and lost korea. could be even worse if north korea has no intention to denuclearize because any talks which. you know wish doesn't lead to decry zation or in which no script confirms is intention not to do to denuclearize under any circumstances that could strengthen the hand of those in washington who advocate a military option so. if nothing comes out of the talks the tin sounds in the north or the thin north korea and the us. i think. you know it makes it it will. become those who. who look for diplomatic solution and the tall scan confirmed that diplomacy is useless is north korea has no intention to diena cries north korea has warned both south korea and us against a resumption of annual military drills the two countries hold near the north korean borders my understanding is that they will go hadis planes now will the drills i'm knol all the progress made between the two koreas at the olympics well i'm i'm not sure where those korea has always been opposed to joint military drills i don't know h

and those korea. could be even worse if north korea has no intention to denuclearize because any talks which. you know wish doesn't lead to denuclearize asian or in which no script confirms is intention not to do to denuclearize under any circumstances that could strengthen the hand of those in washington. who i have okayed a military option so. if nothing comes out of the talks beaten in the north or between north korea and the us. i think. you know it makes it it will. become those who. look for diplomatic solution and the tall scan confirmed that diplomacy is useless if north korea has no intention to diena cries north korea has warned both south korea and us against a resumption of annual military drills the two countries hold near the north korean borders my understanding is that they will go hadis planes now will the drills i'm knol all the progress made between the two koreas at the olympics well i'm i'm not sure where those korea has always been opposed to. joint military drills i don't know h

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

as far as south korea's position, i think the president of south korea, president moon has been working hard, and has regard,me run in this he wanted since he became president last spring to put south korea in the so-called driver's seat. the driver seat of korean peninsula issues, and issues dealing with north korea. not to cede territory or power to mr. trump, who has inclined towards very hostile, regardingt rhetoric potential nuclear weapons, surgical strikes, military action, and even the destruction of north korea. in that sense, the two koreas are doing an interesting dance, but by no means does this mean that any substantive change has occurred. since a lot of symbolism, and not much substance. as far as the united states goes, i think mr. pence on his return from the opening ceremony in pyeongchang, he let out to reporters that the u.s. may be willing to engage in some kind of dialogue without specificity. it is unclear whether washington will warm up to the idea to talk with north korea, or whether vice president pence was simply trying to be a good guest as he departed. >> ou

we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. but does kim jong un really have nuclear warheads and the missiles to deliver them some experts don't think he does at least not yet is he if there are no real plugs this would vibrate it looks like it's from the local hardware store doesn't like. he's not negotiating until he has his whole full nuclear deterrence and the world knows that. it's early in the morning and we're heading to a depot for decommissioned rockets. i'm accompanied by an arms and security expert marcos. he studied north korea's bomb and missile tests though he's never visited the country. i've been there. several times as a reporter. all i ever saw it's allegedly combat ready army or trucks powered by wood gas. this is footage shot in secret of a starving in the harbor is glad you are. here in the fog schiller is sure we'll find rockets just like the ones north korea as we are in fact in ukraine and driving to an old soviet military base near odessa . sure does not believe north korea has the capability to develo

it was the beginning of an opening at least between south korea and north korea. >> well, i would say, you know, while we appreciate the fact that there haven't been tests, that's not exactly a terrific standard of what we're applying. it's very clear that this has been a directive, that the president has issued. going back to his time when he was at the u.n. he made it very clear we were working on these sanctions. as you know, there is a huge process that goes into preparing these sanction packages, and as soon as they were ready, we were prepared to release them today. >> real quick question about -- you mentioned nuclear weapons. do we have -- two questions, do we have any specific example of this being used to enhance their nuclear program, a specific example of where they have breached trade to do that. secondly, is there a linkage between what the president said earlier last week when he said we'll be so far ahead of nuclear, barring excess of anyone else, is he talking about north korea? >> those are independent issues. our capabilities are obviously far surpassing the rest of

