and south korea it was signed between north korea and the u.s. and its allies again complicated because they call themselves the u.n. command these days they have nothing to do with the u.n. the u.n. doesn't supervise what they do but back in one thousand nine hundred fifty the u.n. russia was boycotting the u.n. china was a member of the u.n. and so when the korean war happened the u.s. and its allies took up the u.n. flag in this war and still the u.n. flag flies there although the u.n. in new york have no control over this military operation which is basically a u.s. run operation with the south koreans and their allies still worth noting the u.s. has twenty eight thousand troops still stationed in this country ok and james we're going to bring somebody else into the conversation now someone who is speaking with us a while ago from seoul carl freight often a fellow at the chicago council on global affairs and a scholar at the korea foundation man scale foundation so. have you been able to take and some of these pictures as we were as we've bee

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious person of the others from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well the pledge to stop missile testing comes after a busy year of launches by north korea and twenty seven thousand there were twenty three in total last september north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan its right distance was thirty seven hundred kilometers which put the u.s. territory of guam under threat a few days later speaking at the u.n. the u.s. president called kim jong un a rocket man on a suicide mission and he warned the u.s. may

everybody assumed it was from north korea. it's credible right because the capabilities of north korea have advanced very rapidly when my husband did call me and my me now that the kids were safely and then finding a culvert in the middle of the field and they went under the desk and then he called me he said you have ten minutes to get here so the assumption was i needed to get in the car and drive to him. and i was really have a tent what if what if i'm stuck in traffic whatever it happens before we think it's going to happen when we survive it all this is not a drill you know if we did get hit with a nuclear missile and i think i finally called him back and said i don't think i should go which was heart wrenching right i couldn't see that. i just couldn't see myself getting there in time. when you talk to girls when the sun comes that you should go to talk to your kids. or i didn't yeah it was hard yeah. i didn't know if the other so was happening so i didn't want to scare them how long before you realized it was all really

in south korea there is enormous hope that a seismic shift in the relationship between the two koreas is afoot. because of all the global attention i believe reunification grope for the government is making efforts and i think people are rooting for it. but there is also skepticism and a wait and see approach. is a priest and an activist who participates in frequent protests that she disagrees with president moon's policy of engagement with north korea she worries he's giving kim concessions without compromises in fact she doubts the legitimacy of moon's presidency she says his predecessor president park geun hay was unfairly impeached and removed from office in two thousand and seventeen in the largest corruption scandal in south korean history. because it could ever top major turn america would you know able to pick its peer tom-tom. i'd like to talk a little bit if you don't mind about north korea and the attitudes and feelings that you grew up with with regard to the country later on and to true things even are now under your i wonder you get there when they're twenty nine i'm bot

do you think north korea would ever actually fire a nuclear weapon. well first of all i'd like to state that even though inspectors were there before these were from the i.a.e.a. and they were only inspecting civilian facilities so no international inspectors a personnel have ever seen or inspected any component of north korea's nuclear weapon program other than dr siegfried hecker who was shown the uranium enrichment plant and some plutonium some years ago secondly. if north korea is to denuclearize it needs to also bring in not only the international atomic energy agency but also the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization which is the only international entity that has the credibility to verify the closure or the north korean nuclear weapon test site just because american and south korean and diplomats or officials might visit the site is not sufficient for international credibility with regard to your question about whether north korea whatever fire a nuclear weapon i seriously doubt that i also seriously doubt that the united states wo

