north korea has made toward coming together with south korea it does seem like it's the south that is making the most effort why is it more important for the south korea. we want to take a more leading and where the rule. if. you want to avoid a catastrophe oh oh come under. these words he's making every effort to be fugitive to revoke the momentum for dialogue. you told c.n.n. it was trump's tough talk that brought the north koreans to open dialogue but say all that there was some kind of a combination in which closed the door on direct talks with the yes therefore the north koreans have to turn to the south so you think all the provocation traitor insults threats to wipe north korea off the map all that was a part of a comic plan to actually get north and south to talk. noshing doing the persian come and made us some important contribution in reaching north korea is coming to south korea but there are some other some other regions which you know it's clear that you know come to that in the south korea because north korea might want to have some kind of economic cooperation with the

south korea well maybe. sold in washington but south korea knows all those you know intentions from north korea but we don't it. is do you feel like trump's contribution was intentional to bring the two countries together are an intentional base a big plant or was it not i remember going with the united states directly they would have not come to south korea. to even north korea comply i am i heard you say in an interview to c.n.n. back in september that if the u.s. had spent at least one fifth of effort put into the iran deal on the north korean issue is the whole problem could have been resolved do you think the u.s. is reluctant to bring about a plausible solution to the issue. you know if you had to pay more attention to. the north korean nuclear issue i personally believe the us code can come up with a solution but. to use his pain too much attention for military no solutions but i hope the us would pay more attention to the peaceful solution to the north korean nuclear problem. presently and you right

korea when the north korea tries to subjugate south korea with their military means if that means north korea could actually hit back. you know and destroy u.s. cities is united states going to still be willing to help south korea so that's the fear of the collapse so extended that there is on the side of the united states the lone help the decades long security guarantee and that's the fear of nuclear weapons here about north korea's nuclear weapons capabilities so we do have that trust issue in a very different kind of dimension regarding u.s. capability and willingness to help south korea so that's a very important point to keep in mind that while keeping those concerns in mind conservatives at the same time also advocate perhaps the we should strengthen our independent defense capability so that we will over time gradually reduce the reliance on the united states and that could be actually best interests for the united states and best thing to do to protect american citizens as well when south korea have enough military capability and even possibly some conservatives say if we have

for south korea, it is all about peace. is is south korea, it is all about peace. isisa south korea, it is all about peace. is is a country that is really yearning for the end to the war, for an end to the threat that looms over it. but everybody realistically thinks this isjust it. but everybody realistically thinks this is just the beginning it. but everybody realistically thinks this isjust the beginning of what will be a long and difficult process if it is to succeed at all and that it could fall apart at any stage, as it has after previous summits in 2007 and 2000 when there was a lot of hope at that time but it didn't go anywhere in the end. was a lot of hope at that time but it didn't go anywhere in the endlj know you have to be off to give your insights on any outlet. for the moment, thank you very much. —— other outlets. as we've been hearing, kim jong—un and moonjae—in have been holding a news conference. the north korean leader said the summit heralded "an age of peace" and the beginning of a "new history" for the korean peninsula. we should have

imposed the fat battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery we're look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment to destruct destruction on the military bases it's close. i don't think through the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interests but actually it's not the u.s. that is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all disco head brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war between north and south korea north korea wouldn

forces in south korea and offshore of south korea. that is going to raise the question, perhaps as early as the summit, subsequently certainly -- what should our response be to that? do we agree to that? or do we basically tell the north, there will have to be taken in terms of agreements and implementation regarding denuclearization before we could begin to talk about u.s. troops? or, you might say, u.s. troops are off the table completely in a denuclearization negotiation? what kind of thinking do you think we should be doing about this? i think this is very crucial. >> chris hill -- >> chris hill has related that he was told throughout the talks, you americans eventually are going to have to come to terms with the issue of u.s. troops with us. that time is about here. as a military person, i don't think we can sacrifice readiness. we have to maintain the rok military capabilities. inould not make any changes u.s. for status contingent on north korea's nuclear status, and on the dismantlement, but they could be discussed as part of

