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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 our nu
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...
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lies with north korea. only by abandoning its current path can north korea achieve the stability it desires and a prosperous future for its people. on behalf of the united states i look forward to sharing ideas today with our allies and partners to strengthen the max much pressure campaign and provide a pathway to security for all of our people as a result. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you for bringing visual aids even. we really appreciate that. thank you very much for co-hosting this and all the work you're doing. next, we're going to hear from minister taro kono of japan. japan is very directly implicated. we're honored that you're here with us today. >> madame chairperson, mr. chairperson, honorable ministers, distinguished delegates. let me begin by expressing my a once again to foreign minister freeland and secretary tillerson for their untiring efforts to gather all of us at today's meeting. i am also grateful for their generosity to allow me to speak following their remarks. as we have a
lies with north korea. only by abandoning its current path can north korea achieve the stability it desires and a prosperous future for its people. on behalf of the united states i look forward to sharing ideas today with our allies and partners to strengthen the max much pressure campaign and provide a pathway to security for all of our people as a result. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you for bringing visual aids even. we really appreciate that. thank you very much for...
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by north korea against the republic of south korea. and the capital city, seoul, is just about on the front lines. so south korean views have a presumptive value. second, political trends in south korea are important here as well. we had conservative presidents for nine years up until last year. now we have a progressive president. and his ideas towards north korea, relatively speaking, are more conciliatory and more in favor of engagement than those of his predecessors. so that raises the question whether public attitudes have moved as well. i'm going to draw on two recent polls. one is by gallup korea in september of last year and the other is by genron npo. thank you, kudosahn, for doing july.oll last the two polls didn't ask the same questions. but that's ok. first question, how much does north korea pose a threat to peace and security particularly after the last nuclear test? people in south korea, 76% say it is a threat of some degree. only 20% said it is not much of a threat. there are no illusions in south korea about the dange
by north korea against the republic of south korea. and the capital city, seoul, is just about on the front lines. so south korean views have a presumptive value. second, political trends in south korea are important here as well. we had conservative presidents for nine years up until last year. now we have a progressive president. and his ideas towards north korea, relatively speaking, are more conciliatory and more in favor of engagement than those of his predecessors. so that raises the...
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north korea and south korea are talking. this border hotline has been set up between the two koreas. it is now open. kim jong-un is opening the line of communication and hoping to send a delegation to the olympics next month. >> the question that comes out of that is whether or not the president helped or hurt that situation with his most recent tweets and his most recent response to the unstable leader that gave a message that he that he has a nuclear button on his desk and ready to use. and president trump said his is bigger, more powerful and his works. >> they are raising questions about where his head is, whether he's focused in the right way or at all. let's go to paula hancocks live in seoul on the diplomatic breakthrough. years in the making, paula. >> reporter: chris, this is significant, the fact that the first phone call on the hotline was made for a couple years. it was closed back in february 2016. the phone call to start with came from north korea to south korea. this is at the dmz, demille tearized zone betwee
north korea and south korea are talking. this border hotline has been set up between the two koreas. it is now open. kim jong-un is opening the line of communication and hoping to send a delegation to the olympics next month. >> the question that comes out of that is whether or not the president helped or hurt that situation with his most recent tweets and his most recent response to the unstable leader that gave a message that he that he has a nuclear button on his desk and ready to use....
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korea relations >> i think the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this idea was never supposed to be permanent. the division became permanent, and it is no doubt whose idea it was originally. the reason this matters so much as the koreans have never seen , oneelves as one people race. they would very much like to be reunified. this matters because in many ways, koreans hold the u.s. responsible for that decision. there is a latent stream of anti-americanism running through korean society that does not always manifest itself. >> the perplexing thing about them seeing themselves as one nation, is they have two very different governing systems. how is that rectified? if you look at the situation and deprivation of people have an north korea versus the south, how does that all fit? >> it all fits by looking backwards. the korea fund takei -- the koreans like to claim that they have 7000 years of history. but is simply not true, they do have a very long history as one united people. has been a fairly recent development in the last 50 years.
korea relations >> i think the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this idea was never supposed to be permanent. the division became permanent, and it is no doubt whose idea it was originally. the reason this matters so much as the koreans have never seen , oneelves as one people race. they would very much like to be reunified. this matters because in many ways, koreans hold the u.s. responsible for that decision. there is a latent...
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these things just doesn't happen in north korea. that is why it has lasted for this long, i think, because in spite of a lot of its problems, economic problems, human rights, food problems, it has lasted this long. that is because no one within the system is capable of changing it. mr. snyder: there are potential forces for change going on inside north korea. when you talk about marketization information flows. it is maybe post-totalitarian, but we are obviously not at a place where there is organized opposition. how long do you think it will take for us to see the evolution of politics in north korea where it is possible for dissent to be discussed? mr. cha: it is a good question. as political scientists, we are supposed to be able to determine when these things are supposed to happen, when you reach a critical tipping point, but i don't think we can. i don't think we can say with any degree of accuracy what the tipping point in terms of when society is ready to act up rather than simply be -- follow the rules of the current politi
these things just doesn't happen in north korea. that is why it has lasted for this long, i think, because in spite of a lot of its problems, economic problems, human rights, food problems, it has lasted this long. that is because no one within the system is capable of changing it. mr. snyder: there are potential forces for change going on inside north korea. when you talk about marketization information flows. it is maybe post-totalitarian, but we are obviously not at a place where there is...
