south korea. committeefor affairs -- he testified before the house foreign affairs committee. >> we will come to order. all members, if you will have your seats. mr. thae, one of the highest ranking officials ever to defect. as he will tell us, he wanted his family to be free. it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from someone with such unique insight into the most repressive regime in the world, and one that is now threatening us with nuclear weapons. i wanted to say to you thank you for speaking before this committee today. i wanted also to a knowledge that it takes courage for you to do this. i met with you in august in seoul, along with a member of this committee and others. your observations and your recommendations to the committee today will not only help inform u.s. policy, but it is my hope that your message, including how we could peacefully denuclearize the korean peninsula, will reach the ears of every north korean still suffering under kim jong-un's brutal rule. as you know,

in south korea? i searched on the internet before my arrival to south korea. of course, the policy of equal treatment for north korean defectors in south korea, but as for high delete defectors, i think we should make a if theyade law so that make the exit of north korean elite for defection, i think we should upgrade more the current treatment of the policies of north korea's elite group. a country like north korea can be easily collapsed if the group of elites leaves that system. >> thank you. you also talked about the thumb drives that young people can hide. that is just a mechanism to get more information into the mass population of north korea. others have touched on it a little bit. can you expand about some of the most important messages we need to communicate to the people of north korea to try to unravel the brainwashing coming from the kim regime, and expose north koreans to what is the reality in their country, but also the reality in south korea and the rest of the world? >> we can make t

caller: how does south korea feel about the threat -- yes. how does south korea feel about the possibility of japan militarizing? host: talk a little bit about japan and how it plays in well -- in while linda deals with her tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war, with a lot of terrible human rights abuses. which over the years korea has fought to address and overcome. most recently between japanese prime minister abe and south korean president park. those historical concerns and animosity remain strong and certain parts of the south korean public. yet if you look at public polling, japan pulls quite well in south korea. in south korea, the public is a -- has a better perception of japan than it does of china recently. there is concerned with some people about japan revising its constitution and expanding military power, which is one of the objectives of prime minister abe. it is not a broad and widely held view in south korea, rather the view of a certain part. ge

now, 30,000 north korea defectors have a come to south korea. in china, however, tens of thousands of north korean defectors are leaving without papers and are being physically or sexually exploited. the us continues from china and russia to support more economic sanctions it should also do more to stop beijing from bringing defectors back to north korea. the world was united to abolish the south african apartheid, now it is time for the world to stop the widespread and systematic human rights violations in north korea which i tantamount to the crimes committed by the nazis. this concludes my opening statement, thank you again for this opportunity and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, mister thae. you made clear in your remarks that as more and more people gradually become informed about the reality of their living conditions, what they are told is a paradise but they find out how people living in south korea or the rest of the world, the north korean government will either have to change and adapt in positive ways for it

people of south korea but to the people all.

caller: how does south korea -- yes.ut the threat how does south korea feel about the possibility of japan militarizing? host: talk a little bit about japan and how it plays in well linda deals with your tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war, with a lot of terrible human rights abuses. korea has the years thought to address and overcome. most recently between japanese prime minister abe and south korean president parpk. -- park. those historical concerns and animosity remain strong and certain parts of the south korean public. yet if you look at public polling, japan pulls quite well in south korea. in south korea, the public is a better perception of japan then it doesn't china recently -- then it does of china recently. there is concerned with some revising itsjapan constitution and expanding military power, which is one of the objectives of prime minister abe. it is not a broad and widely held view in south korea, rather the view of a certain part. generally there has been efforts more recently to enh

president there said in his visit to south korea that he will be working with south korea and using all available to tools short of military action is. taking a softer line with respect to north korea. well terry he definitely sounded very different than he did just a few months ago if you look back and if you remember that was bellicose remarks of . fury fire and fury and locked and loaded and those remarks actually made the south korea's president moved somewhat angry at the time saying that it can't be that some third party pushes his country closer to a military confrontation with north korea and he said that there shouldn't be any military action taken or considered without the consent of north korea and so today we didn't hear any of that harsh rhetoric from from donald trump now i wouldn't say it's a policy reversal they still agreed that they want to exert maximum pressure on north korea and that's something that president from had been pushing for the entire time but it seems that at least they were a bit more considerate of each other's needs and positions terry ok with donald

