korea and south korea it was signed between north korea and the u.s. and its allies again complicated because they call themselves the u.n. command these days they have nothing to do with the u.n. the u.n. doesn't supervise what they do but back in one thousand nine hundred fifty the u.n. russia was boycotting the u.n. china was a member of the u.n. and so when the korean war happened the u.s. and its allies took up the u.n. flag in this war and still the u.n. flag flies there although the u.n. in new york have no control over this military operation which is basically a u.s. run operation with the south koreans and their allies still worth noting the u.s. has twenty eight thousand troops still stationed in this country ok and james we're going to bring somebody else into the conversation now someone who is speaking with us a while ago from seoul carl freight often a fellow at the chicago council on global affairs and a scholar at the korea foundation man scale foundation so. have you been able to take and some of these pictures as we were as we've bee

korea and south korea and also between north korea united states. basically north korea requires u.s. and south korea to provide sufficient a security guarantee in order for north to consider denuclearization however as we all know security guarantee is better definition reversible is basically a political commitment to not threaten the other side but these commitments can be withdrawn any time so it's very difficult for most clear to trust to this security guarantee and therefore as we all saw in north korea no longer demanding the u.s. and south korea to provide the science community guarantee in the longer required the u.s. to withdraw its troops from south korea i think that's a signal to north korea also no longer think about completely gave up its nuclear weapons so for the forseeable future i think north korea will likely. continue to keep some nuclear capabilities in the meantime to might agree to make some concessions for example the north korean leader kim jong un has already made explicit the high level political commitment to to where th

but talks with north korea well tell me what you learned about north korea growing up my parents were very sympathetic to north korea and they thought they were very well national police think then my peers so when i found my peers my friends or. thinking they're going to make it to be about north korea i think myspace you something also pricing to know. would you say that that chasm in terms of attitude still exists today of course when you look at the survey . when you contrast between the opinion of the. employees in twenty's as opposed to those in thirty's and forty's you find that lots of young people are more conservative conservative than. old scene stories and forty's because we had more experience with those korean provocation stand talks in dialogues in north korea and i think it still has became packed in the perspectives would you say that at times you felt afraid for your loved ones your friends or the country to south koreans were so used to meter strength of north korea that they don't feel insecure about their security situations when north korea launches. japanese peo

both sides north korea has talked about denuclearization south korea has talked about the north need to denuclearize and the united states has talked about the north need to denuclearize when each of those three players talks about denuclearization are they talking about the same thing i'm afraid not and i think that all the braid talks happening at the moment between the secret services from north korea and the u.s. and also in various generals into korean relations they were. we'll have to sort these differences out so when north korea talks about denuclearization what does it mean they don't talk about giving and getting rid of all the nuclear weapons necessary maybe to keep small stockpile of nuclear weapons for symbolic reasons as well but also for a kind of security insurance for themselves because ultimately for the north koreans this is a matter of national survival so they will not give up this brokerages this is what i thought i couldn't understand about this what why would north korea give up its biggest bargaining chip that the chip that has brought the world to the table

korea but north korea's only gotten the ability to strike the u.s. in the last six months or a year i think it's still a little bit too fresh there probably be a real push to get denuclearization from the north koreans in the summits that probably won't happen and then in a couple years maybe we'll be back to the part we say get them to the n.p.t. . to get your thoughts as always that's robert kelly joining us live thank you. thank you for having me. let's move on to other news now and palestine's ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force against protesters for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy were killed by israeli gunfire and another day of demonstrations on gaza's border they have been funerals for the latest casualties thirty five people have died in four weeks of protests calling for palestinians a right to return to ancestral lands from gaza burnet smith reports. they've become a feature of the weekly palestinian confrontations with israel's military this friday the wind

would mount a preemptive attack on north korea's nuclear facilities because north korea is holding seoul hostage with conventional weapons and there is no sure way of ensuring that north korea's nuclear weapon capability could be wiped out in a preemptive attack and millions of cars and hundreds of thousands of south koreans would be killed in a retaliatory non-nuclear non nuclear attack nevertheless the nuclear to tell it card has really what hasn't hit because we've it's brought kim to the chinese the south korean and by ends among the u.s. tables. yes so in that sense the kim jong un has been very clever and successful by continuing ballistic missile tests and nuclear weapon tests despite the crippling international sanctions he announced after the last test in september after he announced their thermonuclear device had been tested that the nuclear weapon development program was complete and he made the similar of announcement after the long range missile test that potentially could reach the united states that the missile program was complete and then he proceeded to make these overt

