in february the leader sent athletes to participate in the pyong chang winter games in south korea they were quickly dubbed the peace olympics. two high profile delegations made history. by attending the opening and closing ceremonies. kim jong un sister kim yo john became the first member of the ruling family to step foot on south korean soil since the korean war she came with an invitation and kim invited the south korean president moon jay in to come to the young yang if the meeting comes to fruition it would be the first time kim has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven and kim and president trump shocked many when they agreed to meet in the coming months. analysts say there can be no substantive movement on the north korean issue without denuclearization. in south korea there is enormous hope that a seismic shift in the relationship between the two koreas is a foot. because of all the global attention i believe reunification movie growth for the government is making efforts and i think people are rooting for it. but there is also skepticism and a

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and already, the so-called propaganda music has been dismantled on saturday, the clocks are changing in pyong yang, and so we're seeing a lot of symbolic gestures and with the panel, perhaps we can discuss how real they might be and what they might be leading to, if anything at all. i have with me dr. sue mead perry who has been an analyst of the the cia, analyst on issues and director for career on both the george w. bush and the obama administration. she's now at csis ch. and we have washington d.c. bureau chief, who is going to talk a little about how the japanese public sees the dimensions of so-called recent developments. and dr. the senior asia specialist for defense analysis who has lots of interesting things to say as well, particularly regarding the recent summit. i think we'll take each of you in order for a few minutes to layout how you see things and i'll have some questions and finally we'll throw it open it the floor at the end. please do catch my eye if you have a question. doctor. >> yes. >> perhaps we can start by asking you if this summit with president trump is really going