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after he consolidated power in north korea. he ruled north korea until the early 90's, at which point his son kim jong-il took over and then with his death i believe in -- with his death in the early teens, kim jong-un, his grandson, took over. >> when you're watching news reports and other ways you get information on kim jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with his predecessors, his father and grandfather? >> it is a bit hard to tell. it is still a bit early. it is difficult to credit a lot of the news reports that come out of north korea. it is opaque, what goes on. there are tales of extreme violence which may or may not be true. it is true that he has definitely purged some of the holdover leadership from his father's regime, including his uncle. it seems unlikely that his style of leadership is going to end up in results that are all that different from what his father and grandfather pursued. >> what should the american public know about the everyday korean's life and how it has changed in the years sin
after he consolidated power in north korea. he ruled north korea until the early 90's, at which point his son kim jong-il took over and then with his death i believe in -- with his death in the early teens, kim jong-un, his grandson, took over. >> when you're watching news reports and other ways you get information on kim jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with his predecessors, his father and grandfather? >> it is a bit hard to tell. it is still a bit early. it...
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against the republic of korea -- south korea. it is just about on the front lines. south korean views have a presumptive value. koreacal trends in south are important here as well. we had conservative presidents for nine years up until last year. now we have a progressive president. his ideas towards north korea relatively speaking are more conciliatory and more in favor of engagement than those of his predecessors. whetherses the question public attitudes have moved as well. i'm going to draw on two recent polls. one is by gallup korea in september of last year and the other is by general on -- is by genron. the two posted and asked the same questions. first question, how much does north korea pose a threat to peace and security? , 76% say south korea it is a threat of some degree. 20% said it is not much of a threat. there are no illusions in south korea about the danger that their country faces from their northern cousins. doond question, how likely you think that north korea will actually start a war? koreans said it was a po
against the republic of korea -- south korea. it is just about on the front lines. south korean views have a presumptive value. koreacal trends in south are important here as well. we had conservative presidents for nine years up until last year. now we have a progressive president. his ideas towards north korea relatively speaking are more conciliatory and more in favor of engagement than those of his predecessors. whetherses the question public attitudes have moved as well. i'm going to draw...
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in korea, it is too hard. such a war would cause at a bare minimum, many of hundreds of thousands of fatalities on the korean peninsula. they are low estimates for today because one hiroshima size bomb over a city of seoul has been estimated to cost 200,000 to 400,000 prompt fatalities. that is one nuclear weapon and north korea has several. tokyo, a little better chance given the distances and some of the systems we have the floyd -- we have deployed in the region. i want underscore, all-out war looks very bad. i'm going to talk about four more attempts at military force. there is the huge uncertainty as to whether they might. one option that was articulated a dozen years ago by two democratic secretaries of defense is to shoot down any future icbm test launch on the grounds that doing so would deprive north korea the ability to get data and develop technology of long-range missile strikes. icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile, this is what they have een trying to develop. they launched three such missile
in korea, it is too hard. such a war would cause at a bare minimum, many of hundreds of thousands of fatalities on the korean peninsula. they are low estimates for today because one hiroshima size bomb over a city of seoul has been estimated to cost 200,000 to 400,000 prompt fatalities. that is one nuclear weapon and north korea has several. tokyo, a little better chance given the distances and some of the systems we have the floyd -- we have deployed in the region. i want underscore, all-out...
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public of korea and the united states seems to be quite different over the korea government the push you to track strategy both talking with others korea. but the united states state government state the maximizing pressure and that thanks so i want to know why is. it that the princes all published it in korea and the united state of those korea have and what direction do you think we should go to the whole world to the peace and stability of the korean peninsula and i also have a question to the minister of the parent i also want to know what to me what we need to develop into a dire robe about big into the debate on peace and did you korea did you career in the picture. well with respect to any differences or any daylight between the approach of the united states and the republic of korea there is none i think foreign minister kang on multiple occasions in our discussions today reiterated the strong alignment with the international communities approach of the maximum pressure campaign and indeed the republic of korea has gone beyond the un security council resolutions and has as in
public of korea and the united states seems to be quite different over the korea government the push you to track strategy both talking with others korea. but the united states state government state the maximizing pressure and that thanks so i want to know why is. it that the princes all published it in korea and the united state of those korea have and what direction do you think we should go to the whole world to the peace and stability of the korean peninsula and i also have a question to...
