do you think he really believes that kim jong-un loves him? >> i don't know any other explanation. think kim jong-un gets a huge laugh out of this. i mean, these letters are written by some functionary in the north korean workers' party agitprop office. and yet the president has looked at them as evidence of this deep friendship. even if it were a deep personal relationship, it doesn't change the fact kim jong-un is never going to give up his nuclear weapons program. but nobody should misunderstand that a personal relationship is somehow equivalent to better relations between the two nations. >> if we make a deal, i think kim jong-un is going to be very, very happy. i really believe he's going to be very happy. >> when the two leaders met for the first time in singapore for their historic summit, it was high theater. >> donald trump wanted to put on the foreign policy show of a lifetime. you saw the american flags flying next to the north korean flags, the stage set. kim jong-un coming from one side of the stage, donald trump coming from the other. smiling like they had been old fri

maybe they won't carry through with that rob you mentioned earlier that it was interesting that kim jong un himself has got to get involved in this because up to this point it's been his sister kim jong un that has really been leading much of. the war of words if you like the actions between the 2 of them what do we read into that if anything. that's right it is interesting the characters who are at play in this and most of the criticism so far has come from kin junge it does seem to have been a pattern of increasing her statue her status not only here in the korean peninsula but also on the world stage so that is interesting that's one thing that this latest spat has achieved and it was always speculated that as this war of words increased kim jong un is being kept conspicuously quiet leading many people to speculate that at some point he would step forward as the voice of reason conciliation of course it comes a day before people in the korean peninsula mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war and that does seem to be possibly what we are seeing now it's a touch of good co

it is probably related to the health problems of kim jong-un. the south korean government does not like to talk anything bad around north korea, and is trying to stop the rumors. kim jong-un has some medical problems. obviously acting as her brother's replacement. like an acting president, or vice president or vice dictator of north korea. there is a sense the has allowed north korea to develop its nuclear capabilities. how much progress has been made to that end? dr. lankov: you mean progress with nuclear development? haslinda: yes. dr. lankov: the north koreans are working hard on their nuclear facilities, but they have some technical problems to before they can destroy the city of new york, which is their goal. alder -- allhat, is to annoy south korea, not the united states. best withs do their the relations with south korea to separate them from the united states. koreans should know their place and not mingle in relations in north korea. all the statements are clearly deliberated. year they annoy the united states of america. not now, maybe

priority there is no possibility of appeasement and if we look at what happened in the context of kim jong un's preparation to be the designated successor we saw 2 incidents in 2010 where the north koreans drew south korean blood as the basis of on which to establish kim jong un's bona fetus as a legitimate successor and so the concern here is really that the north koreans might go so far as to draw blood putting everyone into a focus on managing and containing and trying to remove the risk of military escalation really as the 1st step toward getting back to stability ok and so they do want to move it on their to that idea of the escalation that we have you know what do you know talks of some description diplomacy of some description well i think that that's going to depend on primarily on the north because right now it's very clear that they're not in a talking mood they're in a destructive mode. and i think that that has to change 1st before it's going to be possible to have a profitable diplomatic interchange under these circumstances hey i didn't coat them paint some influence exerted from

kim yo-jong. gordon chang, asian analyst and author of the book nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world and losing south korea. gordon, who is kim yo - jong. gordon: kim yo - jong is kim jong un'ser, she's the most capable child of her generation. she didn't get to be the leader of north korea in december 2011 when her father died because in a society like north korea she was young and female but right now we are seeing her capability and, indeed, it is quite frightening. eric: you say quite frightening. she's had a nickname of twisted sister like the band but they say she's acting like the terminator. is she more ruthless and scary than her brother? gordon: they are both, scary, eric. she does have the dictator gene and her brother, the one who might replace kim jong un, he doesn't have, he would be useless as dictator and likes to go to concerts and kim jong un is in trouble. it appears that his health is not very good even though he's only 36 or 37 and that means if there's going to be a next generation of the kim family, that means it's got to be kim yo-jong because she's the one capable of doing this. eric: is it possible in terms of her being a female, that that could be

