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

>>> 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

north korean revolution and every north korean has a purpose in that struggle. a lot of them, especially the defectors, say terrible things about kim jong-un. there are less likely to say those things about kim jong-il and you'll never hear them say anything about kim il-sung. even defectors see kim il-sung as a visionary leader and a >> what should the everyday american know about the current south korean government attitudes toward the united states and the west? >> it's important to understand south koreans have a sense of grievance against the united states. not because of the division, we divide them and establish a separate state. then we left korea in 1949. against the wishes of the south korean government, who begged us to stay. they said if we leave, the north americans will invade. then there were concrete guarantees, in the event of a northern invasion, we would come back. those guarantees were never given. this was part of the reason joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission. factor, itt the only was an important factor. it's one that the south korea

north korea. it is very opaque what goes on. there's a lot of tales of extreme violence which may or may not be true. is true that he has definitely purged some of the holdover leadership from his father's regime, including his uncle. it is seen as unlikely that his style of leadership is going to end up in results that were all that different from what his father and grandfather pursued. >> what should the american public know about the everyday korean life? how it has changed since the conflict. >> it's important to understand ves veryh koreans' li chairman asleep based on what class they are part of. vary dramatically based on what class they are part of. there's the high-level bureaucrats in the west. these people do not go hungry. they live in buildings with heat. then, there's millions of other north koreans that live in the countryside in immense deprivation. it is a daily struggle. there was a time when north koreans were starving by the hundreds of thousands. knew this was a way to mainta

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

to force the south korean government to limit its and gauge what north korea if north korea offers a freeze but not a lemonade nuclear program for now this gap has not occurred for now the south korean government as even we solve a couple days ago in the vancouver for many. there's conferences insisting on denuclearization and i think that the u.s. will try and work to keep that alignment we've seen president moon change his campaign rhetoric and to went after when he sued office to take a farmer stance on these issues and so we i think this will continue but there is the danger that it was mentioned about the north trying to you maneuver to split the allies in order to attain its long term objectives of weakening and undermining the u.s. grand alliance reunifying korea under its control and threatening other countries without retaliation and so on and the nuclear missile the nuclear weapons that south of north korea's pursuing is precisely part of that campaign. is there a feeling there it in south korea that the the u.s. could no longer be fully trusted trumps belligerents korea as

north koreans. aware of the firm resolve of that only the united states the believe that ryan says you believe what he says. yes. i think that it was a firm stance of the us president did form the circumstances for where we are today and hopefully this will lead to a better solution than more mr penn japan is more closely monitoring the situation there are two options here a breakthrough that would lead to a genuine dialogue many people are skeptical about it all more tension chances are he said that he's going to give a deadline for twenty twenty if nothing happens he will revise the constitution and then to pave the way for japan to have his own armed forces is this a likely scenario well i think one of the most suitable players in all of the hole in. the heart of our and that's that he's going to keep the an advocate of pressure on our sanctions are doing everything. in terms of putting more and more pressure on the one who can give up the nuclear weapons which is when you don't know when or. wha

north korea first of all north korea would like to eventually would like to obviously want to. get some kind of agreement with the united states the most important thing though of course i would like to have is to ease tension on the korean peninsula specifically to stop holt or reduce the scale of united states and south korea joint military drills what other support as a war game which is only to become the hinderance of the peace in the on the korean peninsula and secondly north korea probably would like to see a greater inter the kind of unification invocation process or peace process led by two koreas free from more independent from the superpowers outsiders i think that is the probably main goal of north korea for reaching out to south korea at this particular moment and i think having as if you look at the history of the north and south korean enter interactions people only for the negative aspect but i think that has been always there as we know most progress as well you know whenever two koreas talks or you know north korea talks with the united states or china north k