president trumpeting the hardline policy of north korea might have driven north korea come to south korea. now at the same time i heard you say in an interview to c.n.n. back in september that if the u.s. had spent at least one fifth of effort it put into the iran deal on the north korean issue the whole problem could have been resolved do you think the u.s. is reluctant to bring about a possible solution to the issue you know if united states pay more attention to peace as lucian of the north korean nuclear issue i personally believe did us come can come up with the solutions. so i think the u.s. has been paying too much attention to military solutions but i hope the u.s. would pay more attention to the peace process lucian to the north korean nuclear problem. president and you right now have been praising president trump for his role in kicking off they enter korean talks why do you get trump credit for this specifically i mean not just the u.s. but russia and china have also been calling for talks and say since the very beginning actually. very simple because north korea would play hav

to south korea but you know president trump you know how to north korea might have approval north korea compass of korea now at the same time i heard you say in an interview to c.n.n. back in september that if the u.s. had spent at least one fifth of effort they put into the iran deal on the north korean issue is the whole problem could have been resolved do you think the u.s. is reluctant to bring about a plausible solution to the issue if you know how to speak pay more attention to. the north korean nuclear issue i personally believe the us code can come up with a solution but. the u.s. has been paying too much attention to military no solutions but i hope the u.s. would pay more attention to peaceful solution to the north korean nuclear problem. presently and you right now have been praising president trump for his role in kicking off they enter korean talks why do you get trump credit for this specifically i mean not just the u.s. but who russia and china have also been calling for talks and say since the very beginning actually. very simple because north korea want to play havoc wi

rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi moth south korea to be north and south korea looks to be taking a backward step. officials said they have no intention of meeting with delegates. these satellite images from a few days ago show the troops practising for that display, all very much a contrast to the public relations image being projected on the eve of the opening ceremony of the games, which south korea's president has been calling the peace olympics. the games are being held in pyeongchang, in south korea. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is there. bring us up to date. well, here at at pyeongchang there was hope that it was possible that this high level delegation from the united states in north korea, given that they are here in the games, might actually sit down and talk to one another. but we have heard from the north korean side that that delegation has, quote, no intention whatsoever of meeting with the us delegation. we are getting this from north korea's official state—run media, which said in an editorial, we have never begged the dialogue with the us in the past, and we don't

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

south korea gap in the north korea one is obvious but we're in day in who's got a background in the so-called sunshine policy it believes that engaging that old difficult though it is is trying to do smartly vice president pence by his own account is trying his damnedest to stop and i would be very ashamed to say well who shakes hands with who who sits where and so on going to be a very very difficult sort of delicate couple of days and be interesting to see to help things stand once the olympic games are over as well. in foster heart i can imagine items from leeds university in england it's good to see you again thanks for being on the shaft thank you and what about the athletes will take you to the final preparations in pyongyang only bit later on in the program the syrian civil war has entered a bloody end game with government forces laying waste to the country's last few rebel strongholds activists say airstrikes in eastern galba near the capital damascus have killed more than two hundred people in the last four days the bloodshed has led the un to call for an urgency as fire to evacuate

policy most korea's calculus. you know general i don't i don't either shared the myth that there were sanctions all the time yes there were sanctions nominal sanctions to solicitations yes but not the kind of sentient step necessary to pressure north korea into again accreditation that there have never been this kind of sanctions now and there's been a push by russia and china for a so-called freeze for freeze agreement where the u.s. halts the drills in return for pyongyang halting nuclear activities do you feel this is a possibility i mean will the south koreans agree with that i don't think it makes sense it does not sense because i don't think the what is what is the legal those koreas. retaining north korea's nuclear armament is banned by security council resolution is illegal under international law military drills have been there all the time even before north korea begin nuclear development and they are defensive and i look and these are not illegal. so most korea is conducting military drills all the time