if north korea takes the right path under the japan-north korea pyongyang declaration, there could be a possible path to settle the unfortunate past and to normalize diplomatic relationship. for that to happen, a comprehensive resolution of multiple concerns -- including abduction, nuclear, and missile -- will be the fundamental precondition. through the upcoming historic u.s.-north korea summit, we certainly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. the japan-u.s. alliance is not just limited to the sphere of security, but it also contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world, as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo-pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make that happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s. -- including energy, aircraft, amongst others -- have already been increasing significantly. further, following the bold tax reform by pr

there is trade, north korea, china. take us through some of the things you think will emerge from this meeting. >> the first thing is solidarity. prime minister abe is a friend of trump's. this is renewal of the alliance. the moving parts obviously abe is looking for some sort of help when president trump meets chairman kim with his abducted citizens. it will help him a lot with his low approval ratings get boosted. there has been some comments by the president himself about the high tariffs on american cars. there are many, many issues in the japanese trade. third thing is the specific idea released yesterday that there ought to be a peace treaty. the president says this process has his blessing. this is something that goes back to 1953. it adds to the idea president trump's visit could be an historic occasion for the presidency. we may see the same kind of visuals if the trip goes t goesh korea. so in are many pieces at work here. charles: a major piece of of news. the visit by mike pompeo to north korea, his personal

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious person of the us from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and uclear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well the pledge to stop missile testing comes after a busy year of launches by north korea and twenty seven thousand there were twenty three in total last september north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan its right distance was thirty seven hundred kilometers which put the u.s. territory of guam under threat a few days later speaking at the u.n. the u.s. president called kim jong un a rocket man on a suicide mission and he warned the u.s. may have

everybody assumed it was from north korea. it's credible right because the capabilities of north korea have advanced very rapidly when my husband said call me and my me now have the kids were safe he ended up finding a culvert in the middle of the field and they went under the desk and then he called me he said you have ten minutes to get here so the assumption was i needed to get in the car and drive to him. and i was really have a tent what if what if i'm stuck in traffic whatever it happens before we think it's going to happen when we survive it all this is not a drill you know if we did get hit with a nuclear missile and i think i finally called them back and said i don't think i should go which was heart wrenching right i couldn't see that. i just couldn't see myself getting there in time. when you talk to girls when the sun comes that you should go to talk to your kids. or i didn't yeah it was hard yeah. i didn't know if the under so was happening so i didn't want to scare them how long before you realized it was all rea

it is pretty clear that north korea is here because it wa nts that north korea is here because it wants that summit, the leader wants to be treated as a serious leader on the international stage, a leader of a nuclear state, presumably he wants sanctions. the feeling that his regime is free from being overthrown by force, yet surely north korea has no intention of giving up the weapons it has worked for decades to acquire. it is essentially threatened itself into this position. it has given up nothing. they have given up some things for this to happen. why would they give up this to happen. why would they give up these weapons? that is up for discussion. look at what north korea needs today, and i was pleased to see one of the earlier commentators talk about is not forget the north korean people who have long suffered under this series of regimes in north korea. what north korea needs is economic development. it only great ally, china, can develop or the needs and they will try a nudge this country or what. the reality is that china, for all of its own talk about wanting change in north

we used to always say that our north korea policy doesn't start with north korea, it starts with our allies and the allies have to be in court nation and agree on a common front ideally as well as china. i think that is an important thing as we think about going forward to this u.s. north korea summit, a summit in and of itself is not a strategy. a summit without a strategy is very dangerous. for that reason, it is important for the united states, the allies him a south korea, japan, as well as china, to coordinate at -- on what we are looking at in terms of what we seek from the north koreans at this meeting and also the difficult question -- perhaps a harder question of what we are willing --give in order to get the get what we want from the north koreans. i don't think there is any disagreement about what we want from north korea. the hard part to coordinate isng allies and with china what we are going to be willing to get that from the north. ellen: did you feel there were trade-offs between a military -- more broadly about the region versus the use of the military as one of the

but you still have family in north korea. and the last time we spoke, you told me you were even pleased to have seen them on cnn denouncing you, calling you a scumbag, a rotten scoundrel. and you were pleased because you said at least that was proof of life. >> yes. >> do you have any news from them? >> after that cnn report, i haven't heard anything about my siblings or relatives. but i really do hope that they just go on their normal life. and i really do not want them to be punished because of me. >> i wonder what you make of the fact that president trump has been quite heated in his rhetoric about north korea, but kim has been very, very heated in his rhetoric as well about the united states and about his ability to threaten all of the united states. do you think they both view each other as slightly unpredictable and neither of them kind of knows what the other one's going to do? >> those rhetorics made by kim jong-un is actually -- was not the real ones. because kim jong-un knows very well that he cannot actually attack