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 where some of the detail was missing some of what was mentioned in this declaration was that the two sides shared the view that measures being initiated by north korea are very meaningful and crucial for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula they weren't specific about what measures they may mean but we do know of course that north korea just in recent days announced that it would stop its nuclear and missile tests and shut down a nuclear test facility that's a move that was broadly welcomed by south korea by the united states other countries around the world including japan though there was a caution from japan's prime minister t

both sides north korea has talked about denuclearization south korea has talked about the north need to denuclearize and the united states has talked about the north need to denuclearize when each of those three players talks about denuclearization are they talking about the same thing i'm afraid not and i think that all the braid talks happening at the moment between the secret services from north korea and the u.s. and also in various generals into korean relations they were. we'll have to sort these differences out so when north korea talks about denuclearization what does it mean they don't talk about giving and getting rid of all the nuclear weapons necessary maybe to keep small stockpile of nuclear weapons for symbolic reasons as well but also for a kind of security insurance for themselves because ultimately for the north koreans this is a matter of national survival so they will not give up this brokerages this is what i thought i couldn't understand about this what why would north korea give up its biggest bargaining chip that the chip that has brought the world to the table

and south korea. the leaders of the country or speaking. i don't know if we could get some live pictures. it is quite something. you see the leaders over a glass of water chatting. to theup, we speak electrolux chief executive after the company posted earnings. later we talk tech and outlook for u.s. stocks. a little bit later this afternoon we also hear from the chief financial officer of intel. first, let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. nejra: the bank of japan has left its monetary stimulus program unchanged, as governor kuroda started his sixth year at the helm. the central bank also removed previous wording on reaching 2% inflation around fiscal 2019, while leaving its inflation forecast largely unchanged. the u.s. senate has confirmed that cia director mike pompeo to be the secretary of state. the vote came after weeks of heated debate that was much about the discord of the trump administration's handling of the policy as it was about the nominate itself. u.s. p

not rely on south korea 01’ ground work. not rely on south korea or north korea. there is an interesting alliance forming and an interesting alliance forming and an interesting amount of intelligence gathering going into the summit before anyone has sat down face—to—face at a table. in case you just joined us, case you justjoined us, let'sjust put some flesh on the bones of that. as you were hearing, the us president has confirmed that high—level talks between north korea and the us are already under way. the washington post has reported that mike pompeo, the current head of the cia and the nominees of the new secretary of state position, has made a secret visit to pyongyang over the easter weekend and met the north korean leader. reuters reports confirmation that independently from a senator. the us media are reporting that mike pompeo, the director of the cia, paid a secret visit to north korea over easter to lay the groundwork for the summit. over easter to lay the groundwork forthe summit. mike over easter to lay the groundwork for the summit. mike pompe

ever since donald trump has beenin korea. ever since donald trump has been in powerwe korea. ever since donald trump has been in power we know that north korea has been an issue globally for a numberof years, korea has been an issue globally for a number of years, notjust since president trump has been in place, but it has been president trump's administration that has really pushed this, he has pushed the sanctions on north korea and whether it isa sanctions on north korea and whether it is a direct result of art, the economy on north korea has really struggled and now we are moving forward in unprecedented areas. i think forward in unprecedented areas. ithinki forward in unprecedented areas. i think i would doubt that the sanctions have not gone as far as they could have. china is the driver when it comes to the north korean economy, they are responsible for 90%, the vast majority, of north korean trade and give north korea the vast majority of its food and fuel aid and china has not done some key things. it has not sealed off but very porous border between china and north

is a disguised peace which means i will hand over south korea to murder of kim jong un's north korea and set up a federal system under the korean unification flag which means reunification under communism. but a rally in support of the summers has been taking place and part due to a large crowd watched the turn on the large t.v. screen and they say they hope to see improved relations well koreans whose lives have been affected by the ups and downs of relations between pyongyang and seoul spoke to al-jazeera. if by one in a million chance north korea announces did nuclearization to the world truly gives up the nukes then it's very good however i don't think they would they have been threatening us with nukes and said they are willing to have a nuclear war with the us are not go they wouldn't give a new north korea things that we counted that coaching will be converted to that a free and democratic nations people will be hard to control they will lose their standing in the international stage i don't think they will give up the nukes. i do . we hope that we can close the why didn't go