." >> kim jong nam said to me, north korea should be reformed and make north korean people more rich and happier. it's a message to kim jong un. >> reporter: but do those comments make kim jong nam a marked man? coming up, the north korean dictator goes on a killing spree. and not even his own family members are safe from his wanton cruelty. >> nobody did it this brutally, this barbarically. kim jong-un used anti-aircraft machine guns. you cannot even bury a dead body, because there is no dead body, it has just been obliterated. introducing mcdonald's new $1 $2 $3 dollar menu. yeah, i'll have the "we haven't been to the grocery store in weeks meal", please. (yawning) (sniff) (clatter, thud) you said 2 sausage mcmuffin with egg and 2 small iced caramel macchiatos for just $10. exactly. 'sup, fellas. hey, man. 'sup. oh, wait... build whatever meal you want with favorites on mcdonald's new $1 $2 $3 dollar menu. ( ♪ ) cedric, i couldn't even bowl with my grandkids 'cause of the burning, shooting pain in my feet. i hear you, sam. cedric, i couldn't sleep at night because of my diabetic

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

there are such cases but at the same time poverty in north korea is real and it's also true that north korea ignores human rights tenants of house over to go with. it clear on water to the more so we need to see the story it may not be his or her only story they may have heard it from someone else who made it there but even when that happens the story exists. we need to be a little bit empathetic about the way collective memory and individual memory interact with each other a lot of these people left north korea several years ago as many as twenty in some cases quite a lot of them were very young when they left so. in accuracies in their stories should not automatically be put down to malice. i'm going. as a younger has expanded so too have the narratives on the publicly owned channel e.t.a.'s other good friends brings together the north and south korean teenagers in a more sober settings. just coming out of the book to try to get out from in the music and on the web some of the younger defectors have begun self publishing on a streaming platform in africa t.v. which he says sort of so

north korea, there has been a lot to welcome. the tougher approach towards china has resulted in some big significant shifts in the way china reacts to north korea, sanctions have been suffered. that is partly in response to increased aggression from north korea in terms of testing. but the real problem is that essentially donald trump's actions are coming too late in the game. north korea essentially already has nuclear capabilities. it has show in it is is not fully on the way to getting icbm capability, it is almost there. the real challenge for donald trump is that there does not seem to be a route to walk north korea back from this situation. what we are likely to end up situation. what we are likely to end up with is a us accommodation of a nuclear north korea, rather than them abandoning the programme entirely. you mention china there. in terms of the relationship between the us and china now, donald trump on the campaign trail talked a lot about how powerful china is in terms of trade. how was he now implementing his camp

north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened the united states but also reached out to his neighbor in the south he made the comments in his annual new year's address kim says pyongyang has weapons capable of reaching the u.s. mainland and that the launch button is on his desk he also warned washington that in twenty seventeen north korea had completed its push to become a nuclear force and that it's time to start mass producing nuclear warheads but the defiant leader made some unusually friendly remarks about south korea saying the path to dialogue with seoul is open and that he hopes ties of improve between both countries. we should actively create an atmosphere to move forward with the national reconciliation and reunification improving ties between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and south want but everyone else wants it's a grave matter to which. entire korean nation needs to put its efforts towards resolving these contacts and dialogue between the north and the south will expand exchanges and cooperation and we should dispel mutual misunderst

with the north should cooperate so that the north participation in the china lympics and paralympics not only make the upcoming event peaceful but also called tribute to the development of north relations and the establishment of peace on the korean peninsula are the biggest foreign policy challenges for president trumps first year in office has been north korea and the second of our five part series kathy novak reports from seoul. it was a year that saw the leaders of the united states and north korea exchanging threats of nuclear war and some rather undignified insults donald trump called the north korean leader little rocket man. the u.s. president a mentally deranged dotard they boasted about their nuclear buttons. the u.s. mainland is within the range of a nuclear strike and as you can hear bolton is put on the desk in my office at all times and sparked fears the korean peninsula could be edging closer to war they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen it certainly has elevated the level of tension on the peninsula president trump has made this issue his m