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there is a concern in north korea. there is a concern in north korea. there is a concern in north korea about what the sanctions might have. do you think the north might have. do you think the north might be open to wider talks?” think the ground work is being set right now. it's still all the work to be done. the core strategic return and now the core strategic concerns of the united states and south korea are really going to be difficult to bridge. hopefully they can drag washington, dc. but it's going to be a long and difficult road indeed. an awful lot of people suffering in north korea. what are the chances that more engagement is going to talk about will benefit ordinary north koreans? they certainly would in the long run. really, its options for economic engagement are limited given how robust the regime is. it would be ha rd to have robust the regime is. it would be hard to have an issue where sanctions are not violated. he would have this domestic constituency to worry about. in the long run, the two countries should be co—operating. this h
there is a concern in north korea. there is a concern in north korea. there is a concern in north korea about what the sanctions might have. do you think the north might have. do you think the north might be open to wider talks?” think the ground work is being set right now. it's still all the work to be done. the core strategic return and now the core strategic concerns of the united states and south korea are really going to be difficult to bridge. hopefully they can drag washington, dc....
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and south korea. talk about that a little bit. what does it mean? guest: this all grew out of a speech that kim jong-un, the north korean leader, gave to commemorate the new year, in which he trumpeted his accomplishments, as he said, establishing north korea as a nuclear state, but also calling koreaproved ties to south , in part calling for enhanced communications with south korea, and specifically pointing to the upcoming winter olympics, which will be held in february. host: these exercises are held fairly regularly between the u.s. and south korea. whether they normally entail, and from a tactical standpoint, is there any issue or effect of delaying the? guest: the united states and south korea hold several exercises every year. some larger than others. usually in the spring, the combined exercises are usually quite large. one is a field exercise. the other is a command exercise. and it does not have any real tactical effect. what it does do is it shows that and we some flexibility, are able to h
and south korea. talk about that a little bit. what does it mean? guest: this all grew out of a speech that kim jong-un, the north korean leader, gave to commemorate the new year, in which he trumpeted his accomplishments, as he said, establishing north korea as a nuclear state, but also calling koreaproved ties to south , in part calling for enhanced communications with south korea, and specifically pointing to the upcoming winter olympics, which will be held in february. host: these exercises...
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>>> this is the north korea you know. this is the north korea you've never seen. stories you've never heard. is that a legend or did that actually happen? >> translator: our general is someone who's heaven sent to us. >> reporter: places you've never been. people with a common enemy. who do you want to fight? >> translator: we fight the sworn enemy, americans. >> reporter: unprecedented access, hidden from the world until now. come with me to the secret state inside north korea. a nation holding its nuclear sword over the u.s. and its allies, threatening to strike at anytime. a society in a constant state of readiness for war. i've reported from north korea more mothan a dozen times over the years. each time we open the door a little more. and see this country and its people in unexpected ways. just like this. yep, even in north korea kids love video games. for these 14 and 15 year olds, these aren't just games. this is practice for real life. most oaf these boys and a lot of girls will spend most of their adulthood serving in the north korean state army just like
>>> this is the north korea you know. this is the north korea you've never seen. stories you've never heard. is that a legend or did that actually happen? >> translator: our general is someone who's heaven sent to us. >> reporter: places you've never been. people with a common enemy. who do you want to fight? >> translator: we fight the sworn enemy, americans. >> reporter: unprecedented access, hidden from the world until now. come with me to the secret state...
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to korea to a third nation. this is something that we could also further discuss so that we have better protection of intelligent properties and technologies. and i'm grateful for this opportunity to be at csis for this very great conference. i think the timing is good. i think we have certain things on our plates that we could discuss together. and i believe we have many a fruitful thought from today's discussions. >> a couple of examples of success that are already out there in the t-50 and the fa-50 aircraft that are being exported and addressing comment that tommy ross made in the last panel about the u.s. and rok cooperating to promote security among other u.s. partners in southeast asia. and obviously there is the opportunity and the tx program that is there as well. and we may hear more about that in the next few months. i'd be interested in the panel's thoughts. it was referenced i think at the very beginning of the day that when president trump was in korea, there was discussion about many potential new
to korea to a third nation. this is something that we could also further discuss so that we have better protection of intelligent properties and technologies. and i'm grateful for this opportunity to be at csis for this very great conference. i think the timing is good. i think we have certain things on our plates that we could discuss together. and i believe we have many a fruitful thought from today's discussions. >> a couple of examples of success that are already out there in the t-50...
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well as generally improving into korea relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its nuclear program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement expectation. the japanese defense minister also sounded a lot of caution when. north korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance. it is new year's day speech said north korea with its nuclear weapons program and even called for the mass production of deployment of nuclear warheads and this house. from the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe the north korea is trying to finalize its technical development to to achieve operational i.c.b.m. so you know as us the cia has announced before they are talking about two or three months time in terms of finalizing the i.c.b.m. system and
well as generally improving into korea relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its nuclear program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement expectation. the japanese defense minister also sounded a lot of caution when. north korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its...
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/korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone watching the news and worrying about the state of things should know about korea and u.s./korea relations. ? >> this was never supposed to be permanent. there is no doubt whose idea that was -- the reason this matters is because the koreans see themselves as one people, one nation, and one race and would like to be reunified, especially the elder generation of koreans who still have family in the north, some of whom have not spoken in decades. this matters because in many ways koreans hold the united states responsible for that decision. there is a latent stream of anti-americanism running through korean society that does not manifest itself, but could manifest itself in a strong way under the right circumstances. >> the perplexing thing about them sing themselves as one nation's they have two different governing systems. how would that rectify itself in their minds? at the deprivation people have in north korea versus the south, how does t
/korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone watching the news and worrying about the state of things should know about korea and u.s./korea relations. ? >> this was never supposed to be permanent. there is no doubt whose idea that was -- the reason this matters is because the koreans see themselves as one people, one nation, and one race and would like to be reunified, especially the elder generation of koreans who still have family in the north, some of whom have not...
