translation: here, koreans, that means north koreans. apartments, offices, refurbishments, not expensive, good quality, vladivostok. to find out more, the team rents a rundown flat, installs cameras and hires north koreans to do renovation work. kim jong—un is desperately short of foreign currency. un sanctions have restricted north korea's export trade since its first nuclear test 12 years ago. this former south korean officials says that's why the money earned this former south korean official says that's why the money earned by migrants is so crucial to the north's nuclear programme. translation: to develop nuclear weapons, they need to pay for parts and materials that can't be made in north korea. the north korean economy is so basic they can't themselves produce the parts that require advanced technology. and the £1 billion a year raised by the work gangs also helps fund kim jong—un‘s luxury lifestyle, what's known as the palace economy. translation: the north korean economy is divided into a palace economy and the public eco

translation: here, koreans, that means north koreans. apartments, offices, refurbishments, not expensive, good quality, vladivostok. to find out more, the team rents a rundown flat, installs cameras and hires north koreans to do renovation work. kim jong—un is desperately short of foreign currency. un sanctions have restricted north korea's export trade since its first nuclear test 12 years ago. this former south korean officials says that's why the money earned by migrants is so crucial to the north's nuclear programme. translation: to develop nuclear weapons, they need to pay for parts and materials that can't be made in north korea. the north korean economy is so basic they can't themselves produce the parts that require advanced technology. and the billion pounds a year raised by the work gangs also helps fund kim jong—un‘s luxury lifestyle — what's known as the palace economy. translation: the north korean economy is divided into a palace economy and the public economy, and it's significant that the scale of the palace econo

this will be the first time the north korean leader crosses the border since the korean war. of course, the two countries agreed to truce, but the two countries are still technically at war, so the question eve ryo ne technically at war, so the question everyone has been asking is whether the two leaders can come to a peace treaty to officially and the korean war. but of course, another big topic is whether south korea can convince kim jong—un to give up topic is whether south korea can convince kimjong—un to give up his nuclear weapons, as well. let's bring back in our professor from seoul. i guess the denuclearisation is another big topic, and some seem a bit sceptical, because obviously only six months ago tensions were very, very high. in your view, what changed kim jong—un‘s mind? very, very high. in your view, what changed kimjong—un‘s mind? was it that he is now confident that north korea is seen as a nuclear state? yes, first thing for moon —— kim jong—un, who has concerns about the status of the nuclear arms race. 0n the other hand, there is the hig

the enemy is sort of those korean regime but those korean military. i think there's something important to know that i did research service for twenty one months and this compulsory for all of those men in there when you go to the military you get too exposed to the view north korea is your enemy. this very different from society where you can have different views about. in this war in the gym you said it that the north korean regime is the enemy not the north korean people why do you think that that distinction is important i think that distinction is important because the north korean people or part could be part of the south korean families which is true for my grandpa grandfather my grandpa has moved from north korea to solve korea because he personally opposed to the communism and he's for a lot of war fighting against those korean regime in north korea our grandparents generations. loss of family was the hardest with north korean people do you think as time goes on in those ties get farther and farther away it will really shift attitudes about n

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

leaders to set foot in the south since the end of the korean war kim was greeted by the south korean president mean jay in as he crossed the demarcation line dividing the two countries moon also briefly stepped into the north side of the border then walked to the venue where they are holding the first face to face meeting between leaders of the two koreas in more than a decade of diplomatic editor james space has been monitoring the latest from paul . on the south side of the. technically they are still at war but this was carefully choreographed to create a new atmosphere of peace north korean leader kim jong un entered from the north side of the demarcation line the south korean president loon jay in the seat at the concrete block that marks the start of his country's territory. a historic handshake. and then something in all the years since the korean war the kims father and grandfather never did a north korean leader crossing into south korea. it was followed by a reciprocal gesture moon jay in very briefly crossing the line into the north. both leaders seemed relaxed and was smi

and north korean presidents have met and now for the first time a north korean leader is on south korean soil my understanding is they will now pose for the photos looking one way looking back at north korea and then turn and pose for a photo looking at south korea but this is a historic moment nothing has been. but you are seeing that. it is doing something his father and his grandfather the found founder of the state never did he is now on south korean soil it's quite a moment let's just kind of take this. as you said wow. that is she is with wow that's quite a moment so james also there are people that are watching this their families that are watching this that have been separated for decades and decades i can't imagine what this must feel like for them as well to take this and perhaps to a combination of pain and maybe a little bit of hope and optimism perhaps. yes well that's certainly what they're trying to create here is some optimism to school children from a school in the demilitarized zone on the south side who live in this is not really a very good name for it because it's on