mediation of south korea. so obviously this talks between the two koreas in early january they have been viewed as a huge breakthrough i mean the last time it happened was back in two thousand and fifteen and since then things were deteriorating how do you make sure things go well this time i want to slide back into another blame game. i'm not really optimistic about the future over into korean relations but what i have been are used to and we make every effort to you know that happens if it is not really you know not of to misty prejudice projection but if you know our mandate to what we've knows we have to focus on problem. great now when we're back we'll continue talking to you and morning special advisor for the national security and foreign policy to the president of south korea we'll talk more about ways out of the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula stay with us. seem wrong why don't we just don't. let me get you to shape our business comes out to. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find th

the economic situation in south korea and the improvements he wa nts to south korea and the improvements he wants to make. he is specifically talking about jobs and wants to make. he is specifically talking aboutjobs and the minimum wage, and how he wants to improve the quality of the workplace and how he hopes these differences will be visible by 2020. he has not yet spoken about north korea and the upcoming winter olympics, and the hope that north korea will send a delegation to those winter olympics. let's get a bit of background from oui’ let's get a bit of background from our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes. the skiers on the slopes of pyeongchang today were moving a little slower than they will be in a month's time. then, the world's best will be flying down these pistes. and now we know that when the olympic games open here on february 7th, there will be a full north korean team competing. they will march in side by side with their south korean compatriots. translation: i think with sport, we can put everything aside and everyone should do their best to achieve their goa

south korea. on the one hand, south korea relies on the alliance against china's rising influence while also being tempted to limit cooperation with the united states to the extent that china appears poised to replace the u.s. as the region dominant power. i want to go through four different areas as ways of kind of illustrating or examining the choices south korea faces. economic, security, the impact of china-u.s. rivalry and south korean public opinion, impact on domestic politics and north korea. and with regard to economic dimension i think south korea is a direct collateral victim of a china-u.s. trade war to the extent the supply chain for south korean origin manufactures to the united states runs through china and korea exports will be affected by truck and chinese exports to the u.s., plus slowing chinese domestic growth will have an impact on china-south korea trade complicit as impact on the south korean stock market. the korea national trade association estimated a full-blown trade war

south korea. it is in our national security interest for this to happen. refugees have experienced, and oftentimes make him through they are debriefed by national intelligence services both in south korea and the u.s. , you have up you go got people closer in access to the decision-making spheres, you have better intel. a couple of things i didn't mention are related to the most egregious of violations in north korea, those related to the massive political prison camps, arbitrary executions, detentions, firing squads, and north korea's use of their resources. both denuclearization and closing prison camps won't happen overnight. that said, it is important to put the issue on the agenda and leave a little daylight and make incremental steps that can both improve human rights in a small way and said our national security interests. greg: thank you very much for the invitation. i would also like to say that the committee for human rights represented by david maxwell, one of the board members, here in

south korea the u.s. and china for example moving towards a more permanent peace regime and moving on from the armistice that was signed in one thousand nine hundred fifty three that was significant there was an agreement that plans to visit pyongyang in the autumn so that will be significant if that goes ahead but in terms of your question about denuclearization that was where some of the detail was missing some of what was mentioned in this declaration was that the two sides shared the view that measures being initiated by north korea are very meaningful and crucial for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula they weren't specific about what measures they may mean but we do know of course that north korea just in recent days announced that it would stop its nuclear and missile tests and shut down a nuclear test facility that's a move that was broadly welcomed by south korea by the united states other countries around the world including japan though there was a caution from japan's prime minister t

korea is the popularity among south korean sticker below that of japan and japan is not south korea's favorite country i think everybody knows tha for the firt time in 2017 bits since recovered somewhat but on the whole over the course of the past decade they've grown more anxious about china in rough proportion to growing levels of support for the u.s. and korea security alliance. so when asked in march of 2018 to choose between the u.s. and china in the context of continued u.s. rivalry, the poll showed two thirds of the koreans pulled chose the united states. and also for the first time in the pool, koreans expressed south korea's economic future, not the securit security feature economic future depended on the u.s. more than china and that was quite striking. really i think as an expression of the frustration for china's economic actions. favorability of the u.s. and south korea aims in the sixth range on a scale of zero to ten while china has dropped into three to four range. then the impact on the domestic politics i think this is a particular interest as we think about how the

