at 7:00 p.m. Monday November 4 here in
Seoul
coming up on NewsCenter tonight the
National Intelligence Service says North
Korean leader Kim jong-un has quote
decided to meet with US President Trump
in December at the latest
it also says Pyongyang Washington
working-level nuclear talks may happen
in the coming weeks South Korean
president moon jaein and his Japanese
counterpart Shinzo Abe a agreed to
repair strained bilateral ties through
high-level dialogue
this comes after their first official
face-to-face in more than a year the
boycott by South Koreans and Japanese
goods continues to take its toll with a
number of online purchases of Japanese
products dropping sharply in the third
quarter
and South Korea's prime minister in a
gang tells an international forum on air
pollution and climate change that
countries must come together to tackle
the issues South Korea's Environment
Minister also realized public concerns
about fine dust flowing in from China to
his Chinese counterpart NewsCenter
begins now
good evening and welcome to Arirang News
Center coming to you live from Seoul I'm
Noah and i'm han dong thanks for joining
us
amidst all the denuclearization talks
South Korea's Intelligence Agency said
that working-level talks between North
Korea and the u.s. could be held in the
coming weeks it also said the third
round of the Kim at Trump's summit may
be just around the corner let's get more
details from our Kim bo-gyung who is on
the line for us at the National Assembly
Morgan Phyllis in sharara South Korea's
national intelligence service said that
North Korean leader Kim jong-un had been
planning to hold his third summit with
US President Donald Trump in December
Hampton had possible working-level
negotiations between North Korea and the
u.s. in the near future after attending
the parliaments closer audit of the
Intelligence Agency on Monday main
opposition Liberty clear party lawmaker
is at quoted until she's talking and
saying that working-level discussions
between Pyongyang and Washington could
be held as soon as this month or as late
as early early next month there's more
North Korean leader has plans to hold a
certain young young Washington summit in
December she said that the ni expects
talks to resume around then since the
two sides have already gained an
understanding of each other's
perspectives through last month's
working-level talks in Stockholm and
because Kim's are previously limited
negotiation to the end of this year now
we're going to do we hear anything about
Kim Jang and going to China before his
summit with the president Trump yes the
AI has also suggested Kim might go to
China this year according to E the Intel
agency says Kim is making plans to visit
China in line with a 70th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between Pyongyang
and Beijing the agency also mentioned
the president of to visiting China
before its first the second summits with
President Trump and that they're looking
into possibilities
should the working-level this
negotiation between Cheong yang in
Washington go smoothly that's all I have
for now back to you guys our Kim
bo-gyung at the National Assembly first
tonight thank you president would Jane
meanwhile said that the third summit
meeting between the leaders of North
Korea and the US will be the most a
critical moment in the P
denuclearization process of the Korean
Peninsula speaking during the 22nd Sen
plus three summit in Bangkok this
morning president Mouton put a great
emphasis on the now revealed third
meeting between North Korean leader Kim
jong-un and US president Donald Trump he
also said that resolving years of
confrontation and hostility between the
two parties will never be easy but added
that Kim and Trump share trust in each
other and as well as willingness to
continue talks with that president moon
called on the international community
for its support and cooperation in
driving the Korean peace process to the
finish line by achieving the complete
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
also in Bangkok president moon met with
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe F for
one-on-one talk submit heightened
tensions between the two nations during
their brief encounter the two leaders
agreed on the need to resolve their
issues through dialogue her packagin is
in Bangkok with more an unexpected
meeting in Bangkok President Juan Jain
and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a
had a one-on-one conversation as they
were waiting for the ASEAN plus three
summit to begin on Monday president moon
and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
ah had talks in a friendly but serious
atmosphere the two leaders shared the
opinion that South korea-japan relations
are important and reaffirmed the
principle of resolving bilateral issues
through dialogue during the 11th minute
long talks initiated by president moon