to south korea. firsthand as a member of the regime, with the u.s. could it have latest influence. a hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. and >> one of the highest-ranking north korean officials ever -- ng ever to defect. we will be told, he wanted his family to be free. it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from someone with such unique insights into the most repressive regime in the world and one that is now threatening us with nuclear weapons. you thank youy to for speaking before this committee today. to say that ited takes courage for you to do this. i met with you in august in seoul, along with a member of this committee and others. your observations and your recommendations to the committee informill not only help u.s. policy, but it is my hope that your message, including how we could peacefully denuclearize the korean peninsula, will reach of every north korean still suffering under kim jong-un's brutal role. that we getal information to north koreans so they can better understand

president donald trump has begun a visit to south korea that's dominated by tensions over north korea's nuclear program trump is holding talks with the south korean president mungy in that are expected to touch on trade as well as how to rein in pyongyang's nuclear ambitions the visit is being seen as an attempt to present a united front against north korea despite policy differences between the u.s. and the south it is the second stop of the u.s. president's five country tour of asia. and heartache is following the trump visit in seoul and he joins us from there what is expected to come out of these talks with jay and today. well as you said to me the president trump is trying to forge this united front and of course that would have to include the main allies that the u.s. has in this region which are of course japan and south korea now things were a little bit easier in japan because the japanese government supports trump one hundred percent on their hardline approach on his hardline approach towards north korea. but here it's a little bit more complicated or a little bit more difficu

south korea, republic of korea, korea is very important to me and there will be no skipping south korea, i can tell you that right now. plus, i've developed great friendships, not only with the president but with others and we will not let them down and they will not let us down because were doing a lot for them, to be honest. as far as the base is concerned i thought that humphreys was an incredible military installation. i know what it cost and it is a lot of money. we actually spent some of that money and, as you know, that money was spent, for the most part, to protect south korea not to protect the united states. some of it was spent by us and that being said that was long before my time and i am sure i could have built it for a lot less. that is what i do. thank you. [speaking in native tongue] translator: i'd like to make a secondary remark. today president trump visited the military base and his visit shows we were able to show that korea is making significant contributions to the alliance. i hope that has been felt for president trump and it expanded and talks and he has expres

is are south korea and the united states joined at the hip? is subtlety of that comment is in donald trump's mind, answer the is no, that we're doing this for them. the south koreans will renegotiate a trade deal with us and we're selling billions of dollars of equipment. it's sort of like the american presence is there for a price, not because we look at the core national interest of the united states. >> talk about the president's choice not to visit the demilitarized zone that many have visited in the past. his administration saying he doesn't going to make that visit there. whether or not that will change we'll see. looks like he's not headed in that direction. >> i think that sends a message to some degree. i know it's controversial. many presidents do that. it's a sign of commitment that we're going to stand with the south koreans at that line and t toe that line with the south koreans very closely. i think at the same time, the president's rhetoric has been so bombastic and so -- considered so reckless that his presence there could caus

next stop, south korea. we'll be live in seoul. and the priceless 17th century map of australia, which was feared lost forever, is found in an attic. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, ”pm in london, and 3pm —— it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4pm in california, where bosses at apple, the world's most profitable company, are watching a new tax controversy unravel. leaked documents show the tech giant actively sought out tax havens after an irish low—tax loophole it used was closed. the company then moved massive amounts of cash offshore to the island ofjersey in a move that would've saved it billions of dollars. although the company has done nothing illegal, it is again under fire from the eu and us over its tax arrangements. it came to light after millions of financial documents, the paradise papers, were obtained by the german newspaper, suddeutsche zeitung, and shared with journalists around the world, including a team at

my future in south korea. i searched all the content of thee internet but prior to my arrival in south korea by god information. of course there are general policies of equal treatment for north korean sectors in south korea but as for highly effective i think we should make taylor made a law so if we make the exit of north korean entities for defection i think we should upgrade the policies of north korea's group because country like north korea can be easily coalesced if the group of elites believed that system. >> thank you. you also talked about i like the eu described the thumb drives so that young people can hide but that's just a mechanism to get more information into the mass population of north korea. could you expand a bit about some of the most important messages we need to communicate to the people of north korea to try to unravel the brainwashing that is coming from the camera shame and expose north koreans the reality within their country but also the reality of south korea and the rest of the wo

