that s why hard line. all right. okay. i don t know whether it s me, but i can t hear you very well. okay. all right. everyone is having problems. we re going to try and reestablish that audio and get back to you in just a moment. thank you so much. well, china is raising tariffs on more than 100 imports from the united states. the chinese finance ministry says it s because new u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have, quote, seriously damaged chinese interests in order to balance their losses, they say they re leveling a new 15% tariff on 120 fruit products and a 25% tariff on eight pork products. china says its moves are legitimate and based on world trade organization rules. let s take a short break. but still to come, more on the landmark concert held in north korea. what the k-pop show might mean
kim jong-un came out for a landmark concert by a group of south korean artists. they included k-pop stars like red velvet. it s the first time south korean artists have played in the north in more than a decade. sunday s diplomatic push also included this event. the south korean tae kwon do team put on a display for thousands of north koreans. they kicked, jumped, and even did their own k-pop dance. the shows are a sign of better ties for the koreas, but they also come as the u.s. and south korea kick off annual war games. they will be short their year but are set to be similar in scale to past ones like this. we have more from alexandra field who joins us live from seoul. good to see you again, alex. how significant is this moment in north and south korean relations when we see pop stars from the south performing in
well we have seen north korea s leader clapping before, often after he tests a new weapon. but sunday was a very different. [ applause ] kim jong-un came out for a landmark concert by a group of south korean artists, including k-pop stars red velvet. it s the first time south korean performers have played in the north in more than a decade. sunday s diplomatic push also included this event, the south korean tae kwon do team put on a display for thousands of north koreans. they kicked, jumped, and even did their own k-pop dance. the shows are a sign of better ties for the koreas. but they also come as the u.s. and the south kick off annual war games. and those will be short their year, but are set to be similar in scale to past drills like these.