both south korea and juju talks about this, south korea and north korea for different reasons want to reunion fie that peninsula. this will allow president moon to work on the peace treaty. it has to be a peace treaty between north and south korea. this was back in 1950, a civil war. that civil war has to be ended by the combatants. >>> up next, our exclusive interview with president trump one on one moments ago. >> and one of his closest advisers suffers a heart attack. the latest on larry kudlow coming up. smooth scarred soaked the sun does not care. but we do. walgreens beauty consultants are specially trained to know what works for the health of your unique skin. walgreens. trusted since 1901. now, all sun care products are buy one, get one 50% off. feeclaritin and relief fromwsy symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity. and live claritin clear. and it's packed with powerful cranberry nutrients that can help your body defend against certain infections. i'll be your body on cranbe

tonight -- the winter olympics are under way in south korea. but will the north be looking to play a game of sport, power or politics? my conversation with chung-in moon, special adviser to the president of south korea. >>> also ahead -- the celebrated british artist creating a splash with his californian canvases. david hockney opens the doors to his l.a. studio for a rare, revealing interview. >> announcer: amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of roslyn p. walter. >>> good evening and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. the winter olympics are under way. the politics that infuse every games are heightened this time by nuclear tensions on that peninsula. but its northern neighbor has fueled hopes of a thaw by sending athletes and an official delegation, including kim jong-un's own sister, an influential figure who will dine with the south korean president, moon jae-in, even as her brother threw himself a massive military parade in pyongyang on the eve of the ceremony. this

but south korea, the president of south korea as he's invited to north korea, what will he have to bring home substantive to make this worth while? >> thanks for having me back. so, on the substantive side, the south korean public which has grown used to seeing this movie several times for the past several decades, actually, would want to see him bring back some sort of promise and commitment to denuclearize. to give up the north's nuclear weapons. that is going to be a complicated and tricky thing to do. that is ultimately what it is going to come down to. that piece means no nuclear weapons. south korean president has his work cut out for him. he has to try to convince washington to seessentially com on board with this vision and game reconciliation leading to a north korea nuclear dialogue and eventual negotiations to solve the nuclear problem. but we've heard vice president pence say reportedly that he would like to see all doors shut after the olympics to go back to maximum pressure campaign. and that's going to be difficult for president moon. the north really has attempted preside

and south korea committed. president trump sent blessings to the ending of the korean war and china said they also support ending the war on the korean peninsula. then north, south korea, u.s., china, they all agreed. that it's a matter of commitment on our side on the side of north korea. >> if it was you, what would you tell president trump about kim jong-un, the positive and the caution. what would you say? >> it would be very positive. >> you would just be very positive. >> i would give a very positive recommendation. i think north korea can be -- north korean leader can be a person to negotiate with. i think it's worthwhile for president trump to have a talk with chairman kim jong-un. >> these summits have happened before, this is the third and declarations have been made before, similar declarations, and they've not come to anything, anything long term. do you think this is different? >> there is a difference because both north korean leader and south korean leader shared the view that past agreements sho

north korea doesn't have foreign troops on its soil so that is the big test will south korea be able to resist the pressure from washington it's the republicans it's the democrats it's the military industrial complex it's the cia none of that none of those institutional power centers in washington want there to be a real rock taking place in korea by koreans without the supervision of the americans gregory went way you know on that because you know what what leeway does south korea have to make any kind of reproach with the north if there is a mutual engagement in any engagement that is real ok i mean i think western viewers tend to forget is that these are the two countries that could suffer the most if there is a complex here they have a real vested interest to start sitting down and deescalating what is been happening over the last few months here so what is the leeway the south koreans have gregory in columbus police you know of course we don't know what kind of discussions they're going on behind the scenes between trump and moon and i imagine there's an enormous amount of press