position inhas a the south korean north korean summit. building a considerable trust between these two leaders seems to be established. the kind talks. there are the exchanges and invoice. they seem to have a certain confidence. maybe the negotiation with president trump. we can anticipate something positive. we are not sure because we have not seen the outcomes. also the north korean leader wants hope to shift the political focus to economic development. and the third is kim shows confidence on domestic stabilities. and then in this summit they are a main focus to help improve the relationship between south and north korea. building into the united states. main focus is to build a better relationship with south korea. he tried to strengthen the international capacity for the u.s. north korean summit. south korean government wants to give the present -- wants to give the credit to president trump. we didn't have any details about the guidelines, principles or policies. even basic principles so everything, almost everything this is the one

and people are, south korean, north korean, korean compatriots all over the world, they are watching. and there is so much of a burden on our shoulders too. you are the first to cross the demarcation line, kim, this is like peace. and the expectations of all of the world are on us. expectations of all of the world are on us. and i'd like to give my thanks to the brave decision you made. and if we could make brave decisions together, and then we could make a successful meeting. and we have plenty of time to talk about. and if we can discuss things in detail as well, yeah, thank you. can you make us more comfortable... make us more at ease, please? thank you. well, wejust make us more at ease, please? thank you. well, we just watched live pictures of kim jong—un and moon jae—in speaking to each other, of course, sitting across the table. we heard from kim jong—un saying he had many thoughts as he crossed the border. of course, he became the first north korean leader to cross the border since the end of the korean war. the two countries are still technically at war. and he talked a

the enemy sort of those korean regime in those korean military. i think there's something important to know that i did research service for twenty one months and this compulsory for all of those men in there when you go to the military you get too exposed to the view of north korea is your enemy. this very different from society where you can have different views about those in the square in the gym you said it that the north korean regime is the enemy not the north korean people why do you think that that distinction is important i think that distinction is important because the north korean people or part could be part of korean families which is true for my grandpa grandfather my grandpa has moved from north korea to south korea because he personally opposed to the communism and he's for the war fighting against those korean regime in north korea our grandparents generations. i have lots of family there are those korean people do you think as time goes on in those ties get farther and farther away it will really shift attitudes about north kore

for the north korean leader. had to go back to the north let's look at some of those huge developments that we've seen today these are live pictures from the demilitarized zone and as as i mentioned we are waiting for leader kim jong un to leave off to this day of talks this joint declaration agreeing to. arise the korean peninsula so they've agreed to that but do we know if they agree on what it means and when can we expect it to happen. that is what remains unclear out of this declaration elizabeth there was a lot of detail and it was it was historic this declaration that was signed when it comes to talking about meeting between north korea south korea the u.s. and china for example moving towards a more permanent peace regime and moving on from the armistice that was signed in one thousand nine hundred fifty three that was significant there was an agreement that plans to visit pyongyang in the autumn so that will be significant if that goes ahead but in terms of your question about denuclearization that was wh

peninsula since the korean war with a nuclear north korea and the u.s. president threatening to destroy north korea i have to say though even though we're seeing these pictures we're seeing these traditional bands we're seeing this greeting we're seeing this historic moment of him crossing into the south the north koreans haven't actually agreed to do anything yet nothing has actually been resolved what's changed is the tone and the atmosphere that may be there to begin the work but we're very much at the beginning and this is a very high stakes strategy having this summit and potentially the truckstop summit between kim and trump coming up within the next month or so where do you go if this all goes wrong one potential problem on the horizon experts disagree about its importance is coming up at the beginning of may the iran deal of course if you're trying to persuade north korea to give up its nuclear weapons then you may some believe not very sensible to tear up a deal whether it where another country is agreed to to give up its nuclear weapons of cour

a historic summit on the korean peninsula the south is preparing to welcome a north korean leader kim jong un for talks about peace and nuclear disarmament he would be the first north korean leader to set foot on south korean soil in more than sixty years the peninsula has seen some dramatic diplomatic strides in recent weeks and expectations are they come a step closer to easing the tensions. pinning messages of hope to the fence dividing the two nations it's here in the border village of panmunjom that kim jong un will make history on friday. when he crosses this border markets attend the into korean summit he'll be the first north korean leader to set foot on south korean soil since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago it's a significant location inside the demilitarized zone straddling the border to north korea that pyongyang has promised to end nuclear and missile tests hoping for a lifting of sanctions in exchange. in south korea many see the summit as a cause for optimism. now you have an agreement on people see if you will come out of the summit. my generation has be