and north korea. specifically about the location and timing because over the weekend, several news reported kim jong-un delivered his message he is willing to discuss denuclearization. but there is no report on where or even when. we just know that it could be the end of may. some say it is because kim jong-un invites trump, so young pyeongyang should be the location for the summit. but there could be a third country. ellen: what is your question? >> i want to know where the speakers should think the location should be, and also i believe it would take some time to tighten security, so once the location is confirmed, how long will it take to specify or finalize the date? ellen: thank you. admiral mullen: we actually know where it is, but we are not going to tell you. [laughter] admiral mullen: nobody has any idea where it is going to be. i cannot imagine the u.s. president would go to north korea, i cannot imagine that, but aside from that we have no idea. yes, every minute of a summit is choreographe

you were talking about mike pompeo and north korea. stories out today in the "wall street journal" talking about how the president is going to make -- not going to make the same mistake other administrations have made in the past. north korea is not going to get anything until they, for the most part, really start down the path of pulling the plug on their nukes, right? >> look. that's certainly the focus of this conversation. hats to be denuclearization. that's the ultimate goal. we have been very clear about this from the beginning, this president as well as every member of the administration has made clear that that is the goal of any conversation is denuclearization. and until then, we are going to continue the maximum pressure campaign on north korea. brian: it was very interesting in today's "new york times" china hab dealt out of this. so far, is there a sense that china is not playing a role? and if so, is that good or bad news? >> china has played a big role in this process. they have been a good partner with the united states

north korea to make further new care concessions and north korea was very smart can join north korea adopted a very smart strategy can join came to beijing and did met with chinese president xi jinping before he met with the president to mourn and to me to present later because north. korea china relations has been greatly improved as a result of the beydoun some age now source korea has china's support and even if the summit meeting with president failed i don't think the u.s. would be able to resolve to the military option china would be strongly opposed to that russia would strongly oppose and south korea would also strongly oppose so under those circumstances i do think military option is real is really realistic and also even if the u.s. wants to greatly step up the economic punishment on north korea without chinese support without chinese full cooperation and if north korea is smart enough to refrain from further i.c.b.m. a nuclear test there is no way that there will be another u.n. security council resolution imposing additional sanctions on north korea other words the messma

we look forward to it, it would be tremendous for north korea in the world. we will be doing everything possible to make that a worldwide success. for the entire world. we hope to see the day when the korean peninsula can live together in safety, prosperity, and peace. this is the destiny of the korean people. who deserve, and have gone through so much over the years. we hope it all works out, and will be trying very hard. i want to thank prime minister abe for his insight and support over this past year as we've pursued the dream of a peaceful, nuclear fee -- free career. -- korea. thank you prime minister shinzo abe for working with us on this together. your support has been critical to bring us to this critical moment in time. it's a historic moment, and possibly beyond that it works out properly. our discussions reaffirm the close cooperation between the united states and japan. we will not repeat the mistakes of previous administrations. our campaign of maximum pressure will continue until north korea d nuclear rises. we have great respect for many aspec

and this was what shinzo abe had to say about north korea. translation: the situation surrounding north korea, due to the decisive decision by president trump on the first ever us—north korea summit, is at a historic turning point. the past mistakes should never be repeated. on this point, president trump and i were in full agreement. the bbc‘s barbara plett—usher is in florida, where the meeting between the two men took place. i think what we saw there on the issue of north korea, these two allies very much in lockstep, which would have been a relief for shinzo abe. i think he got quite a strong statement from president trump that the united states was committed to japan's defence, that the americans would not release or ease their sanctions or provide any concessions to north korea until there were concrete results from talks. these are things that shinzo abe wanted to nail down, and i think he got them. and otherwise, in terms of north korea, you saw quite an effusive and prolonged statement by mr trump about the abduction of the jap

president monday and on friday south korea welcomed the announcement calling north korea's decision meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the president's office said it will contribute to creating a positive environment for the success of the upcoming intercourse rian and u.s. north korea summits china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious. it's never thought of north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it pledged to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it kathy novak al jazeera soul. well let's check in on the reaction in washington with alan fischer so this decision by pyongyang certainly sets a positive tone ahead of that much anticipated trump him meeting alan but the hard part is still ahead. well there's two w