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defense these fat systems in south korea now and. the threat of an of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so they they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying they are behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road in the event of reunification korea wouldn't join any anti chinese eight zero design target any the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow any more to be erected you know what's really interesting here is that you know again our viewers may not know this is that under

korea andjapan. his counterparts from south korea and japan. the key lines, the united states committing to complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, saying the countries will continue working together and the security guarantee for those countries remains in place. you are watching at bbc world news. let us take a look at the weather now. and grab let us take a look at the weather now. hello once again. i know it's the second week injune, but i have to start this particular show by reminding you we've got a named storm on our hands, and there's an amber warning from the met office for gusts of wind on thursday morning which could, in extremis, get up to around 60mph if not 70 mph. where's all that coming from? this great lump of cloud hurtling towards us and deepening all the while and as it does so, quite a vigorous area of low pressure for the time of year. it's got into the wrong place in the atmosphere and it's been deepening all the while in recent hours. such that as we get on through the day, we will find a real squeeze in thos

some of them have become stars in north korea and south korea. this is the first time in a decade that they have represented pyongyang. molly: it's interesting how they are being seen abroad. we see this in "the new york times." says thatthe times" this is about state led sexism. they say it is interesting how they are portrayed in north korea, that they represent. he and innocence and that -- they represent. he -- they represent purity and innocence. beauties is hand-in-hand with being a cheerleader, the cheerleading is in essence a top socket and -- a top topic and h will. they say they can be distracting . they say that it is so really -- ridiculous it is almost thrilling. molly: the french and international press has been having some fun. solange: yes, to demonstrate , we have a cartoon by okeke --i hope i am not browsing that wrong. "e prize goes to a cartoon in lithographed young -- headacion," kim jon-un's an ice skater. they say they have put the nuclear tensions on hold and created a positive buzz about the regime. molly: we will turn ou

>> based on my previous job we thad ballistic missile in south korea with south korea, because of the from north korea. it is not there for anything anywherea or russia or else. it's based solely on the missile threat from north korea >> so there would be no there cation for it if were no north korean -- >> i don't think a justification issue. there would be no need for it. it is there. very tactical system designed for ballistic missiles coming from north korea. the main line of the united states? >> no, thad is there for muscles coming to south korea. it's there for the defense of south korea, our allies, and the people there. >> okay. senator kaine. thank you and congratulations to the nominees. very k this is a impressive panel of nominees. harris, mysay admiral worry as a member of the armed services committee, to commit paycon is i never have an opportunity to torment you across the witness table. i'm glad to see those opportunities are not coming to an end. nash, i have to bassador say of any resume i have ever you of anybody i'm giving the best resume. born in hungary and a me

two thousand and six north and south korea. under unified korean flag the other big story obviously in the buildup to this is russia one hundred sixty nine russian athletes competing as independents will be marching the flag itself to. compromise effectively. clean to participate once all the speeches and the way that we have the show the centerpiece really of these kind of ceremonies the theme we don't know too much about the show is understood to be centering around pace not surprising given the politics and also it's going to incorporate some korean culture past and present that may include music fans who are interested in. the weather is also going to be a significant thing at this ceremony it's going to be very very cold and there's no roof on the stadium so people have been given see them hats and blankets just to keep the. fireworks we're seeing some pretty. really beautiful this is a huge ceremony a very big event important for south korea as you were saying and a lot of people you mentioned one aspect of this that peop

but to south korea the offers and all of branch. and what is it about new year's day that makes people want to jump into really cold water we'll take a look at that and some of the other things people get up to around the world on the first of january. and it's good to have you with us reports from iran say more protests have erupted in the capital tehran police say one officer has been shot and killed and three others injured last night the country experienced its worst night of violence since the protests started last thursday at least thirteen people have now lost their lives. this footage has been provided by demonstrators people have been on the streets in various parts of iran's since thursday protesting conditions in the country and this is footage provided by iranian state t.v. which claims that protesters are violent and that some have damaged a.t.m.'s buildings and other property and also claim that some protesters tried to take over police stations and military bases. on monday iranian state t.v. showed president hassan r

