with. leaders shaking hands and planning meetings with the american president. and bringing about a career with nuclear weapons is kim jong un's overtures and sudden about face. and what can the rest of the world do to help the catastrophic conflict. history thank you for being with us today delighted to have you so recently the north korean leader wrote a warm letter to president trump and now we see that a second meeting may be on the cards just can we expect any tangible results from it. but there might be a new summit between donald trump. and this time it will be a more productive meeting and we can expect tangible results of course their views on the denuclearization of north korea are somewhat different at this point. the nuclear ization first while north korea thinks that we need to end the war and

then move forward i think. are choosing the peaceful path and if that is the case they will be a solution to the nuclear problem up and i am hopeful that will happen at the. e.c. not too long ago seriously ask people on american t.v. if the u.s. should bomb north korea so they really were on the brink of war and now they're about to meet for the second time that means that the worst is over what do you think. everybody was concerned. was inevitable but now the situation has changed drastically there is movement towards peace last year but that wouldn't have even dreamed about this of course this will take time but i think gradually both the united states and north korea the nuclear problem on the korean peninsula. what was our present trump acted

towards north korean leader when he wrote mean things on twitter called him names sent out and then we called and now america and north korea have unprecedented only a translation national transforms behaving this way he was criticized for acting with such recklessness but now i guess it turns out that he did everything right still until probably. things have stabilized to degree and i think these are wise choices that people have made at the maybe it was some trickle where the trump played in order to make north korea participate in dialogue but the situation in north korea has changed as well its current leader kim jong un is like a young gorbachev his vision is different from the ideas of he's predecessors americans think that the soviet union fell because of u.s. sanctions but it is not true and we see the same situation now in north korea

americans think that sanctions against north korea are forcing the koreans to talk but it is only one of the factors that now the situation in north korea is a little different it's opened up with kim jong un has a different vision now and he's ready for disarmament. i you know i i think i think that maybe he just outsmarted everyone for us he scared the world with nuclear weapons presenting the worst case scenario and now he's capitalizing on that saying ok i will not make nuclear weapons let's be friends. compared to the united states and other countries north korea is a small states but it is that they cannot fool the whole world if they deceived or fooled the world then we cannot expect anything good to come out of that i think they understand this and unlike previous leaders of his country or. once a different result out there and that inspires hope. right now trump and the north

korean leader are exchanging pleasantries but the south korean leader is also doing his party's relations between south and north korea's are getting better what can we expect from this policy. is that you know. administration in south korea is trying and will continue to try to engage north korea in dialogue even before the first united states north korea some at all we were doing something to ensure that summit would actually take place and now korea is playing a major role as well it is the connecting the bridge organism important for the united states and north korea to come to an understanding right and our government is playing a very important role bringing those two together but it's this is how the current administration is different and we're all seeing the positive results. yet one will remember when the next round of harsh sanctions against north korea was being discussed president clinton said that sanctions don't work especially in the case

of north korea because its people are not scared of difficult this song but why is north korea making concessions now we see in the rhetorics they say that they are ready for it to nuclearization all right we're ready to give up nuclear weapons. in reality sanctions against north korea is just one factor played a part in the current state of things like we're north korea decided to talk to the united states and south korea at them when north korea became a state also that sanctions were immediately imposed from day one of its existence it is an important factor but it is not the only one. but when the situation got really dicey at the end of last year and it felt like war was inevitable but if things suddenly began to change across the south korea never stopped trying to talk to the north and the p. and chong olympics allowed us to make significant progress so it was a good excuse and a good opportunity to sit down together thoughts and most of the bits and both

countries came to an understanding during the storks which is north koreans also did not once and mrs chance to talk to us and then after the talks south korea's signals to the united states to china to russia and japan that there was progress to be made and that north korea was really in dialogue. and now we all see progress which means that it wasn't just the sanctions that made a difference be the north korean leader kim jong un was educated in the west and he understands what is really important now for his country and the important thing is to be able to feed the nation by just going to the impossible without dialogue and nuclear disarmament north korea understands that it will not prosper without peace that's for sure. not sure anything about keeping the regime alive it was obvious to everybody that everyone said the north korean leader needs

