japan is not a threat south korea, south korea is not a threat to japan, north korea is a threat to both those countries as well as the u.s.. china is. -- you can use whatever word you want, is certainly a challenge in those dimensions, and therefore, we will all do better by working together, and better still, by working trilateral he and broadening that out to where we can work with other countries. so i was close by saying, what is in the realm of the possible -- certainly the possibility of increasing each shared. japan and korea agree to increase the sharing of military intelligence on the north korea. certainly, in the realm of -- on the security side, more joint exercises and military exchanges , defense technology sharing, things like that. then diplomatic coordination on north korea, but other things as well. to the degree which south korea is interested and capable of doing more off the peninsula, .hich in fact, it is south koreans and of getting less credit than what you deserve for what they are doing with other countries in the region -- those efforts and be cordon it trilat

south korea. >> that statement from him sound like a negotiation is that he would not test or use nuclear weapons, but he did not say he would not keep them. congressman, you talked about the sanctions in terms of russia, and will congress have an interest in the sanctions that happen to north korea? >> absolutely. i think there will be a great deal of skepticism in regard to any move to the russian sanction regime without seeing some more deliverables. again, i think the house foreign affairs under the democratic control will raise that issue in a forward way. i think that is very true and i don't see them being willing to sort of ask if the administration was to unilateral take a step two dismiss the sanctions. >> the administration views the treaty in regards to north korea, and he doesn't have enough votes in the senate to pass a treaty without democratic support. will it take to get bipartisan support? >> that is a big hill to climb. i think a lot of work would need to be done on all of the t

is it north korea or south korea? i think south korea has shown it is south korea. that is soft power as well as hard power. i think soft power will be more important in that context. i was thinking about your question and stimulated by the other comments about how soft power helps you achieve foreign policy goals. career, at the end of the cold war nobody saw the end coming for the transformation of 9/11 and the reorientation of policy, and now to the trump administration were all the foundational principles of the americans sponsored created post-world war ii two. are being questioned. the u.s. has always had hard power and data has been understood. as a diplomat, it is easier for me to be in south korea or japan, because people pay attention when i walk in the room, they knew there was hard power there. how can you achieve your goals in economic negotiation, negotiation about terms under which her troops will be there, or whatever it is, or cooperation on somewhere else in the world. especially with democratic countries, my counterparts, the diplomats say we have

korea. if you'd like to learn more about our activities including our podcasts and blogs and publications and events, i would refer you to our website, keia.org. today were discussing the northeast asia and new congress, with charles boustany, counselor and chair of the center for trade and strategy at the national bureau of research r-value ambassador kathleen stephens, president and ceo of kei. ambassador james zumwalt, ceo of sasakawa usa. and of us have joseph yun, senior advisor center, u.s. institute of peace. if i were to go thither achievements that would take too long so their bios or injure program. you can catch them there. welcome all. we will start with the question for ambassador yun. before we talk about the new congress let's look back at last congress briefly. my new year's eve president trump signed into law the asia reassurance initiative packed, which dealt with in part policy towards north korea. could you give us some insight on that legislation? >> okay. thank you very

south korea. >> i fully agree, the process has been lacking and that's a real concern. dancing around about the sequencing and the whole definition of denuclearization that's not been addressed, that's work out, not going into any kind of a good outcome for us, but i think we will end up back to where we were, where we saw talks in the past as a result. i'm very concerned and i don't think the administration has put that kind of thought into the details that we need to get to and except double agreement. sharing peace and security is another and has renegotiate we can only think about the negotiation but the impact on the other interests and that is where the process can help you think about all the other issues, but the second aspect is working with friends, allies and regional partners and i don't see any solution with north korea that can be achieved in a bilateral negotiation, we need china, korea and japan as part of that, we need some kind of a process to coordinate what were doing with othe

is it north korea or south korea? south korea is showing it's south korea. no insult to north korea. and that's soft power as well as hard power. in some ways i think soft power will be even more important in that context than hard power. if i could make one more comment on kaho, thinking more about your question and stimulated by the other comments i have heard about how does soft power help you achieve your foreign policy goals, so i had a career as a diplomat that bridged the cold war, end of the cold war, which nobody saw the end coming, to then the transformation of 9/11 and the reorientation of policy, now to this trump administration where all of the foundational principles i would say of the american kind of sponsored, in many ways created post world war ii order are being questioned. you know, i would say in my years as a diplomat, yes, the u.s. has always had hard power and that's been understood, so as an american diplomat, it's a lot easier for me in some ways than being a south korean or japanese diplomat because people were going to pay attenti