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

we don't want north korea. nuclear we don't want to in order to do that is there any other alternative but to be patient really wanted to be north korea while we exert pressure and to invite china to be more serious the best case scenario would be they don't have a full program they freeze it or they have a full capability that's probably not realistic and so that's why i say realistically they have a nuclear weapons program capability they have a deterrence against the united states and our allies and so we just implement you know mutual assured destruction might we have with china russia cetera the north korean government is not going to use nuclear weapons against any country in the world unless it thinks that its existence is at stake meaning there is an impending invasion. unless it responds to a false alarm such as the one in hawaii in january that would be enough to trigger disaster. at the former soviet base in ukraine staff tells us about such a terrifying incident the intelligence had once reported th

we don't want north korea. nuclear we don't want to in order to do that is there any other alternative but to be patiently negotiated to be while we may exert pressure and to invite china to be more serious the best case scenario would be they don't have a full program they freeze it for they have a full capability that's probably not realistically and so that's why i say realistically they have a nuclear weapons program capability they have a deterrence against the united states and our allies and so we just implement you know mutual assured destruction like we have with china russia cetera the north korean government is not going to use nuclear weapons against any country in the world unless it thinks that its existence is at stake meaning there is an impending invasion. unless it responds to a false alarm such as the one in hawaii in january that would be enough to trigger disaster. at the former soviet base in ukraine staff tells us about such a terrifying incident intelligence had once reported the launch

it was imposed on north korea. they're familiar with the long reach of the kim regime got so he's a photo coward is one of those monitors he tells us how the trade embargo is undermined that. will we see loopholes my question was rather where i closed the holes which was so few compared to the number of loopholes loopholes exist only china but also the washer. taiwan south east asia they have also all proteus in europe one example of arms control busting launchers for north korean ballistic missiles are based on trucks manufactured in china key. portion was imported from china in two thousand and that's no there's only twenty four all six recalls how big can fall by the you know nations they have a clear. and even had to pick a set of cajuns which show that you can see if only for fourth if this. off road trucks for use in the logging industry are not covered by sanctions so was this a willfully misleading declaration they were used in china for military purposes now so take this company. asked why more serious do

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

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

with north korea. is the u.s. stance for talking with north korea? vice pres. pence: first off, let's be clear who we are dealing with aaron north korea is the most tyrannical regime on the planet. nations, north korea is a nation that oppresses its people. seven out of 10 north koreans require food assistance just to survive. koreansillion north were left to starve and die in the 1990's under this regime. imprisonmentality, and more than a hundred thousand inth koreans as we speak are modern-day gulags. as president trump said memorably, north korea is today nothing short of a prison state. that is the reality. in modern-daythe fact that north ks developing and pursuing nuclear weapons that could be delivered on ballistic missile's to the con now united states is completely unacceptable. the fixed policy of the united states of america is that we are going to continue, with all options on the table, to bring intensifying pressure to bear until north korea once and for ,ll, completely and verifiably ab

is north korea playing games with the winter olympics athletes from both korea set to launch and a unified flag of the opening ceremony but as the south the red carpet but also on for book paraded in pyongyang so can the honeymoon last this is inside story. on how this is inside a story south korea's president has been trying to sell the winter games in. as a peace lympics he may have got his wish with an axe and expect a thaw with the north the took korea decided to talk of the heights of tension over the north's nuclear bomb and ballastic missile development the first face to face negotiations in two years led to the north's inclusion in the winter games and now young is on the charm offensive. from the north of the games but due to launch with competitors from the south and a unified flag the delegation from north of the border is being led by the ceremonial had of the sate team young now he is the highest level leader to visit south korea also that is the sister of leader kim jong on came you know jong is set to be increasingly powerful and influential. but the u.s. isn't sold vice pre