the two leaders expressed hope that the
ongoing negotiations to reform
ministries would help improve ties they
also shared openness to all possible
options to find a solution including a
form of higher-level discussions their
last official talks took place on the
sidelines of the UN General Assembly in
2018 so Tokyo relations took a sharp
downturn following these ho Supreme
Court's ruling last year that ordered
Japanese firms to compensate South
Korean victims of wartime forced labor
ties further worsened after Japan
imposed export curbs on Korea's
tech-heavy materials prompting a South
Korean government to take
countermeasures
of its own one being determination of
the general security of military
information agreements various factors
could have driven this positive change
president moons letter was
hand-delivered to obey by South Korean
Prime Minister ena gan during his recent
visit to Tokyo and Ave sent a message of
condolence to moon over his mother's
passing last week Chili's abrupt
cancellation of the APEC summit later
this month also meant there will be
fewer opportunities for the two sides to
meet before their Intel sharing pacts
known as G somya expires at the end of
the month the presidential spokesperson
did not elaborate on whether moon and
Abby discussed the sensitive issues of
just Sonia or forced labor but she said
the blue house anticipates their ties to
advance in a friendly and
forward-looking manner and what their
meeting haven't happened unexpectedly
the spokesperson could not rule out the
possibility of additional discussions
before the president departs for solar a
series of surprises regarding South
korea-japan relations but the two
countries agreed to resolve their
differences through dialogue they're now
better prospects of some positive change
in bilateral relations and hopefully
this could create a positive atmosphere
for the anticipated trilateral summit
with China
this December packagin I don't use
Bangkok National Assembly Speaker moon
hee-sang
on a visit to Japan has stressed the
need for cooperation among the g20
countries to promote free and fair trade
in his keynote speech at the g20
speakers summit in Japan today moon
pointed out that the global order in
trade and investment is hampered by
protectionism adding that to restore
this joint action by the g20 to uphold
its principles is needed now more than
ever he did not directly mention south
korea's tree dispute with Japan but his
remarks are seen as a reference to
Tokyo's trade restrictions the speaker
will wrap up his stay in Japan with a
lecture tomorrow at a local university
on ways to prepare the two countries
relations South Korea's defense minister
says that the country's military Intel
sharing agreement with Japan ji somya
should be extended if it helps in any
way
to uphold South Korea's national
security his remarks came during a
meeting held today at the National
Assembly he added however that the final
decision lies with the moon Jain
administration Minister chungcheong-do
said he has reiterated the importance of
G somya repeatedly but also highlighted
that non security related issues should
be considered as well
pointing to Tokyo's export restrictions
on South Korea whichever way that
government decides he said it's vital to
address concerns if so let's do so Mia
expire at the end of this month he
reassured lawmakers that security
related concerns regarding ji somya have
been shared and discussed intensively
within the administration online direct
purchases of Japanese goods by South
Koreans saw almost a 26 percent
on-quarter drop in the third quarter of
this year the decrease comes as Koreans
continued at their boycott in response
to Japan's trade restrictions against
subway conn-young
reports Tokyo's export curves against
her and July prompted South Koreans to
start a voluntary boycott movement
called no no Japan those taking part
stopped buying Japanese products and
refrain from taking trips to Japan data
released Monday by statistics Korea
showed the purchase boycott movement has
become more evident on the web the total
value of Japanese goods bought online by
South Koreans dropped in the third
quarter to about 41 million u.s. dollars
a non quarter decrease of almost 26
percent the biggest decline on record
given the total online purchases by
South Koreans abroad saw a 21 percent
on-year increase over the same period
the impact of the nono Japan movement is
clear it's also the first time that the
on-year growth rate of Japanese goods
bought online by South Koreans over a
three-month period did not crack the ten
percent mark in fact the increase on
year was only about 2.3 percent
unofficial statistics Korea said the
boycott did
for your role Kenya Moore Arirang news
South Korea is facing a slew of
diplomatic challenges with its
once-promising relationship with North
Korea at a standstill and its ties with
Japan at the lowest levels in years our