think for the individuals involved it has been important we've had commune jiang the sister of kim jong un the north korean leader really coming to the fore increasing her stature on both the korean peninsula and also the world stage and it has allowed kim jong un in what is his 1st major statement in all of this to appear to now is the voice of reason to dial things down really doing a kind of a good cop bad cop routine and with kim jong il and very much emerging as the good cop a day before what is a very important anniversary the 70 year marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war 'd he can come forward now with this great gesture of large yes or right to bribe in the south korean capital seoul thank you the u.n. secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank speaking to the security council and done you're good at it said it would be the most serious violation of international law they are thousands of palestinians protested in jericho and more than a 1000 politicians across europe has signed a petition opposing the annex

at the weekend kim yong jong the increasingly powerful sister of north korea's leader kim jong un warns that the liaison office would soon be destroyed. neighbors russia and china are clearly concerned because. north and south korea are the same people as a close neighbor china has always hoped that the korean peninsula would maintain peace and stability in the cerulean and she some are wondering whether this is a crisis manufactured by north korea to distract attention from stalled nuclear talks between kim jong un and us president trump whatever the rationale north korea has yet again captured the world's attention. correspondent frank's frank what spot this incident. well you mentioned it earlier the the leafleting campaign from south korea a couple of n.g.o.s here 'd one called the fighters for free north korea led by fox on hock a north korean defector routinely floats large balloons carrying leaflets over the border and into north korea they are released dropping thousands of leaflets just along the border regions inside the north for north koreans to pick up and look at and consu

go back to 2018 when we had a couple of summit several summits some between north korean leader kim jong un and us president donald trump but for our purposes today the 2 summits are 3 summits between. so korean president movie j.n. and north korean leader kim jong un and they drew up the so-called panmunjom declaration and part of that involved a draw down of tension along the border an elimination of propaganda activities that had taken place you know between the 2 koreas including things like loudspeakers set up along the border blasting anti north korea messages toward the north from the south and dismantling of guard posts on both sides of the heavily militarized d.m.z. one of the activities that had continued since that time is the flying of leaflets across the border by balloon by south korean n.g.o.s non-governmental organizations led by north korean defectors one of those groups is led 'd by bach jum oh and he sends rice and medicine and some cunt sometimes lately anti coronavirus masks in plastic bottles by the ocean and i had a chance to talk to him earlier this week. north korea

clearly, she is kim jong-un's most trusted confidant. lon due to the bloodline. does it mean she has earned more trump --? trust? ? is kim jong-un somehow incapacitated? she has taken a more leading role because of that. she may just be filling out her role. her title is the first deputy director of the propaganda and agitation department. she is maybe taking that to heart. much.: thank you so our chief north asia correspondent. let's take a look at the broader market reaction now. mixed session so far in asia. we saw the benchmark gain 1000 points on tuesday. giving back some of those gains. the kospi is under pressure as well. we assess the geopolitical risk on the peninsula. gains for the entities. -- antibodies. modest gains after the best session in 10 weeks for sydney stocks. up next, the dallas fed president says it's possible the u.s. economy recovers faster than expected but the department of defense highlights. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ sophie: lines across the terminal now from singapore. trade figures from a lion city. export gro

were attributed to kim jong un's influential sister kim jong north the leader himself she's a close ally who's become one of the regime's most powerful voices in recent years . these latest developments another only a big setback to ongoing peace efforts but also a personal defeat for south korea's president moon in whose administration had been pushing for a further engagement with the north. and let's get more now we are joined by robert kelly who is a political analyst on into korean affairs and an associate professor in political science at busan national university he joins us now welcome to the program tell us because we have north korea threatening to move its military into the demilitarized border areas how high is the risk of a further escalation. well the the movement back wouldn't actually be too big a deal the 2 koreas signed in last couple years a few agreements to sort of her trench a little bit back from the de-militarized on the demilitarized zone this is the strip that runs right through the middle the country and there's no military force there are well there are but no