can really by north korea. the current sanctions are not going to change anything there should be far tougher sanctions in place to change north korea's policy north korea's calculus. you know joe i don't i don't either shared the myth that there were sanctions all the time yes there were sanctions nominal sanctions. list sentients yes but not the kind of sanctions that are necessary to pressure north korea into denuclearization that there have never been this kind of sanctions now and there's been a push by russia and china for a so-called freeze for freeze agreement where the u.s. halts the drills in return for pyongyang halting nuclear activities do you feel this is a possibility i mean will the south koreans agree with that i don't think it makes sense it does not sense because i don't think the what is what is the legal those koreas. retaining north korea's nuclear armament is banned by security council resolution is illegal under international law. military drills have been there all the time before north

from korea. shining young who former national security adviser to the president of south korea welcome to the show great to have you with us on better the olympics are over with so kim sr shaking hands with president moon dry in sitting closely together at the olympic stadium smiling exchanging comments is a great diplomatic breakthrough the press is expecting but the beginning of something or is it all going to come back to being enemies now that games are over well it depends on whether north korea has intention to denuclearize. if all these. things are just to maintain as a means of retaining their nuclear capability is we'll go back to where we were before the olympics or we could be worse off so it all depends on those who is genuine intention well p.r. yun apparently wants to talk to the united states united states says it's open to talks with north korea but nobody wants to go first what is so role in this who blinks first game. well. a low is important to figure out what most careers inte

korea i think you deserve. the south and north korea. also coming up there once was a u.s. president who warned of the military industrial complex now the u.s. president is warning of an american loser complex and his remit is the road the military parade. i think president trump sentiment is right on the sentiment is the celebrate the troops over at the soldiers and i think that's right on honestly it has reflections of the things that we the very things that we make fun of north korea for going to make you make fun of rocket man. oh we begin the day but the fear of a nuclear cloud hanging over the olympic flame the growing crisis over how to stop north korea's nuclear program is about to take center stage at the winter olympics across the border in south korea the players in these olympics at least for now are the politicians not the athletes u.s. vice president mike pence arrived in seoul today promising new more aggressive sanctions against north korea he met with the south korean president who is betting on the olympic spirit to bring both koreas closer to the negotiat

it was with propaganda material from north korea. on the left a rocket in the air that was twenty twelve if you see how similar the calories the white band around the nose and another one of the rear on the motor column. of the part as in if he had to operate we see the shape quite clearly as it is identical with the same model. and that russian turbopump also reappears in p.r. pictures with came from twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen. this is the turbopump we just saw. a look at the exhaust outlet and then look at this one on the engine and hear often these and they look surprisingly similar they have the same shape and the ties. in front of. kim jong un may boast about the capabilities of his homemade rockets but are they really up to snuff or is he putting on a show to intimidate the united states range ballistic missiles capable of hitting the us mainland. german aerospace engineer professor. is convinced to kim is bluffing he's based in munich he was a u.n. weapons inspector in iraq and he used to design rockets himself with m

and then on north korea we had a very productive discussion on north korea. he is very supportive and we've encouraged him to work with us on sanctions and other areas, so very, very productive discussion. i know he is looking for to seeing the president today. >> the 70%- dividends that goes to workers, is that all in wage growth or some other dividend? >> it's mostly in wage growth. take one or two more questions, i don't want to leave here without emphasizing -- you haven't asked me yet, we are working on russia sanctions. i can assure you that is in the process. i will be back here in the next several weeks to talk about that. emphasize,st want to i think, you know, under section 240 one we did deliver both the classified and unclassified report. and as i repeatedly said, we are recording -- we are working on sanctions as a follow-up to that. why don't we take the last question. >> [inaudible] >> we will continue to look at election meddling. i might just add we are closely working with the fbi on giving information as it relates to the recent suit and as