and north k korea? >> his latest statements, the one yesterday about how big his button was, my violate obscenity statutes. but certainly, is very bellicose statements last summer about totally destroy north korea would seem to be outside twitter's guidelines. north korea was totally destroyed by the u.s. during the korean war and a three-year air campaign that left him is nothing standing. and every north korean is taught about this, very bitter about it but what you can say to trump is, we totally destroy north korea already instilled and not win the war. -- and still did not win the war. it is very irresponsible talk. i would imagine just about everybody in the white house, including the custodians cleaning his bathrooms, would like to grab his twitter and throw it as far -- his iphone, and throw it as far away as they has unsettled relations with our friends and allies and our enemies time and time again. by lining up with the iranian demonstrators against the ayatollahs, he puts them in a position

including cutting off diplomatic ties to his north career solid meeting of north korea's former enemies literally almost all of these countries were participants off the korean war on the side of south korea states such as luxembourg colombia greece belgium difficult to imagine what relevance they have to the korean crisis these days but there you go noticeably absent two countries that are actually relevant to the crisis apart from north korea itself the two countries that actually share a border with the north china and russia. russia and china were not invited to this meeting they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january. you can come in the evening we will tell you what we have agreed on this was unacceptable what the state department said about russia supporting this meeting that's a complete lie we consider this meeting home for. the most important parties involved in the korean peninsula nuclear issue you are taking part in the meeting but we don't know what the goal of this meeting is so i don't think this meeting is legal or representative from the ver

avoid a government shutdown all of this plays out against a renewed showdown between donald trump and north korean leader kim jong own over who has access to the better nuclear weapons program and a measuring contest of sorts which one has the bigger nuclear button losses discuss we'll start with david jolly former u.s. representative republican of florida joining us from tampa and in miami former u.s. representative patrick murphy democrat of florida he was one of the first we'll ever ules elected to congress is now the chairman of the political nonprofit group fusion forum foundation all right thank you both david will start with you president drum treated will be no dog without funding for his promised border wall i don't mexico are supposed to pay for that what do you make it has been. amazing how far we've come from mexico for it listen larry that the annual budget process in congress and washington is very different than what we saw with a tax bill there is a date certain by which these decisions have to get made or the government shuts down clearly democrats want daca they wanted to

who was where and how often you're constantly being informed of that in north korea i'm visiting a state vegetable plantation four hundred twenty three families live via new houses have been built to expand the agricultural collective. i'm hoping to be allowed to talk to the workers here i've been promised i'll be taken to one of the operations but i can only see a few people in a place that's meant to be home to four hundred twenty three families. on a small elevation feels like a surveillance platform i'm allowed to film the workers from a safe distance it's really not what i had imagined and once again it's typically north korean. giving up isn't exactly one of my qualities and so i insist on being allowed to make it work as i don't just want to see what i'm supposed to be shown i'm here because i want to get to know the korean people a bit better to achieve that i need to meet them i finally convince my mind is and after they've made several telephone calls the group has quickly assembled the take me to the greenhouses as a side note there is nothing in north korea that's not meticul

north korea itself the. pressure. and the specter of russian. a number of influential us democrats. to run. and what goes up must come. twenty four hours. just wednesday morning here in moscow you're watching international from all of us here a very warm welcome to. south and north korean officials meeting for the third time in the space of just a few days to further discuss peace efforts now that includes the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag of the upcoming olympics meanwhile western allies of the nineteen fifties korean war. talks on the current crisis with a seemingly different approach. it is not the time to ease pressure or to rework no it's career the pressure campaign will continue until north korea takes decisive steps to do nuclearize i think that could be not is to send out a very clear message that we want to intensify that pressure disco that included cutting off diplomatic ties to his north korea. artie's what i've got there now joining me live mr deer more details on this i'm about as far as i understand the meeting now has wrapped up w

could well be gales across northern and north—western scotla nd across northern and north—western scotland this evening. this wet and windy weather will go south overnight, into northern england, northern ireland, wales and the midlands by tomorrow morning. in the south ahead of that rain band, a mild night but to the north, things are beginning to turn colder. this band of rain is associated with a cold front drifting its way southwards. strong and gusty winds ahead but behind the frontal system, some colder air, which would be pushing down from the north—west. monday's forecast like this, we start off with very mild weather across the channel island, the south of england, south wales. largely dry, generally cloudy but some brea ks dry, generally cloudy but some breaks in the south east. eddie bursts of rain in this rain band, 8am likely to be across north west england and to the north, that is where we are into the cold air. sunny spells but showers. they will be over high ground in scotland, already turning wintry. it will stay breezy in the northern half of the country as we go on th

