for south korea, it is all about peace. is is south korea, it is all about peace. isisa south korea, it is all about peace. is is a country that is really yearning for the end to the war, for an end to the threat that looms over it. but everybody realistically thinks this isjust it. but everybody realistically thinks this is just the beginning it. but everybody realistically thinks this isjust the beginning of what will be a long and difficult process if it is to succeed at all and that it could fall apart at any stage, as it has after previous summits in 2007 and 2000 when there was a lot of hope at that time but it didn't go anywhere in the end. was a lot of hope at that time but it didn't go anywhere in the endlj know you have to be off to give your insights on any outlet. for the moment, thank you very much. —— other outlets. as we've been hearing, kim jong—un and moonjae—in have been holding a news conference. the north korean leader said the summit heralded "an age of peace" and the beginning of a "new history" for the korean peninsula. we should have

in south korea. the chinese government watching like the rest of us in the extraordinary developments and how they are involved in the process moving forward is something we are watching closely. >> i'm glad you bring that up. foreign hawks on policy agreed. they have turned a blind eye on atrocities in the regime and just trying to keep the family regime in tact. not too strong and not too weak. it acts as a buffer. united states conflict in the south korean conflict with the north acts as influence in the region. >> reporter: that is right. that is what china fears. worst-case scenario is the koreas unify under democratic leading government to retain the united states as its ally. perhaps under that scenario, u.s. troops remain in the korean peninsula. instead of the buffer with south korea and north korea, which is north korea, if it unifies, does that mean u.s. troops would be on the chinese border? that is a long way down the road. china is preparing for a worst-case scenario. that is why they w

and south korea committed. president trump sent blessings to the ending of the korean war and china said they also support ending 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 sho

i'm mariko oi in south korea. the headlines: we are just moments away from an historic summit between the two koreas — the first time a north korean leader has crossed the border since the korean war. so can the south convince kimjong—un to give up his nuclear weapons? i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: bill cosby is found guilty of sexual assault, in a retrial of charges brought against him. but his lawyer says the fight isn't over. and president trump's first trip to the uk is confirmed, but without the pomp and circumstance of a state visit. if»; és'fifiiéé if—zigigxér-sfi ii'ifiiiii 9-2 i , : , first, here is the bbc‘s laura bicker, who has been to one this man farms his seaweed on the northern limit line separating the two countries. translation: they draw lines on this ocean, and tell us not to go over them. it's like being in a prison without bars. the hazards of fishing in these waters have less to do with the weather and more to do with the political climate. even when things a

from the north are now live in south korea and herfamily backin live in south korea and herfamily back in the north, they certainly push the issue of human rights conditions of people in the north, but it is not a major element of the summit today, or of the political agenda for the south korean government. what the south korean government. what the south korean government is looking for is a way to get rid of or to bring peace and rid this country, the south korean capital, seoul, which is a 50 kilometres from where i stand, to rid it of his ever present threat of destruction if a conflict ever broke out here. thank you very much for that. as we've been hearing, kim jong—un and moonjae—in have been holding a news conference. the north korean leader said the summit heralded "an age of peace" and the beginning of a "new history" for the peninsula. let's hear his longer statement. translation: 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 as possible and we should meet as o

talks with south korea and the u.s. what's brought about this dramatic shift in is kim jong un serious about peace this is inside story. come to the program. after a series of missile tests that kept the world on edge north korea's leader kim jong un has announced he's suspending all missile and shutting down a nuclear test site the surprise announcement comes ahead of two important summits with south korea and the united states both countries have been pushing north korea to denuclearize u.s. present describe this latest move as a positive step but is it a real change in pyongyang policy we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first kathy novak has this report from south korea's capital seoul. north korea regularly tested increasingly threatening ballistic missiles last year including weapons that could have the range to hit the united states in september it conducted its most powerful nuclear bomb test now north korea says those tests are over so it. should chip picture we will discontinue nuclear testing an inte