Kim bo-gyung asked a prominent historian
what he thinks hole could do to turn
things around Jared Diamond renowned
writer of the book Guns Germs and Steel
has come to Korea to promote his new
book upheaval and has some advice that
might help Seoul find solutions to the
diplomatic problems it is currently
facing in particular he made two key
recommendations to South Korea regarding
its ties with Japan and North Korea
according to diamond
although South Korea and Japan are both
facing potential adversaries in the
region such as China and North Korea
unresolved historical issues were
hampering their cooperation he said a
sincere apology from Japan was the key
to restoring ties but added that Korea
must wait patiently until the Japanese
come to a reckoning on its own with the
country's wartime past still the
professor emphasized that the two
countries need to maintain cooperation
in certain areas both South Korea and
Japan face big problems with the
depletion of fisheries around the world
both South Korea and Japan face big
problems from dangerous neighbors so
even though South Korea and Japan may
disagree strongly about some things it
would be good to work with Japan on the
things we have the same goals to foster
cooperation in at least some areas
touching upon inter-korean ties
professor diamond emphasized the
importance of study back-channel
dialogue in order to break the current
impasse he named Phil and as a possible
benchmark for South Korea to look to
with the Scandinavian country having
found a way to survive despite bordering
Russia to the east formally the Soviet
Union the Finns
learned that what they do is engage in
constant discussions they're not public
discussions they're off-the-record
discussions with Russia at every level
from the presidents to Cabinet ministers
to government officials to low
government officials the eminent author
shares more of his insight in his new
book showing ways the word can deal with
global challenges citing these samples
of seven countries that went through a
national political crisis Kim bo-gyung
Arirang news
South Korea is calling for international
cooperation to fight air pollution and
climate change and it will first step up
the partnership with China in current
reports South Korea and China would
strengthen their cooperation to reduce
finders pollution Environment Minister
jo Myung may and his Chinese counterpart
Egon Jay met on Monday in Seoul and
signed an action plan for the so-called
clear sky project the two first proposed
a plan back in February and they agreed
to hold policy consultations on an
annual basis to curb air pollution now
the action plan will take the form of
tangible efforts through cooperation in
three areas policy and information
exchanges joint research and the
commercialization of technology in
particular the two sides will exchange
information on find us forecasting also
South Korea will install
environmentally-friendly technology in
China's coal-fired power plants in China
will expand a number of cities subject
to join monitoring of air quality also
Monday the Chinese Environment Minister
attended an international forum in Seoul
on air pollution and climate change
where South Korean Prime Minister Nguyen
was also present there the Prime
Minister stressed the importance of
regional cooperation in tackling climate
action saying that air pollution
transcends national boundaries so he can
only be solved through transnational
efforts in line with that he said the
results of a joint study by South Korea
China and Japan will be released this
month laganja echoed the importance of
working together
he said China plans to give top priority
to environmental issues and will
increase cooperation in exchanges with
other countries China's role is
especially important as a large portion
of Korea's fine dust is believed to blow
in from China while the major domestic
contributor is exhaust cast jung-in
arirang news
South Korea's exports fell for the 11th
consecutive month in October amid
slowing global trade and the ongoing
us-china trade spat but the production
and export volume of semiconductors has
been going up and demand for chips is
expected to rise
Kim Assam reports data shows
semiconductor exports which account for
about a fifth of South Korea's total
exports are likely to go up in 2020
according to the trade ministry on
Monday semiconductor experts volume one
of 16 percent on-year to more than 2,500
tons last month between January and
October chip export volume was a 5
percent on-year and it has increased by
double digits on year since July
semiconductor production also increased
data shows chip production in the third
quarter went up eight percent on-year
but the value of chip exports plunged 26
percent on-year to around 79 billion US
dollars in the month through October due
to a sharp fall in memory chip prices
like DRAM and NAND flash on oversupply
but with memory chip prices having