troops in korea. i think it's important for people to understand we are there because it's in our interests, it's also in japan and korea's interests, but it's in our interests fundamentally. >> if i may, you know, it's good that kei and sasakawa we are doing very well in washington incorporating the two. i think the problem is between the two big capitals. >> but we can model good behavior perhaps. >> i was just going to ask jim, i mean, of course, on the u.s. south korea burden sharing agreement, that negotiation is still ongoing notwithstanding the fact that the previous one expired at the end of 2018. i have forgotten what's the timetable for japan's renegotiation? >> actually, the current agreement goes for two more years. >> okay. you're lucky. >> we should be starting soon, but i think the plan had been to conclude the agreement with south korea and then start talks with japan and obviously now because there's -- it's the same negotiators who do all of these agreements. i'm sure the japanese ar

some of it's to teach military assets in south korea and north korea is also concerned about nuclear armed bombers and submarines that while not based in south korea could reach north korea from other parts of the world so that is why a divide between north korea and the u.s. about what denuclearization means but it's also widely agreed that these talks are really the best avenue to peace there is florence are there for us in self thank you florence well colombia's president has promised justice for there is behind a car bomb attack on a police academy and bogota at least ten people were killed it was the biggest attack of its kind in more than a decade and asunder reports from the colombian capital. this is the aftermath of the car bomb explosion inside the largest police academy in the country about eighty kilograms of explosives carried.

we are going to dig into korea here. as you know, president trump just met with north korea. with the array of people opposite him. now, we appear to be moving towards a second summit. you will see in this one, in the east they say the second summit will take place. you can certainly choose that. the question, we will focus on. what could a summit produce? we all know what came out of singapore. really interesting to see that people here are so pessimistic that it's going to be nothing. no tangible progress, 80%. a very small percentage of people that think we are going to get something positive out of it. agreement to9%, an end the korean war. we have about the same percentage for the promise to withdraw u.s. troops, have north korea provide a list of its components of its nuclear program. i'm guessing, you don't disagree with this too much. first, the audience went down 26 point since seeing this as a security crisis. they think nothing is going to be accomplished in the summit. that's interesting. as my colleague said earlier, it's not out of the realm of possibility given

north korea has continued to build a bomb, north korea continues to enrich uranium, north korea continueswhile it has made only open gestures by releasing three us detainees who never should have been detained in the first place, by shutting down and decommissioning an old, tired, exhausted testing site it doesn't need any longer. so these illusory concessions by north korea have compelled president trump to further this process of negotiations without actually reaching a resolution. and this elaborate trap that kim has set for trump, which mr trump actually has walked right into, will continue. because north korea ultimately seeks to buy time and money in the form of sanctions relief and non—sanctions enforcement, to do what he really seeks, which is to grow his very rapidly growing, lethal nuclear and missile capabilities. but is this not good news for president trump, as well? we're certainly not seeing the missile testing, we're not seeing the strong language that was coming back and forth between the two countries. on the fundamental level, yes, it is good news. it's better than all

north korea is going to continually press south korea for inter-korea things to move forward. if the united states does not make a deal with north korea and allow, fror example, for south korea to go to the united nations to get exceptions, then i think we'll have a problem. we also have challenges that are very, very real. right now we have burden sharing agreement. there's no agreement. that has fallen apart. south korea right now pays, i think, $864 million a year, but now president trump has insisted they have to pay double that. it's $1.6 billion. so south korea says that's a nonstarter. so again, there are challenges, burden sharing issues. and if north korea deal does not go well, i can see why that is voted this way. >> so to quick follow-up questions. is the stocking horse here that the president wants to withdraw from the korean peninsula? that's one scenario. the extreme demands, in some people's view, for burden sharing are designed to give the president an excuse, combined with a summit with kim jong-un, to get off the peninsula. do you buy into that? second quest