korea conducted a nuclear test but what south korea did not address was north korea's. nuclear ambitions as well as its threat to the u.s. . true. this is how north korea welcomed the new year with a fireworks display much like the rest of the world but it is leader kim jong un's new year's day address that is drawing all the attention if two thousand and seventeen this marked by fiery rhetoric and rising tensions because of north korea's nuclear ambitions two thousand and eighteen may bring more of the same. colors and that the u.s. mainland is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is put on the desk in my office at all times they should clearly on their stand but this is never a trash what a reality kim has called for the mass production and deployment of more nuclear warheads and missiles but weapons experts agree that north korea may not yet have the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and mounted a missile that can react to the atmosphere while kim speech made no mention of the new kid atmospheric test he reiterated the claims that n

as the north korean leader i mean sure north korea says that it wants to destroy the imperialist american power all the time and use flashy rhetoric like that but the united states has always kept fairly call him in response to that and when you have two sides speaking in such bombastic manners it's this is a new you know this is a nuclear situation how seriously should we take tweets i don't know but it's nuclear and i think we have to take it seriously melissa china thank you. and one of the big challenges facing the united states in twenty eighteen is its opioid crisis every day dozens of americans die from drugs overdoses the children of drug addicts are also victims some are removed from their patterns for their own safety and cared for by foster parents our next report looks at the hardships suffered by one such go. it's a moment fifteen year old athena gregory can enjoy when she can focus just on herself behind her lies a horrific childhood as the daughter of drug addicts she foresaw responsibility for herself her little brother and her parents. you always have to stick by your par

harden: going to north korea is not a good way to report about north korea. i went along with a group of about 600 westerners, when the new york philharmonic went to pyongyang at the invitation of the government for a special concert. and like almost all western visitors, we were housed in a high-rise hotel on an island in pyongyang, and taken to places they wanted to show off. statues, grand avenues, the subway. and then we were taken to the airplane and left about two and a half days later. so my understanding of north korea based on that trip is that the country is bizarre, and full of white concrete and immaculately dressed guards. but that is not the reality of north korea. the way you find out about the reality of north korea -- and it is increasingly easy for reporter to do it -- is to go to seoul, south korea, where there are now close to 30,000 defectors from north korea. there are close to 30,000 defectors from north korea, almost all of whom have arrived in the past 10 years. and you can talk to them, and they are by far the best sources of what it

and mobile phone alarms about a north korean missile launch the alert said north korea appeared to have launched a missile and that the government was urging people to take shelter inside buildings or underground is still unknown how the force of the happened but it was corrected within minutes three days earlier a similar mistake calls panic in hawaii the world health organization has warned the diptheria outbreak in yemen is spreading quickly almost seven hundred people have now been affected forty eight people have died from the disease in the past four months it been hard data of the worst hit of the nineteen affected regions but there is some slightly better news on the aid front for yemen the saudi led coalition says it will allow full cranes at the port of a day to to start operating they'll be used to offload food and medicine does mohammed gem june ripples that aid can't come soon enough amid the worst humanitarian crisis in the world what could be a sliver of hope these four to die no cranes which have just arrived at the data port in yemen funded by the united states agency f

of north relations or a settlement of the north korean nuclear issue but to have the summit some conditions must be established i think a certain level of success must be guaranteed dozens of homes in southern california buried in a thick layer of mud and debris after a powerful storm the flooding and mudslides of killed at least thirteen people and forced thousands of others to abandon their homes recent fires have made the area vulnerable to flooding temporary israeli checkpoints and roadblocks are cutting off the city of nablus and surrounding villages in the occupied west bank security forces are looking for the killer of an israeli rabbi police internet fired tear gas and demonstrators are stormed a supermarket in the capital tunis anti-government protests have been taking place since monday when people rallied in more than ten towns against planned price and tax rises. well protests are happening in sudan over high prices for bread and wheat products three people have been killed since sunday in scuffles with security forces the price increase is one of the government's measures to co