the north koreans need to know that the grandfather of kim jong un and his sister started the korean war that's why i've produced the special brochure for the 70th anniversary i will send it over in the coming days it depends on the wind. one of park's actions in late may prompted the north to escalate. yang blew up an inter korean leader as an office just north of the border to prevent even more trouble the south now wants to stop park's activities to he says he's not afraid of either side so here's what i would consider it an honor to be assassinated by kim jong un himself out of date a few nights ago park sent his balloon with the brochures northwards but the winds were not favorable and his delivery fell from the sky above south korea. this group of former prisoners from north korea is happy and did parky song a former spy is one of them the men gather at this house in seoul run by kwan or he . the group has 14 members south korea calls them unconverted prisoners even though all have been out of prison for a year. i think even those north koreans who were imprisoned after the war

main actors in north korea have also been affected by this particularly kim yo jiang the sister of kim jong un who has become increasingly powerful has increased her stature during this latest spat interestingly kim jong un has been out of it until the very last moment when surprise surprise he appears with this gesture of large yes basically dialing down the tension and interestingly a day before this very important anniversary the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war comes along with this gesture to try to deescalate things once more so it plays very well internationally and also of course plays very well to his domestic audience as he appears to be once again the person who can singlehandedly dictate the direction of into korean relations. there from seoul. the u.n. secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to and next parts of the occupied west bank and turn over terror said it would be the most serious violation of international law a day earlier thousands of palestinians rallied in jericho more than 1000 politicians across europe have signed a petition opposing th

vonnie: how should we read the emergence on the scene of kim jong-un's sister?s this the beginning of a succession plan? bill: everything with north korea is reading the tea leaves, but we have seen her with a much higher profile in the last few years, going back to the winter olympics in 2018. she seems to be filling a more regular and high-profile role. she became a member of the central committee in north korea. there was obviously a lot of talk when kim jong-un disappeared for a little while, about whether she could be one of his successors. north korea has only been wronged by the kim family since its founding. isanyone in the family, she seen as the most likely person to step into kim jong-un's shoes if he needed. vonnie: will president trump engage? bill: the u.s. has said it is open to talks at any time. that is the message they give when we ask. we know there have not been any constructive talks for well over a year at this point. i don't know if it is the u.s. side that needs to make the decision. the americans would say they are ready and willing to m

not matheson this is all it is either a lie from doha also coming up north korea says its leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against the south. libya's internationally recognized government says it won't make a deal with supporters of walter you for hoft are. leading us infectious disease expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections dr anthony fauci also testified in congress that he and all those have not been told to slow down testing despite claims to the contrary by president donald trump or islam jordan reports. saturday night in tulsa masks require donald trump used his 1st campaign rally since the start of the culbut 1000 pandemic to talk about a spike in cases in the south and the west where you detested. it if i'm looking for you to find locations so i said to my people. down please. and even though several trump campaign workers and 2 secret service agents tested positive for kobe at 19 the president stuck to his call while heading to his next campaign rally on tuesday. that we. get. i don

was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission overseen by leader kim jong un sister kim yo jong who is in charge of relations with the south warned of possible military action recent tensions had seen an end to all of fishel dialogue in a joint lies an office was blown up south korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and it's paying close attention said it would keep working to stop provocative acts including sending propaganda over the border from young i said.

