungle camp fear a harsh winter already the temperature

hong kong, korea are seeing surges. can we say there are some models that work better than others now? i speak to parents is -- parents and businesses, the model i suggest is singapore. they announced a three-phase system, a roadmap and gradual resumption of normal life. you have new zealand, which introduced a four tier alert system and that has received a lot of raves for being clear in communicating the system to residents. south korea which is seeing the highest number of new cases at about eight months, they have sociallaxing restrictions. that is the kind of system that bar owner say they want in hong kong. the latest there on hong kong and virus cases in asia. the world's largest advertising company seeing renewed confidence among its clients amid that progress. as the holiday season rules closer, mark reed spoke exclusively to bloomberg about where he is seeing the most resilience. >> we are used to vaccines coming in this side of christmas coming early next year, i think it's becoming a lot more confident to in

box system it's like all gaming systems here benefiting from south korea's super fast 5 g. mobile internet network enabling ever more immersive play without making any in the past people had to download install and then play a game going forward we will be playing games by streaming them a line the professional gaming of the sports has also grown during the pandemic helping confirm south korea's position as a world leader. there are bigger sponsorship deals and developing technology offers the expanding online audience a richer experience. for south korea it's all much more than just video games it represents a part of its economic future as it charts a path focused on digital content gaming joins k. pop dramas and movies as the country's growing exports of soft power. if for the last half a century manufacturing has helped our economy to flourish cultural continue to be the country's power of development for the next 100 years. south korea has seemingly embarked on a quest for digital supremacy now with the new devices to help it robert brought out his era soul. landis is

korea has been praised for its handling of the pandemic. but as winter approaches, there are worries about a new wave. these latest restrictions just up friday, sorry, best day robert bryant has south korea has been keeping the number of new infections down to around 100 per day for the past few weeks. but in recent days, it's seen the number stay stubbornly above 200 per day and it's now topped 300, hence these new measures. now these numbers might not seem large compared to the spikes that we're seeing in the rest of the world. but south korea like its east asian neighbors, is determined to keep on top of this pandemic because we get into these colder winter months of the northern hemisphere until we can reach that all important vaccine. south korea has a 5 here, social distancing system, and this raises the level from one to $1.00. it will mean slightly tighter restrictions on things like nonessential gatherings or run the numbers of people allowed into restaurants and bars. and it affects the sole metropolitan area which is home to arou

it's like all gaming systems here benefiting from south korea's super fast 5 g. mobile internet network enabling, ever more immersive play without making any in the past, people had to download install and then play a game going forward. we will be playing games by streaming them a line. the professional gaming of the sports has also grown during the pandemic helping confirm south korea's position as a world leader. there a bigger sponsorship deals and developing technology offers the expanding online audience, a richer experience for south korea, it's all much more than just video games. it represents a part of its economic future as it charts, a path focused on digital content. gaming joins k., pop dramas, and movies as the country's growing export of soft power. if for the last half a century, manufacturing has helped our economy to flourish. cultural continue to be the country's power of development. for the next 100 years. south korea has seemingly embarked on a quest for digital supremacy now with the new devices to help it. rob mcbride, al-jazeera soul. fo