north korea's leadership has declared it has no intention of using the winter olympics in south korea as a chance to talk with the united states. senior officials from pyongyang will be there — the us vice—president too. and just before the opening of the so—called peace olympics, the north will be holding a massive military parade. human rights groups say more than 25 people have died — including at least 12 children — in eastern ghouta, where the syrian government has carried out more airstrikes. the area is home to about 400 thousand people — it's one of the last still controlled by rebels fighting president assad. party leaders in the us senate have struck a two—year budget deal that should avoid any repeat of last month's federal government shutdown. but it still needs approval from the house of representatives, and many are questioning a $300 billion increase to the federal deficit. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

but only when north korea understands it has no choice but to disarm talking to north korea before then is unproductive as we've seen in the various negotiations with the north covering three decades you know they'll just use the time to preachers perfect their arsenal and the chinese are going to help the north koreans with not only technology but also in answering all the rest of it so you know that the united states has a strong policy and that is to cut off money flows to the north koreans so they can't launch missiles so they can't detonate nukes so that kim jong un can't engage in give politics and that's the way to do it because when the north koreans understand they have no choice but to disarm that's when you talk to them but this doesn't merican policy you have us that this doesn't seem to be paying off because when you look at the string of tests that were conducted by the north koreans over the last year you can see that moving forward to was establishing a very strong internet intercontinental ballistic missile as well there are signs from north korea that the sanctions are

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

nuclear issue was and to promote discussions between north korea north korea and the united states in the third coup the. south korean president moon in said he's committed to pursue the rick insolation with north korea now when it comes to reconsideration what do you think is the top priority nuclear issue deescalation well i mean deescalation is obviously important what the government has made it very clear that in pursuing the escalation there alternate call is denuclearization of the korean peninsula i don't think anybody can question that what is however being question is the method the government is using to or arrived that goal so i think there's a lot of doubt i think in the international circle as to whether this particular policies going to war whether. setting sending all such a warm welcome for the north korean the only show on accommodating these high ranking members of. elites or cold not to mention that today there were reports president moon might in fact even meet with kim jong un sr so that's that's a lot of welcome being shown but in return what can the government a

korea, the republic of korea. now it's trying to make denuclearization a completely separate issue with the united states. that's the problem. >> let's not forget the south korean president, he ran on the notion of trying to establish a direct dialogue with north korea to try to ease some of those nuclear tensions. thanks very, very much. an important story. >>> coming up, he's one of the most wanted men in the world. now cnn has ex clus clusive rep on the whereabouts of isis and why he temporarily gave up control of the terrorist group. >>> plus former president obama and the former first lady michelle obama speaking a while ago at the unveiling of their official portraits here in washington. it turned rather emotional. you're going to see what happened. how do you win at business? stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com [girl 1] perfect! you can send a st

korea i think is on. the south and north korea. also coming up there once was a us president who warned of the military industrial complex now the us president is warning of an american loser complex and his remit is the row the military parade. i think president trump's sentiment is right on the sentiment is the celebrate the troops over at the soldiers and i think that's right on honestly it has reflections of the things that we the very things that we make fun of north korea for going to make you make fun of rocket man. oh we begin the day but the fear of a nuclear cloud hanging over the olympic flame the growing crisis over how to stop north korea's nuclear program is about to take center stage at the winter olympics across the border in south korea the players in these olympics at least for now are the politicians not the athletes u.s. vice president mike pence arrived in seoul today promising new more aggressive sanctions against north korea he met with the south korean president who is betting on the olympic spirit to bring

you have been inside, undercover, inside north korea. you also know south korea. when you say, how do you think the south korean people are, are reacting to this? and, obviously, potentially there is a difference in generations, those who grew up with the war. and those who grew up and never knew about the war. >> absolutely. i think, it is manipulative. the two korea team. marching together. two koreas have not been, families have not been able to ever meet except for a very few hand picked ones that you see on the cover of, newspapers around the world. once every few years. other than those few families. no one has been able to keep in touch. not even a fen caphone call. not a letter. that generation died without ever meeting again. millions of koreans who got separated. the two governments who never manageme managed to make reconciliation. marching together at opening ceremony have anything to do with athletes. is completely misleading, you know, it's nothing. there is absolutely no substance to it. and, younger generation who has zero connection to north korea