deficit with south korea. i think he is probably going to press on procurement issues and he will also i think deliver pressure on the south korea president to find other products to buy actually energy is one area where the u.s. might where south korea might be able to make additional purchases that would help to close the definition. >> so gordon, as they walk into the blue house the president and south korean's president moon moving closer to the blue house. they've been involved in a welcoming ceremony. what do you think will be the difference between what is spoke about privately and publicly in the press conference that follows? >> i think there will be an enormous gap. president trump has effectively boxed in moon preventing moon from doing what he would like to do. moon ran on a campaign of moving south korea closer to north korea and he has not been able to do that. part is because north korea an leader kim jong-un has engaged in provocative behavior. and also because of some diplomacy on the part of

feelr: how do south korea yes. the threat of -- how do south korea feel about the possibility of japan militarizing? whileok, talk about japan linda deals with her tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war with rights abuses, which, over the years, korea had thought to address and overcome, most recently between the japanese prime minister abe and south korean president park. those historical concerns, those animosities still remained fairly strong in certain parts of the south korean public. at public polling, japan actually pulls -- polls quite well in south korea. south korea has a better perception of japan than it does china. -- amongconcern amount some people in south korea about japan revising its constitution and expanding its military power, which is one of the objectives of the prime minister. and widely broad held view and south korea. more generally, there has been toorts, more recently, enhance what we call trilateral military

on wednesday in south korea. so president trump is in south korea. he's about to address the south korean parl lnlt. this is the first time a u.s. president has addressed the parliament since the earlier '90s when bill clinton was there. it's certainly the first time any u.s. president has spoken anywhere in the korean peninsula since this president threatened that he would totally destroy north korea. it's the first time any american president has traveled to the korean peninsula since president trump threatened north korea with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> that was august. that was president trump's red line promising what he would do if north korea made any more threats to the united states. north korea responded immediately to that red line by threatening to bomb guam. then they shot missiles over japan, then they tested a hydrogen bomb. while the president prepares to address the parliament in

donald trump in south korea, a show of force in asia. jillian: holding a joint press conference with south korea's leader, vowing to have each other's back. rob: new details on the united front against north korea. >> reporter: trump started the day saying it has to work out. he did go on to say the us has the best military in the world, the best hardware, three aircraft carriers stationed off the korean peninsula and nuclear submarine he hopes we will never have to use. he went on to say some progress in diplomacy working with other countries in the region to press on north korea was making progress, he said he wanted to keep his cards close to the vest. south koreans were a little hurt trump spent two nights in japan and two nights in china and only one night here, on a ceremony trump took great pains to praise. he lunched with troops at camp humphrey, 30,000 stationed here. this is a new base south korea paid the bulk of the price tag for and donald trump had a meeting with his south korean counterpart, moon jae-in. >> north korea is

his visit to south korea also strikes a new tone urging the rogue nation to come to the negotiating table. thank you very much for your company else stood cattle and leader carlos pushing one test appeared publicly in brussels for the very first time since fleeing spain after his bid for independence misfired well put you want was cheered on by around two hundred mayors from cadillac communities we had brought their call for independence to the door of the european union well outside the e.u. offices in the belgian capital they intensified their calls for the blocs leaders to intervene in their standoff with madrid up would you want fled to brussels as you might recall when the spanish government files addition charges against him for declaring independence from spain. and we can take you now to downtown brussels where did you correspond get marcus is covering that catalan mayors a meeting a good evening georg i understand that the ousted callen leader is expected to address the crowd talk to us a little bit about what's been unfolding behind you. when charles put him on to enter the buil

for us, it means jobs and reducing our trade deficit with south korea. they will be ordering billions of dollars worth of equipment and we have already approved some of those orders. thank you. moon: -- >> next, the question to president moon. please go ahead. i have a question for president moon. between korea and the united states, important diplomatic challenges overcome. you gave -- you talked about bringing balance and diplomacy. you talk about resolving the nuclear threat problem and the close korea -- close cooperation. are you referring to the bounce and china --.s. the balance between u.s. and china? agreed toou have bring permittees to the korean peninsula. what kind of rule are you expecting the united states and the president to play? to bring balance and our diplomatic approaches, this is not about our stance, vis-a-vis the u.s. and china. we are bringing a solution to the nuclear problem and bring peace to the korean peninsula. moreover, we would like to promote peace and stability and prosperity of the region. so we will expand our diploma

south korea with that address the emphasized the role of the u.s. military in the region as a means of ensuring peace and stability to live pictures there coming from the south korean national assembly the president and the first lady leaving with the south korean president in shaking hands of the m.p.'s they're leaving the hall after that speech particularly focusing not surprisingly on north korea let's join al-jazeera tony berkeley who's been watching the speech from the south korean capital seoul some forceful words there from president trump tony warning that north korea's leader acquiring these nuclear weapons weren't making him safe or putting him in more danger. yes a very very strong words he's getting a standing ovation from the lawmakers in the assembly this is the kind of words they wanted to hear a very lengthy speech very strong speech and as you say criticizing the human rights record but also looking at the strengths of south korea he was very clear in his language and he did say that past u.s. ministrations had shown restraint and i