you are looking at pictures live of north korea and south korea. it will be the first time a north korean leader has ever stepped foot on south korean soil. bryan suits, welcome back to the show. brian: warm glance. so let's talk about this meeting. you have these two leaders that have an awful lot on the table. number one, denuclearizing north korea and reunifying the korean peninsula. what happens at this meeting? brian: the south korean goal line is to get south korea to sit down and sign a peace agreement and armistice. it's been a state of war since june of 1950. for president moon that's the ultimate brass ring for him. to come to the south korean people and say i got a peace treaty. for the north koreans it's to appear they are amenable to give and take. this is the warmup to the big event next week. it's extremely significant. this is the first time as you point out, whichever kim is in charge of north korea has ever met the south korean president. but the south koreans' expectations are very, very low. kennedy: they are low but the stakes

as it is now, japan and south korea, and china for north korea. mike: i think that is different, at least my understanding is different. now, i think that would be worthwhile to discuss. i would have no problem. china's interests here are big, as ours are. and we have to take them into consideration if we're ever going to make progress on the peninsula. ellen: do you want to come in on this? victor: i would just say that i think that historically, the chinese have a mutual treaty of friendship with north korea that for the duration of the cold war was seen as china's defense commitment to north korea. it was never clear whether that included a nuclear umbrella. probably it did not. as far as i know, china has not extended its nuclear ability to -- umbrella to any other country. the other thing is that -- the north koreans and the chinese, they share a border. they have fought in a war together. but they do not like each other. the north koreans feel like the chinese treat them like dirt poor province. the chinese can't stand that the north koreans

he doesn't want to see a korea -- north korea, or any korea -- that has nuclear weapons either. so he's also fighting for china when it comes to this. but he has been terrific. can he be better? i always say yes, he can be better. i said, "president, you've been great. can you be better? yes." but he's been very good, and it's had a big impact. and what we've done has had a big impact. so we've never been in a position like this with that regime, whether it's father, grandfather, or son. and i hope to have a very successful meeting. if we don't think it's going to be successful, mark, we won't have it. we won't have it. if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go. if the meeting, when i'm there, is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting, and we'll continue what we're doing or whatever it is that we'll continue. but something will happen. so i like always remaining flexible, and we'll remain flexible here. i've gotten it to this point. president moon of south korea was very generous when he said, if it weren't for donald tru

korea?visit to north >> the announcement of the , he got promoted and became state counselor and foreign minister. visit isncement of his another example of the effortsng of diplomatic in the region by the different parties. missions is to make provision --for for president xi jinping's visit later this year. tose indicate china wants see the opportunity. momentum to push forward the resolving the nuclear problem through diplomatic peaceful means. i think china believes we have the opportunity. the parties should seize the opportunity. so it should be interesting to watch what will happen out of these visits. thank you. now key difference between and the time when agreements were reached, north korea's theile capability, hitting united states. this has the attention of president trump as it would president hillary clinton or india -- or anyone else in the white house. point north korea breached that capability, that would be a red line and needed to be dealt with. this requires the president

we saw south korea. you would expect abe to do something if he wants trump to do his bidding north korea. >> they alluded to the fact that japan ought to be buying more aircraft. i think the japanese are here, they want to come to the table, whether it's machinery, pharmaceuticals. there is a lot of wiggle room. charles: what about the tpp. japan is the largest economy in this group. president trump again tweeting and as part of his negotiating tactics. i'm taking a look at this thing. there are too many barriers. after america dropped out or changed, they took out 22 provisions that were helping us. it was already considered to be a bad deal for us and now it's even worse. >> i think part of the issue is whether the americans can cherry pick things out of it. japan seems to be opposed to that. they want it to be a package deal. if we think about win-win solutions, a big plum would be president trump saying japan is exempt from the steel and aluminum tariffs because of our alliance. charles: you talk abo