almost bottomed out experts say value of
chip exports is expected to recover next
year the memory chip industry is
cyclical with a 2 to 4 year of cycle of
ups and downs depending on supply and
demand and the cycle is shortening on
technological advances we saw chip boom
in 2016 and a downturn in the latter
half of 2018 companies like micron
technology and Samsung Electronics have
lowered their inventories and demand for
chips is set to pick up global demand
for chips is expected to increase on
demand from data centers and the wider
adoption of five-two technology in
driverless cars AI and IOT global
research institutes estimate demand for
a memory chips to go up by between 5.5
and 17 percent on-year in
2020 key Maison Arirang news the
so-called sharing economy is starting to
take off here in South Korea for things
such as homes and cars but there are
still a lot of hurdles especially in its
mobility platforms as seen in last
week's indictments of the heads of a
local ride hailing service for operating
without a license our kim jae hee looks
at the future of South Korea's sharing
economy this secure mutually beneficial
platform connects his host and guests
where rooms are rented out at a
reasonable price based on blockchain
technology but things are not easy for
home sharing services in Korea the CEO
of the company bemoaned the many
obstacles in the way of further
expansion including outdated regulation
a tourism law passed in 2011 only allows
foreigners to access home state services
which are not available for local
tourists instead of creating a way for
local startups to tap into the domestic
market the government locked it all
together home sharing is not the only
sector that has run into legal
roadblocks
South Korea's ride-hailing platform Tata
is in hot water after company executives
were indicted by prosecutors on charges
of running the service without a legal
license even global sharing economy
platforms are failing in Korea with
ubereats pulling out of the country last
month amid tough competition
local sharing economy platforms are
concerned whether Korea can keep up with
the global trend due to regulatory
setbacks and resistance from traditional
businesses sharing economy is
fundamentally based on IT technology so
naturally South Korea should be at the
forefront when it comes to adopting
sharing economy services but it's not
it's lagging behind because of
regulations that are dragging it down
experts say changes are needed for Korea
to keep pace with the global competition
the fourth Industrial Revolution and the
shift towards the sharing economy is
Thor's biggest dream of innovation Korea
will have to quickly catch up and the
government should take action to
facilitate peace and compromise between
traditional industries and new startups
expert also added that it isn't too late
for Korea to fulfill
it's potential and encourage the
government's push for a negative
regulatory system which deems all
activities legal unless they're
expressly banned by the law kim daehee
arirang news now the 2020 US
presidential election is exactly one
year away and will either see president
trump win a second term will bring in a
new face in the Oval Office to find out
Arirang TV spoke with an expert with an
unrivaled ability to forecast the winner
for his analysis on what promises to be
a blockbuster race yoon jung min has the
details with the u.s. presidential
election just one year away key factors
for predicting the next president are
based on the strength and performance of
their party that's according to
professor Allan Lichtman from American
University who has predicted the lost
nine u.s. presidential elections from
1984 through 2012
Lichtman says his predictions are based
on 13 factors including the economy
foreign policy social unrest and a third
party when asked about the latest
impeachment inquiry against president
donald trump the professor says it could
be a factor that affects the upcoming
election particularly if things go badly
in a Senate trial so while I'm not ready
to make a final prediction by finally
doing what is right morally
constitutionally and indeed politically
the Democrats have at least put
themselves in a much better position to
win next year
Lichtman says there's not much to
predict from the ideology or experience
of the candidates but the public needs
to pay attention to the performance of
the administration including foreign
policy however he says there has not
been much success on foreign policy for
the Trump administration so far the
killing of al-baghdadi was hardly
noticed in the United States most
Americans didn't know who he was and on
the other hand I would say the policy in
Syria which was denounced even by
Republicans that with jarl the handing
over of Syria in effect to Iran al-assad
and the Russians could well be a foreign
policy failure
the professor went on to say the
election also depends on the success or