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north korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance. it is new year's day speech said north korea with its nuclear weapons program and even called for the mass production of deployment of nuclear warheads at this house. from the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe the north korea is trying to finalize its technical development to to achieve operational i.c.b.m. so you know as us the cia has announced before they are talking about two or three months time in terms of finalizing the i.c.b.m. system and it looks like this is a perfect action on their side you know to buy time. last year north korea test fired three intercontinental ballistic missiles or i.c.b.m.'s including one that it's capable of reaching the u.s. made any hope the upcoming talks really the best option for now of deescalate the crisis on the korean it's. largely al-jazeera so. there have been some diplomatic breakthrough
north korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance. it is new year's day speech said north korea with its nuclear weapons program and even called for the mass production of deployment of nuclear warheads at this house. from the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe the north korea is...
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but analysts have long been convinced that north korea is manufacturing it. >> north korea has a long- standing chemical weapons program. they've had this program for a number of decades, it's quite large, it's on a military scale, it was desned for war fighting. north korea's likely the onlytl country currin the world today that has active chemical,n biologicalnuclear weapons programs, and possibly even thet abto deploy all three. that really puts them in a league of their own, in terms of current capabilities. >> big story here, keep an eye on it. north korea firing four onllistic missiles toward the sea of japan earlyy morning. >> tonight, kim jong-un could be one step closer tohreatening america with a nuclear-tipped missile. the ballistic missiles his regime just test-fired... >> narrator: three weeks after the assassination, kim jong-un had another point to make. >> (speaking korean): >> narrator: he began the most intense period of missile testing in north korea's history. (explosions) th in the msince the assassination, kim jong-un has launched more miiles than his father laun
but analysts have long been convinced that north korea is manufacturing it. >> north korea has a long- standing chemical weapons program. they've had this program for a number of decades, it's quite large, it's on a military scale, it was desned for war fighting. north korea's likely the onlytl country currin the world today that has active chemical,n biologicalnuclear weapons programs, and possibly even thet abto deploy all three. that really puts them in a league of their own, in terms...
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and south korea. we recently spoke with a historian about the background of the relationship between the two countries and the involvement in the night states -- the involvement of the united states. this is just under 20 minutes. david is a historian at university of wisconsin madison who specializes in a timely field, u.s.-korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone who is watching the news right now worrying about the state of things should know about korea and north korea? >> the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this was never supposed to be permanent. korea would eventually unify. that did not happen. the division became permanent. much,ason this matters so the koreans see themselves as one people, one nation, one race, and would like to be reunified. especially south koreans who have family in the north. koreans hold the united states responsible for that decision. there is a latent strain of running through korean soc
and south korea. we recently spoke with a historian about the background of the relationship between the two countries and the involvement in the night states -- the involvement of the united states. this is just under 20 minutes. david is a historian at university of wisconsin madison who specializes in a timely field, u.s.-korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone who is watching the news right now worrying about the state of things should know about korea and north korea?...
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korea? i think there are two answers. the first is that you have china, right? china sits right on the border with north korea. the last thing the united states or china wants is some sort of confrontation or conflagration on the peninsula that would cause the two to butt heads. -- heads as they did in 1953. i think anytime there is serious thought given to some sort of military action, this is constantly at the top -- not even at the top, but even halfway up the escalation ladder, this is constantly a concern that every u.s. president has had to think about seriously. so i think that certainly is one of the reasons, the china factor. and the other is that the united states went into iraq or into afghanistan because it became the top foreign-policy issue on which the administration saw a final resolution. now, we can debate whether that was the right or wrong thing. many americans think it was the wrong thing. many americans think nothing was resolved there. and that is a completely differen
korea? i think there are two answers. the first is that you have china, right? china sits right on the border with north korea. the last thing the united states or china wants is some sort of confrontation or conflagration on the peninsula that would cause the two to butt heads. -- heads as they did in 1953. i think anytime there is serious thought given to some sort of military action, this is constantly at the top -- not even at the top, but even halfway up the escalation ladder, this is...
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when it comes to dealing with north korea even as the u.s. pushes a campaign of maximum pressure and sanctions while south korea continues to promote dialogue and hold another round of talks with north korea today both of the secretary of state and the south korean foreign minister have said that these policies go hand in hand but that the idea behind sanctions is to force north korea back to the negotiating table now the talks that are taking place today are around the logistics surrounding north korea's participation in the winter olympics both north and south korea will be discussing the possibility of a joint team for the women's ice hockey also the possibility of walking together in the opening ceremony they'll also be talking about details such as accommodation the size of north korea's delegation and costs south korea has to be careful when it moves to facilitate the north's participation not to violate any u.n. sanctions against north korea which are the very focus of the discussions at the meeting in vancouver and as you heard earlie
when it comes to dealing with north korea even as the u.s. pushes a campaign of maximum pressure and sanctions while south korea continues to promote dialogue and hold another round of talks with north korea today both of the secretary of state and the south korean foreign minister have said that these policies go hand in hand but that the idea behind sanctions is to force north korea back to the negotiating table now the talks that are taking place today are around the logistics surrounding...