latest rise in escalations started with detectors sent leaflets across the border, krit sooizing kim jong-un's regime. the north retaliated with demonstrations. and tuesday, north korean state tv called the detectors human scum and said the office was destroyed in a terrific explosion. the north's recent actions may be diverting attention from domestic issues. >> over the past few months, kim jong-un's health has been in question. despite north korea staying covid free and always has been, we know the claims are disputed. and north korea's economy is taking a severe toll. >> reporter: north korea, he says, is also frustrated over the lack of progress following metings between kim jong-un and president trump. >> according to north korea, the so called u.s. hostile policy is still there and south korea hasn't done anything to try and mediate. >> reporter: without diplomatic movement, experts fear a further escalation, including new north korean missile tests. cbs news, london. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the pandemic may have been the final straw for some city dwelle

i think kim jong-un gets a huge laugh out of this. even if it were a deep personal relationship, it doesn't change the fact kim jong-un is never going to give up his nuclear weapons program. but nobody should misunderstand that a personal relationship is somehow equivalent to better relations between the two nations. >> bolton says he will not vote for president trump to be re-elected in november. a lifelong republican, bolton has worked for four gop administrations in his career and he told cnn he will write in the name of a conservative republican on his ballot. >> at least one current aide to president trump believes bolton could face criminal charges for some of the information he revealed in his book. all of this follows the white house going to court to stop bolton from releasing his memoir, "the room where it happened." a judge ruled against president trump and the book hits shelves on tuesday. the trade advisor peter navarro spoke out against bolton in an interview with cnn. >> he will not only not get the profits from that boo

interview he said he had no doubt that kim jong un was continuing to work on nuclear program. ump's flattering the dictator. >> as soon as they leave you say the flattering began with kim jong un. >> every president has a style but this layer of compliments to this brutal dictator, idea would convince him to make deal with donald trump i thought was strikingly naÏve and dangerous. >> for more, paula hand in korea. interesting to hear the national security adviser say it. >> reporter: that's right, michael, and some of the language he's using whilst stri describing his former boss is remarkable. calling him stunningly uninformed and president had to ask how korea was divided in first place and how they got to this point. he tried to make clear in the interview and excerpts that he didn't believe that meeting with kim jong un, the north korean leader, was a good idea. he claims he pointed that out to the u.s. president and was told he was being too hostile. also spoke a little bit about singapore, historic summit between president trump and kim jong un a couple of years ago, vagu

trump's attempt to strike deals with dictators like north korea's kim jong-un. john bolton thinks that that's been counterproductive and the regime is a bigger threat than ever, as it keeps working on its nuclear and ballistic missile program. take a listen. >> press mob, as you call them, comes in. as soon as they leave, you say the flattery began with kim jong-un. >> well, every president has a style, but the idea that just this layer of compliments to this brutal dictator would convince him that you could make a deal with trump i thought was both strikingly naive and dangerous. >> cnn's paula hancocks is standing by for us this hour in seoul, south korea. she joins us live. so, paula, in one of many stunning comments, bolton says the threat from north korea is greater now since president trump took office. what else did he reveal and how did south korea respond to all of this? >> well, rosemary, john bolton was pretty dismissive of president trump when it came to his knowledge of the korean peninsula, calling him stunningly uninformed, saying that he was aski

kim jong-un went ballistic just like his missiles. his statement set us back badly with north korea even now. i asked him, quote, what the hell were you thinking. he had no answer, just

domestic politics north korea says there's little point in intending a relationship between leader kim jong un and the u.s. president as long as washington remains hostile jong un's foreign minister made the comments on the 2nd anniversary of a landmark summit between the 2 leaders but a a conference company xoom has admitted suspending accounts of human rights activists at the request of the chinese government zuma initially said it was following local laws when it temporarily blocked accounts of former student leaders the 2 part in the chinaman square protests in beijing united nations says it's horrified over the discovery of mass graves in the libyan city of tal huna and other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the wall of playful huffed on libya's u.n. recognize government says the graves contain the remains of their soldiers who were taken prisoner and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after this is europe good buy. the glamour of hollywood in an unlikely place. although cool you know so i'm not interested. i think i entered a new little play mother v