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and south korea south korea ok daniel let me let me tell you and so so it's better for the united states to give them the arms rather than have them develop their own and not to run industries so i mean just keep pumping in the arms what could possibly go wrong ok daniel let me go to you i want to let me get to you dan so we had with nato keep the germans down the americans in the russians out so now in asia it's keep the americans in the japanese and south koreans down in the chinese out if you like that doesn't work. i mean i think it's sort of one of these is not like the other you know the u.s. is the odd man out in the region and i think we're seeing some interesting developments in places like south korea look at mungy in who was recently elected on a platform of returning to agree to the sunshine policy of better relations with with north korea i think if the u.s. were to just leave the two koreas alone agree stepped out and pulled back you would see a natural progression the media didn't report very much but there was a fairly large demonstration in south korea this week where pe

it's a tribute to the people of south korea. it emphasizes the strength of our alliance, the fact that we have fought together. beginning in 1950 when the north koreans invaded, and we now see and even more threatening challenge worldwide today. if it's more like that in the speech, i think it will be very powerful.e >> sean: hang on one second. as it comes in here. "the world cannot tolerate thee menace of a rogue regime that threatens with nuclear devastation. all responsible nations must join forces, isolate thiscl brul regime in north korea to deny from any support, supply, or acceptance. it is our responsibility and our duty to confront the danger together, because the longer we wait, the greater the danger grows, the fewer the options become, and those nationshe that choose to ignore this threat or worse, to enable it, the weight of this crisis is on your conscience." obviously the president will not be mincing words tonight, doctor. >> all it takes for evil to win is for a few good men to do nothing. it's very clear the m

president there is said in his visit to south korea that he will be working with south korea and using all available to tools short of military action is now taking a softer line with respect to north korea. well terry he definitely sounded very different than he did just a few months ago if you look back and if you remember that was bellicose remarks of . fury fire and fury and locked and loaded and those remarks actually made the south korea's president moved somewhat angry at the time saying that it can't be that some third party pushes his country closer to a military confrontation with north korea and he said that there shouldn't be any military action taken or considered without the consent of north korea and so today we didn't hear any of that harsh rhetoric from from donald trump now i wouldn't say it's a policy reversal they still agreed that they want to exert maximum pressure on north korea and that's something that president from had been pushing for the entire time but it seems that at least they were a bit more considerate of each other's needs and positions terry ok with

civilians in south korea. it could kill millions of south koreans and put troops and civilians in guam at risk as well. that sounds pretty bleak. >> there is no doubt about it. the war is a horrific option. the fact of the matter is, that option is real because the united states, this president, and the pentagon is not going to accept north korea pointing nuclearize to icbms at the american people. that's the strategy kim jong un changed from his father and grandfather. this leader does not believe -- the only way you're going to preserve the regime is point the weapons at the united states, as russia and china does. they believe we will acquiesce. they made that strategic choice when obama was president. now he has to rethink it because of president trump and what he is using as his number one policy, to put the military option back on the table and then put maximum pressure with economic sanctions on north korea. >> shannon: as he -- he continues on to china. he has to deal with another domestic issue. the s

korea and that's how korea feels the japanese haven't apologized enough for and then also south korea doesn't want to enter that military alliance and antagonize china even further when it when it knows that china doesn't like this military alliance so this is a very very difficult balancing act that president trump is attempting here because he has to get time on his side to act against north korea because china arguably has the most influence over north korea and on the other hand he's trying to forge a military alliance has not only meant to counter north korea but that in the long run it could also be meant to contain china and china's rise in the region so as you can see not an easy task for the u.s. president so we ok best in what people there where you are in seoul say you know they've lived with the threat of north korea's nuclear program. and long waged missiles for decades and what do they think of the us president. people here are very divided there are those who welcome the u.s. president and they welcome his tough approach in this tough rhetoric towards north korea becaus