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yes of course because the us is constantly menacing north korea constantly threatening north korea carrying out war exercises that simulate the destruction of north korea a country that was destroyed by the united states between one thousand nine hundred fifty three forty five million koreans died there wasn't one structure taller than one story still standing as a consequence of u.s. bombers in the main complaint of american pilots was there was nothing left to bomb in that war so what the u.s. annihilated north korea here we have donald trump saying he's promising to do the same from the from the podium of the u.n. just a couple months ago and now trump reflecting i think not just as own personal position but that of the military industrial complex in america fears that peace may be breaking out in the korean peninsula between the two koreans between the two koreas 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 t
yes of course because the us is constantly menacing north korea constantly threatening north korea carrying out war exercises that simulate the destruction of north korea a country that was destroyed by the united states between one thousand nine hundred fifty three forty five million koreans died there wasn't one structure taller than one story still standing as a consequence of u.s. bombers in the main complaint of american pilots was there was nothing left to bomb in that war so what the...
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south korea regarding the north's participation in the winter olympics and what south korea hopes is that this thawing relations here on the peninsula will bring about the circumstance in which there may be talks in future about denuclearization dare i kept you as you say the two koreas are meeting again today what more do we know that they'll be talking about. well a lot is around the logistics of the north's participation so there have been suggestions of the two koreas appearing together in the opening ceremony the suggestion of a joint women's ice hockey team and the other portion of discussions will be around transportation accommodation costs issues like that and one of the issues for south korea is how to help north korea participate while not violating un sanctions and also perhaps unilateral sanctions that south korea has imposed itself south korea had suggested that it may be able to go beyond the sanctions that are imposed by this country including perhaps see travel when it comes to the olympics but it will not go against any of the u.n. sanctions that have been imposed w
south korea regarding the north's participation in the winter olympics and what south korea hopes is that this thawing relations here on the peninsula will bring about the circumstance in which there may be talks in future about denuclearization dare i kept you as you say the two koreas are meeting again today what more do we know that they'll be talking about. well a lot is around the logistics of the north's participation so there have been suggestions of the two koreas appearing together in...
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a real show north korea and south korea are on the same page. we haven‘t had reaction from north korea to that but when moonjae—in, the south korean president, came out after the high—level talks, the first in two yea rs, high—level talks, the first in two years, he stood there the day afterwards and he said he credited donald trump with helping to get these new talks going. that wasn‘t received very well in south korea. north korea, sorry. there have been several articles in the state run press criticising moonjae—in for saying that and saying they won‘t ta ke saying that and saying they won‘t take kindly to anyone pouring cold water on this new phase of what they‘re calling potential reconciliation. it‘s an illustration also of just how reconciliation. it‘s an illustration also ofjust how tight reconciliation. it‘s an illustration also of just how tight the reconciliation. it‘s an illustration also ofjust how tight the path of the south korean government must tread here. they need to keep their international allies on
a real show north korea and south korea are on the same page. we haven‘t had reaction from north korea to that but when moonjae—in, the south korean president, came out after the high—level talks, the first in two yea rs, high—level talks, the first in two years, he stood there the day afterwards and he said he credited donald trump with helping to get these new talks going. that wasn‘t received very well in south korea. north korea, sorry. there have been several articles in the...
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when you look at korea and what south korea, the republic of korea has accomplished in the last 60 years, the korean people can do extraordinary things. it went from one of the most impoverished countries in the world to the 10th largest economy in the world. look at what joseph has accomplished, what koreans have accomplished. north korea is the part of korea that never had that freedom. the first half of the 20th century is old news for everybody in south korea and the united states, but in north korea, they are still stuck in that place. we have a special responsibility to fix it. when joseph first came to the united states and we took him to a grocery store, there is other things we do not think about. we took him to buy snacks. i do not know if he remembers this, that his jaws dropped when we got to the isles. .- aisles, he had his first strawberries, and to explain what it was and watch him eat it was amazing. we took him to the zoo. dinosaurs,orama of and i had so much difficulty explaining to him what a dinosaur was when there is no context. these are things that are just wasn't
when you look at korea and what south korea, the republic of korea has accomplished in the last 60 years, the korean people can do extraordinary things. it went from one of the most impoverished countries in the world to the 10th largest economy in the world. look at what joseph has accomplished, what koreans have accomplished. north korea is the part of korea that never had that freedom. the first half of the 20th century is old news for everybody in south korea and the united states, but in...