raj: a quick follow back on north korea. first of all you mentioned you spoke with the president this morning. has there been any additional instructions in terms of what's going on in the region with north korea and a possible meeting? could you just give us a little flavor of the dynamic going on with the possible meeting, even despite their rhetoric where the north koreans sending mention through the south that they'd like to meet? or the south koreans trying to get to you meet? there's just this wind in the air about you meeting with them. how did that come about? vice president pence: as i said a few days ago -- raj: exactly. how did the idea -- reporter: exactly. how did the idea? -- vice president pence: leave that to others to discuss. at this point in time we're headed to the olympics. and there may be a possibility for any kind of an encounter with north koreans. whether it be informal or whether it take the form of a meeting. we'll have to wait and see exactly how that unfolds. what i want to assure the american p

korea. south and north korea. also coming up there once was a u.s. president who warned of the military industrial complex now the u.s. president is warning of an american loser complex and his remit the row the military parade. i think president trump sentiment is right on the sentiment is the celebrate the troops over at the soldiers and i think that's right on honestly it has reflections of the things that we the very things that we make fun of north korea for make we make fun of rocket man. oh we begin the day but the fear of a nuclear cloud hanging over the olympic flame the growing crisis over how to stop north korea's nuclear program is about to take center stage at the winter olympics across the border in south korea the players in these olympics at least for now are the politicians not the athletes u.s. vice president mike pence arrived in seoul today promising new more aggressive sanctions against north korea he met with the south korean president who is betting on the olympic spirit to bring both koreas closer to the big if she hadn't tabl

that north korea. and at this time. for the future of the two nations to bring north korea back to the dialogue table. with the united states america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder and be a reverse of what abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambition to. korea. and its. military. also coming up there once was a u.s. president who warned of the military industrial complex now the u.s. president is warning of an american loser complex and his remit is the row the military parade. i think president trump sentiment is right on the sentiment is the celebrate the troops so great the soldiers and i think that's right on honestly it has reflections of the things that we the very things that we make fun of north korea for going to make you make fun of rocket man. oh we begin the day but the fear of a nuclear cloud hanging over the olympic flame the growing crisis over how to stop north korea's nuclear program is about to take center stage at the winter olympics across the border in south korea the players in

it was the beginning of an opening at least between south korea and north korea. say, you know, while we appreciate the fact that there haven't been tests, exactly a terrific standard of what we're applying. it's very clear that this has directive, that the president has issued. going back to his time when he was at the u.n. very clear we were working on these sanctions. s you know, there is a huge process that goes into preparing these sanction packages, and as soon as they were ready, we were prepared to release them today. -- eal quick question about you mentioned nuclear weapons. do we have -- two questions, do example of specific this being used to enhance their uclear program, a specific example of where they have breached trade to do that. there a linkage between what the president said last week when he said we'll be so far ahead of of ear, barring excess anyone else, is he talking about north korea? issues. are independent our capabilities are obviously surpassing the rest of the world. i'm not going to make any omments on direct -- on the source of funds

chuang the two koreas march together and south korea's president shared a historic handshake with kim jong un sr amid a spirit of unity in fact kim sr is the first member of the north's ruling dynasty to venture south since the korean war but is this rapid improvement in korean ties the beginning of a new era in relations or merely smoke and mirrors we will ask an expert in just a moment first this report. demonstrators outside the olympic stadium gave the north koreans a hostile reception they clashed with riot police and made their feelings towards the north known. we are here. making. you know you know. we are we want to hold our own. north korea's olympic delegation mocked and historic first it included kim jong the youngest sister of leader kim jong un she's the first member of north korea's ruling dentist to cross the border since the korean war south korean president well come to by extending the hunter friendship a sign of his high diplomatic ambitions for the games but not everyone was convinced that greeting the delegation with an open hand was the right approach and allow m