in south korea. so they're obviously worried, and if they think that their safety rides, stands, or falls on some early morning tweets by the american president, then they'd rather see those tweets not happen. i have to say, though, i think that he -- president trump seems to have toned things down considerably. we didn't hear any little rocket man rhetoric. he seems to be much more inclined to deal on the diplomatic front, and he emphasized on the military front very strongly that that would be an option only as a very -- very much a last resort. so i think that the tone of trump will be satisfactory to the south koreans now. the question is, of course, what's it going to do vis-a-vis the north koreans. is kim jong-un going to react positively to any of this, or is he going to carry out another provocation? a lot of people think he may do something in coming days while trump is traveling. if he doesn't, maybe that's because china has turned the screws on him, and that would be a positive sign. >> st

the pentagon we worked very hard to keep south korea from developing its own nuclear weapons program as well as japan they threatened to do that on numerous occasions if something wasn't done about north korea so for that pledge for the united states to maintain its security umbrella over those countries they agreed that they would not pursued now with trump band there he has agreed. to to extend to allow for the extension of their ballistic missiles in south korea that that never would have happened five to ten years ago and frankly japan and south korea rely very heavily on military hardware for their defense you have aged just yet and that they have our military planes hey a lot of money thought they play enormous amount of money for yeah i mean you just said the conditions let me go to daniel why don't the japanese the south well one other thing one other thing their defense interests are instead of washington doing it that's the problem here you want to finish it michael go ahead yeah yeah one other thing i think one of the one of the can considerations is that we don't want jap

then the victims would be japan and south korea. absolutely and south korea's president in has made it clear on several occasions publicly that the u.s. cannot and must not commit any kind of military intervention on the peninsula without the consent of the south korean people now one could say that that's just a rhetorical demand but nevertheless it is the south koreans who will face the brunt of any kind of military intervention i just want to add this that i find it interesting one of our speakers said that there are multiple traumas or at least two tribes and indeed in japan mr trump met with japanese families of abductees people who were taken by north korea in the seventy's and eighty's and have not been able to. rejoin their families in japan and some of them may have indeed died in north korea so when he met with the families of the abductees he included this statement which is really interesting he said that it would be a tremendous signal and i'm reading here his words if north korea would send them back. and that would be

china and south korea agreed there would be no more bad antimissile batteries installed in south korea. the south korean president said explicitly he would not join an ,lliance of the u.s. and japan whether it is targeted at china or anybody else. and he pointedly said the u.s. is an ally. we have a mutual defense treaty with korea. and japan is not an ally. and then he -- or his staff brought a comfort woman, 88 years old, in other words, a sex slave of the japanese army, to meet with trump when he was in korea. so the japanese were not too happy about that. it is absolutely ridiculous the u.s. keeps trying to knock together an alliance between the uniteda, and states when relations between japan and korea are still as bad as they are and japan has never really issued a proper apology for putting more than 100,000 korean women into sex slavery. about bothn you talk the role of china when it comes to north korea and also the role of russia? it is not exactly clear if president trump will be meeting with vladimir putin in da nang, vietnam around the -- at the apec summit. now they're sa

in south korea, the president chores that this... you bringing up a situation that probably should not be discussed right now. but if you fill that is an appropriate question, even though we are in the heart of south korea, if we did what you are suggesting, there would be no difference three days ago and you might not have had that very brave person... if he did not have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead. and so, in the presence of grief, and the absence of action, only one question remains — were next? james cook, bbc news, sutherland springs, in texas. we are still waiting for president trump in the south korean capital. delhi is often hit by smog — but the indian capital is currently experiencing a particulary bad blanket of thick, grey smog. the intense smog is being blamed, in part, on the burning of stubble by farmers across the north of india, as well as, emissions from coal—fired power plants. a public health emergency has been declared, amid the dangerously high levels of pollutio