north korea. -- applied north korea. eight months ago saying must denuclearize, say they're going to denuclearize. you see this all over. and all of a sudden they said they're going to denuclearize and headline is, u.s. wary of north korea saying they're going to denenuclearize. give it a break.k. open your eyes. try to understand what is actually happening in north korea and south korea. and the fact is, the united states cannot control korea anymore. the united states has been in korea militarily since 1945. this time to end colonial-like relationship the u.s. has with south korea. amy: tim shorrock, thanks for being with us, correspondent for and the koreaon center for investigative journalism in seoul. when we come back, we look at the life and legacy of dr. james cone. ♪ [music break] amy: "feels like rain" by buddy guy. he performed last nigight along with bobby rush, about to turn 85, for the last night of bb in new york on the legendary jazz venue is closing down. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the w

he doesn't want to see a north korea or any korea that has nuclear weapons, either. he is fighting for china when it comes to this. he has been terrific. can he be better? i always say yes, he can be better. good, ands been very it has had a big impact. and what we have been has had a big impact. we have never been in a position like this with that regime, whether it is father, grandfather, or son. i hope to have a very successful meeting. if we don't think it is what to be successful, we want to have it.- we won't have i think if it is a meeting that will be fruitful, we are not going to go. if the meeting when i am there is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting and we will continue what we are doing or where ever it is -- will continue, but something will happen. i like remaining flexible, and we will remain flexible here. i have gotten to this point, and president moon of south korea was generous. he said if it wasn't for donald trump, the other picks would be a total failure. it was my involvement in the moment of our great country that make the oly

not denuclearization of korea. so the general concept like denuclearization of korean peninsula would be in the final announcement of tomorrow's north and south. and so far, north korea has been consistent that the nuclear issue should be discussed between north korea and america, both of them are nuclear states. so they wanted to be treated as a nuclear state from america. >> so president trump has said that he will -- he's prepared to meet president -- president trump has said he'd prepared to meet the north korean leader, kim jong-un, and we'll see whether this summit prepares the way for that meeting. do you think president trump should meet him? >> i think so, yeah. meeting is always very important. i think president trump should use the opportunity of dialogue and meeting that kim jong-un -- to tell him kim jong-un cannot reach his goal of nuclear state if he continues to possess nuclear weapons. and president trump should state very clearly that ame would continue its economic sanctions and military buildup

he doesn't want to see a korea, north korea or any korea that has nuclear weapons either. he's also fighting for china when it comes this. he's been terrific. can he be better? i say yes. he can be better. i say president can you be great. you can be better. we've never been in a position like this with that regime whether it's father, grandfather or son. i hope to have a very can feel meeting. if we don't think it's going to be successful, mark, we won't have it. if i think it's not a meet that will be fruitful, we're not going to go. if the meeting is not fruitful when i'm there, i will leave the meeting. i like always remaining flexible and will remain flexible here. i've gotten it to this point. president moon said if it wasn't for donald trump, the olympics would be total failure. it was my involvement and our country made the olympics a very successful olympics. if you look at ticket sales prior to what took place with respect to north korea, it was going to be a big problem and turned tout be a very successful olympics. we've gotten us here. i think we'll be success

is willing to offer to north korea? mullen said to prevent nuclear war, he is willing to trade off any trade areas to stop the nuclear war. my question is, should north korea commit to the denuclearization, if they pull out the u.s. troops from south korea, pull out a news -- a nuclear ballot, is it worthwhile considering for the united states? thank you. that is always a fun question to answer. [laughter] long-term, obviously, if we are able to sort through the security issues in our region, and in particular, with our allies, both south korea and japan, and where theat a point possibility of conflict, if you has diminished dramatically, i would certainly be willing to have a discussion about how long the u.s. troops should stay there and how many of them should be there. but i have also dealt enough 28,500e peninsula, that troops that are on the peninsula now in the south, they don't actually do this, but when you move 10 of them, they know almost before i knew that they were moving off the peninsula. it is an unbelie

