give it that it does come from kim, jo jung, who tends to be one of the more critical uncompromising voices of the north korean leadership when it comes to a dealings with south career and also the united states. this was in response of course to that a call from moon j in the president of south korea who is desperate to try to restart talks with north korea and sees a formal declaration to, to the end of the korean war. as a way to do it, describing it as being pivotal for the whole korean peninsula. now he has made these calls before, but a coming with the talks being stored. he really sees this is one of these remaining opportunities to try to restart the go see ations. now, initially, it was treated with some dismissive nus by north korea with a vice foreign minister saying earlier on friday that it was up to the united states to drop its hostile post during his he put it in order for this to new, go anywhere, but then that was quickly followed up by kim jo john with her statement while being skeptical about it and accusing south career of double dealings. saying that it was pote

consider ending the state of war with the south, but only sell scraps its hostile policies came, jo jung was responding to a cold weather south korean president, moon j in made at the un general assembly. it is potentially quite important given that it is of course kimmie o jung, who tends to be the more critical uncompromising voice of the north korean government in dealings with south korea and also the united states. and this is in response to the call from boone j and the president of.

ending the state of war with a south, but only if sold scraps, what she called hostile policy is kim jo jung said, the idea of ending the war is admirable. the conflict ended in 1953, with an armistice, meaning still technically at war. and 3 more towns have been evacuated after explosions from interrupting volcano on the canary islands. intensify the volcano on the palmer. stop interrupting on sunday for the 1st time and 50 years more than 7000 people have already fled their homes. and hundreds of buildings have been destroyed by rivers of lava airlines of council flights for a 2nd day to a giant ash cloud. those were the headlines and he's continues on to 0. after in such story that you intends to watch a fight for that. news. news, news news . the 2nd largest property ever got and is in the financial trouble. banks invested buyers and suppliers all effective. so what would a possible collapse of this company mean for china and for the world, this is inside. ah, ah hello, welcome to the program on kim vanelle. fears that want to chime is biggest, probably developers could default on its de

the statement from kim jo jung is in response to south korea's recent call for a formal end to the crane wall. that conflict ended in $953.00 with an armistice and not a pace treaty, leaving the 2 sides technically still at war. for more on his story, let's bring in our correspondent rog mcbride live for us in. so hello there, rob. how significant is this statement from kim jo, john it is potentially quite important given that it is of course, kimmie. jung, who tends to be the more critical uncompromising voice of the north korean government in dealings with south korea and also the united states. and this is in response to the call from noon j and the president of south korea, the un general assembly, who is desperate to try to restart negotiations with the north calling for a formal end to the korean war, which you said would be a pivotal moment for the whole of the korean peninsula now he has made this call before and initially it was greeted by north korea with some dismissive ness, a vice of vice foreign minister saying that it was up to the united states 1st to show that it was wil

but early of so scraps its hostile policies, kim, jo jung was responding to a cold weather south korean president moon j in made the un general assembly. it is potentially quite important given that it is of course kimmie o jung, who tends to be the more critical uncompromising voice of the north korean government in dealings with south korea and also the united states. and this is in response to the call from boone j and the president of south korea at the un general assembly, who is desperate to try to restart negotiations with the north calling for a formal end to the korean war, which you said would be a pivotal moment for the whole of the korean peninsula. now he has made this call before and initially it was greeted by north korea. with some dismissive ness rushes election commission has rejected claims of widespread vote rigging as it so to find the result of last week's parliamentary election. it confirmed the pro kremlin united russia had won the pole with around 50 percent of the votes of volcanic eruption on the canary islands has destroyed hundreds of homes and nearly a wink

the statement from kim jo jung is in response to south korea races call for formal end to the korean war. that conflict ended in $953.00 with an armistice. not a pace tracy leaving the 2 sides technically still at war for more in this story. let's bring in rob mcbride lab for us in. so hello there. rob. how significant is this statement from the system? it is potentially quite important given that it is of course, kim jong, who tends to be the more critical uncompromising voice of the north korean government. and it was in response to this interesting call from noon j and the president of south korea to have a formal peace declaration to formally bring the hostilities to an end mood j. and of course, has been pushing, tried to restart the negotiations with the north sea, only has a number of months left in office and with daily like to see that happen. so he made this call at the you un, it was originally treated with good rather dismissively by north korea, early friday, a vice foreign minister saying that it was up to the us to drop it's hostile attitude before they could ever talk

jo jones going to result in positive talks between the north and south. it is certainly an interesting development and interesting overture from kimmie. jung does seem to be part of a building effort from the north, sincerely trying to restore relations. so it has been treated seriously here in a south korea. it follows on from similar statements she made a couple of days ago. now that was in response to this call from boone j in the president of south korea when he spoke of the un and suggested that with a formerly end, the korean war with the signing of the official peace settlement, the kimmy john said that that was an admirable idea and is now said gone further with his latest statement that after a couple of days of reflection, she says and considering what she says of the prevailing attitudes in the south, the relations could be restore to the point of which they could hold a summit. meeting again between the leaders of north and south. now she does add the caveat that the south koreans should and what she calls double standards when it comes to weapons testing. now this follows on from a day just over a week ago when within the space of a few hours

jo, john, the sister of north korea's leader. she suggested talks could happen if neutral respect was guaranteed, but added that this was just her personal view. it was kimmy jung 2nd statement in 2 days. she earlier urge south korea to end it's hostile policy is off to south korean president noon jane called for declaration which would officially end the korean war would run the ride. joyce's live now from the south grand capital. so rob, so what more details do we know about the prospect of the north and south improving relations? that's right, this does seem to be another interesting overture from kim jo jones and does seem to indicate his sincerity by north korea to improve relations. it follows on from similar statements you made a couple of days ago. now that was in response to this call by moon j and the president of south korea to formally end the korean war with a, a signing of a piece declaration that kim a describe. that as being an admirable idea. this time she's gone further in a statement saying that after a couple of days of a further reflection, she now believes that relations between north and south could be improved to the point at which they