" for the korean peninsula. we should have a positive meeting and positive results out of this meeting. and going forward, we should be determined and we should make use of as much time possible and we should meet as often as possible. and if we can get our heads together then the ii possible. and if we can get our heads together then the 11 years lost ca n heads together then the 11 years lost can be made up. 200 metres, that was the crossing line and i had so that was the crossing line and i had so many thoughts while crossing the demarcation line. and this is more like a starting line, firing the start of the race, i should say. and if we can open our hearts to speak and if we can draw a positive result from this meeting, that would be good. and instead of going back to the kuring board, we should move forward. —— drawing board. and if we can hold our hands together and move forward. i think so much talk about what is going on about the dinner party this evening and if you could enjoy the pyongyang glass

and south korean leaders that never have we seen a north korean leader set foot though in the south at any time since the korean war it's something that kim's grandfather didn't do after the korean war or his father but some of these aims lofty aims like reunifying the road system of the railway system have been there what we do have in this i think is significant certainly on the peace treaty is we have an actual timeline we hear that the aim is to do that by the end of the year and again for the next bit of the into korean diplomacy we have a timeline to that president moon is supposed to travel to pyongyang in the fall so a clear timeline for this i think to show the americans the rest of the international community and the population here in south korea and maybe to a limited extent kim wants to show the population of north korea that this thing has got momentum james if you stay with us for a moment let's pop over to beijing and get the thoughts of asian brown our correspondent there because certainly this declaration seems to have at least a couple of points that will please t

koreans experience. there have been false dawns before, like in 2008 when north korea blew up this key facility as part of a previous nuclear deal. so can kim and the south korean president moon, prevent this one unravelling in the same way as those previous agreements? i think the most important difference in this particular agreement that we should not under estimate, is the cooperation he's showing with south korea. and i think that is the most significant difference. what you see here is that north korea is making very, very clear that he is absolutely leaving china and all the other powers out and in fact that he is willing to cooperate with the united states, but that he is doing that very closely through south korea. and this is really the significant difference from all the previous agreements. among today's symbolic acts was the inevitable tree—planting. south korea's president moon is a moderate, who has long—called for the benefits of dialogue. but was he playing soft cop to donald trump's

history was made on the korean peninsula today a south korean president moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un shook hands at the demilitarized zone between the two countries and pledged to work to denuclearize the pepeninsula and to declare e official end to the korean war. today's s historic summimit mars the first time a north kororean leader has ever set foot inside south korea. during the meeting, north korean leader kim jong-un said -- "i came here to put an end to the history of confrontation." the north and south korean leaders pledged to pursue talks with the united states aimed at negotiating a formal peace treaty to replace the uneasy 1953 armistice. this is north korean leader kim jong-un speaking today. we will make efforts to create good results by communicating closely in order to make sure our agreements signed today before the entire world will not end is just a beginning like previous agreements before today. amy: today's breakthrough comes amid a series of diplomatic developments regarding north korea and its nuear program. last month, kim jong-un traveled

korean leader crossing into south korea . but. it was followed by a reciprocal gesture mungiu even very briefly crossing the line into the north. both leaders seemed relaxed and was smiling but of course they hope this summit is only the start of a process and that's likely to be complicated and will involve difficult negotiations. among the months ahead on the dame's this meeting i hope that there is new history written with regards to p. for prosperity and i will approach this with the feeling of a brand new start. when the supreme leader across the demarcation line on the systolic moment there was an immense expectation on us all over the world and i hope this discussion is productive over lunch the north korean leader and his fast moving security detail headed back to the north side so he could confer with other members of his delegation then a few hours later a symbolic moment of tree planting using the earth from the mountains in the north and the south and water from the two biggest rivers on both sides another image f