. >> reporter: very united front in japan, south korea. this is a physically grueling trip for the president. the time difference is extraordinary and we are dealing not only with the nuclear threat, 38 miles from the border, history, different cultures, egos, delicate balances of power and conflicting ideas how to deal with the north korean threat. let's get to the president's comment and a warning to north korea issued from south korea. >> north korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action. we call on every responsible nation including china and russia to demand the north korean regime end its nuclear weapons and missile programs and live in peace as the south korean people know so well that is time to act with urgency and determination. >> there are three aircraft carriers stationed off the peninsula, donald trump and president moon jae-in were stressing the words of a peaceful resolution to the nuclear problem that has eluded everyone. talks in the past have not been resolved but the push for diplomacy was brought up agai

has south korea's back. there has been a growing concern that if north korean leader kim jong-un is able to hit mainland united states with a nuclear tipped missile in the next year or so, then does that mean this nuclear umbrella that the u.s. has, the protection that south korea has enjoyed for so long, does that then disappear? if it's the decision between a u.s. city and protecting south korea, will the u.s. president turn his back on south korea? these are the concerns that people have here in south korea, christy. >> paula, thank you. u.s. president donald trump on stage with the first lady. he will address troops there. let's listen in. >> okay, everybody. mr. president, sir, i will tell you look great in that suit. but there's something missing. can i please ask the wing commander of the biggest baddest c-130 wing in the air force to come out here? >> should i put it on? [ cheers and applause ] i like this better. you can have my jacket -- thank you, thank you, honey. thank you. oh, boy, that's somet

seen here in south korea has said that the u.s. will pull out of the climate agreement unless you can secure a better deal. all right some soccer news now and since the beginning of the season the bundesliga has been the one of two leagues in europe to test out the video assistant referee system it has not been without controversy and project leader ahmed kruger was dismissed by the german soccer association on monday on the future of the program is anything but clear. the bundesliga has found it tough to grow accustomed to the referees newest assistant fans of complain that interrupts the flow of the game while clubs are worried the system is being used outside agreed parameters and have pleaded for clarity. the rule should be simple. used how was it used and who makes the final decision it isn't complicated it just needs to be clear and that can't be any grey areas. coach mark is good still feels the project needs time to develop despite having decisions go against his team this season. i am not sure if you know those who feel it

and south korea that's the kind of thing that often angers north korea and for its part the south korean intelligence says its assessment continues to be that there could be a provocation coming from the north at any time in the form of another missile launch or perhaps another nuclear test all right kathy many thanks didn't exist kathy novak live in so let me just show you where you can see it on the screen now that's where we're expecting the two leaders to come out and brief the press after the meeting as and when that gets underway we'll take it live here on al-jazeera before arriving in seoul president trump offered words of praise to saudi leaders in the effort to crack down on corruption in the last few days saudi princes as well as businessmen been arrested many see that as a move by the crown prince mohammed bin solomon to consolidate power president trump voiced his support on twitter saying i have great confidence in king solomon of the crown prince they know exactly what they're doing he added some of those that they're harshly treating has been milking their country for year

there is the question of whether south korea will nuclearize. we look at some of the recent polls. 60% of north koreans want to develop their own nuclear capability. this why from a gallop korea poll in september, of this year. september 5 through seven, margin of error, 3.1%age points. jonathan pollack, this is really the dynamic here. south carolina the residents there wanting to stand up to a potential north korea that has nuclear weapons? >> richard, i wouldn't take these polls too seriously. this is more an emotional response than a rational response. for many years, there has been some of this sentiment in south korea, and, of course, some of this has been heightened to be sure. given the recent events. but it's more set in the abstract. the challenge here, very simply put, this is true with japan, though in a different way. what the united states can and must do to reinforce unambiguously, unequick of coursely, the degree of our commitment, security commitment to our core regional allies, even in the context of north korea's enhanced effo

trump: south korea, republic of korea, korea is very important to me. there will be no skipping south korea, i can tell you that right now. i have developed great friendships not only with the president but with others. we are not going to let them down. they are not going to let us down. we are doing a lot for them. concerned,he base is i thought it was an incredible military installation. i know what it cost, and it is a lot of money. we spent some of that money, and that money was spent to protect south korea, not to protect the united states. some of that money was spent by us. that was long before my time. i'm sure i could have built it for a lot less. that is what i do. visited president trump visitlitary base, and his showed that korea is making significant contributions to the alliance. he has expressed his appreciation for the construction of the base. we had a breaking of the commanders and the was a strong emphasis on that as well. i would like to now include the conference of president trump and president moon. thank you. [applause] guy: you

