Heatwave gripping East Asia intensifies | East Asia Tonight (Aug 5)

China, Japan and South Korea struggle through another week of dangerously high temperatures. Also on East Asia Tonight: Seoul says restarting talks with Pyongyang "realistically difficult", while Taiwan begins its largest annual military drills. 00:00 Headlines 01:35 Soaring temperatures in the region 11:42 Cathay Pacific logs best first-half profit in 16 years 13:26 Foxconn July revenue jumps 54% on-year to record US$29.3 billion 15:57 China AI hardware stocks slump on reports of possible US import ban 28:07 Pyongyang rejects Indonesia's bid to broker talks with Seoul 29:48 North Korea warns Japan against military build-up 31:03 Taiwan kicks off 10-day annual Han Kuang Exercise 34:00 Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea 40:31 Japan approves two-year cut on food and drinks tax to 1% 46:01 Discarded SpaceX rocket crashes into moon accidentally