all of this is crucial because south korea is the sixth largest trading partner with the us and the south koreans have not been happy about this. they have been saying they didn't want to renegotiate and that potentially this could scupper talks about north korea, which is crucial about their nuclear missiles. fingers crossed that when all this is said and done there will be an agreement between the two countries. thank you so much my colleague, sharon. in other news, china is making it easier to get work permits for foreign professionals and high school workers in a way to bridge the talent gap. ten year free geysers —— ten year free visas are being offered to sign this, maybe a nobel prize winner or two. spouses and minor children is the applicants would also gain the same visa. they can get confirmations of qualifications in five working days. we know him by many names, william and to some the greatest ever english writer. but can we add management guru to his title? a top recruitment firm is using shakespeare's plays to teach top executives key leadership lessons, including julius

it seems like the olympics event like this has started a dialogue between north korea and south korea which i have to think that dialogue even if it different produces a little bit of shouting between people is better than people shooting each other lethal tropic can. they will do you think talk to probably go because in my opinion to pretty much the same people an unlikely friendship made reality by the people in chiang games and with official opening of events just hours away people here will be hoping diplomatic relations can piggyback on the feeling of good will to make the winter olympics more than just a sporting success. but. say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. senate has passed legislation to end a government shutdown all stuff that. it midnight on the bill is now before the house of representatives if the house adopts the vegetation government offices will be able to reopen it is normal in the morning passages not certain. activists say air strikes in syria is eastern guta near the capital damascus have killed over two hu

south korea but i do not think u.s. forces will be staying here forever. these two factors should not be perceived as related to one another this is the way we see things most not sound right now our priority denuclearization. not supposed to they. don't trump on kim jong good nor building bridges to ties between washington and beijing are becoming strained could play on young somehow take advantage show they could. rices in u.s. china relations it could attempt to bargain for concessions by capitalizing on u.s. china tensions for instance south. oh you know. china has a strong influence on north korea and so does america and russia north korea is very important to us in order to resolve the issue of north korea's nuclear program we will require support from all parties including a major power such as the us china russia and japan that without the help of these nations we will not be able to secure full to nuclear and achieve peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula but i say this because i want to emphasize just ho

in south korea are quite nervous but i think the u.s. military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the full korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fab battery on south korea without. prior approval or even has and this . the knowledge came with a surprise for us with them paul we think if the battery were look at how the us refute the a the in. cleaning up environmental destruct before trucks from the military because it's close. i don't think through south korean people are happy being vulnerable or whatever but your throw perry commands you know what i mean that would be go back to running these things into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that they do us says it's there to protect their interests but actually it's not the us that is targeted the actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean it's sad stance for the terminal high altitude area defenses meanin

but i don't think most people realize when north korea and south korea communicate back and

he says north korea is trying to create divisions between the u.s. and south korea. well it's part of a larger effort to make sure that south korea and the united states are not coordinated we have to remember that for kim jong un the biggest threat is the united states being right on his borders and he wants to get rid of the united states and the only way to do that is to make sure that south korea and the united states have different priorities and different negotiation outcomes that they seek different negotiation outcomes it would be difficult for south korea to ignore something like this and they have been ignored in the past when north korea has approached them about family reunions or joint industrial projects those are things that have been going on in the past and they've negotiated that on a bilateral level so south korea will be very difficult i know they've they passed the deadline it will be very difficult for south korea to turn away north korea when it when it is a a friendly just at least on paper it's clear that north korea is has a strategy here be