leaders of north and south korea agree to that war president said summit shields pledges to bring the korean to a formal and the potential of nuclear weapons but actions following words from bring you complete coverage also on the program. more summitry in washington german chancellor angela merkel arrives to meet us president donald trump talks promised to be brief and far from straightforward. o'clock because two new songs for the virtual two off on the t.v. special. welcome to the program so the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to formally end the state of war between their two countries sixty five years after the fighting stopped as i started summit to kim jong un and move jay inside they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free korean peninsula and they insisted i did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation a new era of peace is declared on the peninsula. moments before the leaders signed a historic decla

i was in south korea are a couple of yea rs i was in south korea are a couple of years ago when tensions were quite high. it's quite a huge change. a few months ago, we were talking about military tensions rising. it can take credit for this. what kind ofa can take credit for this. what kind of a roll deep in the south korean president is playing because when he was elected, it was on the basis of, left me and i will bring us closer to north korea. that is one of the goals that the president has had. some of the credit has to be given to him. some of the dynamic might come from the fact that donald trump is meeting kim jong—un come from the fact that donald trump is meeting kimjong—un noon in a couple of times. the chinese behind—the—scenes will have had an impact. given that china is north korea's closest ally. also between north korea and china and china and south korea. how important the economy and business has to do with this deal. they are high, as you like, and north korea struggling hugely. does money have a lot to do with it as well. there is also the question of what ki

north korea views this as a way to dominate south korea. through this method and since i don't have time, i won't get into that. my paper does explain that. so if that is indeed announced, if a low level federation is announced or discussed or brought up, what would be the impact on the alliance because once a federation or if there's a low level federation, then the name of the country changes. it won't be republic of korea anymore. it could be some sort of unified fed rated korea, in which case how does that work with the name of whatever's on the document for the treaty changes and the entity it is no longer republic of korea, but it has an, is an entity that contained an alliance and a threat. so how do we dole with that? i'm not sure if that's going to come up during summit, but if it kuz does, we need to be prepared for it. so just wanted to highlight that and i will end there because my time is up. thank you. >> even better, i got the last word. i'm an dmis economist. the it's something i think a lot of us are missing. goes back to t

and south korea. if it comes to it, it seems they have the blessing of president trump but the emphasis coming from here in seoul is that it isa coming from here in seoul is that it is a long—term plan. a process. not something that will be immediately put on the table. north korea will have to give up its nuclear weapons for this to happen. there are all kinds of potential implications here. we will discuss or more in a moment that breaking news that has come through about relations between north korea and the us. but for nearly seven decades, have there been something like 30,000 us troops holding the line with the south korean military in south korea, against the north. when it comes to the presence of the troops here in south korea, it has angered north korea and angered china. it seems that if north korea is going to come to the table, perhaps one of the things they will demand it is the removal of either us troops or the us protective umbrella, the nuclear umbrella it puts overjapan and south

korea meet face to face at their common border you're seeing live pictures from south korea right now at stake the north's nuclear program program and a breakthrough to peace follow this moment. also coming up another high profile visit aimed at repairing relations german chancellor angela merkel arrives in the united states for talks with u.s. president donald trump well look at head to a meeting that promises to be brief but far from simple. class bill cosby at the actor is convicted of sexual assault prosecutors successfully make the case the once beloved actor had a predatory secret life. and welcome to the program the leaders of north and south korea have been needing in an unprecedented summit at the two countries mutual border you're watching a live pictures they'll come up shortly of kim jong un and moon j.n. the south korean president at a joint appearance at the summit venue the cheerleaders have discussed some of the most sensitive issues dividing the choose sides including shutting down north korea's nuclear program and prospects for a durable peace on the korean. the two