-north korea summit. we strongly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. >> translator: the japan u.s. alliance contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make it happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft amongst others have already been increasing significantly. further, following the tax reform by president trump, japanese countries investments in the u.s. are being, gaining momentum which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributed to the expansion of the exports from the u.s. in order to benefit both japan and the u.s., we will further expand trade and investment between the two countries. building upon that foundation, we will a

korea. this is the first time kim jong—un and moon jae—in our meeting, the first summit between the two countries. kim jong—un will become the first north korean leader to cross the border since the korean war. sorry, professor, i just interrupted since the korean war. sorry, professor, ijust interrupted you. there are some critics who are sceptical, who are worried that this summit between the two very unpredictable men, kim jong—un and donald trump, could go wrong. what is your view? yes, thus far, as you said, the unpredictability of the political leaders can, conducive to the happening of the historic summit, both recognise that there are bargaining leverage —— recognise the bargaining leverage of the counterpart, and they hope they can make good the meeting in the summit. and from now, from the... at the summit table, an productivity is transformed from an asset into a liability. instead, mr trump, transformed from an asset into a liability. instead, mrtrump, as well as mr k

the brink of a war after falling out over north korea's nuclear ambitions. but president bill clinton ever the chairman sent his previous i said jimmy carter on a diplomatic mission and kim il sung agreed to put north korea's nuclear plans on hold that all changed when new leader kim jong il put the country's nuclear program back in motion after president george bush took a somewhat different approach by publicly naming north korea along side iran and iraq in an action. that brings us to the next administration and president obama's tactic of strategic patience which basically means refusing to speak to the third generation and new leader kim jong un until north korea agrees to disarm of course that means dennis is willingness to converse with north korea flies in the face of the u.s. as foreign policy no wonder the white house is keen to distance itself from his efforts. mr rodman is on a private trip. and our view. about north korea and its failure to meet its obligations have not changed in our view about kenneth bae not change i guess kenneth bae an evan

china's dandong region borders north korea. recruitment fairs connect north korean workers with chinese employers. an opportunity to go undercover again, this time as business people keen to take advantage of cheap labour. the manager of a seafood factory is happy to show us around. he says he prefers north koreans to chinese workers. they cost less and they work harder. the women sleep on site, he says, and they only leave once a month. as in russia, we're told, they don't get to keep their wages. it's party money, not for the workers who earned it. later, a north korean official agrees to meet us, believing we are a potential employer. we ask if we could pay the workers directly. translation: that's impossible. it's against the rules. employers cannot pay workers directly. what happens if a worker demands direct payment? he will be dismissed and called back to north korea. there, he will have to face the consequences. everyone wants to work abroad, you can't get a job easily. 0nly people with a clean background can go. but wh

and north korea and exactly what will north korea ask the u.s. in exchange for its denuclearization indeed president trump seems to have bought into this and says this is a great thing. as korea's and for the world but what about his his team his advisors because of coals right now he's assembled a tough hawkish team around him some of even called it a war cabinet obviously thinking of john bolton and. that's right men might compel the current cia chief and the nominee for the u.s. secretary of state he notably made a secret trip to north korea over easter weekend in which he opened a new line of dialogue with the north korean leadership little has been said about that publicly the white house but it is understood to be laying the diplomatic groundwork for this upcoming summit between the two presidents and then of course you mentioned john bolton he's the newly appointed national security adviser and he is has been deemed very hawkish when it comes to north korea and he has publicly said that nothing north korea says should be trusted so he expe

korea? >> two leaders declared the end of the war and beginning of peace in the korean peninsula. that's quite significant. no one could bet in that awe dishes way. that was a very significant achievement of the third summit and another important issue, that is the issue of north korean nuclear north korean leader agreed to make a complete denuclearization and both leaders committed themselves to creating nuclear weapons-free korean peninsula. >> it's interesting that you're so energized by that because so much commentary is still asking what does it really mean? you know, is there a timetable? is there really good will by chairman kim to actually dismantle his nuclear program? or what might it mean? what might he really want. you believe the wording in the declaration which says complete denuclearization is, what? destruction of their program? >> that is to be worked out between president trump and chairman kim jong-un. >> leaving the hard work for president trump. >> the whole point is we

