the where we started in negotiations with north korea is not the north korea, it is today and north korea has nuclear weapons. this isn't a non proliferation challenge. you know, when we started negotiating in the, in the 19 90s we were trying to prevent north korea from building nuclear weapons and we tend to still have that same proposition when we go into negotiations. now, despite the fact that north korea tested their first nuclear weapon in 2006 and has since then conducted five other tests. so, you know, i think we, we need to understand that what we're dealing with now, the nature of the denuclearization challenge right now is not non proliferation, it is disarmament. and i think that really takes a very different approach in order to solve of how do you convince an insecure country to disarm and to trust that we have their best interests at heart, especially when there are examples out there that would prove otherwise. and so i think, you know, that's the fundamental problem with our approach today is that we still continue to hold on to this notion that we can, that we have time

dprk democratic people's republic of korea. the formal name of north korea. but using writing out dpr korea, dpr korea, which is not natural to our ears. i also saw warmbier make a valiant effort to signal to his family, his parents, that this is all. show or show coerced. he kept saying that his father has lost his business. the family is in dire straits economically. he mentioned the name of his father's company incorrectly and said that his local church had promised him to give him $200,000 for his younger siblings college tuition that he was responsible for. as the eldest child and that he would also be given a used car by this church that was controlled by the cia. just made no sense because mr. and mrs. warmbier are very secure economically. the father's business is very successful. otto was turned. we learned later that he's a --, did not attend a church, so it was, you know, really sinister ploy. and north korea did not allow the swedish embassy that has served as the liaison for the united states government in cases of u.s. detainees in north korea,

korea. the d prk's increasing alignment with russia and china raises other concerns we will discuss as we go forward. there are many other areas where we have to correlate our efforts with south korea, including countering the prc's economic coercion and export of cutting-edge technologies that can enhance their technologies and the need for united states and south korea to work together with other countries in the region to support our goal of a free and open indo- pacific. we have a lot of ground to cover today, but before i introduce our witnesses, let me turn it over to senator romney for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to the members of this panel for being here. i have met at least one of you before but others of you i have followed by virtue of your expertise and appreciate your willingness to testify here today and provide your perspective and experience. i apologize in advance for having to leave at 3:20, i have another engagement i unfortunately will

korea wants to strengthen the u.s.-korea lines. at the same time we have china but i think united states and korea we have to maintain trust. the u.s. has to make the trust upon korea, and sometimes in this kind of structure, united states might have some kind of mind that korea might have some other mind towards china. i think there is maybe through three decades we might have that kind of idea. but now we are very strict because we are democratic country. we are reflecting korean people's perspective. so 80% korean people they still share anti-china sentiment and 90% junk generation they should the anti-china anti-. that is the basis of our kind of attitude towards united states and china. still, many korean people share -- in terms of security we have to maintain u.s.-korea alliance. that is for sure. terms of economy we have to divert from china to u.s. side or to the global site. that is current situation. as china specialist i think i always promoting, we have good relationship with china, and we do and we will. at the same t

-korea relationship. as you all know, in just a few days, we will celebrate 70 years since our country signed a mutual defense treaty. 70 years, a relationship that's grown from a key security alliance into a vital global partnership. one that's broadening in scope and significance seemingly every single day. now, first and foremost, that's a testament to the extraordinary ties between our people and between our economies. to the democratic values and the vision to the world that we share, but also, i believe, to the leadership of president biden and president un, and it's a testament to the power and purpose of our diplomacy. since day one of this administration we have worked to reengage, to revitalize, to reimagine our core alliances and partnerships, our intensified engagement with korea is maybe one of the most striking examples of how we're not only deepening our alliances, but how we're weaving them together in innovative and reinforcing ways across issues and across continents, into new purpose co