north korea supplies logons samas and medical practitioners. but no matter who they are the income goes to the stice. in lumberton there are three occupants and car a practically mix stopped by the north koreans. would they turn into north korean waters. here in the sky. i guess no story. oh yes and yes no question we want a new way gays are in the world did you hear for how long you've been here and when you go. to get your money and we've got to get it but how will i do something if there's just. things. it's estimated that north korea earns over the five hundred million dollars every year from its overseas workers. because. there are one hundred thirteen north korean restaurants worldwide. three of them are in all of the time. the model is always the same. smiling singing dancing for their customers every not encouraging them to buy so they'll spend them on. the white dresses lip. and sleep in the restaurants they can't go out the young women also sell alcohol cigarettes and upwards. and all of this income flows into the funds of the stice b

north korea is going to press south korea for inter-korea things to move forward. if the united states does not a deal with north korea and llow for example, south korea to get, go to the united nations reopen the ions to complexes and all that, i think we are going to have a problem. we also have challenges that are very, very real. right now we have burden sharing no agreementere is that has fallen apart. south korea right now pays i $864 million a year, but now president trump has insisted have to pay double that, korea llion, so south says it's a nonstarter. gain, there are challenges, there is a burden sharing issue and if north korea deal does not o well, i can see why that is voted this way. quick follow-up questions. horse here that the president wants to withdraw from the korean peninsula, this setup? that's scenario, the extreme demands of burden sharing are the president e an excuse, combined with a summit with kim jong-un to get peninsula, do you buy into that, do you think there is something to it? the second question, if we're going to have a rough ye

and north korea on what denuclearization really means now to the u.s.denuclearization means that north korea has to get rid of its nuclear arsenal and that this be verified before the u.s. removes sanctions but to north korea this is something that should happen in phases so perhaps it gets rid of part or parts of its nuclear arsenal and then it gets something in return perhaps humanitarian aid perhaps a lifting of some sanctions perhaps a declaration to the end of the korean war now if this summit were to take place north korea could perhaps be seeking to get a clearer message from the trumpet ministration on what sort of concessions the administration could give north korea that's according to some analysts as for the u.s. the upcoming second summit could be an opportunity for the u.s. to get a detailed inventory of north korea's nuclear and missile assets but you're absolutely right there's a lot of pressure riding on these two needed to produce something tangible from this upcoming summit al-jazeera is florence very speaking to us there from cell th

ambassador to south korea he's also a formerly a negotiator in the six party talks with north korea he joins us via skype from denver colorado we appreciate your time mr ambassador always so what's would be first of all why the secrecy around the meeting. well first of all it's always these trips have always been very secret it's rather amusing to consider it's an enormous train engine and lots of cars but alas the north koreans have wanted it this way so this has been what they've done for decades frankly ok so what would be the goal of this particular meeting and the timing. well it's interesting you know in the past the u.s. worked very closely with china on these issues so when we saw signs that the chinese were talking to the north koreans we considered it kind of good news that the chinese would give them a pep talk at dell the look this is a good offer you need to take advantage of it and cetera but in recent years spent with this trump administration the relationship with china has really gone very sour and moreover as the as the trump of a stray shouldn't kind of ramped up its

the spoils of war made it so popular well i think the thing about korea is south korea really proved to the world that e-sports a competitive computer gaming could be a real spectator sport previously was just something a couple friends did online or maybe at home in a lan party but it really showed that it was viable in a commercial sense that millions of people would come and spend millions of dollars to sit down in a stadium and watch their favorite e sports competitors duke it out i mean it kind of took the world by storm a dozen to korea by storm thirty years ago when war when star craft brewer first came out but it actually goes further than that i mean i've heard it compared often to the german soccer league basically saying a month professionalization among south korean players especially at the league level and at the local level is much much further developed than in other countries so it really is kind of what korea did it showed the world that it was a valid valuable and viable spectator sport and also that these people who are trained should really be considered athletes

be just between north korea and the u.s. so it's going to be north korea seeking these concessions seeking these extractions from the u.s. and the u.s. in return one of the things it's going to want a more detailed road map which is still hasn't been able to get from north korea is going to want a more of a more certain timetable as to how denuclearization is going to happen and it's also going to want something that it's been seeking but has yet to obtain a list of north korea's nuclear and missile assets so this is what you know and if these things happen we can then say that there has been progress made between the first and the second summit but of course whether or not that happens that's something that's going to remain to be seen but it is important that there be some sort of progress because otherwise if not this upcoming second summit could risk being criticized as nothing more than a publicity stunt for these two leaders and for kim jong un the second summit could be just an opportunity to once again be on the worl