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south korea, china and the united states and of course north korea. i don't think anybody should not be given credit. the key thing is i think is to look at the motivations of each of those particular administrations and they all have if you like varying interests. may be contradictory interests. the key thing north korea will be looking for is guarantees about regime security in the end and i'm not sure how much they will be reassured by anything that the united states may do. in the end china is worried about the fact that north korea's provocations were leading to a sort of really high levels of militarization of the northeast asia. and that was worrying to the chinese and they were putting pressure on north korea, too. president trump obviously was putting pressure on all parties including china as declared russia and china revisionist powers. russia is worried about the north korean situation, too, because a sort of a pro american/korean peninsula has borders with both china and russia. i think there are some big road blocks and there are too man

of incentive for north korea. came back to the table on its own terms as well. in a position of more strength. and at the debt ——a position where it feels it has more strategic parity with the big powers in order to have more balanced negotiations. jenny, it's all good and well that we are seeing some rapid progress and probably going to see some smiles and handshakes today. that's not to say that the aren't unresolved issues. north korea is accused of some serious human rights abuse and some critics of the summit have been saying that moonjae—in should bring the issue up moonjae—in should bring the issue up during the summit. do you think he will and will they talk about it? it probably will to some degree. just as president trump will to some degree. i think you do... with the issue... inaudible. inaudible. we seem issue... inaudible. inaudible. we seem to be having a bit of an audio problem. jenny town, managing editor of the north korean website 38 north, joining a slide from washington. i can bring in

her head south korea was at parity with north korea there's just no wrong good case north korea has an opportunity there were twenty five million people there through the sizable population and the population who'd be engaged as a labor force and it was like textiles for example getting opportunities which are currently in place in some of the country sections of my m.r. so potentially there is an opportunity for south korean capital to merge with relatively inexpensive. and combine in certain areas or will cost manufacturing not just with products opportunity here to mcafee in hong kong thanks for being with us pleasure. still to come on counting the cost the question of copyright why artists in south sudan are struggling to benefit from their work. for first thousands of survivors of a massive earthquake in the poor three years ago are still living in makeshift shelters they say the government has not lived up to its promise to provide them with permanent homes so being a fresh the reports. it's. from the air basket this looks like any other but all these huts have flimsy walls made

if north korea advances in the .ight direction if north korea takes the right there could be a possible normalize the medic relationships. -- diplomaticppen relationships. to the upcoming historic u.s.-north korea summit, we strongly hope for a breakthrough in the situation. alliance is not just limited to security, but also contributes to peace and prosperity of the world as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market and that in the pacific region. i have spent time with president trump to discuss ways to make that happen in a candid manner. first, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft, among others, have also been increasing significantly. further, following the tax reform from president trump, japanese companies investments in the u.s. have been gaining momentum, which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributing to the expansion of exports from the u.s.. in order to benefit both japan and

korea agrees to disarm of course that means dennis is willingness to converse with north korea flies in the face of the u.s. as foreign policy no wonder the white house is keen to distance itself from his efforts. mr rodman is on a private trip. and our view. about north korea and its failure to meet its obligations have not changed in our view about kenneth bae not change i guess kenneth bae an evangelical christian who was arrested in two thousand and twelve while leading into a group through north korea he was later charged with planning to overthrow the government and sentenced to fifteen years hard labor it's yet another cause of friction and dennis finds himself under pressure as a personal friend of kim jong un's to help push for by his release and then as if that wasn't enough for dennis to contend with just one day before he's due to fly out this happens. despicable human scum worse than a dog that's how north korean state media described the once powerful uncle uncle north korean leader kim jong un has been executed for trying to overthrow the government reports from north

-north korea summit. we strongly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. >> translator: the japan u.s. alliance contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make it happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft amongst others have already been increasing significantly. further, following the tax reform by president trump, japanese countries investments in the u.s. are being, gaining momentum which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributed to the expansion of the exports from the u.s. in order to benefit both japan and the u.s., we will further expand trade and investment between the two countries. building upon that foundation, we will a