i'm korean. and that's where the whole number one korean comes fr. hey, i'm kean and i'm proud to be korean. >> anthony: marc is what's called "gyopo." meaning "korean who's lived abroad." as things get better and brighter over here, more and more people are, like marc, moving back home for the ever more numerous opportunities. >> marc: when i came here, it just felt right for me. i was like, "i'm here! these are my people!" it's like, "this is what i've been missing!" but i was considered not really korean, i guess, you know? i was considered an outsider in my own country. i had, like, this thing going on because it was like, "okay, am i not korean enough if i don't do this? or if i don't drink this? or if i don't eat this?" but there's a certain sense of, "well i want to learn this." if that makes me feel more korean. >> anthony: nice. best part's skin. is this so hard? walk in and eat delicious food and get hammered in the street? being korean is pretty awesome! >> marc: last one? >> anthony: yeah. nighttime in seoul, and everywhere you go, it see

yet younger koreans at this school of thought the history of the korean war war images are displayed in the corridors. older koreans meanwhile need no reminders the hunan during those americans is just hearing about them makes my heart tremble my father was killed by the americans when i was twelve so whenever i hear about those americans i get overcome with hatred it makes my heart tremble sumo forthcoming talks will center on north korea's nuclear program but the country has a substantial conventional arsenal to the principal target of their artillery guns the south korean capital seoul earlier there in the other half of this divided land i spoke to a lawmaker a military expert who told me the world should not only focus on the nuclear threats. the biological weapons are on asli more fearsome the nuclear weapons from our perspective the destructiveness of a one ton nuclear warhead can be achieved with only four kilograms of anthrax in terms of casualties in seoul it is estimated that north korea has stockpiled over five thousand tons of chemical weapons song all military first is a

south korean president moonjae—in and north korean leader kimjong—un. the progress has been very, very rapid. 0nly the progress has been very, very rapid. only at the beginning of the year, we heard north ‘that f “k; vkimjung ,,.., ,.,, ’ “$51; 7 kimjung ,,,. the, f ’ studies ‘ the convoy the 1221‘s; let“; us. 7 to the bridge behind us. we have some opinions being split of what those two leaders can achieve. are you hopeful that they can come to some kind of a peace treaty agreements, officially end the war, and possibly get kim jong—un to officially commit to potentially give up his nuclear weapons, or at least halt nuclear tests, which they have done temporarily? yes, so as i said, iam have done temporarily? yes, so as i said, i am cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the summit. and the... possibly they can make an agreement in which not, say, a peace treaty, but actually the de facto peace treaty, a declaration of a peace treaty, a declaration of a peace regime can be achieved by some good negotiations between the two. so hop

the border into the south korean since the end of the korean war in 1953. they agreed a truce back in 1953, but the two countries are technically still at war. this is a rather historic day and we have been hearing from people here in south korea as well as defectors who have left north korea. we are now seeing the footage of the peace house and we are expecting south korean president moonjae—in to be a writing, there are he is, he and his carand his writing, there are he is, he and his car and his convoy arriving at the peace house, where the summit will ta ke peace house, where the summit will take place. the peace house is on the southern side of panmunjom in the southern side of panmunjom in the demilitarised zone, which divided the two career‘s since the end of the war, divided by a military demarcation line and kim jong—un will become the first north korean leader to cross this border. there is a lot of coverage on this summit, as you can imagine, some 3000 journalists both foreign and local have been registered to cover at the event. you are wa

north korean relations. efforts.ess on today is a special event because event.ture is an annual we decided, instead of a single lecture that we have this standing panel to talk about an issue that is very preoccupying and perhaps the number one national security challenge for the trump administration. i direct the international security program at george mason turn school of policy and government. i am moderating today. our lecture series, we are delighted to have members of the wonky family joining us today and all they done is that have made this special event possible. --you know, our two state speakers are well-known. we have admiral mike mullen who was the chairman of the joint chief of staff. he's the executive officer of mgm consulting. and was a cochair of a 2016 foreign relations task force report. a shepherd choice on north korea. we will ask him to update and revise the judgment of that report. victor cha is currently the .enior adviser he is the curry of foundation chair and government and intern

into korean summit he'll be the first north korean leader to set first on south korean soil since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago it's a significant location inside the demilitarized zone straddling the border to north korea that pyongyang has promised to end nuclear and missile tests hoping for a lifting of sanctions in exchange in south korea many see the summit as a cause for optimism. and agreement on people see if you will come out of the summit. my generation has been through a lot of pain due to political chaos so i hope the summit ensures our next generation won't have to experience that. i hope the two leaders work together to prevent another war like the korean war. to come from some of the dresses human rights issues in north korea and other. others however a skeptical. when they don't want to go on is saying that he will complete denuclearization and close the nuclear test site through the into korean summit but we can't believe it. will give them what it. was you i answered in the first and. then go ahead and it is i think that if you don't think of this as