north korea's leader makes his fourth visit to china at the end of president xi jinping. and welcome to our. headquarters and. also ahead turkey's president tells the u.s. that the withdrawal of its troops from syria must be carefully planned and with the right. the former chairman of nisanit makes his full first court appearance since his arrest for financial misconduct and denies any wrongdoing and the u.s. president refuses to back down from his demand for a controversial border wall instead choosing to make his case before the nation. chinese state media have confirmed that north korea's leader kim jong un is the sit in beijing where he'll meet with president xi jinping will china as pyongyang's main diplomatic and economic ally the trip comes as can seeks to continue improving relations with south korea ahead of an expected visit to seoul well let's get more on this now we're joined by correspondent vehicle part and she's following the story from hong kong as usual via the arrival shrouded in secrecy not announced until kim is actually in china we know it's his full

productively our relationship with north korea did not come about yesterday in north korea's history of this too is seventy years we are one of very few countries that has seventy years of history of diplomatic relationship with them when pyongyang was being born to the ground our ambassador most of them bastards were living in one a few of those that stayed here you know to show the solidarity was among go in the best they never forget that so. during korea war there were many orphans and although mongolia is a small country but with all our heart we tried to help them and we brought many korean more friends to come and stay in mongolian families so already we have family relationships so the relationships are very deep and very longstanding and on the basis of this we are really communicating with the most koreans and we're really trying to also bring across the idea that the nuclearization is a much better option because and in this there is no double standard or hypocrisy we are. new to nuclear free status country so we're telling them well that's what we are and this policy is w

off this undertaking out they are going to be issued was diplomatic passports in korea in order to make it impossible for them to sort of be stopped internationally by some extradition demands from washington so yes they do expect something do they expect to. come from washington is that of the trade to step up the trade war nobody knows yet but they really felt that they needed to take a position on this because they feel that if they sort of concentrate on humanitarian it delivery is at the moment it is something that could not and should not be faulted by the u.s. by a basal then book arrest for us thank you. going to india now where the unemployment rate was at its highest in forty five years the national sample survey office assessment shows last year's jobless rate at six point one percent gloomy jobs data has delivered a blow to prime minister narendra modi just months before a closely contested general election opinion polls show the ruling b j p party is unlikely to keep its parliament parliamentary majority although india's fast paced economy has been expanding at about seven

is under these sanctions, mostly korea is under these sanctions, m ostly pla ce korea is under these states, who wants to pressure north korea into giving up its nuclear weapons. that is why the message was mainly based around the united states and donald trump's administration and maximum pressure strategy, but i think also the people here in south korea, where this morning they have been making wishes during the sunrise, their new year wishes, i think when it comes to what people you want they will have had some good things. he talked about developing a relationship with south korea and he said to the united states look, there is hope in north and south korea about what the two countries can do together. you can have that relationship too if you act. three people, including a police officer, have been wounded in a stabbing at a train station in manchester in the north of england. it happened at manchester victoria station. in a statement, british transport police said officers had responded to reports of a man wielding a knife. one man has been arrested. a bbc producer, sam clack,

and south korea. if it does not go well, i think there's going to be a number of charges because north korea is going to continually press south korea. moving forward. but if the united states does not make a deal with north korea and allow, for example, south korea to get, go to the united nations, to reopen the complex, to reopen the -- and all there. i think we're going have a problem. we also have challenges that are very, very real. we have -- no agreement. that has fallen apart. south korea right now paid, i think, $864 million a year. now president trump has insisted that they have to pay double that. 1.6 billion. so south korea sets its nonstarter. stokan, the challenges in the issue. and if north korea deal does not go well, i can see why the audience voted this way. >> so two quick follow-up questions. is the stalking horse here that the president lost withdraw from the korean peninsula, that this is all a setup? that's one scenario. that the extreme demands and some people's view are all de