nuclear weapons to prop up the current regime it's to guarantee of his safety in the region and he's saying again those are just words for now but he is willing to give up nuclear weapons does this mean that he has some other guarantees stronger. nuclear weapons. you know when you are starving but you have nuclear weapons that is a road to nowhere and it could spell doom for north korea first and foremost current leader kim jong un is young she studied abroad in a western country and he understands western culture at that if you give up nuclear weapons you can develop your country and your economy and i think this is what he's thinking i hope but nobody might that but he needs guarantees that no one will interfere in his country's affairs and if the international community and countries like the united states russia china and japan provide such guarantees it is

entirely possible that north korea will do nuclearize and kim jong un just needs guarantees from the countries that he has some kind of trust and it will because business as such him say why would say we're only close relations with north korea that it has today what is the aim of his policy and what about north korea why would they need to grow closer now. as you know. peace and prosperity. similarly that's a very diplomatic answer let me ask in a different way what is more afraid of north korea nuclear missiles or a war in order to destroy a north korean nuclear missile what are you more afraid of being. chilled wait bush . after the korean war koreans have always felt threatened. on the one hand everyone is used to that but on the other hand everyone holds that an actual war is out of the question being at this but no less

important maybe the most important thing even more is the economic aspect of the me just not from a humanitarian points if you have the same period being divided in two parts in the north and south of course it's a terrible thing so it's about our economic speaking it is. so much worse. is stagnating now the population is decreasing young people have to feed the elderly and they need to make more money out of egypt so we need new opportunities and. our economy would be great if such opportunities opened up the sky thanks to north korea we could explore your asian markets more including russia could diversify our economy based on the peace and prosperity of the korean peninsula and strengthen our size with india with the so-called southern regions this is all very important to us that is why our current government and our people want to peaceful resolution to the nuclear problem and closer ties with north korea. do you think

truong might be expected to make some concessions in response to kim's actions military exercises conducted a korean orders expect something like that to happen. it's already happening the u.s. military has suspended military exercises with south korea but then with pathetically did it because north korea stopped a nuclear testing at the and started to dismantle some of its missile launch sites that the best deal and then came the mutual concessions these are the positive results of the u.s. north korea summit but it will take not one not take five six seven summits to ensure we do not go back to the way things work. on this actual break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to jane young president for the korean state of the international economic policy stay with us.

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differences between the united states and north korea russia needs to play an even more active role on the community. strategically speaking for example that can be accomplished by a trilateral cooperation between north korea south korea and russia i believe that north korea will be ready to nuclearize very soon there could be an agreement about some of the nuclear weapons and materials to be taken to russia and disposed of there then on the basis of mutual trust with the united states and russia could help north korea in the energy center on the job for example build a gas pipeline of. trucks with this north korea would open up to the world. that's how we could solve this issue as well this way united states russia relations will improve i mean this possible cooperation will avoid getting sanctions with almost. what else i think could trade

between russia and south korea facilitate closer ties between the north and the south and geographically it would involve transit through north korean territory which would mean more cooperation between russia south korea and north korea in order to expand trade. one of the main obstacles for the far eastern development is the instability on the korean peninsula as soon as there is peace on the korean peninsula we would have incredible potential for mutually beneficial development not only for the far east but also north east asia as a whole but russia wants to cooperate with the asia pacific since that is the center of the global economic growth the far east and north korea will be the engine of economic growth in the twenty first century. trade with is growing and the korean peninsula is a door to the asia pacific region as a whole if peace prevails here russia will be able to have economically beneficial

relations not only with the west but also with the asia pacific. economic. well we touched on this before the interview with all the sanctions between russia and the west and the latest u.s. and european sanctions against russia is turning east but look at this forum for instance a clear reproves that russia is seriously about this pivot to say will benefit from that i don't know maybe by taking this vacated by western partners or russia. i'm very happy that russia is paying closer attention to the east including korea korea used to be russia's partners we cooperated see as well it would be nice to be a build all that but we definitely need to bolster our ties i very much hope we will meet many times in the future here and at the eastern economic forum that russian made possible in ten years i think russia will be

a true asian country not only in the jungle africa's sense yes but also economically that is why i think. the economy. right now the u.s. is south korea's closest partner nor any country which is out of tune with american foreign policy towards russia is heavily criticized by united states and this could pressure on for instance i mean there is a number of european countries which are not they go to impose sanctions on russia but what is pressured by the u.s. since the e.u. itself is under american influence they have to obey and imposed sanctions aren't you afraid to south korea being such a close american partner would not be allowed by washington to become friends with russia. you know i think that one day sanctions will disappear like snow. but it will take time for your country and for us and the whole world economy the sanctions imposed on russia by the united states