summit, and the various agreements with south korea. and i think the trajectory right now is still of a notion that there is progress on those issues, but with human rights and other issues being sidelined. so i think on mileposts, i'm not sure that we are going to see issues like this. i think the, if anything, japan still, you know, is raising the human rights issue, as greg has pointed out, as has australia. and i think that's where the pressure still has to be coming from the outside on those things. i would also highlight the fact that maximum pressure, which included sec toral sanctions on things like coal and fisheries and textiles, would seem pretty benign on the surface, but they require forced labor, labor from the prison camps, and those things are, those are fungible profits that can be diverted and have been diverted to regime priorities on the nuclear weapons program. and we'll see how much of that maximum pressure on those sectoral sanctions, and implementing those sanctions are going to be implemented and strengthened ov

decent relationship with south korea that is to say that the north korea misses the days when south korea used to give assistance and aid and subsidies and stuff like that it was known as the sunshine policy which was continue which was begun under previous liberal presidents and the stop hope of north korea the current liberal president of south korea bring that back so i think the north koreans are entirely content to have the relationship they have with the united states right now the nuclear tensions and all that obviously with donald trump that's not going to change and they'd like to find a way than to go along with some of the other players the north has done this for a long time sort of playing one off the other off the other right and so if you if the americans are giving you a hard time then you go to the south i don't really see any change what we've seen in two thousand and seventeen i am i'm genuinely concerned right i mean the more the north koreans build the more missiles the more nuclear weapons they have the more tests they do and stuff like that the more sites they

south korea where south korea i think you deserve go ahead go you deserve and yes. you deserve one. but two questions for you mr president first you mentioned earlier that you're going to talk with south korean president lee and yet you don't want to guess what you plan to discuss and i just want to tell him about the meeting very successful and he'll be very much involved in the final negotiation he's a very very fine gentleman also a friend of mine and. i look forward to speaking of he'll be very happy when he. years about i've already sent word to him about what happened i sent the document to him actually and all of the details behind the document so i'll be talking to him very shortly another question in signing a peace treaty do you hope you plan to work this out with north korea's chairman kim only or what do you think about the involvement of south korea and china as the signatory i'd like to have them involved also there's a question as to whether or not we're supposed to or whether or not we legally have to i don't care i think it would be great to have china involved and

south korea can afford it. but it wouldn't probably lead to what you might call stability. >> it's interesting because president moon is much more of a hippie than some of the predecessors who have run south korea. and he has resisted some of the military fortifications the united states has offered including the anti-missile system thaad. brian: moon is a military veteran. but he's more liberal progressive than his predecessors, and he does see value in giving a lot to the north koreans. the standard south korean position is don't give them anything because they just take it. moon believes kim jong-un is a far different guy from his dad and grandfather. he went to high school in switzerland. he speaks english when he wants to. and they sense that kim jong-un is a guy who sees the tide of social media, cultural media -- south korea is dominating asia in culture. tv, music, movies. south korean products are dominating the chinese and japanese media market. kim jong-un sees that. he says we can have a piece that.

train in south korea we won't stay in south korea." and i think the north koreans are well aware of that in the u.s. military. we may see a shift in the approach. i would watch for that very closely. i hope the trump administration and the defense department is and how itout this may respond if you see this kind of tactical shift in how the north koreans layout proposals with regards to troop presence. much.nk you very gentlemen, the meeting is adjourned. we have another program in the pipeline for april. thank you very much. [applause] >> on c-span this week in primetime tonight on a pm eastern. perspectives on gun control for the march for lives rally. wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern, former white house director of communications anthony scaramucci. job, just got the like building a condominium or just like building a golf course or developing a television show, job, i ok, i got this got to go down to the swamp, i to drain the swamp, i got to hire people that understand the swamp. i think what he is learned is that you are not going to d

my suggestion is what if north korea offered south korea the have soexpertise they that south korea wouldn't have to be afraid of north korea and that would cut the united states the deal but so what. maybe it's time for the united states to get out of everybody else's business. host: i want to give nicholas to respond.nce nicholas: obviously you're entitled to make your own and conclusions about the situation in north this country. to would certainly what you think isn't incorrect. out thatertainly point the unitedon in states is not in any way near in termsn north korea of how the people live. if you look at the economy, g.d.p., per capita, and so on. big, big differences. point that one should have -- a government should have their priorities and whether you want to spend your resources on this or that, it's ultimately a decision the administration has to make your owng care of people is one of the things that any government should do. i would just mention that the united states has very, very interest in the asia pacific and it's not realistic will just leave out a deal to hammer with th