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the two koreas. he warmly shook the hand of his south korean counterpart. "the weather is cold", he said, "but despite the cold, the people's desire for improving relations is unfrozen". it's hard to overstate how dramatic and rapid this shift has been. it's only a month since north korea test—fired this huge new missile, boasting that it could hit any city in the united states. off the coast of korea, us aircraft carriers massed, their decks swarming with supersonic strike aircraft. it felt like this region was teetering on the brink of war. so is pyongyang's sudden change of heart real, orjust a tactic to avoid war with america? north korea would like to gain time in order to avoid a potential immediate retaliation by the united states against its wmd facilities and eventually re—engage in the provocation cycle so that it can threaten the united states with nuclear action. the winter olympics may be a cover for kim jong—un, a convenient excuse for him to step back from the brink. but here in
the two koreas. he warmly shook the hand of his south korean counterpart. "the weather is cold", he said, "but despite the cold, the people's desire for improving relations is unfrozen". it's hard to overstate how dramatic and rapid this shift has been. it's only a month since north korea test—fired this huge new missile, boasting that it could hit any city in the united states. off the coast of korea, us aircraft carriers massed, their decks swarming with supersonic...
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and defeating of course not korea by conventional means of course if south korea just was able to take care of that responsibility it would also find that it has a greater spirit autonomy in its political and diplomatic decision making with regard to north korea what it does depend on with regard to the u.s. is the extended to turn the strategic deterrent that has to remain in place and that needs to be credible but if we can't have a little bit more separation between within the war fighting in the aspect between south korea and the united states and south korea takes the lead on that perhaps they might also become a little bit more brave on the diplomatic front and drag america a little bit more towards more diplomatic means of tackling these situations then just purely military means another emphasis seems to be michael particularly since american public opinion research major poll that came out is that the the america. and public is reduced by a very sizable majority frowning on all these foreign adventures an interest in trapping alliances here but i mean the one of the interestin
and defeating of course not korea by conventional means of course if south korea just was able to take care of that responsibility it would also find that it has a greater spirit autonomy in its political and diplomatic decision making with regard to north korea what it does depend on with regard to the u.s. is the extended to turn the strategic deterrent that has to remain in place and that needs to be credible but if we can't have a little bit more separation between within the war fighting...
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north korea and south korea are holding their first official talks to us. taking place right now in the demilitarized zone between the two countries and here is what preceded the negotiations and the reopening of across the board a telephone line and the following day donald trump agreed to delay military drills with sold until next month. in south korea. this morning. do we know anything yet any agreements yet to come out of these talks that are in effect happening. at this moment it's all very sensitive and secretive given that you know this is the first meeting face to face meeting between the two sides in two years and it's been a heck of a year with all the saber rattling with all the missile launches the war games and you know what gives it away is where this is taking place along the most heavily militarized border in the world the most heavily mined border in the world we're getting bits and pieces coming out of a south korean news agency and various south korean news agencies but this was these talks were never supposed to be about anything other t
north korea and south korea are holding their first official talks to us. taking place right now in the demilitarized zone between the two countries and here is what preceded the negotiations and the reopening of across the board a telephone line and the following day donald trump agreed to delay military drills with sold until next month. in south korea. this morning. do we know anything yet any agreements yet to come out of these talks that are in effect happening. at this moment it's all...
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could cause north korea then to react towards south korea-- bombing seoul, artillery strikes against seoul-- which then could unleash an escalatory ladder that no one could find an exit ramp off of. and you could then devnto a war on the peninsula, which potentially could go nuclear. (marching band playi) the way that i see north korea is whatever decision is made, when they decide to test another nuclear weapon, test an icbm, it's all in service of regime survival or perpetuation okim family rule. they will not make a decision that will violate those. and that gets back to the decision to assassinate kim jong-nam. those decisions were taken because of the need for kim jong-un to perpetuate his own power. ♪ >> narrator: to this day, north korea remains adamt that the man who was kied in kuala lumpur airport was not kim jong-nam but a citizen called kim chol, who died of natural. caus few are convinced. >> it was like more sort of a i dramatic andenious than james bond film. of course, that was not completely successful. they left behind so many traces of north korean involvement. >
could cause north korea then to react towards south korea-- bombing seoul, artillery strikes against seoul-- which then could unleash an escalatory ladder that no one could find an exit ramp off of. and you could then devnto a war on the peninsula, which potentially could go nuclear. (marching band playi) the way that i see north korea is whatever decision is made, when they decide to test another nuclear weapon, test an icbm, it's all in service of regime survival or perpetuation okim family...
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and north korea. this was recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting in washington dc. >> david fields is a historian. who specializes in a very timely field of u.s. and korea relations. things the most important for anyone worrying about the state of things should know about korea and u.s. korea relations? >> i think the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this idea was never supposed to be permanent. was, they would have a joint occupation between the united states and soviet union which would result in a unified state. the division became permanent, and it is no doubt whose idea it was originally. the reason this matters so much as the koreans have never seen themselves as one people, one race. they would very much like to be reunified. especially the older generation of koreans who still have families in the north and who have not spoken for decades. this matters because in many ways, koreans hold the u.s. responsible f
and north korea. this was recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting in washington dc. >> david fields is a historian. who specializes in a very timely field of u.s. and korea relations. things the most important for anyone worrying about the state of things should know about korea and u.s. korea relations? >> i think the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this idea was never supposed to be permanent....