are ten really by north korea. the current sanctions are not going to change anything there should be far tougher sanctions in place to change north korea's policy north korea's calculus. you know joe i don't i don't either shared the myth that there were sanctions all the time yes there were sanctions nominal sanctions. list sentients yes but not the kind of sentients that are necessary to pressure north korea into again accreditation that there have never been this kind of sanctions now and there's been a push by russia and china for a so-called freeze for freeze agreement where the u.s. halts the drills in return for pyongyang halting nuclear activities do you feel this is a possibility i mean will the south koreans agree with that but i don't think it makes sense it does not sense because i don't think the what is what is the legal koreas. retaining north korea's nuclear armament is banned by security council resolution is illegal under international law. military drills have been there all the time before nort

and then on north korea we had a very productive discussion on north korea. he is very supportive and we've encouraged him to work with us on sanctions and other areas, so very, very productive discussion. i know he is looking for to seeing the president today. .. again, i just want to emphasize, i think, you know, under section 241, we did deliver both the classified and unclassified report and as i repeatedly said, we are working on sanctions as a follow-up to that. why don't we take the last question. [inaudible] >> we will continue to look at election meddling. i might just add we are closely working with the fbi on giving information as it relates to the recent suit and as appropriate we will sanction individuals. i will also comment we already had comments against one of the very significant people that were on their list. [inaudible] >> didn't change anybody, thank you, everybody. [inaudible] >> again, let me just say quickly, you know, again as it relates to north korea, we are looking everybody the same, so the -- the ability that we have under north

korea hero. thrown in for the just. no prisoners and. this is. south korean president moon j. in use the games to reboot intercooler ian relations the so-called peace olympics included a joint women's hockey team athlete celebrating korean nationalism by marching under a unified flag as well as a visit by kim yo jiang the sister of the north korean leader she arrived with an invite for moon to visit yang it's a two hour test it was a good olympics as it were so concerned about it last year but it went so well many north koreans came in i wish this could lead to unification. it was interesting he was an honor for us to host it i really enjoyed it. even the choice of olympic venues was symbolic gang one province is divided between the north and south. if the tension continues and tourists don't come so peace is very important to our economy north korea participated in the olympics and this has become a basis for establishing a base here and that means a lot to us. for the russians the games and did

control in cooperation with north korea interaction with north korea and we're hoping the north korea would have or that we have in mind so why do you think korea i mean this is pretty much to first step that north korea has made two words coming together with south korea it does seem like it's the south that is making the most effort why is it more important elsewhere want to take a more leading employer can role and most of the present mood what is why he's making every effort to momentum for dialogue you told c.n.n. it was trump's tough talk that brought the north koreans to open dialogue but say all that there was some kind of a combination in which trump closed the door there for the north koreans had to turn to. enrich north korea is coming to south korea but there's some other some other regions you know which you know north korea you know come to south korea because north korea might want to have some kind of economic cooperation with the south korea or maybe you know which solon washington but south korea knows all those in no intentions of north korea but the spy or don't.

resolve the problem unless north korea. is willing to abandon his nuclear programs missile programs as well so paul's between us and those korea. could be even worse if north korea has no intention to denuclearize because any talks which. you know wish doesn't lead to denuclearization or in which no script confirms is intention not to did to nuke rise under any circumstances that could strengthen the hand of those in washington who advocate a military option so. if nothing comes out of the talks the ten thousand north or the ten north korea and the us. i think. you know it makes it it will. weaken those who. look for diplomatic solution and the tall scan confirms that diplomacy is useless is north korea has no intention to edina cries north korea has warned both south korea and us against a resumption of annual military drills the two countries hold near the north korean borders my understanding is that they will go haddest planes now will the drills i'm knol all the progress made between the two koreas at the olympics. wel