the north korean revolution and every north korean has a purpose in that struggle. a lot of them, especially the north korean defectors, say terrible things about kim jong-un. there are less likely to say those things about kim jong-il and you'll never hear them say anything about kim il-sung. even defectors see kim il-sung as a visionary leader and a great nationalist for the korean people. >> what should the everyday american know about the current south korean government? >> i think it is important to understand that south koreans have a sense of grievance against united states, not just because of the division, it is well-known that we divided korea and established a separate state. we helped establish a separate state. then we left korea in 1949 against the wishes of the south korean government at that time who begged us to stay, who said if you leave the north koreans will invade. they asked for concrete guarantees from the united states that in the event of a northern invasion we would come back. those guarantees were never given. this is part of the reason t

the united states has always been open to clear messages with north korea, and we have sent north korea clear messages that we are ready for serious negotiations. north korea knows that channels are open and they know where to find us. but a sustained cessation of north korea's threatening behaviour is necessary... is a necessary indicator of whether the regime is ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the security threat that it has created. our nations must remain united on sustaining pressure until north korea takes concrete steps toward and ultimately reaches denuclearisation. i spoke to drjohn park, director of the korea working group at the harvard kennedy school, right after that press conference, and asked him what he made of it. it is encouraging to hear this co—ordinated messaging from a multilateral group of countries. however we have to look at the facts. the north korean nuclear weapons programme is advanced. if the co—ordinated sanctions, the reduction in evasion techniques on those sanctions are implemented, we are looking at a time line behind the north

north korea was very much isolated recently but what they. really want to do is they want to talk to the yes they want the u.s. to accept them officially as a nuclear power and they want the u.s. to reassure them not threatening their regime survival that's why they're now in south korea and that's the the end game if you will and carsten we know that's their end game do we know what washington's endgame is if we're hearing from north korea that the nuclear program will never be up for discussion as a set of voices here who say this problem has to be taken care off we were not except north korea as a nuclear power and if they won't accept that that could ultimately mean military action of course everybody knows what that means that would be not just a commando operation that could trigger a major of war on the korean peninsula and of course that is worrying everyone here so we're not quite sure we just know that this administration has made it clear it will not just wait and see. more or less accepts without would be acknowledging it that nor

let me be clear, we will not now —— allow north korea to drive a wedge through oui’ north korea to drive a wedge through our result or solidarity. after ignoring south korea four months the north offered an olive branch before the olympics, reaching a last—minute agreement for pyongyang to send athletes and musicians to be unchained but there is suspicion about kim jong—un‘s motives. unchained but there is suspicion about kim jong-un's motives. what we should have in mind is that north korea continues to dance its nuclear and missile programmes even as we speak —— pyeongchang. and we should not be in —— naive about their intent, nor should we be blinded by their charm offensive. in short it is not the time to ease pressure or to reward north korea. and the agenda was to tighten the squeeze to look for ways to stop sanctions busting like intercepting ships that smuggled banned petroleum products. south korea praised talks with the north as a significant first step but otherwise held the tough line. translation: despite the overture was to improve relations with the south, no

north relations or a settlement of the north korean nuclear issue but to have the summit some conditions must be established i think a certain level of success must be guaranteed dozens of homes in southern california buried in a thick layer of mud and debris after a powerful storm the flooding and mudslides of killed at least thirteen people and forced thousands others to abandon their homes recent fires have made the area vulnerable to flooding temporary israeli checkpoints and roadblocks are cutting off the city of nablus and surrounding villages in the occupied west bank security forces are looking for the killer of a thirty five year old israeli rabbi police internet fired tear gas at demonstrators who stormed a supermarket in the capital tunis anti-government protests have been taking place since monday when people rallied in more than ten towns against planned price and tax rises. more protests are happening in sudan over high prices for bread and wheat products three people have been killed since sunday in scuffles with security forces the price increase is one of the government'