-korea alliance initial on the korea caucus. in the senate ds cosponsored important legislation can didn't north korean human rights abuses and imposing sanctions and banking restrictions on north korea for its proliferation behavior and human rights abuses. abuses. this past april and defense of president biden's state visit welcoming the south korean president senator van hollen introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the 70th anniversary of the u.s.-korea alliance. the senator said quote over the last 70 years a strong bonds that are built, and built between the united states and the republic of korea have resulted in countless economic diplomatic and strategic benefits to our two nations. on this anniversary celebrate our common values and the progress we made together, and we recommit to this partnership between our countries that serves as the linchpin for peace and prosperity in the region. ladies and gentlemen, there is no stronger support of the u.s.-korea alliance. please welcome senator chris van hollen. [appla

thank you korea foundation, csis. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] havin, please come in. and let me welcome all of the audience here today as well as virtually, , both in u.s. and abroad i would assume. it's a real pleasure to be back at csis. i've seen more of victor in the last 12 months than at any other time in our 30 odd your friendship, which is good, which is good, which is good. and i am particularly delighted to cheer this session on the future of the u.s.-korea japan relations for a number of reasons. my late father was a diplomat told me, among many lessons that he told me, number one, if you choose your friends but not your neighbors. well, , i guess if you have tons of money you can choose your friends and your neighbors as well. but you can't choose her neighbors. number two, he said, one of the things that he wanted to leave as a personal absolute professional legacy is that he did not want any of his children, myself and my two sisters, to have a legacy of faith on japan. he said we want you to re

korea alliance. the conversation was part of the center for strategic international forum on the relationship between the two countries. >> i'm looking for someone to give me a thumbs up here. i'm going to assume that we have it shamed conditions for lunch. we are going to go to try to follow an excellent set of keynote addresses from dealing foreign minister and secretary of state that outlined the session well. we are honored to be here. i know i speak for the entire panel and, i really want to make a strong contribution to this really important event here today in washington. we are trying to keep up with the secretary and foreign minister, we have an all-star panel to kick this off. i am going to go through their bios very quickly. the truncated version. everyone knows them. they are all famous already. look them up online if you have any cushions or want to know more about their storied path. we are here to talk about the present and the future. i'm going to try to get right into it. let's go le

korea alliance. the conversation was part of the center for strategic international forum on the relationship between the two countries.

north korea based on the firm. south korea us joint defense post jeopardy, who do i presume to on thursday? north korea retaliated by announcing that it was graphing the military deal to and with strength and forces along its border with the south as well. killing young issue to this statement on state media quote, we will withdraw the steps taken to prevent military conflict in all spheres. including ground, sea and air, and deployed more powerful armed forces and new type of military hardware along the demarcation line. and quote, are the regions largest player china attempted to downplay the satellite launch by simply saying it had taken note that it had happened. badging called on all parties to wind back tensions compare notes. the situation is how we defer the reason it's in the interest and so forth. countries in the region to ensure peace and stability and for more to put it because supplement, we hope all parties can keep calm and exercise restraint. and she told me to due to the for more we have the w's e

in military agreement with north korea. ,s, military agreement with north korea. , , korea.point of the 2018 _ korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 agreement - korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 agreement was - korea. in some sense the point of the 2018 agreement was to i of the 2018 agreement was to increase cognitive is a two sides. the point of reconnaissance was diminished as a point of lower tensions. if north korea launches more tests all that would violate you in sections by the way, then the 2018 agreement has already partially aggregated. and the south korea perspective they see this as necessary to maintain some credibility against north korea's provocations. in against north korea's provocations. against north korea's rovocations. , s, provocations. in terms of the geopolitics — provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of _ provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of all _ provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of all this, - provocations. in terms of the geopolitics of all this, we - geopolitics of all this, we have seen what has been happening

/japan korea cooperation. for example, you see today, for the first time in many years, a russian north korean china cooperation. i don't want to call this the new axis of evil, because that sounds passi, but it is a new coalition and they have unique authoritarian structures, much more north korea than other states. but as we see this eurasian wall with very different political agendas and growing power, especially by china, will the u.s. korea japan relationship be able to kind of manage this, counter this, cope with it. what you think, victor? >> they won't have a choice. in particular, i think the relationship between russia and --, you know, there's a mutual convenience that's brought them together but i think that is something that is going to deepen. the china piece of it, we can talk about. it's a much more, located think for china but for -- and russia, there's a lot more they need from each other. how do the three allies do with it? i mean it's difficult, as i said. the normal response for all of us