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we didn't relationship with south korea that is to say that the north korea misses the days when south korea used to give it assistance and aid and subsidies and stuff like that this was known as the sunshine policy which was continued which was begun under previous liberal presidents and the sop open 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 nukes and the tension 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 look at the americans are giving you a hard time when you go to the south i don't really see any change what we see 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 si
we didn't relationship with south korea that is to say that the north korea misses the days when south korea used to give it assistance and aid and subsidies and stuff like that this was known as the sunshine policy which was continued which was begun under previous liberal presidents and the sop open 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...
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is a south korea is and is south korea alliance so tight that we can depend on south korea to basically do our bidding and coordinate with us, or has this administration, by asking south korea to break up the trade agreement by some of our language, how do we distance ourselves from south korea? >> what's the answer? >> we're going to find out. what nikki haley said yesterday was not helpful. when she said we can't have negotiations that we will support unless north korea says in advance that they are going to give up all their nuclear weapons. there is zero chance. not 1% chance, but zero chance north korea will accept that condition. diplomacy is where you get. it's not where you begin. we should not set preconditions like that. >> the counter argument is this. trump starts talking to kim jong-un in a way that a lot like you don't like in a condescending way. iran, you don't like the way he likes about them bashing obama. but look at them now. people are in the streets fighting for their freedom. he is speaking out in a way obama did not. you know the history of pakistan better than e
is a south korea is and is south korea alliance so tight that we can depend on south korea to basically do our bidding and coordinate with us, or has this administration, by asking south korea to break up the trade agreement by some of our language, how do we distance ourselves from south korea? >> what's the answer? >> we're going to find out. what nikki haley said yesterday was not helpful. when she said we can't have negotiations that we will support unless north korea says in...
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north and south korea are holding their first formal talks in two years after donald trump claimed his tough stance on pyongyang made the meeting possible. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces mass protests over corruption allegations with thousands marching in the streets of tel aviv. and new coalition talks are in full swing in germany as i'm going to multiple attempts to end what some indeed the country's worst political crisis in years. this is r.t. international coming to life are lost on the joining us. north and south korea have started their first official talks in two years the negotiations are taking place in the demilitarized zone between the two countries that have been recent signs of progress january the third sold the reopening of a cross border telephone line and the following day donald trump delayed the annual military drills with seoul until after next month's winter olympics in south korea . let's cross now to our reporter caleb caleb what more can you tell us about these talks which we north and south korea. well the talks have already started in the sh
north and south korea are holding their first formal talks in two years after donald trump claimed his tough stance on pyongyang made the meeting possible. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces mass protests over corruption allegations with thousands marching in the streets of tel aviv. and new coalition talks are in full swing in germany as i'm going to multiple attempts to end what some indeed the country's worst political crisis in years. this is r.t. international coming to life...
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south korea wants north korea to be part of that. that's what he suggested that he is willing to send a delegation. this is something that seoul is very excited about. they have billed this olympics as the peace olympics. to have north korea is part of it is something that the president said all along. he wants. it's interesting that we are seeing this very different two sides to kim jong un and whether he is looking ahead to deal with other countries. a year ago. we heard that kim jong un and certainly north korean officials were looking for a potentially new relationship with the new trump administration, but now we are hearing just nuclear defiance when it comes to the united states and the overtures are only towards south korea. clearly north korea feeling that last year there was a bad relationship between the two countries and bad relationship between the two leaders as well. they are looking at it. >> in seoul, south korea. president trump is tweeting about all the developments saying sanctions and other pressures are beginnin
south korea wants north korea to be part of that. that's what he suggested that he is willing to send a delegation. this is something that seoul is very excited about. they have billed this olympics as the peace olympics. to have north korea is part of it is something that the president said all along. he wants. it's interesting that we are seeing this very different two sides to kim jong un and whether he is looking ahead to deal with other countries. a year ago. we heard that kim jong un and...
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south korea has accepted north korea's offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday seoul said they would mainly focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics. u.s. president don trump has threatened to cut aid to the palestinian authority claiming it is no longer willing to talk peace last month and get palestinians off to recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and now a new israeli law makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem to the palestinians a spokesman for the palestinian president calls that they couldn't to a declaration of war i'm a judge in reports from occupied east jerusalem. it was to say the least a controversial vote members of the knesset israel's parliament setting a higher threshold for any future attempt to give up any parts of jerusalem instead of a simple majority of sixty one votes now a supermajority of eighty votes or two thirds of the one hundred twenty seat knesset will be needed to approve any legislation ceding parts of jerusalem to any foreign parties it places a major hurdle in the path of jerusalem being part
south korea has accepted north korea's offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday seoul said they would mainly focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics. u.s. president don trump has threatened to cut aid to the palestinian authority claiming it is no longer willing to talk peace last month and get palestinians off to recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and now a new israeli law makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem to the palestinians a...