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

we arewe get to that, talking about history being made in north korea and south korea relations. that theing forward to fact this is even happening. it happened so quickly with what with president moon and kim jong-un, sitting here, i cannot wait to see how this unfolds, if the man walks across and what happens if there is any particular peace agreement or development out of that. in the meantime let's get a check the markets and how they closed here in the united states. you can see the s&p 500 up across the board in the green. i was looking at the health of the s&p's 11 sectors and information technology was the biggest gainer, facebook in particular up 9%, the biggest jump in two years because of some terrific earnings. it also set up nicely in this part of the world with new zealand trading at off to a roaring start in the first few minutes. thank you weak dollar holding steady off of the strengthening greenback. and the aussie dollar also 75.5.g for at crudeld up slightly and hovering around $68 and we will continue to see pressure on the coal price. here with first world ne

ina sense, domestic audience for south korea. in a sense, probably compared to the other two previous summits, president moonjae—in now house the most political support from the substantial majority of the south korean people and of course, there are some extremes. for this time, moonjae—in‘s government are some extremes. for this time, moon jae—in‘s government are are some extremes. for this time, moonjae—in‘s government are very good. live pictures of president moonjae—in arriving for the summit. his family fled north korea. it appeared rather personal. did that help to bring the two countries to the negotiating table. it can be very conducive to completion with north korea. the personal history of our chief executive. he tried to utilise the kind of personal asset. the south korean government, get some good results us far. based on this kind of trust building between north and south. president moon jae—in will make some move forward and makea jae—in will make some move forward and make a bridge from here to

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

does for south korea is put it under its nuclear umbrella south korea doesn't have its own nuclear force it doesn't there are no new u.s. nuclear weapons stationed here on the korean peninsula at this stage but of course the u.s. is prepared to defend its allies and south korea is among those key allies that it is prepared to defend a lot of the talk to martine now and speculation is not just are we going to get a trump summit and i think that depends if the u.s. is satisfied with what's being going on here and they'll be debate i think in washington different voices mr pompei oh there is a hawk is pretty invested already in this process the national security advisor john bolton we know from his previous statements is very skeptical about trusting north korea he wants to push on the pressure i don't think he's going to be very happy with some of the handshakes and very happy images that you're seeing here they've got to decide whether to push ahead and then where and when to have the second perhaps even more important summit between kim and trump there are a number of different places th

korea and the media to see that it south korea and the media to see thatitis south korea and the media to see that it is closed. there has been lots of speculation around this test site. a number of reports have come out that during the last test in september it was badly damaged. kim jong—un said he was aware of those reports and he denies them. he said the test site is still in good condition. he says it has not been closed down, and is not being close down because of its condition, it is being closed down, he says, because he wants to make a gesture to say that this is for real. when it comes to the test site itself and letting in the media, we are still waiting to hear any details. he went on to talk about the time zone. he said that it broke his heart when he was in the peace house in the demilitarised zone meeting moon jae—in, and he saw the clocks on the walls with two different times. john yang is half an hour behind. so that time change was made in 2015 by kim jong—un. he is now saying he was —— yea rs jong—un. he is now saying he was —— years going to change t

korea would ever attack south korea they might attack in small scale rather than the entire war did you have drills in school about what to do in the case of an attack if there was an attack here on your campus is there a plan in place for what student should do i was never noticed that happened in my parents' age so my father to. think my grandpa did it to what do you think reunification would look like although some people in my age are opposed to the idea of the unification i think. it's also korean society have consensus about the unification is in the constitution to. the peaceful reunification must be preceded by south korean government. there are some radical people who think. military unification is an option but majority of people think the peaceful unification is the only option for the prosperity of south korea north korea should the new could nuclearize in order to. pursue more cooperation with south korea how do you feel about president moon it's clear he's interested in a policy the engagement with north korea. he's paul the sea is the only option we have both making m

korea they all commented on how good transportation was in south korea i think there's some evidence there that the olympians of course are absorbing all this and transmitting information back into north korea about life in the south. we have had to attempt something similar historically if we go back through what a political generation between north and south korea all the optics potentially successfully different this time around compared to those previous efforts. well it's certainly for me i think the optics are better now can john has come out of his sounds like he's saying all the right things easy is doing all the right things and you know his attempt to a successful attempt to get him to cross over into north korea was off script but i must say i think moon gene handled it very well he handled it with grace that he was able to do it and i think that's going to be important for everyone involved as we move forward because we know that north korea is going to throw some curveballs into the south koreans and later into the u.s. and we have to be able to adapt as that happens and