and the e.u. have a clear detrimental effect. screw operation efforts throughout the world. i think that some day us russian relations will improve and when the day finally comes we have to be ready we need to start preparing the foundations for that. but it's one of those hours asking aren't you afraid that south korea will simply not be allowed to develop closer ties with russia. south korea may be a small country but we are a sovereign nation we are not subjects of america even though it is an important partner. but there are many ways in which we are independent from america at the best we have the right to choose our own destiny for example the size of our economy besides america and japan who would be happy to develop relations with russia with the eurasian continent on the whole with nations of any kind with india

yet there is nothing bad about that is there no i don't believe that we are america's puppets no that is definitely not us because at the pilots i want some people are talking about a possible to nuclearization of the korean peninsula and they're saying that north korea might finally give up its nuclear weapons and eventually sign a treaty with you if that happens will south korea have any meat for years troops on a peninsula or will you say so long we don't need you anymore i know that the threat is gone home. will denuclearization and north korea are not directly tied to the presence of united states troops in south korea but i do not think u.s. forces will be staying here forever. these two factors should not be perceived as related to one another this is the way we see things most not sound right now our priority denuclearization. not supposed to they. don't trump on

kim jong good nor building bridges to ties between washington and beijing are becoming strained could play on young somehow take advantage show they could. rices in u.s. china relations it could attempt to bargain for concessions by capitalizing on u.s. china tensions for instance south. oh you know. china has a strong influence on north korea and so does america and russia north korea is very important to us in order to resolve the issue of north korea's nuclear program we will require support from all parties including a major power such as the us china russia and japan that without the help of these nations we will not be able to secure full to nuclear and achieve peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula but i say this because i want to emphasize just how important is going to russia's role is to this entire thing what's what's the

boss. i said i'd like to ask you something when north korea and america had per america blame china blame beijing for manipulating north korea now the relations between north korea in america have improved i mean we don't see anyone in the knowledge ing beijing's role or thanking china say commanding north korea to improve relations with america in other words when relations are bad between north korea and the u.s. it's china's fault but if relations do improve then suddenly china had nothing to do with it so how come it you'll. get the. scope of this of the trade war between china and the united states is heating up the poor and that is very very unfortunate because the lack of close cooperation between the two powers makes it impossible to have the kind of resolve the north korean issue. trump is very aggressive right now with respect to beijing isn't ham he's taking some unexpected and having handed measures against china because i'm so wary down the markets are bracing for

a new round in the tariff for that but what if all these threats are no different from what trump it with kim's north korea germany or what he did and he can. the piling on threats until the two leaders finally matt and the cleric peace i wonder if he's planning to do the same with china i mean he will keep issuing threats until he makes a sudden you turn to or supply and he could. go after the most what about the way i see it is a little bit different previously under the obama administration the problem was that from america's few point trade with china seemed unfair that was the way they saw it at the cup but now under trump we'll see there's a multitude of grievances with china's policies and this is not just about national security it's also about stealing technology it's about copyright law and us intellectual property and so on till the united states and china need to negotiate and arrive at a solution to this trade war it's all dragging on and i think it was the fault lies

with china america is worried about its technology being stolen and this is what i believe america is most afraid of and that is why there are tensions. and yet if there's one thing i don't get are this two countries really that much at odds with one another that they prevent each other from prospering i mean how serious are the actual economic tensions between china and america i mean really yes. yes well unfortunately they are quite real recently the korea institute for international economic policy investigated the way united states sanctions against chinese goods affected korea's economy and what we found was that the entire situation was restricting curious economic opportunities so far the effect hasn't been too severe but if the tensions continue to rise and if it goes on like that for some time it will become a threat to our economy and to the region's economy as

a whole idea. of what it actually has a way that china is busy with this construction project of the century and. i'm talking about the new silk road project they're constructing infrastructure. when will this mega project be launched will china even care by that point about some tariffs on them by trump. americans are very very closely monitoring this. they have taken the wait and see approach want to see what it all leads to. confidence i mean russia china. is a need railway system and if american invests in it with their capital and their technology joins in i believe that will guarantee high efficiency and mutually beneficial. thank you very much for the conversation and i wish.

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