the enemy is sort of those korean regime those korean military. i think there's something important to know that i did research service for twenty one months and this compulsory for all. their when you go to the military you get too exposed to the view north korea is your enemy. this very different from society where you can have different views about those in the square in the gym you said it that the north korean regime is the enemy not the north korean people why do you think that that distinction is important i think that distinction is important because the north korean people or part could be part of korean families which is true for my grandpa grandfather my grandpa has moved from korean regime in north korea our grandparents generations. i have lots of family there are those korean people do you think as time goes on and those ties get farther and farther away it will really shift attitudes about north korea and north koreans it has been seventeen years since we have been separated. i don't have any personal ties with those korean people.

if we can fix it he's going to withdraw from the deal it's pretty straightforward north korean leader kim jong un is willing to give up nuclear weapons if the u.s. commits to a formal end to the korean war and promises not to attack the north that's according to south korea which says kim made the promise to its president in jay in friday's historic summit came has also promised to shut down the north nuclear test site in may and disclose the process two experts and journalists under the migrants from central america have reached the mexican border even to states i spent a month on the road and hoping to cross into the u.s. and seek asylum. armenia's the ruling party says it won't stop a protest leader who's led massive anti-government rallies from leading the country but only if the opposition unite behind him demonstrators have been rallying ahead of tuesday's parliamentary vote choose a new prime minister as a mounting that protest leader nicole passion ian be chosen for the top job on many years previous prime minister search for jessie and resigned a week ago after demonstrations

president has ever met with a north korean leader face to face. there's no official military communication the chairman of the joint chiefs in the united states can pick up the phone and talk to his counterpart and every other country on the planet that has nuclear weapons except for north korea the one we're most likely to go to war with so we don't have that steady personal relationship and communication chain and so we've tended to err on the side of caution and reserve in the united states which is why i think many people were worried that president trump statements over the last year could lead to either unintended conflict or an escalation on the part of the north koreans there are unofficial channels to help bridge the communication gap one is north korea's mission to the united nations in new york another is known as track one point five meetings between north korean officials in policy experts like the maggio. we're on a failure to do with the u.s. government does it seem like they really want the truth ministers to know so they see the u

the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the pull the nuclear test center next month and invited american and south korean experts and journalists to inspect it days before the summit north korea announced it would shut down the site of all six nuclear bomb tests kim referred to speculation that test explosions had so badly damaged the site it couldn't have been used again anyway to join should only chairman kim said when they come they will see that we have to figure tunnels than the current test facilities and they are in good condition this. the willingness to allow visitors to the test center appears to be another concession before the planned summit with donald trump and the north koreans by this is the necessity. for any kind of negotiations because if they don't see that the want every inch it was cited as a nuclear weapons nobody is going to talk to them moon phoned the u.s. president to brief him on the in

president moon and the north korean leader. the wife of both and officials from from both sides so that's the latest we got we got here now bad we know that denuclearization is now on the table this is a big step this is something that the u.s. has been trying to get north korea to do for decades now why do you think the north would give up their biggest bargaining chip here the nuclear deterrent both build up to secure north korea's defense against the u.s. and maintain the regime and do nuclearization is only on the table if there's a real progress and they go see asians and then the end of the day if the u.s. is also willing to provide security guarantees and i think you again they obs tusa greenman replacement of the arms disagreement is useful because it could establish a new status quo and provide security for all sides philip back to you for a moment if the tensions between north and south are finally resolved how could that change people's daily lives on both sides of the d.m.z. there. well i think we are at the moment

so, you're a bad korean. >> roy choi: i'm a bad korean. if i was a mediocre accountant, it'd be better than being a top chef. >> anthony: according to who? >> roy choi: according to korean culture. >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: according to korean uncles and aunts. and it's just, it doesn't register that that is a profession. you know? i wouldn't have to explain myself if i just said i was a cpa. >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: never. you know, that's, that's, that's weird -- shit. >> anthony: i know. you still got some 'splaining to do. >> roy choi: still. to just get it across that i, that i cook, and that there was this phenomenon that happened on the streets of l.a. that changed and opened up korean culture to, to the world. >> anthony: what does it mean to be korean american? does one create one's own world? i don't know that i'm any smarter about that now than when i first came to k-town in the middle of the night and discovered a strange and fabulous and delicious slice of america i'd never known was there. but i'm trying to figur