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so history is made on the korean peninsula at this very moment the leaders of north and south korea along with their wives are getting ready to sit down for a full dinner after a day of talks and symbolic gestures they've just signed an unprecedented declaration calling for a peace treaty that would replace the armistice there's been in place a sixty five year as well as early on friday morning kim jong un became the first north korean leader is a set foot in the south since the end of the korean war in one nine hundred fifty three kim and south korea's president in later planted a tree that's a gesture meant to symbolize peace and after that they sat down and began talks aimed at reaching an agreement on issues including pyongyang's nuclear program. well the joint declaration by the two leaders has laid the groundwork for future progress both sides agreed to refrain from the use of force and to end hostile activities by ground air in sea loudspeakers will also stop broadcasting propaganda across the demilitarized. family reunions a promise for august and there were plans to develop road

we will be joining north korea and south korea. we will bejoining them soon north korea and south korea. we will be joining them soon for a tree planting ceremony. please stay with us planting ceremony. please stay with us for that. and you can get more information on our website. hello there. it's been getting cooler day by day through this week and by the weekend, temperatures will be below the seasonal average, wet, cold and windy late on sunday. more on that in just a moment. we start friday on quite a chilly note, some areas a touch of frost in scotland but south, not quite as cold because we have this area of low pressure and outbreaks of rain. quite wet start across south—west england in towards south wales. the rain starting to push its way into northern and eastern parts of england as the morning wears on where as further north, it will start bright with plenty of sunshine. that rain will be in bands moving its way northwards across most of england and wales into the afternoon. a few drier interludes, quite strong winds

i think there remain conservatives here in south korea that are skeptical of north korea's intentions and their info indeed defectors who have come to south korea from north korea have expressed a sort of a distrust in the administration of north korea and some of those views seem to be echoed by the japanese president prime minister shinzo abbay when he said that you know north korea shouldn't be rewarded as kimberly hauck i was pointing out for just showing up and those conservative views are that north korea should not be allowed to extract any concessions from south korea without giving up any in return and the fear on their part is that north korea may be just trying to buy time by appearing open to dialogue while continuing to develop its nuclear weapons program and not actually giving any concessions in terms of winding it back rob kathy novak live for us from seoul cathy thanks very much we've come down there is poised to become the new man in charge in cuba he's been nominated by the national assembly as the sole count it for president the first from outside the castro family

moon of south korea. david: describe for our viewers because this is just outside of the demilitarized zone and we are looking at a light show going on with pianist. toave not -- i have been south korea, and they have incredible artist there. it is quite extraordinary but you can see they are putting on quite a show for the leaders. showcase,s is a huge particularly with the north korean leader. to go back to what you were saying, flowery language and huge optimism in the statements coming, and even at this stage with the leaders. how much skepticism are you hearing beneath the surface meetings ofmber of denuclearization? steven: we saw the handshake in the arm and arm between moon and kim but in 2007, the last time the two leaders from the countries met, there were similar optics with handshakes and raising of the hands over the head. the father of- kim jong-un, that relationship soured in the coming years and the toxicp to really fire and. and nuclear weapons and the potential attacks on the united stat

even north korea and south korean people. and also we have new opportunities for south korea governments to pursue a kind of peace and stability. we have a strong sense of urgency to denuclearize north korea and also north korea's nuclear development, very close to threatening the u.s. continent. united states paid more special attention to the nuclearization -- the denuclearization of north korea. if we just follow the conventional ways of , it's quite difficult to induce north korea into the negotiation table. the trump factor, i think, certainly works. even though you my friends didn't want to listen to me. -- listen to him. no matter whether we like him or not, this is kind of true. mentioned, it is heavy stress. kim jong seems to have a dramatic change possible. he kept his cards in his pocket, so we will have to see the of the north korean and u.s. summit. -- letuce moon jae-in's me introduce moon jae-in's policies. if summary wants these documents, i will provide later. that's if somebody wants these documents, i will