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious a lot of north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it pledged to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it kathy novak al jazeera sole let's get more on this now we are joined by c. will call managing editor of korea exposé that's a news magazine and he's joining us live from the south korean capital very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so how optimistic a year about this moment an end to korean relations and that it might lead to denuclearize ation and better relations between the north and south. well i have to say on one and then surprised at this is no one is actually coming today because many p

the first ever us—north korea summit, is at a historical turning point. the past mistakes should never be repeated. on this point, president trump and i were in full agreement. the bbc‘s barbara plett—usher is in florida near the president's mar—a lago resort where the talks were held. i think what we saw there on the issue of north korea, these two allies very much in lockstep, which would have been a relief for shinzo abe. i think he got quite a strong statement from president trump that the united states was committed to japan's defence, that the americans would not release or ease their sanctions or provide any concessions to north korea until there were concrete results from talks. these are things that shinzo abe wanted to nail down, and i think he got them. and otherwise, in terms of north korea, you saw quite an effusive and prolonged statement by mr trump about the abduction of the japanese citizens, that he would really raise this in the summit, and he spoke about it at some length. so again, that was for mr abe's benefit, because, of cour

mean when compared to the interpretation in the united states or in south korea north korea for example might want it to can include the complete removal of u.s. troops from the korean peninsula but president moon has said he does not believe there is a difference in the definition he told the group that north korea has expressed a willingness to completely denuclearize and he said that it has not proposed any conditions that the u.s. would find it difficult to accept but he did seem to play down any hopes of major concrete agreements being reached at the summit next week instead seeming to suggest it may be the first step in a bigger process fighters in the rebel held area near syria's capital of agree to lay down arms in a evacuation deal brokered by russia members of the group known as the army of islam and demand will begin leaving in the coming days but to the north groups in kalamunda are still holding out despite government strikes they've been given a deadline for the next twenty four hours to surrender or face attack i still fighters in a pocket near the capital have also been

north korea, the sense or the tone was that north korea was a much more desperate country. it did not have nuclear weapons at that time. that really is the key. it is why many people believe that north korea, kim jong—un, has the confidence now to wa nt to jong—un, has the confidence now to want to engage with other leaders in direct talks, because he feels his country has reached a certain level. back then in those previous summits i think it was felt, really, that north korea was a regional problem to be dealt with but it did not pose the same international threat that it could pose now. i think that is why the tenor of this has changed, the stakes are much, much higher. they are in a global sense. i wonder for kim jong—un, who we often look at, we do not know that much about north korea, it structures and the political make—up, we see a man sitting atop a nation, who bestrides it as almost a regal figure, but presumably he will have plenty of political challenges, there is a political challenges, there is a political risk in him making that move? it is very, very

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for decades here that if the united states were to attack north korea that north korea's first response would be to attack seoul the capital here with conventional artillery it wouldn't even really need the nuclear weapons that it keeps testing so as we see this shift now this hit to a more peaceful atmosphere i think broadly the south korean population welcomes it but it must be said as well there were protests here in south korea today there remain people who did not want to see this picture of and meeting with each other people who are skeptical that kim jong un cannot be trusted that these kinds of summits the rare have happened before and then after a declaration was signed north korea pressed ahead with its nuclear and missile tests. but for now kathy the progress that we have seen so far how much of it is viewed at least in south korea or elsewhere as being down to the new president and his very different approach to this crisis to that of his predecessors a more diplomatic patient approach. i think there are a lot of factors that led up to this but certainly does deserve credit

north korea. -- applied north korea. eight months ago saying must denuclearize, say they're going to denuclearize. you see this all over. and all of a sudden they said they're going to denuclearize and headline is, u.s. wary of north korea saying they're going to denenuclearize. give it a break.k. open your eyes. try to understand what is actually happening in north korea and south korea. and the fact is, the united states cannot control korea anymore. the united states has been in korea militarily since 1945. this time to end colonial-like relationship the u.s. has with south korea. amy: tim shorrock, thanks for being with us, correspondent for and the koreaon center for investigative journalism in seoul. when we come back, we look at the life and legacy of dr. james cone. ♪ [music break] amy: "feels like rain" by buddy guy. he performed last nigight along with bobby rush, about to turn 85, for the last night of bb in new york on the legendary jazz venue is closing down. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the w

the leaders of north korea and south korea smiling and laughing and embasing. -- embracing. could then just another north korea deception? >> president trump began his day with the u.s. olympic team. a segue to talk about the potential break through on north korea. >> i want to express my hope that all of the people from north korea and south korea can live in harmony, prosperity and peace. it looks like it could happen. >> but the u.s. heard talk of concessions before only to get played by north korea. meeting with angela merkel today, president trump said this time feels different. >> i don't think he is playing. it's never gone this far. i don't think it's ever had this enthusiasm for them wanting to make a deal. the united states has been played like a fiddle. you have a different kind of leader. we won't be played. okay. we will hopefully make a deal. if we don't, that's fine. >> president trump announced the list of possible locations for a summit has been narrowed down to two. the president making it clear until he sees concrete actions from kim, sanctions will remain