yet younger koreans at this school of thought the history of the korean war war images are displayed in the corridors older koreans meanwhile need no remind us the hunan during those americans is just hearing about them makes my heart tremble my father was killed by the americans when i was twelve so whenever i hear about those americans i get overcome with hatred it makes my heart tremble suma law forthcoming talks will center on north korea's nuclear program but the country has a substantial conventional arsenal to the principal target of their artillery guns the south korean capital seoul earlier there in the other half of this divided land i spoke to a lawmaker a military expert who told me the world should not only focus on the nuclear threats. oh you know the biological weapons are honestly more fearsome the nuclear weapons from our perspective the destructiveness of a one ton nuclear warhead can be achieved with only four kilograms of anthrax in terms of casualties in seoul it is estimated that north korea has stockpiled over five thousand tons of chemical weapons song all mil

well i think south koreans will welcome this declaration that there will be no more war on the korean peninsula this is something that the south korean president mungy in has been promising for some time now it has certainly been a big day for him there are these been these commitments to move two wars a peace regime into and the current status that was brought about in one nine hundred fifty three when the armistice was signed and hostilities in the korean war and now we're hearing from both korea saying that they want to move on from that and that they want to pursue meetings between the two koreas and the united states and also a meeting between the two koreas the united states and china important there because it was north korea china and the u.s. representing the u.n. allies that signed that armistice at the end of fighting in the korean war south korea wasn't actually a signatory so moving to wards a peace treaty you would need presumably to involve the u.s. china and north korea so that's some of what we heard from kim jong un and mungy in today donald trump from for his part s

penis korean peninsula. we want to go to jenny who's standing by in seoul. janice, we have been talking about this for quite some time. obviously a lot of the rhetoric being ratcheted up under the trump administration but it seems as if we are in a historic cross road in the relations between north and south korea. talk to me about the ramifications of all of this. >> well, consider how this day started with that historic hand shake and kim jong un walking across the demilitarized zone, meeting him at the military line, inviting moon to step in to north korea before the two proceed to the summit table. there were not great expectations that this summit would produce any top lines. the expectation would be that there would be an agreement to meet again. so the fact they've stepped out and saying there's an agreement to end the korean war, that there are talks towards complete denuclearization and that moon jae in will travel to north korea by the autumn is fairly spectacular. they are still short on specifics

north korean dictator ijkim jon un making history with south korean president. they announced the end of the korean war ushering in peace after 65 years of division. both leaders signing a deck la -- declaration. >> there is no

the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the nuclear test center next month and invited american and south korean experts and journalists to inspect it days before the summit north korea announced it would shut down the site of all six nuclear bomb tests kim referred to speculation that test explosions had so badly damaged the site it couldn't have been used again anyway to join should only chairman kim said when they come they will see that we have to figure tunnels than the current test facilities and they are in good condition this. the willingness to allow visitors to the test center appears to be another concession before the planned summit with donald trump and the north koreans by this is necessity but it can dish up for any kind of negotiations because if they don't see that the want every inch or two started as a nuclear weapons nobody is going to talk to them moon phoned the u.s. president to brief him on

the north korean mt. what kind of painting technique is used for this painting, when we saw the painting in the hallway. it is 0riental painting and technique, that was the answer. the two leaders came to the reception. mr moon introduced the painting. it was also the writing of kim jae—sung. it means we are communicating with each other. that kind of meaning is there. that was highlighted for us to communicate. it has a square shaped. it means the first character. it also has kim's character. it also has kim's character at the start. that was mr moon's construction. —— instruction. iam sure, moon's construction. —— instruction. i am sure, just as you did, i started early in the morning. mr moon said, just a few kilometres away. mr kim said, i heard that you woke up early. maybe because of that meeting. when you received the embassy areas, i think it was a very good gesture as well. mr kim, i will make sure that you don't have to wa ke make sure that you don't have to wake up early in the mornin