south korea can afford it. but it wouldn't probably lead to what you might call stability. >> it's interesting because president moon is much more of a hippie than some of the predecessors who have run south korea. and he has resisted some of the military fortifications the united states has offered including the anti-missile system thaad. brian: moon is a military veteran. but he's more liberal progressive than his predecessors, and he does see value in giving a lot to the north koreans. the standard south korean position is don't give them anything because they just take it. moon believes kim jong-un is a far different guy from his dad and grandfather. he went to high school in switzerland. he speaks english when he wants to. and they sense that kim jong-un is a guy who sees the tide of social media, cultural media -- south korea is dominating asia in culture. tv, music, movies. south korean products are dominating the chinese and japanese media market. kim jong-un sees that. he says we can have a piece that.

oh mother for warning sign a long face to face home for me to realize that north and south korea just neighbors who live separately but rather a family. we who live so close boy are not enemies we must fight against each other . all the farmers who share the same blood line who must you know right. even though. it was a day rich with symbolism and surprises this was the moment came stepped over the border to the side in the demilitarized zone he's the first north korean leader to set fish in the sights since nine hundred fifty three in a show of unity men returned the favor by crossing briefly to the north with kim. after planting a peace treaty on the demarcation line maine and kim held private talks on this fifth bridge the same color as the unified korean flag used in sporting events. their spouses were introduced before the banquet where they dined on cold noodles a speciality from the north despite the grain breaking meeting a history of failed peace attempts has some critics wary of the north's commitment the next day a meeting between kim jong il and us president donald trump i

a verdict on south korea's disgraced former presidents the proceedings will be broadcast live. hello again. in life and also coming out. standing by their man supporters rally in brazil as a deadline for former president lula to go to jail edges closer plus. we've told our u.k. colleagues that you're playing with fire and. steps up his war of words with britain over the poisoning of a former russian spy and this journey coming up women are raped at levels that nobody's ever seen before donald trump goes back to his controversial campaign rhetoric calling mexican immigrants rapists. but first a court in south korea is due to give its verdict against the disgraced former president park geun hay in a landmark corruption case it was the result of an influence peddling scandal that sparked matts protests and it shook the country's political establishment prosecutors are seeking a thirty year jail term and for the first time court proceedings will be broadcast live more from kathy novak. judgment day for the woman who made history as south korea's first female president and then as t

korea but south korea will need civilian nuclear energy or nuclear power to power its development and if you remember in the past in one thousand nine hundred four there was the agreed framework between the united states north korea under which it was going to dismantle its existing nuclear power reactors and korean energy development organization would belle's to light water reactors over one of the cars in megawatts each but that deal eventually collapsed and then north korea left the nonproliferation treaty in two thousand and three so now the demand of the international community is not only that dismantlement of north korea's nuclear weapons but also a return to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state and the full implementation of international atomic energy safeguards on the civilian nuclear program and i would recommend a joint team of nuclear weapon experts from china russia and the united states that would oversee the accountability and dismantling of north korean nuclear web. binns which is the only credible way and then finally the comprehensive n

a dramatic fall from grace for south korea's ousted president park geun hye she has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison for corruption charges including coercion bribery and abuse of power in a verdict broadcast live on south korean television the court ruled part colluded with friends to receive tens of millions of dollars and kickbacks from companies and state agencies park was impeached and arrested on march twenty seventeen supporters of park demonstrated outside of the courthouse pietschmann has divided south korea. have now joined by he on park news reporter from our iran news in seoul south korea welcome to you we know that there were several charges that the former president was found guilty of walk us through them. the skulls angeles to x. president have been in order is intense and i know more than sixty million u.s. dollars now the point that i'm sure you don't you know sixteen out of eighteen counts related to bribery is a power and secret things that kept soliciting million dollars in bribes. to tax time song and. foundation and he's. very close confidant so is