south korea. he believes that kim jong-un is not playing them. he narrowed it down to two or three places with a meeting shortly and at the beginning of the playback with russia, for those who did not here, the house intelligence committee found noel it -- evidence of collusion. it was a partisan committee. the president is pleased a found no evidence of collusion. shery: he was optimistic about the korean summit. when it comes to the german chancellor, they will have to find a deal and also for iran as the deadline is may 12, not to mention trade, the temporary exception on the e.u.. a lot to talk about. david: a lot to talk about in two hours. shery: three days with emmanuel macron. david: we will get back to julie hyman who was in the middle of her market check. julie: russia related news today, that is key, a leg -- oleg agreeing to resign and reduces stake to less than 50%. the holding company owns 40% of rusal, russia's largest aluminum producer which is under sanction . the trump administra

in korea three. you know i would argue i would argue that trump walked right into kim's gambit this is this has been in the works mark's absolutely. write secure you you know how to turn secure your sovereignty have options have a backer the chinese are to some extent russia i mean if we look at what's being proposed right now were people getting all up and allowed to go to the united nations security council at the end of last year when they had a round of sanctions against north korea and the the ambassador from russia the ambassador from china read these very long statements no one in the west listened to them they listened to the garbage and the history is to run its western and bouncers there but this plan it was announced at the end of last year is being put into place right now if we see some genuine pro progress on this definitely both leaders of north and south korea for the nobel peace prize but they'll have to trumpet to the no no limit also where we're at a day going to go bottom up for n

week's time for a rare summit aimed at resolving the deadlock between the two koreas. in the south capital seoul people have reacted with skepticism. here. unless the regime changes i don't believe we can build normal diplomatic relations our safety can't be guaranteed either i don't want to put. it into one to know that it looked as if the north would denuclearize after the last two summits but now we're back to square one we shouldn't blindly believe them without thorough verification. because of this a little. u.s. president donald trump is also set to meet the north korean leader in the near future having previously derided kim as little rocket man trump reacted positively on twitter. this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress look forward to our summit but japan's defense minister was not optimistic stressing what was omitted from the announcement because just a statement makes no reference to the north abandoning you can short and medium range ballistic missiles from the book you did to us and. the prospects are not encouraging ten years ag

south korea half in north korea where officials in the past have met instead of walking through those hearts though he'll walk between two of the huts between t two and t three t. stands for temporary even though they've been there for a very long time and they're between the huts there's a line of concrete line that marks the border between north and south korea and we are going to see in the next half an hour or so supreme leader kim cross that line the first time a north korean leader has entered south korea since the korean war he'll be greeted by president moon and then they'll go to a building called the freedom house go through that and then for the talks in the peace house i have to say this is an amazing turn of events if you look what's happened in the last eight months or so because remember last summer it was really the tenses time we've seen on the korean peninsula for decades so what changed things was it the tougher and tougher sanctions that the international community have put on the north korean government or was it the intervention of president trump particularly th

is that because the public in north korea who have been given a very different view of south korea until recently would take this positively? it's a big part of it. you can call him a dictator that at the same time, even the strongest dictator as public opinion and has to keep his elite happy. and the people at large. the north korean system, and i have been there a few times andi system, and i have been there a few times and i study it, it's a very different system. the media there is com pletely different system. the media there is completely unlike ours. it is highly controlled. it's highly staged in its controlled with certain messages on the primary messages, the whole world is after us, the whole world is that our throats. south korea is hostile, united states is hostile, is even hostile. he's saying, with my leadership, we can break that hostility. we can turn from threats to peace. that is a risk. in terms of his own public consensus. professorjohn delury, they give a joining us. you been watching this special coverage. live pictures from peace house inside the demilitarised zone

