South koreas military earlier said the man went missing from a vessel near yeonpyeong island on monday, a day before he was spotted floating in the north waters of the yellow sea. They shot the man dead and burned his body. Officials said the north explained its troops fired more than ten shots as the man was trying to flee. The north also reportedly said its personnel didntt finthe mans body but burned the flotation material he used in accordance with covid19 guidelines. The north also said it would do its utmost to prevent something similar from happening again, to avoid damaging relations between pyongyang and seoul. For more insight we spoke to a doctor in seoul, a Research Fellow at the institute for north korean studies. From the standpoint of north korea, it must have realized that making the excuse that he was, and that he was for prevention of covid19 outbreak would not satisfy angry south korean public,c, so it needs to express at least a minimum amountnt of sincere apology a
And subcommittee on Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strac strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because it is growing effect on business in the United States as well as culture. Last fall, for example, the National Basketball association had the Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topics have become more manufactu important. The timely information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contributed to the havoc wreaked on our economy and health and indeed the pande
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Public comment. Reminder to all participants to mute themselves to minimize background noise. Please note gray indicates unmuted. This is caption test. Use the live item 5 action item. Of the august 12, 2020 retirement Board Meeting. Its a motion for the august 12, 2020 Board Meeting. So moved. Madame president we received a request to the Administrative Changes to the minutes. She made Public Comment and we indicated she represented the retired employees. She would like the title of her organization to be spelled out in the minutes. I would propose that we make that one correction on page 9 [indiscernible]. Sorry for the interruption. Ill second it. Accept the change. Moved and seconded. Well adopt the minutes with the requested changes and accepted by executive director huish. At this time well take Public Comment. Thank you. Callers, if you have not already done so press star 3 to be added. For those already on hold please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been un