. >> explain to us what the policy is on north korea. do the north koreans have to give up their nuclear program before committing to talks? >> our policy is the complete verifiable irreversible denuclearzation of the korean peninsula. that is a policy commonly held by everyone in the region, as well. the chinese and russia have it as a stated policy. regionally, all the countries in the neighboring area as well as the international community are well aligned on the policy. how we achieve the ultimate endpoint, the final full denuclearzation, the verification of that and the ir reversibili irreversibility of that is going to take some time. we clearly need a signal from north korea that they understand these talks must lead to that conclusion. >> so potentially thawing relations between north korea and the united states. where does the united states stand on all of this? will ripley live for us in seoul, south korea, good to have you with us, will. from u.s. leaders, we're hearing notes of skepticism, reminders of military options always

/north korean talks. now, people have argued, james clapper and others have argued that maybe that should change, but to gordon chang's point, this certainly does seem to be now the u.s. directly communicating with north korea, unfortunately, just in 140 to 280 characters. >> yeah, no, that's right. that's right. and, you know, again, sort of negotiation theory, and of course, the north koreans are as hard as they come with respect to negotiation. negotiation theory would suggest, you know, careful trust-building mechanisms, look for common ground, do it through intermediaries, show good faith. this tweet is kind of the opposite of that. again, i can't climb inside kim jong-un's head, but he's a guy who is anxious about his own survival and he was just challenged by his international enemy, and so the idea that he's going to take -- i mean, it's a sort of a no-lose situation for him. he can respond and show he's a tough guy, too. i'm not sure that will be useful. or he can be the bigger man. can you imagi

they use north korea to threat. if they ever launched with north korea. we would have to launch and north korea would stand by and tell us one actually china is very involved. china just uses that. look at venezuela. we are looking at north korea, and china is literally taking over venezuela. they actually control their oil for, what, the next 20 years? and all of this artificial news about we are on a brink of war with north korea, it is just part of the deception policy. thank you very much. host: go ahead with your reaction. guest: sure. i agree that the exercises should go on. what theyproposed called a freeze, in which the united states would freeze military exercises, and north korea would freeze military testing. we see military exercises very important to military readiness and to maintain deterrence against a north korean threat. , was, as everybody knows very much involved in the korean war in the 1950's. china is concerned about instability in north korea. china is concerned that north korea may start a war. and china is also concerned that the

of action with north korea. how do you see the difference? mr. cha: it is a tough question to answer. without recounting the whole history of why the bush administration went into iraq, that was not my area of responsibility. so i am not really capable of commenting on that. but i think in the case of north korea, i think there are two issues. the puzzle is why iraq -- not why iraq instead of north korea, but if in iraq, then why not also in north 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.

the visits of the north korean delegation. from time to north korea's participation is needed to promote peace olympics. our strategic weapons including atomic bombs and intercontinental ballistic missiles ironically i'm getting you wits not. also coming up tonight and children first cell in communist china the story of a mother desperate to find her child taken away and no one seems to care. now i thought i'd been trying to find him for three years this is my child he was sold to someone in your village i want my child back where did this family get the money to bribe everyone oh my god after. all we begin the day with a very rough map of war and peace which bears the signature of north korea today the first bilateral talks in two years between the north and south took place in yangon doubts that it will soon send its athletes to south korea for next month's went to olympics but it also warned not to mix games with war saying its nuclear weapons program is not up for discussion. a friendly gesture after a long time estranged

north koreans are taught from childhood to sit. it to the state ideology to sacrifice their individual existence to the collective even the youngest children of called upon to denounce adults who expressed dissatisfaction with the leader in the party i want to know how and where the brainwashing starts i tried to find on sista that question in a school a school for more than a thousand students but during my visit the corridor was deserted the headmistress takes me through the rooms everything seems very new very tidy the schools i know look different this is our cloning lab here's a microscope and on the screen you can see a cell magnified one thousand five hundred times here the technical process is to clone animals. she tells me that kim jong il had declared nano and biotechnology to be at the heart of north korean science. it looks like it. and so that i just see empty classrooms the head mistress takes me to a class that's just having a math lesson. it all seems very staged to me i don't know what the students here are really