north korea says it's pointless to maintain a personal relationship between kim jong un and donald trump 2 years after the singapore summit. fears of police abuse hundreds rally in the capital of the philippines against a new antiterrorism law that expands the powers of security forces. share markets in asia have opened done following large losses on wall street on thursday the falls are being fueled by concerns of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections in the u.s. as well as fears of a slow recovery the dow jones fell by nearly 7 percent while 2 other major indices were down by at least 5 percent is the worst day for markets since mid march when coronavirus lock downs were announced according to data tractable the washington post since the start of june 14 states and puerto rico have experienced their worst week yet for new infections the surging cases in states like arizona new mexico and utah shows that covered 19 is now sweeping across rural areas what we're treating in large urban centers al-jazeera is gavel arizona has more from new york. it's about many things but it all boils down

well as we talked about it's this leafleting campaign in kim jong again north korean leader kim jong un's younger sister has harshly criticized these n.g.o.s and the north korean defectors that run them for these campaigns to send messages into north korea criticizing the north korean regime the kim dynasty they would like to see this stopped and the south korean government has reacted to these demands and promised and tried to rein in these groups but they contend that they're going to keep doing it that they have a right to free speech and they want to message driven to their compatriots in north korea that they want to see a change in that dictatorial nature of the kim regime there you mentioned junk now many of the threats coming from north korea over the past days have been attributed to her what do you make of that. that's correct if we look back a couple of months 'd to those rumors that surfaced about the grave illness of leader kim jong wound we were talking about who might be the next leader of north korea and of course kim your junks name repeatedly came up i talked to an exper

were considering who is the potential heir to the north korean government who's going to replace kim jong un and the answer was collectively perhaps came you know junk i spoke to an expert here in south korea who said if we hear of cumulus jones activities in her policies being pronounced in north korea propaganda then we'll know she is the heir to the throne she will likely be the next leader of north korea and that's what we're seeing here with some of her pronouncements being you know propagandized by the north korean government now right we leave it there for the time being frank smyth unsold thank you so much for. the indian army says that these 3 different soldiers including a senior officer have been killed in a clash with chinese forces along the disputed border as accuse india. and. said china also suffered casualties the confrontation took place in the government valley of le duc in the kashmir region although tensions between the 2 sides have been building over the last month this is the 1st incident in which soldiers have been killed in more than 4 decades. some of the other stor

good morning this has the potential to worry the white house in an election year that may be kim jong-un's aim. tension re-erupting on the korean peninsula the south warning the north this morning if it carries out military provocation, quote, our military will respond with powerful force this morning a dramatic flaring of tensions between north and south korea. the north blowing up a symbol of peace between the two sides. the inter-korean liaison office. open to fanfare in 2018, a sign that tensions were easing between the countries. now reportedly rubble. it was located near the demilitarized zone

you know the north koreans need to know that the grandfather of kim jong un and his sister started the korean war that's why i've produced the special brochure for the 70th anniversary i will send it over in the coming days it depends on the wind. one of park sections in late may prompted the north to escalate pyongyang blew up an inter korean leader as an office just north of the border to prevent even more trouble the south now wants to stop parks activities to he says he's not afraid of either side. i would consider it an honor to be assassinated by kim jong un himself king tut in day a few nights ago park sent his balloon with the brochures northwards but the winds were not favorable and his delivery fell from the sky above south korea. this group of former prisoners from north korea is happy it did parky song a former spy is one of them the men gather at this house in seoul run by kwan or healing. the group has 14 members south korea calls them unconverted prisoners even though all have been out of prison for years. you know and we just i think even those north koreans who are imp

i would consider it an honor to be assassinated by kim jong un himself. a few nights ago park sent his balloon with the brochures northwards but the winds were not favorable and his delivery fell from the sky above south korea. this group of former prisoners from north korea is happy and did parky song a former spy is one of them the men gather at this house in seoul run by kwan or he . the group has 14 members south korea calls them unconverted prisoners even though all have been out of prison for years. you know and we just i think even those north koreans who are imprisoned after the war and have paid their dues should be treated as prisoners of war and allowed to return to the north. but that's a nonstarter for the south and so the men are left with their memories and their belief that north korea is paradise come out i don't regret coming to south korea as a spy for one second sure it cost me my youth but i don't mind. if you can these men were released early from prison that's something that cannot be said about their south korean counterparts in th

