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through covax. but president yoon has a more hawkish outlook on north korea to his predecessor, but as he has said very publicly, willing to help north korea when it does come to covid. but of course overshadowing all of this is the fact that both intelligence agencies from south korea and from the united states believe that a missile test may be imminent. they believe that a seventh underground nuclear test may be imminent at least within this month. so that could change everything. paula? absolutely. militaries in the pacific have been put on alert for that. kevin liptak, you have been following this for so many years in terms of that pivot to asia. it seems a long time since president obama discussed that. so here we are. and yet the shadow of what s going on in europe looming large. president biden said it himself. but he is looking at the security architecture of asia, kevin, and saying what when you talk about the challenges of north korea or china? well, he is basically sayi
at this hour the u.s. president is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his first trip to asia as commander in chief. last hour joe biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the south korean national cemetery. before arriving at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting with yoon seok-youl. we re expecting them to give their remarks soon. on friday mr. biden says the future of the world will be written in asia, and the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing on a reflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. now, the threat posed by
before holding talks with south korean president yoon seok-youl. high on the agenda are provocations by north korea. there are still concerns that pyongyang may conduct a missile launch while mr. biden is in the region. if that were to happen, the president and his south korean counterpart have made plans over how they would jointly respond. turning to other news now. concerning developments in the global spread of the monkey pox virus. according to the world health organization, there are at least 80 confirmed cases of the disease and 50 suspected cases worldwide. on friday sweden and germany reported their first cases. officials in new york city say one patient is being treated as presumptive positive for monkey pox. the w.h.o. says the outbreak was reported around 11 countries so far are atypical as they re occurring in areas are where we the disease isn t normally found. now going to the latest