is holding joint naval exercises with south korea that is something that often angers north korea does not like to see these displays of joint military exercises the shows of force the u.s. and south korea say that these are routine exercises often but north korea says that it sees those as a rehearsal for invasion and in through its state media it has said that if the u.s. and its allies continue its hostile acts towards north korea it will. in effect ramp up its movements towards its nuclear ambitions so i imagine the north would be watching events here closely and watching for anything that donald trump and president moon might say and as you mentioned we're expecting a joint news conference from these two leaders watching to see if donald trump repeats any of that rhetoric from the past when he was in japan he didn't walk away from it he says that softer rhetoric in the past has not worked even though he has been criticized by some for that tough talk he seems to be sticking with those lines so as we hear from them later today that's one of the things that north korea and others wi

of south korea. south koreans are very anxious about trump's potential military option, using military option against north korea. south koreans are also anxious their security doesn't matter to president trump, because if you remember, senator lindsey graham said once that mr. trump told him that thousands are going to die. this kind of language is very -- south koreans obviously are very -- they don't like this kind of language and they're concerned the u.s.-south korea alliance is not as strong as before, that the u.s. doesn't care for their security as before. we need to show that their security, south korean security is absolute from our perspective. >> senator kerry, what are you hoping for to come out of this? >> well, i hope the president understands that when he says we have done nothing, we've had a weak policy over the last 25 years, that simply isn't true. the facts don't allow you to make that conclusion. >> people have worked decades. >> we've had an armistice in place since 1953, after

and south korea are on the same page when it comes to north korea all the. well this is a longstanding alliance between the u.s. and south korea of course president transferred to the fact that these are friends that have fought a war together in the past but one of the things that president moon has repeated is that he is insisting there will be no more war on the korean peninsula so in public they have appeared at all this in the past when you had president trump being more directly threatening against north korea and president moon one thing to take a bit more of a softer tone and talk ultimately about a dialogue about engagement with north korea while saying that right now with the situation as it is dialogue is not possible the the major factor that also is referred to often particularly by president trump is china he says that president xi jinping has been doing a lot to help he wants to see russia doing more as well and president trump of course after he leaves here will go on to visit in china and he says we may hear more there about the efforts that

president a statementto make to korea representing the united states is a great country and south korea's long-standing ally. this marks the first speech to the korean parliament by a u.s. president in 24 years. it is an incredibly great honor and privilege to look at you to the national assembly on your first asian tour in the first year of your administration. i believe the presence of mr. trump and mrs. trump here at this gathering reaffirms the steadfastness and great significance of our great alliance. mr. president and mrs. trump, the thing was guests, members of the national assembly -- distinguished guests, members of thenational assembly, bloodshed by our two peoples who fought side-by-side during the korean war and the korean-u.s. alliance. starting from security alliance, our alliance has been evolving into a conference of alliance that has global -- a comprehensive alliance that has global implications. we now confront grave nuclear and missile threats from north korea. our two countries have worked closely together to deter the growing nuclear threat from north korea and to a

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that's next from seoul, south korea, . ♪ >> bret: welcome back to seoul, south korea. we are following president trump's foreign trip. back home, democrats are dealing with a number of different issues. election night in virginia, hoping for a win, hoping the commonwealth will be a boost for the party facing internal strife after the former head of the democratic national committee wrote a tell-all book attacking the former chair and the 2016 presidential candidate hillary clinton and her campaign. i spoke with tom perez, today's dnc chair, and began by asking about the fallout from donna brazile's new book. >> thank you for the time. >> pleasure to be with you. >> bret: we obviously have a couple big elections tonight. i want to talk to you about the future of your party but obviously also deal with the controversy that's been in the news. donna brazile, they former interim head of the dnc, writing this book in which she says essentially the hillary clinton campaign controlled the purse strings and rigged the election. what is the fallout from that and your reaction.

this is, after all, south korea. everything here is streamed live. >> usa. >> on the pro-american side of the street, the feeling was that if anything, the president should have gone further. >> strongly demand, request mr. donald trump, please, strike north korea right now. he is thinking about our casualty. but i want to say to him, don't worry. please, don't worry koreans. we are ready to sacrifice our lives. >> he was a lieutenant colonel in the south korean army. his stance is stoic and simple. better dead than red. you are willing to accept the huge cost that a war would cost? >> i may die. which will be fine. just kill the north korean kim jong-un. >> the feeling across the other side of the street was entirely different. why is he allowed to speak at our parliament? no trump, no war. by day, she works as a pharmacist. in korea it takes four years of medical school on top of a good college education to qualify for the job. she's worked hard to get here. when we sat down to talk, she sounded downbeat about her