yamaguchi, all on our show today. well, we are big fans and admirers of our first guest. brand wong aoki has been a guest and performer on asian pacific america a number of times along with her partner, mark izu. and i followed them for many years before that as the two of them played a big role in the evolution of asian-american art, combining traditional and contemporary elements. but recently, brenda was awarded a commission from the hewlett foundation to create a new work of art in 2021. so today, she is here first as a solo guest to talk about her life and work. welcome back to the show. brenda wong aoki: oh, thank you, robert. robert: well, first of all, let s talk about this commissioned work here. what s it going to be, and how does it kind of fit into sort of your whole body of work and what you ve done? brenda: okay. first of all, i have to say thank you hewlett foundation for this big commission cause it s like a big commission. and when mark and i first found o
east towards the sea of japan. the yonhap news agency said the south korean military suspected the north might have been testing an intermediate range musudan missile. the reports come as president trump hosts japan s prime minister, shinzo abe, in florida. on friday, following talks in washington, the two leaders agreed that the nuclear threat from north korea was a high priority. the north conducted two nuclear tests and a slew of rocket launches last year in continued efforts to expand its nuclear weapons and missile programmes. the north korean leader kimjong un said in his annual new year s address that the north s preparations for launching an intercontinental ballistic missile had reached the final stage. president trump says he is considering new measures to restrict immigration. the original order banned citizens from seven mainly muslim countries from the united states. that, for now, has been overturned in the courts. but mr trump says a new order could be issued a
north korea has test fired another ballistic missile, its first since donald trump became us president. it was launched just before 8am local time, from an air base in panghyon province, and flew about 500 km east into the sea of japan. it is not clear what kind of missile was used, but the us government says it was probably not an intercontinental ballistic missile. a white house official says that president trump has been briefed. he is currently hosting japan s prime minister, shinzo abe. earlier i spoke to bruce bennett, a senior defence analyst at rand corporation, and i asked him what we know so far. we know that the missile was launched from the panghyon air base in north korea, that s fairly far north of pyongyang. we know it travelled about 500 kilometres, and that it wound up on what the koreans referred to as the east sea, what we usually refer to as the sea of japan. that kind of range could be a scud missile, a musudan missile, or a nodong missile, but more likel
was a media more intermediate range missile. a short time ago, president kaymack and the japanese from minister held a joint news conference. north korea s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. north korea must fully comply with the relevant us 0 un north korea must fully comply with the relevant us 0 - un security council resolutions. during the summit meeting that i had with president trump, he assured me that the united states will always be with japan 100% had to demonstrate his determination as well as commitment, is now here with me at thisjoint press commitment, is now here with me at this joint press conference. president trump and i myself com pletely president trump and i myself completely assure you that we are going to promote further collaboration into the two nations and also we are going to further reinforce our alliance. thank you very much, mr prime minister. ijust wa nt very much, mr prime minister. ijust want everybody to understand and f
the words ofjapan‘s prime minister shinzo abe after north korea test fired another ballistic missile its first since donald trump became us president. the south korean military said it flew for about 500km eastwards into the sea of japan. the pentagon confirmed reports of the missile test, saying it was a medium or intermediate range ballistic missile adding that it unlikely to have been a missile capable of reaching us soil. bill hayton reports. this significance of this test will depend upon what kind of missile was used. the successful launch of this would be a step forward for north korea s homegrown missile programme coming after seven failures last year. however, if it s the tried and tested technology of the scud types, it will not symbolise any significant development. the beast is important is the timing of the test. one of the aspects of the timing. kimjong un has not been testing because of the crisis going on in south korea over the south korean president bei