five year old is a human rights lawyer he was born on a small island off south korea's south coast to refugees who fled the north during the korean war compared with his predecessors he takes a more moderate approach he's campaigned to engage with its neighbor and denuclearize the korean peninsula. all right so we can speak now to say kook who is the publisher of the political magazine korea exposé and he's joining us from seoul thanks for talking to us. expectations are quite high aren't they kim jong un saying a new history new history begins now is that how you see it. well certainly there's reason to be very optimistic about today and i'm not the only one to say it's. because disappointing when the live broadcast of the summit was being shown in city hall plaza here in downtown seoul were many citizens were gathered around clipping at the scene and expressing hope that this will really lead to a genuine peace on the korean peninsula which after all has been in this state of instability for the some last seventeen years i think there are signs between leaders will strike some impo

we are back on bbc world news, covering the summit between north korea and south 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

kim jong—un shaking hands with the president of south korea, the start ofa president of south korea, the start of a historic meeting with international interest high in a secretive regime that suddenly, seemingly is more accessible. this is where the two leaders are meeting. the border village of panmunjom, between the two territories. the finest details already defiance. they will face each other across 2080 millimetres of table symbolising the year. and overlooking their meeting, a painting of a mountain, overlooking their meeting, a painting ofa mountain, a symbol of reconciliation designed to reflect the summit ‘s slogan, peace, a new start. the world ‘s major powers will be watching. north korea's nuclear programme part of the focus, kim jong—un has indicated nuclear programme part of the focus, kimjong—un has indicated a willingness to stop testing but will that translate to an end to its weapons programme or is that translate to an end to its weapons programme or is this part of north korea's entrance onto the international stage as an established nuclear power? propos

this is day two of the news live from berlin the leaders of north and south korea agreed to and have an unprecedented summit yields pledges to bring the korean war to a formal ends and with the potential of nuclear weapons but will actions follow works will bring you complete coverage also on the program the. course of a tree in washington is john the chance and i'm going back a little past to meet u.s. president donald trump for a look ahead to a meeting the promises to be brief and far from simple. i'm still down welcome to the program the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to formally end the state of war between their two countries sixty five years after the fighting and it is a historic summit a kim jong un blue jay and said they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free korean peninsula and they insisted they did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation a new era of peace is declared on the peninsula. momen

and south korea south korea the place you're watching these live events taking place is a place where the u.s. military are just there as important as the south koreans and that's why phase two of all of this the meeting between president trump and kim is going to be so important if the americans conclude that enough has been achieved here and they go ahead we should find out i would think pretty soon about a venue for those talks there's been talk about mongolia singapore maybe switzerland where kim is believed to have attended boarding school those are all possible locations as is another meeting back here at the d.m.z. if they think they can't find anywhere else suitable. maybe they'll do what they've repeat what they've achieved here today in a meeting there is one of the venue that supposed to deliver the that is for president trump and some old rooting this out to actually himself go to north korea for a showman like trump that would certainly be a very big show and here would and speaking of donald trump we now have a statement james that has come in from the white house i mean

and south korea. when he was in south korea, he spoke to the south korean people on television. people were impressed. he joked about certain things like how bad the roads are in north korea. he acknowledged the fact there are defectors, people leaving north korea. so he is somebody who seems to be of a deal with the reality of the situation and can talk plainly about what needs to be done to move forward to a peace process. i think that he really does want to fix and improve the north korean economy, this is the way to do it. amy: let me ask about the in aage -- media coverage, recent article in ""the new york expressedrk landler skepticism that the meeting between the south and north korean leaders could be beneficial to the u.s. concluding -- "the talk of peace is likely to weaken the two levers that mr. trump used to pressure mr. kim to come to the bargaining table. a resumption of regular diplomatic exchanges between the two koreas, analysts said, will inevitably erode the crippling economic sanctions against the north, while mr. trump will find it hard to threaten military