the us vice president says he is ready to talk to north korea. president putin orders a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner near moscow. all 71 passengers and crew were killed. oxfam faces crisis talks with the uk government following claims of sexual misconduct by aid workers. hello and welcome to the programme. south africa's ruling party, the anc, says it will hold a meeting as pressure continues to grow on president jacob zuma. the party wants him to stand down, following allegations of corruption. the anc‘s leader, cyril ramaphosa, said a final decision on president zuma's future will be decided on monday afternoon. for the last week, the two men have been holding talks on the transition of power. sarah corker reports. atan at an event marking 100 years since that earth of nelson mandela was the clearest signal yet that the end of the trouble presidency of jacob zuma is near. addressing the crowds, the president in waiting promised a resolution on zuma's future. we are currently engaged in discussions around the tran

south korea is in a league of its own. in its 2012 book, breakout nations, it showed that only two economies have grown at an average annual rate of 5% per year, south korea and taiwan. taiwan is rooted in low manufacturing assembly, and south korea has been able to move into the industrial economy with ease, entering companies like biotech and robotics. the achievement is all the more impressive when you consider where it started. half a century ago, south korea was one of the poorest countries on the planet, and nobody would have predicted that it would conjure up an economic miracle. in 1960, its per capita was $158, slightly less than gha ghana's. today it is over $27,000, almost 20 times that of ghana's, but it describes the woes of south korea from the korean war. the country had no national resources, no geographic advantages, and a physical infrastructure that had been battered during the war. and it faced the menace of north korea. in addition to its economic boom, however, south korea has also undergone a politic

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war with north korea. parks fired as north korea fired intercovenant internetal missiles thought to reach united states. >> it will be met with fire and fury and frankly power the likes of which this country never seen before. >> if it is forced itself or its alleys we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> with the latest show of force this morning south korea are left in the cross fires between two nuclear powers. >> we have been anxious about north korea provocations since korean war more than 17 years. >> the bulls eye has been on south korea for decades. >> main target is south korea i think. >> we asked the prepper to run us through hypothetical evacuee uation. >> it geo tags you and tells you where the nearest evacuation center is. >> because north korea is only 70 kilometers away he estimates five minutes to get to evacuation center he wouldn't even stop to call his family. this sign says shelter. >> rather than the first floor he would want to the go deeper. >> but on the surfa

they have a girl up and -- bandn korea. look, we are just a normal country, okay, nothing to see here, we are not really isolated. just treat us normally. and i think they are winning, john, i really do. >> they absolutely are. i tell you, it might be worst, my colleague has a great article in the current commentary magazine talking about how many times among other times, how many times south korea over the past 15 years has subsidized north korea under the mistaken view if they only give them enough money everything will work out. you have to ask the question, did president moon of south korea subsidize or provide other economic incentives if for north koreans to do this. i'm very worried the answer to that might be yes which means that with a little help from their friends kim jong un and his regime are actually empowered not just propaganda victory but have received economic benefit. paul pawed did the u.s., i'm talking about president trump and the administration have any choice, however, except to basically go along wi

and china and north korea story china is north korea's biggest ally sure that trade dropped fifty two percent due to previous sanctions so it will be interesting to see how much these latest ones will affect north korea and perhaps put pressure on them laura ok thanks very much for various the views from hong kong let's go over to the she's in. stark contrast only to the soft diplomacy that we've been seeing between the two careers at the winter olympics. indeed however president moon jay in spokes people are saying that what these sanctions are really an effort by the united states to move the process forward in a peaceful and diplomatic manner process being in this process of reducing the tensions on the korean peninsula a spokesman with the south korean foreign ministry says that these same sions also illustrate that the only way to get north korea to do nuclear rise is to continue imposing sanctions and exerting pressure they also are saying that they hope that the this latest the toughest round of sanctions at least that's how the united states is describing them will inspire the