north korea is not denuclearizing. isis is still strong. in this situation he would sit back and say how should i change what i'm doing based on what was publicly unveiled today? that would be the responsible move right now. >> he has said i know more than the generals. >> right. he knows more than his intelligence officials obviously. don't forget he also agreed -- disagreed with them on whether russia was in the election. you look for example syria the president didn't consult anybody. >> right. >> and now you have a move in congress lead to undo mcconnell to undo what the president did in syria. they decided to tell the truth to congress. one thing he did not mention is new huge threat at the southern border. it was completely not a part of this threat assessment. >> how do you think the foreign adversaries are watching what's going on here in washington, how do you think they are reacting? >> this works into their play books. in addition on them contradicting on whether they think should pull troops out of afghanistan, none of his advis

i would remind everybody that is north korea. today, everything could be peaceful, but at the second summit doesn't work out, there's a lot of pressure on the second summit to produce something tangible this time and not just a statement of principle. this is the danger of negotiating at the summit level because if you don't achieve what you want to achieve, by definition, the negotiation has failed because there is no place else to go. in that sense, i understand that the audience is reflecting what they see as a positive statement from the leadership. there has been no tangible change in the security situation on the ground. there is still some activity to maintaining bases, but that's okay. i'm happy to see the south china sea win this year. >> looking in the east china sea, we will probably have a summit between prime minister abbi, and thus the improvement in the japan and china relations make a security incident in the east china sea less likely? >> thanks bonnie. that's probably true in the near term. you are dimension the

with north korea opening up its diplomacy even further meetings as you mentioned with south korea and more importantly the meeting with president trump which trump had said will be announced in very very soon in quotes. what's also interesting about. what's the surrounding situation this time is that north strine a state news agency had actually announced that kim jong un will be in beijing just before he arrived and that's very unusual so what this indicates is that she's implying once it known that north korea will be holding talks in china and this comes at a very important juncture for china there's a u.s. trade delegation in beijing at the moment wrapping up the u.s. trade talks it seems that beijing wants it to be known that they do have leverage still the north korea and ahead of those upcoming talks with the u.s. beijing most likely will want to play a part and kim jong un is now giving that consideration to china unlike previously were china felt it was left out in the hold in the previous summit in singapore it is also of course conjunctions birthday today and so it seems li

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and north korea fail, what is going to happen. so please don't forget to turn on your clickers again. and please vote. we have resuming missile and nuclear test, which of course the agreement is for that dual freeze, and so that would mean u.s./south korea would resume exercises. the second choice is really focused more on rhetoric. not really so much actions, but that there would be a heightened provocations, but primarily this would be a rhetorical response. than c is inter-korean engagement, will just continue. inter-korean engagement will also fail, is d, and e is china and russia redouble efforts to prop up north korea. so maybe not completely mutually exclusive, it would be more than one, but what do you think is most likely to happen? keep registering your votes. people are people spread out here. but a lot of optimism that inter-korean engagement is going to continue. i think i agree that probably we would see a resumption of missile nuclear tests and military exercises. again, may not be mutually exclusive. victor, what d

seven months ago trying to clear the nuclear threat from north korea to be over but because. of stalled since then they've been disagreements over security guarantees and u.s. sanctions more now from. washington d.c. . for the cameras quickly and then got back to the talks u.s. secretary of state and north korean the go. then went off to the white house behind closed doors a ninety minute meeting with president donald trump the white house claimed progress the united states is going to continue to keep pressure and sanctions on north korea until we see fully and verified denuclearization we've had very good steps in good faith from the north koreans in releasing the hostages and other moves and so we're going to continue those conversations and the president looks forward to next his next meeting but the white house says that will be a to get to be disclosed location at the end of february the state department announced the discussions continued for hours after secretary pompei o treated the north korean delegation to lunch at their d.c. hotel the last time the two leaders me

chinese state media have confirmed that north korea's leader kim jong un is visiting beijing where he will meet with president xi jinping china's young yang's main diplomatic and economic ally the trip comes as camp seeks to continue and proof relations with south korea had a visit to seoul which could happen soon china has been an important link between pyongyang and other governments it's hoping to develop or rekindle relations with kim jong un visited beijing three times last year to meet the chinese president six years after coming to power it was part of what became a busy year of meetings with landmark summits also help with the south korean and u.s. presidents chems fourth visit to china may signal other high level meetings are being planned in particular a second summit with u.s. president all trump about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula christopher hill is a former u.s. ambassador to south korea he says this visit may be china's way of ensuring it remains a player in any future developments with the united states. in the past the u.s. worked very closely with chin