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wanted south korea to resume sending tours to north korea those turds had stopped since two thousand and eight when a south korean tourist was accidently shot but south korea refused to resume those tours and those talks broke down so those could be one of the things that they will talk about perhaps north korea might ask for some aid in return for sending or humanitarian aid in return for sending its athletes to participate in the wind upcoming winter olympics that of course all this is just speculation and we still have to wait for north korea to respond and see what they're going to say now a south korean official did say they tried to make contact with north korea via communication hotline at the demilitarized zone but unfortunately no one in north korea picked up the call so we still have to wait and see how north korea is going to respond now these talks however are as south korean officials have. put it very clearly are just going to be focused on the upcoming winter olympics as well as improving into career relations what everyone is concerned about is north korea's nuclear a
wanted south korea to resume sending tours to north korea those turds had stopped since two thousand and eight when a south korean tourist was accidently shot but south korea refused to resume those tours and those talks broke down so those could be one of the things that they will talk about perhaps north korea might ask for some aid in return for sending or humanitarian aid in return for sending its athletes to participate in the wind upcoming winter olympics that of course all this is just...
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south korea's presidential office has always stated our willingness to talk with north korea anytime and anywhere if that would help restore into korean relations and lead to peace on the korean peninsula. but that is still a distant goal north korea's leader peppered his speech with threats against the u.s. state t.v. superimposed pictures over parts of his speech kim said the united states will never be able to start war against me or al country but. the entire u.s. sees within range of our nuclear weapons and a nuclear boxen is always on my days. north korea's ballistic missile tests have been a source of concern for the u.s. and the rest of the international community about the prospects of north korea joining in the upcoming winter olympics does offer some hope for people on both sides of the korean peninsula. let's go now to aden foster carter he's an honorary senior research fellow in modern korea at leeds university he joins us now from exit or aden happy new year to you but the question now is it a new kim jong un in his speech sounded like a stick for dollar trump but a car
south korea's presidential office has always stated our willingness to talk with north korea anytime and anywhere if that would help restore into korean relations and lead to peace on the korean peninsula. but that is still a distant goal north korea's leader peppered his speech with threats against the u.s. state t.v. superimposed pictures over parts of his speech kim said the united states will never be able to start war against me or al country but. the entire u.s. sees within range of our...
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really pushes a campaign of maximum pressure and sanctions against north korea while south korea does support that but it also pushes a campaign of engagement and dialogue and in fact the south koreans are holding another meeting with their north korean counterparts today to discuss logistics around the winter olympics and north korea's participation in those winter games and what both rex tillerson and the south korean secretary and south korean foreign minister have said is that there is no difference between the two countries policies and in fact they go hand in hand but the idea behind the campaign of sanctions is to push north korea to come to the negotiating table for talks for north korea's part though in state media has been trying to highlight the suggestions all of the division and suggestions from some of that by coming to the table for talks north korea was trying to drive a wedge between south korea and its u.s. ally and in the same state media commentary it is said by nature the u.s. dislikes to see the new situation on the korean peninsula diffused and it also made a co
really pushes a campaign of maximum pressure and sanctions against north korea while south korea does support that but it also pushes a campaign of engagement and dialogue and in fact the south koreans are holding another meeting with their north korean counterparts today to discuss logistics around the winter olympics and north korea's participation in those winter games and what both rex tillerson and the south korean secretary and south korean foreign minister have said is that there is no...
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and defeating of course not korea by conventional means of course if south korea just was able to take care of that responsibility it would also find that it has a greater autonomy in its political and diplomatic decision making with regard to north korea what it does depend on with regard to the u.s. is the extended to turn the strategic deterrent that has to remain in place and that needs to be credible but if we can't have a little bit more separation between within the warfighting in the aspect between south korea and the united states and south korea takes the lead on that perhaps they might also become a little bit more brave on the diplomatic front and drag america a little bit more towards more diplomatic means of tackling these situations then just purely military means another emphasis seems to be michael particularly since american public opinion research major poll that came out is that the the america. and public is reduced by a very sizable majority frowning on all these foreign adventures and intra entrapping alliances here but i mean the one of the interesting things is
and defeating of course not korea by conventional means of course if south korea just was able to take care of that responsibility it would also find that it has a greater autonomy in its political and diplomatic decision making with regard to north korea what it does depend on with regard to the u.s. is the extended to turn the strategic deterrent that has to remain in place and that needs to be credible but if we can't have a little bit more separation between within the warfighting in the...
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and south korea. trump tweeted -- "with all of the failed 'experts' weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between north and south korea right now if i wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total 'might' against the north. fools, but talks are a good thing!" this comes after north korean leader kim jong-un has ordered the reopening of a hotline with south korea's leaders, bringing the biggest thaw in relations between the two koreas in years. the overture came as south korean president moon jae-in said he's open to talks next week with the north in the so-called truce village in the demilitarized zone. earlier ththis week, president trump drew international attention when he tweeted a threat to north korea that was steeped in sexual bravado, writing -- "north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the "nuclear button is on his desk at all .'mes will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that i too have a nuclear butt
and south korea. trump tweeted -- "with all of the failed 'experts' weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between north and south korea right now if i wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total 'might' against the north. fools, but talks are a good thing!" this comes after north korean leader kim jong-un has ordered the reopening of a hotline with south korea's leaders, bringing the biggest thaw in relations between the two koreas...