that that we've been seeing from north korea have been attributed to kim jong she's the sister of north korean leader of course kim jong un what do you make of that well that's very correct it is important to take a look at this it's kind of the rise of commune junk if we remember just a month or 2 ago when the rumors about kim jong un's grave illness and possible death had come out that proved to be false actually we were talking about who might be the next leader of north korea and of course kim year old young was front and center i interviewed experts here in the south korean capital at that time and they said if we see propaganda out of north korea praising kim yong jong putting their forward as a spokesperson of north korea then the game for the throne would be over and kim you'll join would be the presumptive heir to the leadership of north korea and that's very possible that we're seeing now frank so thanks very much for that from seoul today south korea. or germany has rolled out its official app to fight the spread of covert guide as knology can send warnings to users if they've been in close contact with anyone

i would consider it an honor to be assassinated by kim jong un himself taught in day a few nights ago park sent his balloon with the brochures northwards but the winds were not favorable and his delivery fell from the sky above south korea. this group of former prisoners from north korea is happy it did park he song a former spy is one of them the men gather at this house in seoul run by kwan or he . the group has 14 members south korea calls them unconverted prisoners even though all have been out of prison for years. you know we just have i think even those north koreans who are imprisoned after the war and have paid their dues should be treated as prisoners of war and allowed to return to the north. but that's a nonstarter for the cells and so the men are left with their memories and their belief that north korea is paradise i'm not i don't regret coming to south korea as a spy for one second sure it cost me my youth but i don't mind. chris i don't know. if you can these men were released early from prison that's something that cannot be said about their south korean counterparts i

is, she being groomed in some way to become more prominent, to maybe even take over one day from kim jong un? >> although it seems that kim jong un seems pretty healthy and very much alive, it seems it does seem that kim young's ominence in recent days points to how north korean leadership is maybe prepping her up to be a powerful voice as a, as e of korea, which is a very important inth, a cornerstone of statehood orth korea. >> schifrin: at this point, is the overall effort between president trump and ng il, obviously facilitated by south korean president moon jae in, is that effort effectively dead? >> i wouldn't say it's entirely dead, but i would say that not much time is left now, with the u.s. upcoming presidential moon jae-in term not left much, and with the u.s. side and north narrow down the gap between what they want from the denuclearization deal, it seems that realistically it's almost impossible for the three actors to come up with a solution. >> schifrin: jongminrrim, seoul, coespondent for nk news. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: as we've seen, no part of the

he told kim jong un and we would give up what we called wargames on the korean peninsula.the president didn't seem to understand the wargames were critical to american and south korean ability to be ready to withstand pressure from north korea and to pull down these engagements, these exercises because they displease kim jong un and from i thought i was an act of folly. >> just a month before the summit, you praised the president skills you would like him and he's got an outstanding ability to do that. did you believe that. >> not particularly but one of the functions of an administration is to defend the administration. >> the summit was over but the romance was in full bloom. >> trumps nickname for kim jong un and was rocket man. >> he gave him an elton john cd. ♪ tried to explain calling him rocket man was a compliment. don't think we've heard from kim what he thought of that but that would be an interesting tidbit in history but this is the kind of focus that leads you to wonder whether there's an ability to discern what's cosmetic hear from what's truly serious. >> yo

kim jong-un is not tied with this, it's his sister who has been making the proclamations. it raises the question, where is kim jong-un, we have only seen him a few times in the last couple of months. it raises questions about his health, what his role is and are they trying to put his younger sister into a position of greater power. >> so you and i covered three high profile summits between president trump and kim jong-un. the president delayed, canceled significant military exercises with south korea as a concession to that. where does the relationship with kim and trump stand now? >> it's pretty much in the state of the building that north korea blew up. it's a pile of ashes at this point. north koreans are so frustrated that diplomacy with the united states didn't get them the sanctions relief they wanted. of course, the u.s. very frustrated that north korea hasn't given up a single nuclear weapon. so kim jong-un got a lot of attention in the meetings with president trump but we're right back to tensions escalating yet again on the korean peninsula. this is a familiar st