and north korea and south korea because these two are traditional allies and now and but south korea is now being led by a more liberal president compared to his previous pretty assesses promacta the previous south korean leader it is also possible that north korea is trying to buy more time as it tries to improve its nuclear capabilities all sort of hints that speech give us as well florence when it comes to the sort of nuclear weapons plan that the leader has for going forward. that's right now kim jong un's new year's day address has been closely watched ever since he started delivering them on two thousand and thirteen as to the sort of direction in which he might take the country particularly when it comes to north korea's nuclear ambitions now and he has said that he doesn't seek war but he has reiterated that claim that north korea is now a nuclear power now he's made this claim before in november when north korea tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile and he said it again he's also called for the mass production of nuclear warheads and deployment of such

and south korea that it forces the u.s. and south korea to come to china for serious negotiations. the lesson actually, the lesson that china has drawn from these episodes, actually reinforce chinese belief and soft power and coercive power, which means it becomes another dispute of another military deployment, we are likely to see stronger and more overwhelming response from china. that is very concerning. i objectively speaking, china does have genuine disagreements about those deployments. .. . >> so look into the future. i think if interdiscriminates arise, they have chance to see down to recap this underlying technical disagreements probably not. it's better to start today to predict where are the areas where disagreements might arise. and start the accommodation now. because we do use in depth discussion to address other genuine disagreements on those technical and more neutral issues. and that's the only way, i think, to prevent the occurrence of another major discriminate and maybe even conflict. looking in the future, i think that there's even a more challenging situation.

from the north are now live in south korea and herfamily backin live in south korea and herfamily back in the north, they certainly push the issue of human rights conditions of people in the north, but it is not a major element of the summit today, or of the political agenda for the south korean government. what the south korean government. what the south korean government is looking for is a way to get rid of or to bring peace and rid this country, the south korean capital, seoul, which is a 50 kilometres from where i stand, to rid it of his ever present threat of destruction if a conflict ever broke out here. thank you very much for that. as we've been hearing, kim jong—un and moonjae—in have been holding a news conference. the north korean leader said the summit heralded "an age of peace" and the beginning of a "new history" for the peninsula. let's hear his longer statement. translation: we should have a positive meeting and positive results out of this meeting. and going forward, we should be determined and we should make use of as much time as possible and we should meet as o

military personnel based in south korea and the south korean soldiers for the rear likelihood that there could be an invasion or an attack by north korea north korea hasn't seen it that way of course they see it the military exercises as a precursor to rehearsal to attacking north korea so it seems like they will be some very tough questions for mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state who is on his way to solve due to arrive in the next few hours he will meet with president on thursday morning and also with the foreign ministers from south korea and japan and he went hey live for us and seoul wayne thank you very much now i know tangan joins us now he's a china political analyst an advisor to the chinese government on economic and development issues he joins us live from beijing einar always good to talk to you so this seemingly surprising announcement from donald trump that the war games as he call them military exercises let's be correct were going to cease how did that play out in china. well china is delighted i mean the dual track suspension is what they have been saying all along

and of course south korea has limited sovereignty because u.s. troops thirty thousand of them are still there so we see an unprecedented break away from the south korean government trying to assert sovereignty and say to this to the northern people to the people their brothers and sisters in the north let's have peace let's have negotiations let's have a joint team that's alarming to trump into the military industrial complex but very welcomed by all the people in the world i'm just wondering what is the next move for north korea if you've got the u.s. saying look north korea you need to take a more sort of gentle approach to your relations with the rest of the world and they have this seemingly positive gesture by unifying for an olympic team with south korea and they're still getting this aggressive rhetoric what do do they. right the united states doesn't want north korea to be reaching out and speaking in a way that would build peace and promote unity between the two koreas because as the new york times on the other corporate owned mainstream