/north korean talks. now, people have argued, james clapper and others have argued that maybe that should change, but to gordon chang's point, this certainly does seem to be now the u.s. directly communicating with north korea, unfortunately, just in 140 to 280 characters. >> yeah, no, that's right. that's right. and, you know, again, sort of negotiation theory, and of course, the north koreans are as hard as they come with respect to negotiation. negotiation theory would suggest, you know, careful trust-building mechanisms, look for common ground, do it through intermedia intermediaries, show good faith. this tweet is kind of the opposite of that. again, i can't climb inside kim jong-un's head but he's a guy who is anxious about his own survival and he was just challenged by his international enemy, and so the idea that he's going to take -- i mean, it's a sort of a no-lose situation for him. he can respond and show he's a tough guy, too. i'm not sure that will be useful. or he can be the bigger man. can

. >> north korea is living in aun woto itself. the last few months of the u.s. t rth korean relationship have been some of the mnse in the entire history, going back to 1953, the end of the korean war. if you want to understand what's actually going on in pyongyang, if you want to know why theyec make theions they make, one of the things you have to understand are these rare moments when thealace opens its doors inadvertently and let. yo and one those moments, perhaps its most spectacular moment, was the assassination of kim jong-nam. >> narrator: north korea hasbe en ruled for seven decades by the kim family dynasty. they have created a fearsome police state accused of systematic human rights abuses. kim jong-nam was the oldest son noof kim jong-il, who rulerth korea for 17 years. >> narrator: his mother was kim jong-il's mistress, a famous north korean actress. >> his mother was number one film star in my generation. and his mother was a married woman with a daughter. every north korean people ew his mother's name, sung hae-rim,

that is because america -- a lot of americans support north korea and recognizing that north korea as a nuclear power. quite a few number. and similar results can be found amongst japanese experts. a lot of japanese experts support the idea of recognizing north korea as a nuclear power. but this is a public poll. public opinion. general public in america supposing north korea is a nuclear power was a big surprise for the japanese. north korea, who is the neighbor to us, nobody knows what the leaders might do. our allies, the american people, recognizing north korea as a nuclear power -- that could possibly dramatically change the security strategy under alliance. but in any case, it was shocking news for japanese society. a lot of media talked about that. but at the same time, there was a lot of americans also supporting japan acquiring nuclear power. that was another big surprise. although predominant supporters come from republican. but that was a very big surprise. that caused a lot of uncertainty and concerns amongst japanese society. and now, there were new opinions in japan. we

to force the south korean government to limit its engagement with north korea if north korea offers a freeze but not a lemonade nuclear program for now this gap has not occurred for now the south korean government as even we saw a couple days ago on the vancouver for many. there's conferences and sustain on denuclearization and i think that the u.s. will try and work to keep that alignment we've seen president moon change his campaign rhetoric into went after when he sued office to take a farmer stance on these issues and so we i think this will continue but there is the danger that it was mentioned about the north trying to you maneuver to split the allies in order to attain its long term objectives of weakening and undermining the u.s. grand alliance reunifying korea under its control and threatening other countries without retaliation and so on and the nuclear missile the nuclear weapons that south of north korea's pursuing is precisely part of that campaign. is there a feeling there it in south korea that the the u.s. could no longer be fully trusted trumps belligerents korea as w

to force the south korean government to limit its and gauge what north korea if north korea offers or freeze but not a lemonade nuclear program for now this gap has not occurred for now the south korean government as even we solve a couple days ago in the vancouver for many. there's conferences and sustain on denuclearization and i think that the u.s. will try and work to keep that alignment we've seen president moon change his campaign rhetoric and to when after when he sued office to take a farmer stance on these issues and so we i think this will continue but there is the danger that it was mentioned about the north trying to you maneuver to split the allies in order to attain its long term objectives of weakening and undermining the u.s. korean alliance reunifying korea under its control and threatening other countries without retaliation and so on and the nuclear missile the nuclear weapons that south of north korea's pursuing is precisely part of that campaign. is there a feeling there in korea that the the u.s. could no longer be fully trusted trumps belligerents korea as well