the north koreans in the past have talked about denuclearization as denuclearization of the korean peninsula or when the u.s. security threat as well as from the missile those are nonstarters for washington removing the u.s. security threat could mean a whole range of things including ending the u.s. nuclear alliance which sell korea which trump may simply refuse where i think this is likely to end up if we do have a summit and this could go off the rails at any time is that we will meet kim jong un will say look we offered to denuclearize all that the united states had to do was stop threatening us they refused and now we're going back to supporting our own national security our own national defense and advancing our nuclear program and blame it on trump on the other hand trumping kim could use this high profile summit to launch a negotiation process the main thing is to continue talking on the main objectives of both sides denuclearization for us for them it's ending the u.s. is hostile policy towards north korea then there's the possibility that trump given us america first agenda and is

altered the dynamics on the on the korean peninsula of course the olympics also have helped. and therefore it is not that unsolved they extend that they leave the process that they would have dragged all the parties along including the united states and credit allies with the peninsula parties ok john let me go to you more or less the same question here because the dynamic changes considerably if there is a peace between the two koreas after sixty eight years they start coming to some kind of defense and security measures that both can accept then regime change as it were that we hear so many people talking about in in the washington foreign policy blob that kind of is taken off the table because that would not be in south korea's interests go ahead john in washington. right peter well i think i think you overstated it a little bit i do give president moon a lot of credit but i think the main credit i never thought i would say that i know obviously belongs to donald trump i know you're going to say that this this this this is this is the man who said he wanted nothing more th

or around korean peninsula. and thirdly, the complete stop of 90 nuclear threat on korean peninsula. the concept of any denuclearization of korean peninsula as understood and stated by north korea is quite different from the world is saying. and so far, north korean ministry of foreign affairs stated a couple of times that they would go on the denuclearization process of korean peninsula. they also said that the denuclearization of north korea can only be started when the denuclearization of the world by the nuclear super powers do the similar things. so actually the timetable of north korea's denuclearization is deliberately matched to the denuclearization of the other nuclear power states. >> so that seems like a nonstarter. it's a nonstarter for south korea, it's a nonstarter for the united states. you heard president trump said that his version, his understanding of denuclearization, is total dismantlement. destruction of the nuclear weapons program. so then what do you expect to be the outcome of the north/

between the south korean president when j. in and the north korean leader kim jong un of course there have been two intercourse summits in the past and after those summits we had seen some into korean cultural exchanges for example the reunions of family members who had been separated by the korean war now as the questions are being asked leading up to this summit as to what might be on the agenda what seems to be the message coming out of the south korean government is that denuclearization is firmly on the minds of the south korean government as it goes into this meeting with north korea seems to be playing down at least suggesting to play down any expectations of cultural or economic exchanges that we might have seen in the past and putting more of the focus on denuclearization on into korean relations and on peace so this suggestion that there may be discussions of a peace treaty transitioning the armistice that was signed to end hostilities at the end of korean war into a peace treaty is coming out of the semi official ne

anytime the south koreans raised it in a meeting, the north koreans would either walk out or say bathroom break or just did not want to talk about it. they said that is something we talk about with the united states. it appears at least the south korean president is carrying messages back and forth suggesting north koreans have had conversations with the south and are inclined to denuclearize the entire peninsula, which is a loaded phrase in and of itself. but there is that. in that sense there has been a larger role. i was in a different meeting a couple of months ago with academics where we were trying to -- the trump administration. i was supposed to look at asia. in my case, i said for asia,, there is some degree of hedging with regard to china, but that is not what allies are doing. allies are not hedging against the u.s. they are practicing autonomy and giving all the credit to president trump. you will remember when we saw this extraordinary situation where the national security adviser of a foreign country came out in front of the west wing and announced to the world that the u.s.

set foot in the south since the end of the korean war mr kim was greeted by the south korean president when jay and as he crossed the demarcation line dividing the two countries and also briefly stepped into the north side of the border they then walked to the venue where they've been holding the first face to face meeting between leaders of the two koreas in more than a decade. the white house says a suit a statement saying it hopes the talks will help bring peace to the korean peninsula the two leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues including pyongyang's nuclear program it's hoped the meeting on friday will also pave the way towards kim's meeting with the u.s. president donald trump that's set for late may or early june. the extent to which anybody should be should be encouraged. it took eleven years for us to be here and this is star at the moment i wonder why it was so hard to be here today in this historic meeting there is high expectations on us should things not go if people expected i worry it will disappoint everyone but i have high hopes for the meeting i would lik

