Taken have caused a great deal you are up to date on the headlines. Of problems for our industries now it is time for hardtalk. And i think we want welcome to hardtalk. Very much to engage with them in consultation so we can take things back to pre julyi when i took these steps. When they took these steps. Donald trump, the self proclaimed dealmaker extraordinaire, is finding the korean it is not clear to me peninsula tough going. For all his claims of friendship, pyongyang seems not closer to giving that you want to lower up his Nuclear Arsenal and the Strategic Partnership between south and north korea is looking the temperature because of the Japanese Foreign minister said to you. Restraint as well. He said to resolve the issue, get a dialogue going, lower the temperature and you chose to say that it is important to eliminate the foreign minister Kang Kyung Wha is my guest. Unilateral and arbitrary trade the country is out of step with both the us and japan. 00 01 52,028 2147483051
Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Donald trump, the self proclaimed dealmaker extraordinaire is finding the Korean Peninsula tough going. For all of his claims of friendship with the north korean dictator, kimjong un, pyongyang seems no closer to giving up its nuclear arsenal, and americas Strategic Partnership with south korea is looking increasingly strained too. My guest is south Korean Foreign minister Kang Kyung Wha. Her country is currently out of step with both the us and japan. So how vulnerable does that make south korea . Theme music plays. Foreign minister Kang Kyung Wha in beijing, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Foreign minister, i think we have to start because you are in beijing and you have had meetings with both the chinese and Japanese Foreign ministers we have to start your very troubled relationship with japan. We have to start with your very troubled relationship with japan. Im going to quote to you the wo
And you can find background to all our main stories on the bbc news website. Log on to bbc. Com news or download the bbc news app. Now, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The chips are down. South Korean Semiconductor exports slumped by 13 as it tries to resolve a dispute with japan. Silver economy and Silicon Valley, while the worlds Biggest Technology Companies May be undervaluing their more experienced workers. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. Well business report. Im sharanjit leyl. We ll start business report. Im sharanjit leyl. Well start with the dispute between japan and south korea, because their Foreign Ministers meeting in beijing is the ongoing dispute continues to hit businesses in both countries. In earlyjuly, tokyo hit businesses in both countries. In early july, tokyo restricted hit businesses in both countries. In earlyjuly, tokyo restricted exports of materials critical to south koreas Semiconductor Industry citing National Securi
Return to growth. Results expected to confirm a 60 drop in operating profit rate and south korea Industrial Production for the month of june, when it comes to the seasonally adjusted monthtomonth we are seeing growth of 0. 2 . But still growth recovery from the contraction we saw in the previous. Estimates ofssing growth of 0. 3 . The number for may has been revised to a smaller concoction that it was thought initially, to a contraction of 1. 3 from a. Yearonyear, it is a bigger contraction than expected, a contraction of 2. 9 . The estimate was for a fall of 2 . It would mark the second consecutive month that the year on year gauge is in contraction for factory outputs and south korea. So both numbers missing estimates. The bigger fall is on the ronyear number from 2. 9 of 2. 0 . A down cycle in the Semiconductor Sector weighing on the economy. We are getting export numbers later in the week. That is also expected to contract for eight consecutive months. Already the first 20 days of
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