see north korea at the table. the president continuing tough rhetoric aimed at iran. and you see the french president trying here to broker a way forward, sean. >> sean: ed henry at the white house. we appreciate it, as always. joining us now north carolina, congressman, chairman of the house from caucus and also from caucus member florida congressman -- full disclosure -- who i want to be the next florida governor.gr mark meadows. i shared a cookie with him in a green room in washington, d.c. full disclosure. welcome, both of you, back to the program. congressman meadows, let me go back. are we really going to get six months worth of strzok-page memos? what percentage is that? >> i believe we will get them. the department of justice is working very closely with chairman gowdy and chairman goodlatte. there is a critical gap of about three critical months of the strzok-page memos that we believe will be very enlightening.-p in fact, some of that we believe will put some context to director comey's claims that he wa

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 should not be violated, they should be honored, that was the first in an ateam that was discussed between the two leaders and chairman kim jong-un raised the issue. we made several agreements in the past that they were not honored. this time we make an agreement, we wish to keep them. >> well, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us dr. moon chung-in, thank you. >> thank you, thank you very much. >>> if the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step you can only imagine the sense of possibility that many koreans may have felt as they watched kim jong-un cross into the

but afterwards, north korea changed its mind. the situationjust afterwards, north korea changed its mind. the situation just turned upside down. likewise, i think there are similar dangers now. in past summits, ithink are similar dangers now. in past summits, i think preparations were rushed. this time, deeperthought has been put into improving relations. there has been lots of planning. i have high hopes the talks will be successful. north korea seems to have made a bold move. it is quite a big change from its isolationist past. i hope the leaders will talk about reunification. i wish to return to north korea and want to meet the family of my mother. it is human instinct to cherish your home. i i miss my hometown. life was difficult, but i still miss it. my family is buried in north korea. would like to go back to pay my respects one day. i hope for a chance when people can travel freely. i have friends from the north who want to start businesses. i was lucky to come to south korea and see a bigger world. i want to tell those ba

south korea that the reports seem to indicate there's a belief at least that south korea north korea now very close to signing a peace agreement what if anything are you hearing from north korean officials on that one. certainly they are talking about that the north korean news agency is mentioning the meeting with south korean officials in fact at the demeter tris where i was recently i spoke to a spokesman for the north korean army who confirmed the meeting and showed me the spot pointed to the spot across the other side of the more cation line in south korea where the president of south korea will beat supreme leader kim but what they actually going to agree on that is not clear and we know that. between the two starts. the possibilities for summits and i can tell you in the process being stumped up between the south koreans and the u.s. but the u.s. a little concerned the south koreans will not mentioning some of the issues the u.s. is most concerned about not just the nuclear program but those intercontinental ballistic missiles that could potentially reach a very long way costl

north korea. i would have thought it was a kidnapping attempt. but it was a symbolic step into north korea for president moon to step into north korea. moon invited kim into south korea. kennedy: both leaders have been in beth countries as a way of symbolizing the two can become one. this is a much bigger victory for president trump and the united states, notably absent in all of these discussions, china. >> china and russia as well are getting the cold shoulder from north korea. china's number one foreign policy goal is not to dominate the south china sea it's to prevent a unified korea. they do not want to see a unified korea. kim jong-un knows that and president moon knows that. 20 years down the road there won't and single korea. the idea of north korea suffering for 15 years just to give up nuclear weapons when there is nothing in it for them. now that they have nose weapons they are not giving them up. even if the united states does what trump will probably do, which is assure them for the w

north korea will move into this direction. in terms of the economy. u.s. and japan will lead the economic growth in the in the pacific region and we would look at free and fair trade we've been able to have candid discussions with president trop in this area first of all. we must strengthen the ties between the two countries in terms of economy. there is an increase in terms of energy and aircraft export from the us. and also. with the. tax reforms there has been some increase in investments. and this has been. shown to result in the growth spurt of the economy. and we would like to support this the further growth and based on this foundation. we would like to look and drive the economic growth of the indo pacific regions and we have many countries have committed to going into discussions about trade. in that region for a fair and free trade. and we had to survey that there will be some fruitful discussion between ambassador. and the minister of state for economy fiscal policy mr bogey we have been. able to enjoy the time that we spent here in a relaxed at