proposed dispatching its director of national security as a special envoy, but it said leader kim jong-un's younger sister kim yo-jong turned down the offer. the e presidentialal office in l says the proposal had been confidential. it said the north showed a lack of common sense by leaking it and intentionally distorted its purpose. >>> earlier ai uchida spoke for more analysis of the north's actions. >> pyongyang is putting its money where its mouth is. so doing exactly what it said it was going to do. the north is, of course, serious about taking a touough stance. but i think we can also say it is desperate. let's consider the current administration. like just about everywhere, north korea hasn't been immune to the coronavirus. it closed ththe border to chinao prevent the spread. some experts say perhaps kim is using these actions to tighten his grip on economic affairs. i also think pyongyang has been irritated by seoul for not doing enough to implement korean summits. and of course it's sent anti-defector leaflets. >> so kim yo-jong does seem to be a figure head when it comes to dealing

them need to sort of boost the system as a possible successor in case anything goes wrong with kim jong un but there's also the domestic economy things are not going well well the north criminate is to fight if they had sanctions to some degree the economy is bad mainly because of epic restrictions but the current of us are they claim not to actually have so you know what do you do you create a distraction you make people scream people very angry against the south koreans and they will do to him option the will of that so i think it's about domestic politics economics as well as making trouble international it may seem to be a good thing to have your brother on your side but as we all know kim jong un can can turn on a dime even when it comes to family tell us about his relations went with other members of the family. that would be. that there's really nobody else much that matters in that sense i mean that his offer of the kim jong number the part that he had never met by and if well there was a sign that you all in and. oh i see what you mean sorry sorry yes i've seen people need forgive

they say that there's no factual improvement to the relationship to be made by continuing kim jong-unsident trump's relationship, so they don't want to continue it. this comes, as you said, jim, on the second anniversary of the first summit between the two leaders, that president trump has repeatedly touted, he's repeatedly referenced that, and even after the two leaders met in hanoi in their second summit, which was actually quite frankly a failed summit because they accomplished little to nothing at the end of it, the u.s. has still maintained that they are open to this dialogue with north korea, but we're now seeing north korea come out even more provocatively, not only towards the u.s., but also towards other countries in recent days and weeks, threatening to cut off its relationship with south korea and coming out with some aggressive language against china as well. >> kylie atwood, thanks for staying on top of it. we'll continue to follow the story, and we'll be right back. can my side be firm? and mine super soft? with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both a

it paints trump's first meeting with north korean leader kim jong un as mainly for show. lton claims the president said he was prepared to sign a substance-free communique. that apparently changed in trump's second meeting. kim asked the u.s. to lift sanctions in exchange for scrapping the nuclear complex. the e books says this made trum irritable and frustrated. he said the president asked if it would be a bigger story to get a small deal or to simply walk away. by thehe third summit t bolton trump was looking at meetings as a way to get media attention. it included a photo-op in the demililitarized zone between th twtwo koreas. the book also includes revetitions abouout japan. trump asked the country to quadruple its annual payments to host american troops. it quotes trump as saying bolton should threaten to withdraw all u.s. forces in order to secure the $8 billion a year deal. japan's defense minister refutes the claims. >> translator: negotiations on the cost of hosting u.s. bases have not begun. and the united states has not made any demands to japan. >> the u.s. sec

currency plunge and north korea says as little point in maintaining a relationship between leader kim jong un and the u.s. president as long as washington remains hostile it comes on the 2nd anniversary of a landmark summits between kim jong un and donald trump. those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story to stay with us. when you. look off to the refugees it during that coronavirus pandemic a groups warn of donations drawing up as wealthy nations make cutbacks so how do we ensure protection to some of the world's most vulnerable people this is its odd story. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating impact on refugees around the world preventative measures like social distancing and frequent hand washing or off.