korean capital. when you walk around pyongyang everywhere you seem to go you hear military music blaring from shops and loud speakers last summer the drums of war beating particularly heavily it was arguably the tenses time on the korean peninsula in decades in september north korean foreign minister re on ho headed from his ministry here to new york to give his speech at the annual meeting of world leaders at the u.n. ahead of him in the speaking order the new president of the us the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. al-jazeera has learnt that hours after that speech foreign minister re sought a brief meeting with the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists at the end of the meeting the north korean invited a senior united nations official to pyongyang a trip the un had been trying to arrange for over a year

anytime the south koreans raised it in a meeting, the north koreans would either walk out or say bathroom break or just did not want to talk about it. they said that is something we talk about with the united states. it appears at least the south korean president is carrying message back and forth suggesting north koreans have had conversations with the south denuclearizened to the entire peninsula, which is a loaded phrase in and of itself. in my case, i said for asia,, there is some degree of hedging with regard to china, but that is not what allies are doing. practicing autonomy and getting all the credit -- giving all the credit to president trump. you will remember when he saw extraordinary situation where the national security adviser of a foreign country came out in front of the west wing and announce to the world that the u.s. president had committed to a meeting with the north, an of itself, the first five minutes of the speech was about how president trump is the person to thank for all this diplomacy that has taken place. i think allies in asia are not hedging like in the tradi

denuclearise the korean peninsula. translation: for the demilitarisation of the south korean peninsula, the koreans will work together. we will establish lasting peace by ending the war. that will be the current point for the new world order. wherever, whether it is sky, c or lands, the hostilities will be stopped. the fundamental matter to stop the hostilities will begin. and north korean leader kimjong—un reiterated the desire that the two nations to move forward working together. translation: when we met, we realised we cannot be separated, we are one and separation. that is how i stand. we are living next door to each other. there is no reason we should fight each other. we are one nation. all the entire nation should live in peace and we should pioneer the future ourselves. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has given us his immediate reaction to the press conference held by the north and south korean leaders. it is very interesting that they too riders focused on different things. president moon spoke o

the north koreans in the past have talked about denuclearization as denuclearization of the korean peninsula or when the u.s. security threat as well from the nose or nonstarters for washington removing the u.s. security threat could mean a whole range of things including ending the u.s. nuclear alliance would sell korea which trump may simply refuse where i think this is likely to end up if we do have a summit and this could go off the rails at any time is that we will meet kim jong un will say look we offered to denuclearize all that the united states had to do was stop threatening us they refused and now we're going back to supporting our own national security our own national defense and advancing our nuclear program and blame it on trump on the other hand could use this high profile summit to want. a negotiation process the main thing is to continue talking on the main objectives of both sides denuclearization for us for them it's ending the us is hostile policy towards north korea then there's the possibility that trump given us america first agenda in this tendency to trust is over ex

the north koreans in the past have talked about denuclearization as denuclearization of the korean peninsula or when the u.s. security threat as well as from the those are nonstarters for washington removing the u.s. security threat could mean a whole range of things including ending the u.s. nuclear alliance which sell korea which trump may simply refuse where i think this is likely to end up if we do have a summit and this could go off the rails at any time is that we will meet kim jong un will say look we offered to denuclearize all that the united states had to do was stop threatening us they refused and now we're going back to supporting our own national security our own national defense and advancing our nuclear program and blame it on trump on the other hand could use this high profile summit to want. a negotiation process the main thing is to continue talking on the main objectives of both sides denuclearization for us for them it's ending the us is hostile policy towards north korea then there's the possibility that trump given us america first agenda in this tendency to trust is ov

kim jong—un becomes the first north korean leader to set foot on south korean soil. it's the first summit between the two countries in more than a decade. pyongyang's nuclear arsenal tops the agenda. the us says it hopes the talks will lead towards a future of peace and prosperity for the entire korean peninsula. coming up in the business briefing: from online bookseller to global retail giant amazon delivers another huge jump in sales. and makes the world's richest man even richer. we'll also be finding out what today's korean talks could mean for business in the region. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. are you one of amazon's many millions of loyal customers around the world 7 or like president trump, do you think they're just too big and trample on small retailers? let us know your thoughts, use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. an historic meeting is taking place between north korea's kimjong—un and south korea's president moonjae—in. the two leaders g