failure of the economy and whether the
Democrats emerge with a charismatic
figure who can attract voters you know
me
Arirang news it's been nearly 150 day
since the pro-democracy protests started
in Hong Kong as thousands of protesters
call for political freedom from Beijing
local media say scores of people are
being arrested every day as authorities
aimed to crackdown on protesters were
also young with the latest more than
3000 Hong Kong citizens have been
arrested since the pro-democracy
protests began in early June according
to local media the number of days
arrested hit three thousand and seven as
of October 31st with the daily average
sharply rising after city authorities
enforce the moths ban early last month
for the first three months around 15
people were taken into custody on a
daily basis but from mid-september the
average has grown to 35 this weekend
police made 200 arrests on Saturday
alone as protesters took to the streets
holding guerilla star rallies across the
island buildings including China's
official singer news agency were
vandalized by protesters while armed
riot police fired tear gas at them over
the past five months the protests have
escalated from the initial opposition to
an extradition bill that would send
criminal suspects to China into a push
for greater political freedom from
Beijing China pledged last Weeds its
heightened control over Hong Kong and
Macau particularly when it comes to
national security issues and how the
city's leaders are selected on Wednesday
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam will meet
China's vice premier han dong and all
eyes are on whether China will try to
invite policies to strengthen its
control over Hong Kong Oh Sooyoung
Arirang news
tickets for a newly opened monorail near
Seoul are selling out every day this is
the one mici train on one needle island
in in ton the train takes passengers to
tourist hotspots in the area and has
been named one of the 100 must visit
places in the country by the korea
tourism organization haram ji yong went
there
Balthus report South Korea's longest
urban tourists monorail the wall messy
train stops at a number of popular
attractions including theme parks and
streets full of cafes and seafood
restaurants according to an official
from the incheon transit corporation
roughly 1,400 people a day board the
train on average as it carries a maximum
of 46 passengers per ride and only four
or five trains operate every hour the
tickets tend to sell out quickly we open
at 10 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. but
visitors come even before the service
starts at around 9 in wait for 2 to 4
hours to ride the monorail the two-car
monorail loops around 4 stations
including warmi park entrance and
culture street at a speed of 10 km/h
this monorail service runs roughly 6
kilometers from Incheon Station to
several places on Royal mido Island
passengers can get a great view of the
coastal waters of Incheon as a race
track is as high as 18 meters in places
during their 35 minute journey around
the circular route passengers can also
enjoy the famous view of Wolmido Island
including the silo wall painting which
holds the Guinness world record for the
largest outdoor mural in the world
I saw silo wall paintings amusement
parks cruise ships and the beautiful
glow of sunset over the sea it was a fun
ride passengers can also get off and
reboard the train to move from one spot
to another on Wolmido Island I came all
the way from Quang Ninh city in congedo
to visit in Tung it was a fun ride and I
took the train to Chinatown to have
noodles with black soy bean sauce and
enjoy the tour at swart own fairytale
village the construction of the monorail
was mostly completed in 2009 the service
only began in October of this year after
a number of safety issues were rectified
home Jiyeon Arirang news Incheon
or the trains on seoul subway line 9
we'll all have six cars from today to
East congestion on the most crowded line
there had been a mix of four and six car
trains on the line causing them to get
crowded especially during rush hour the
line is also on a key route that stops
at major transit stations at a much
faster speed than other lines starting
from the end of this month the Seoul
Metropolitan government says it also
plans to increase the 37 trains
currently running on a typical weekday
to 40 South Korea's Navy is taking part
in the Pacific reach exercise a
multinational submarine rescue drill
aimed at improving salvage efforts in
case of accidents in foreign waters the
12-hundred ton Saba asunción will be
deployed to this year's exercise held
for 12 days starting today off the coast
of Australia taking part of six
countries including the US Australia and
Singapore k-pop stars BTS have once
again shown their popularity in Europe
winning awards at the MTV Europe Music
Awards 2019 for the second year in a row
at the ceremony held in Spain last
