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
Tensions a are also high betwee china and the United States over the South China Sea. The u. S. Has r rejected beijing Maritime Claims across most of the South China Sea as completely unlawful. In july, the u. S. Held military exercises in the area that included aircraft carriers. In the following months, the Chinese Military test fired Ballistic Missiles toward the sea. At wednesdays meeting, asean countries are expected to call for restraint. An expert says that china and the u. S. Need to understand asean does not want to see the dispute escalate in the south china a sea. Asean in particular is very interested in managing incidents in the South China Sea, and we hope that we can cononstructivey contntribute to managiging the tension in the South China Sea, including the tension between the u. S. And china. He expressed hope that asean meetings would push all the concerned countries to seek ways to solve the situation without increasing tension in the region. Strat separately chinese
Afternoon, it is really nice, a cooler afternoon compard to yesterday. And our air quality remains fresh. So later on today, temperatures away from the coast in the 70s to mid80s. So a quick check of the air quality, no matter where you live, were good to go. But changes are coming starting tomorrow. And this weekend were tracking a heightened fire danger and also our next head wave. Developing news this morning, protests erupted overnight from coast to coast after the ruling in the Breonna Taylor case. One of the largest was in new york city whereas you can see here, crowds of people were marching through the streets protesting the grand jurys indictment of just one officer in the case. Those charges arent even related to Breonna Taylors death. And at the epicenter in louisville, protests turned violent and two Police Officers were shot. Reporter overnight, protests across the country following the grand jurys decision in the Breonna Taylor case. And in louisville, demonstrations cont
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