including cutting off diplomatic ties to his north career solid meeting of north korea's former enemies literally almost all of these countries were participants off the korean war on the side of south korea states such as luxembourg colombia greece belgium difficult to imagine what relevance they have to the korean crisis these days but there you go noticeably absent two countries that are actually relevant to the crisis apart from north korea itself the two countries that actually share a border with the north china and russia. russia and china were not invited to this meeting they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january. yes you can come in the evening we will tell you what we have agreed on which this was unacceptable and what the state department said about russia supporting this meeting that's a complete lie we consider this meeting harmful to. the most important parties involved in the korean peninsula nuclear issue aren't taking part in the meeting we don't know what the goal of this meeting is so i don't think this meeting is legal or representative f

join us for our stop in raleigh, north carolina, when our "washington journal" guest is north carolina attorney general josh stein. >> next a discussion about the results of a recent public opinion survey on american and japanese views on north korea. we heard about current military and diplomatic options concerning north korea's nuclear option and future relations between the country, u.s., china, and russia. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> on behalf of all of us here, welcome, happy new year. glad to discuss an issue we know will be quite important in the new year. we hope with positive developments but we're all a little on edge about the state of the north korea crisis. we're fortunate that in today's discussion, which by the way, as you can see, is being telecast on c-span and also has a japanese translation dimension to it that i'll get to in just a moment. in today's discussion we'll begin with some polling that was that was done in the united states and japan with various other organizations in support and this is looking at united states and japanese attitudes toward the no

when -- life in north korea is about maintaining the north korean race, about maintaining the north korean revolution. every korean has a purpose in that struggle. the north korean defectors say terrible things about kim jong-un. they are less likely to say those things about kim jong-il. he will almost never hear one of them say anything kim il-sung. i think many north korean see kim il-sung as a great leader. host: what should the average american know about the south korean government's attitudes toward the west? mr. fields: south koreans have a sense of grievance see kim il-sa great against the united states. not just because of the division. we helped establish a separate state, but then we left korea in 1949, against the wishes of the south korean government, who begged us to stay. if you leave, the north koreans will invade. then they asked for concrete guarantees that in the event of a northern invasion, we would come back. those guarantees were never given. this is ultimately why joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission to invade. that was an important factor that the south korea

and north korea. this was recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting and washington, d.c. it is about 15 minutes. historianields is a who specializes in a timely field, u.s.-korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone watching the news right now and 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 division was never supposed to be permanent. the hope was korea would eventually result in a unified state. that did not happen. the division became permanent. there is no doubt whose idea it was originally. the reason this matters is 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 responsib

this warning from north korea followed by another warning. this one tweeted the president, quote, i would be announcing the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year on monday 5:00. subjects will cover dishonesty from various reporting from the fake news media. stay tuned. this is the president of the united states issuing a quote to use weapons and then turning on the media. this announced on the same day that a former clinton aide should be jailed. and another former witness to the investigation to the trump campaign should be investigated himself, and also said that his own justice department is part of conspiracy known as the quote, deep state. none of this normal, none of this acceptable. none of this frankly stable behavior. but let's begin with the back and forth on the nuclear war issue and bring in cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. explain what is the significance of this message from the president? are we overstating how high the stakes are here when one uses language like this? >> well, let's just bre

south korea is welcoming a new year's message from the north korean leader has raised the possibility of talks kim jong un's at the path to dialogue was open and he hoped times would improve you also said he'd only use nuclear weapons of threatened and that the launch button is on his desk florence leno from seoul. this is how north korea welcomed the new year with a fireworks display much like the rest of the world but it is leader kim jong un's new year's day address that is drawing all the attention it's two thousand and seventeen this marked by fiery rhetoric and rising tensions because of north korea's nuclear ambitions two thousand and eighteen may bring more of the same. colors and that the u.s. mainland is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is put on the desk in my office at all times they should clearly understand that this is never a trash what a reality kim has called for the mass production and deployment of more nuclear warheads and missiles but weapons experts agree that north korea may not yet have the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhe

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