per head in south korea was at parity with north korea that's just no longer the case north korea has an opportunity there were twenty five million people there was a sizable population and that population to be engaged as a lever force and altered it was like textiles for example getting opportunities which are currently in place in some of the countries that some of my m.r. so potentially there is an opportunity for south korean capital to merge with relatively inexpensive all three labor and combine in certain areas of low cost manufacturing that's with such an opportunity is to mcafee and harken back to being where this pleasure. still to come on counting the cost the question of copyright why artists in south sudan are struggling to benefit from their work. the first thousands of survivors of the massive earthquake in nepal three years ago are still living in makeshift shelters they say the government has not lived up to its promise to provide them with permanent homes sabina shrestha reports. it's. from the air and basket this looks like any other but all these huts have flimsy

the foreign minister of south korea. made it clear that human rights would not be discussed it was not some how the joint declaration touched up on freedom of movement and separated families of course we must remember that this jovially smiling young man the leader of north korea had his own uncle executives' with an anti-aircraft machine gun in december two thousand and eleven his uncle john's on pick and had his own half brother assassinated with a vx nerve agent at a busy international air boarding or there are one hundred twenty thousand men women and children in north korea as a political prison camps there has been a savage purge going on on and swatch hundreds and hundreds of senior north korean officials have been purged executive sent to camps together with cole igs associates family members a u.n. commission of inquiry found in february two thousand and fourteen was that this regime commits crimes against humanity against its own people despite the choreography and the beauty of the inner korean summit we have

means to south korea or the united states navy different the united states wants north korea to do so mantel its missile and nuclear program whereas north korea when it talks about the asian tends to take a broader view and includes that it would be open to discussing it if it no longer felt threatened by the united states and it wants the u.s. for example to remove troops from the korean peninsula so it's interesting then when you hear donald trump still leaving open the possibility that the talks may not happen if he's not satisfied that he is getting the concessions that he wants from north korea he was saying in that news current conference that there's still the possibility he may walk away so i think the feeling here in south korea is one of cautious optimism going into this into korean summit where they're cautious optimism is there a sense that south korea is going into this with a fairly broad an open ended agenda or do you think that actually has specific goals that it thinks it can achieve. there have been questions leading up to the summit in terms of the agenda because we

-north korea relations. because a special event the lecture is an annual event, but today, we decided instead of a single lecture, we have this out ending panel to about an issue that is very pre-occupying 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. ellen: i am alan leighton. -- ellen layton. 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. as you know, our two 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 the cochair of a 2016 foreign relations task force report. a sharper choice on north korea. we will ask him to update and revise the judgment of that report. victor cha is currently the senior adviser. victor cha is currently the seni

and north korea u.s. talks and the south korean north korea us china talks they're coming up to the podium and i'm sure you're going to hear more about the details i've got more details here that i can give you but let's listen to the two leaders after signing this is storage agreement marty. them. tough day. coming to the dog the. book about a. dog on a dog but the dog. i'm got to agree. had on political. can dominion jungle no no come out on on monkey really you're going to go your car or join one of you don't divorce. him bond or later you song change your going to. show and tell us their god you're going so more. so don't tell us. if you say we're going on and on in saddam's focus of all. here ok well while we're waiting for translation of president moon's words we can continue talking to diplomatic editor james she plays james so while president moon is obviously introducing some of the aspects of the declaration that you started to you started to tell us about what stands out most of all seems so fa