Sunday BTS won in three categories best
group best live and biggest fans beating
acts like ariana grande billy Eilish and
taylor swift
BTS won the most awards of any music
artist on the night and it was the
second straight year they took home the
awards for biggest fans and best group
auto striker hwang adore was the key man
in sunday's two-nil victory against non
scoring one goal and assisting the other
the 27 year old who joined the French
club in July claimed his third League
goal helping Bordeaux move up to sixth
in the table Hong's goal was even more
special for Korean fans as the entire
Bordeaux squad had their names written
in Korean on the back of their shirts
the club had organized the event to
commemorate Wong's arrival to the club
and to thank their Korean fans
it is that time now where we take a look
at our Iran's digital media content and
today we have another episode of one in
Korea or wink with Justin hey guys so if
you're interested in dating a Korean guy
or maybe a Korean girl this is episode
you should definitely not miss it
serious how many girls have you
confessed to best - I would say in Korea
it's much more official you have to
mostly black like even after a blind
date after you meet for three or four
times they say would eat them I'm not
tell me she good old I'm not I'm eating
let's start dating officially yes like
this is kind of in Korea especially for
the younger generations people do so
many events like to confess - they're
like you know crush I thought Korea is
much more they make it really really
official what do you own them with the
idiot yeah they make a big deal they
make a big deal out of there's a couple
app the apps the pictures lovestagram
all that great dates you have they have
a couple rings and then like a big
achievement the biggest difference in
couples in Korea for me then what the
most surprising thing was overseas
Christmas to me was a family holiday
people are with our families but in
Korea Christmas is totally a couple's
holiday - you're yet so lonely I don't
leave the house I don't left the house
in a while speaking of Christmas and
Valentine's on white day yes and petal
day yeah and rose
but you know how like overseas like
Valentine's is both for guys yeah but in
Korea they it was Valentine's that I
expected a gift from my boyfriend
but like she was like yeah Valentine's
is for girls to get the guys I'm right
these four guys to get the girls and I
was like excuse me yeah I think this is
a good comparison point what about the
public display of affection I've been
told off by grandpa once yeah waiting
for the train we were on like a platform
now we're just like kind of like cuz
with each other is just kind of like
being all cute and stuff it's like what
are you doing here like you can't be
doing that here yeah I witnessed public
transportation yeah you can hold hands
and I can kind of cuddle okay so this is
something that you can also kind of only
find in Korea right so the cool day kind
of like the Quinta thing right so cuz
come they were military service you know
as we all know guys have to serve was it
like almost two years in Korea and it's
mandatory because they still the war
going on and you drafted into military I
dated a guy before going to military
well we broke up before he went was it
was that part of the reason you go go
yeah I've only seen two three couples
around me that have survived the
military yeah it is it's your Bible you
survived that yeah okay everyone thank
you so much for watching see you next
week bye
the sky is looking clear today with
decent air quality yes but the morning
lows are continuing to drop as the days
go by so it is a good idea to bundle up
let's get more details from from our
Natalie stock who is at the weather
center for us Natalie yes that's right
we've enjoyed mild daytime temperatures
but as winter approaches morning laser
dropping quickly saw started off with
the morning mercury at nine degrees
Celsius and the lows are set to plunge
to three degrees on Friday so do dress
accordingly but there'll be sunny skies
over much of the nation bringing
temperatures back up tomorrow and is to
be slightly warmer than the seasonal
average during the day tomorrow morning
temperatures will drop again and it'll
be the lowest-income drew at five
degrees Celsius while Seoul kicks off at
nine degrees on Kwangju Busan and Jeju
make it into the low teens and we'll
have mild day time highs mostly in the
high teens and the low 20s in Seoul the
mercury will reach 18 degrees Celsius
99021 in Busan tomorrow the west coast
of tintin under profits will be wet in
the morning but other regions will see
clear sunny skies I'll leave you with
the weather conditions around the world
okay that will do it for today's edit a
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watching keep it tuned to add it on for
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