two thousand president of south korea. yes well in fact we should not forget who started the whole thing there were meetings between the north korean and south korean president in the year two thousand in the year two thousand and seven the group that scrapped the whole peace process was the new conservative government of south korea recently. you know the former. and who is now basically was sentenced to a few years for corruption so people in korea why is there such an approval rating for mundine people want peace you know the south korean government conservative government that scrap the peace process is no longer poor people i don't think it was popular when they did these things and now there is hope again and who is destroying that hope the global west in order to collect all of you know how everything this flipping will be liberals used to be for praise you know you know if it were true. the west. syria two weeks ago and never bone loss in korea because of nuclear weapons you want to have a pretty fair ration of. we

you mentioned denuclearize nation a lot of people specifically in south korea or south koreans around the world are a little bit skeptical in terms when he says that he's willing to denuclearize why is he saying that what could the reason the why now. what i think one reason might be that before for north korea the nuclear weapons are basically so important and many experts actually said that the reason that north korea now has developed nuclear weapons that's the reason why north korea agreed to stop these negotiations in the first place so many people just don't think that north korea will accept will be willing to give up these nuclear weapons . correspondent philip bilski in seoul thank you very much. in a bun as late as friday night's game hoffenheim can thank andre crime rich master catterick for keeping their champions league drains alive with a three one win against hanover the croatian of was man of the match began with the simplest of tappan in the sixteenth minute followed up with a smash of a volley in the fiftieth and that field a victory for hof and time with a delicate

coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meaning for reproach moment go ahead in washington. let me in response to your question laid out right over here that there are real credit for the what the situation the opportunity that we have today is because of president mungy in south korea you know if we had a c.m. all the conservative south korean government in place today what would have happened is kim jong un would have gone through with his condense testing schedule and then after that he would have gone straight into his bunker emerging from time to time with grave threats and snarly garley threats to blow everything up the fact of the matter is that mungy is the person who has been able to tease kim jong il kim jong un out into the sunshine and has open and shown in the part where do global integration and as well as not science reconciliation. in the south korean progressive government has a lead this process of free conciliation which has dramatically altered the dynamics

this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: near the dmz in south korea. we have a guest book in that building signed by north korean leader kim jong on, saying "a new history begins." an era of peace. that is the message kim wrote in a guestbook at that venue. it is the summit between the two koreas, the first in 11 years, the first held on south korean territory between two leaders. let's have a look at this and get the implications. the realistic goals, or realistic achievables are this -- at this venue? >> i think there are three main areas of focus. there is the denuclearization of north korea and the peninsula as a whole. there are improved inter-korean relations. obviously third, there is the peace treaty in terms of moving from an pharmacist -- an ar mistice and ending the korean war. the first one is probably the hardest because the north korean regime has a strong incentive to keep its nuclear weapons given what has happened to regimes notnd the world who have given them up. i would expect out of this summit improved inter-korean relations and so

and south korea will have more home in a moment first this report. south korea's k. pop girl bands red velvet and girls' generation as well as others play the kind of music that's been to do in the north i. thought north korean leader kim jong un was in the audience in the capital pyongyang and fearing the groove. over one hundred south korean musical artists came to perform in north korea for the first time in thirteen years a possible thaw in what has mainly been a chilly relationship between the two koreas things got really interesting at a theater in pyongyang when south korean performers sang about reunification the crowd didn't seem to mind. meanwhile a south korean taekwondo team gave its first performance in pyongyang since two thousand and two. is their home on the political stage south korea's leader mean j.n. a schedule to meet with his north korean counterparts on april twenty seventh to discuss the north's possible to nuclearization from the us president donald trump is also planning to meet in the near future with the north's kim jong il. trump has also