north korea's main ally, china, says beijing stands ready to continue helping the two koreas resolve their differences. andrew plant has more. korean teenagers now living injapan, celebrating something that many thought they would never see, now the hope here is reunification of a country that has been divided for more than 60 years. japan has long maintained a hardline position on north korea, but news of planned talks between donald trump and kim jong—un appears to have softened tokyo's stance. translation: i welcome the talks as a sign of progress towards the resolution of issues concerning north korea. i hope that north korea will take concrete action following the inter—korean summit. the question is, after decades focused on developing nuclear weapons, is denuclearisation realistic? america is hoping that friday's summit will be the start of that process. i think good things can happen with respect to north korea. we are setting up meetings, we are down to two countries, as to a site, we will let you know what that site is. the us defence secretary was asked if he trusted n

hopefully this south korea, north korea can make good progress. mr moon. so many people lined up on the streets to send me off to panmunjom. the village residents came to have a photo. so if we could have meetings in pyongyang as well. the pictures, one was from a nearby waterfall. i haven't been back to the mountain myself, mr moon said, but so many tourists had been to the mountain byway of the chinese border. mr kim said, if you can come to north korea, the traffic system is not that good. people who visited said, the transport system is well advanced, i was told. it might be embarrassing for us to host with the poorfunctioning embarrassing for us to host with the poor functioning transport system. that is my warrior, mr kim said. this south korea and north korea have a great connection, you may be a will to use it. that was written down in the agreement of the 15th of june last year and that kind of talk has not carried on. that is a pity. 0nce has not carried on. that is a pity. once again, we came to meet each other. it is a very positive side. we ha

north korea. -- applied north korea. eight months ago saying must denuclearize, say they're going to denuclearize. you see this all over. and all of a sudden they said they're going to denuclearize and headline is, u.s. wary of north korea saying they're going to denuclearize. give it a break. open your eyes. try to understand what is actually happening in north korea and south korea. and the fact is, the united states cannot control korea anymore. the united states has been in korea militarily since 1945. this time to end colonial-like relationship the u.s. has with south korea. amy: tim shorrock, thanks for being with us, correspondent for and the korea center for investigative journalism in seoul. when we come back, we look at the life and legacy of dr. james cone. ♪ [music break] amy: "feels like rain" by buddy guy. he performed last night along with bobby rush, about to turn 85, for the last night of bb in new york on the legendary jazz venue is closing down. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and p

and then, going off-script, he invited south korea's leader to visit the north. the two men again crossing the dividing line, hand in hand. and finally, the big news this morning -- agreeing to end the korean war this year. good morning, everyone on this big news day, it is friday, april 27th, welcome to "morning joe." with us we have the president of the council on foreign relations and author of a book "the world in disarray" richard haas. national affairs analyst for nbc news and nb

about north korea. not. about kenneth bae not change i guess kenneth bae an evangelical christian who was arrested in two thousand and twelve while leading a to a group through north korea he was later charged with planning to overthrow the government and sentenced to fifteen years hard labor it's yet another cause of friction and dennis finds himself under pressure as a personal friend of kim jong un's to help push for by his release and then as if that wasn't enough for dennis to contend with just one day before he's due to fly out this happens. despicable human scum worse than a dog that's how north korean state media described the once powerful uncle and uncle of north korean leader kim jong un has been executed for trying to overthrow the government reports from north korea tonight say the second most powerful man in the country has been executed jang song tek the uncle of the country's leader had already been stripped of all his powers today a military tribunals ordered his execution after he was found

and south korea and also between north korea united states. basically north korea requires u.s. and south korea to provide sufficient a security guarantee in order for north to consider denuclearization however as we all know security guarantee is better definition reversible is basically a political commitment to not threaten the other side but these commitments can be withdrawn any time so it's very difficult for north korea true trust of this security guarantee and therefore as we all saw in north korea no longer demanding the u.s. and south korea to provide the science community guarantee in the longer required the u.s. to withdraw its troops from south korea i think that's a signal to north korea also no longer think about completely gave up its nuclear weapons so for the foreseeable future i think north korea will likely. continue to keep some nuclear capabilities in the meantime to might agree to make some concessions for example the north korean leader kim jong un has already made explicit the high level political commitment to to wher