whether it's taiwan first and then korea, or it is korea first and then taiwan here if one starts howo you deter the other? it's not the conversation isn't that lets all rally around together and figure out how we fight two wars at once. it's really how do we deter in peacetime? how do we deter in peacetime should something happen one of these places that it doesn't happen in another place? that is a conversation that requires certainly from a u.s. perspective and also from seoul and tokyo's perspectives how the three militaries can work together in terms of coordinating peacetime deterrence. including other ideas like taiwan is a contingency that definitely involves the united states and japan, but korea as a contingency that involves not just the united states but there's united nations speediest so unc, and so president yoon i think certainly for the first time in august 15 speech, , rig, made reference to unc rear bases. tremendously important statement. >> the first of a korean president said that. >> yeah. i mean come on the occasion of the august 15 speech, a timidly significan

when it was announced when north korea announced that kings owen sister would visit south korea with old poles 48 hours advance notification. there was great excitement throughout south korea. wow. the princess is cummings conjunctions. own baby sister little sister is visiting south korea. this must be serious. conjunction must be serious about peace . reconciliation and being new to the realization. at the last piece is near golden in the north koreans were warmly received by the south korean unification minister . the officially veteran official king was head of the north korean delegation. but it was giving your junk presence that really left an impression. so cumulus on came and she held her chin up slightly at the airport in south korea. she knew cameras were everywhere, and reporters were filming, or trying to follow her every move. she wore a smile on slightly imperious, i would say, but she held her head straight when she was received in the v i t room. she, as she entered the room, just looked at 2 or 3 different spots. like this, shooting not turn that or head. she didn't,

korea or not. by the time the enemy's artillery has arrived on the battlefield. that question is relevant to ukrainian soldiers, the more pressing consideration as with their rank, munitions, is that trajectory and how much mold they'll be. and i'm still in the studio here with me. cliff, it's, as we've heard that report a north korea could continue to provide weapons in exchange for military. no. how does that essentially mean that there is no mechanism to prevent north korea from proliferating weapons? well, i think it's showing that a lot of the mechanisms that we thought would be able to stop north korea don't really work. i mean, one of the mechanisms would be within the un. we have um, we have sanctions against north korea to which i am indeed rush. i signed up as a member of the of the security council. moscow putin has since said that he thinks that these measures are passed their cell by days, which is a way of saying that he's a, he's going to ignore them. so a lot of the existing structu

the satellite will allow north korea to have some l allow north korea to have some degree of being ableed what is happening in south korea. we are not entirely sure of the capabilities of this satellite. i have seen some assessments that indicated it is not going to have a very fine grain look and be able to, largely, see only make art objects. that is just with one satellite and north korea is saying it is intending to put multiple satellites into orbit which would give it a more consistent and persistent ability to surveilled what may be happening in regards to major troop movements, the movement of major assets in south korea and so part of them expanding their military surveillance capability which up to this point, has certain limits to it. �* , ., this point, has certain limits to it. �* , , , ., , it. are you surprised that they succeeded _ it. are you surprised that they succeeded this _ it. are you surprised that they succeeded this time? - it. are you surprised that they succeeded this time? not - it. are you surprised that they - succeeded this time? not entirely. the have su

korea or not. by the time the enemies artillery has arrived on the battlefield, that question is relevant to ukraine in soldiers. the more pressing consideration as with their ring, munitions is that trajectory and how much mold they'll be. cross out too, so to speak, to you once in a journalist working for self. 3 is a wrong tv. your secretary blinking has just given their joint press conference with sue's soft green counterpart minister park of june. they raise concerns about north korea's growing military ties with russia. what or did they say? and i think that was the key agenda. the top agenda was what exactly to do with north korea in russia is a legit arms deal. and military cooperation blinking during the joint press conference asked even for china to step in and stop north korea from violating this un security council resolution and blinked. it has made it clear throughout his whole visit so that it would be prioritizing and strengthening ties with it's key strategic ally here in the in th

we hear the view from south korea and how north korea might despond, plus of guns full start to focused on real time to have gotten this done. but to what the future beautiful from the refuge account set off enough to understand the fine bit advantage. you're welcome to the the news aisha. i'm glad you can join us . you're a secretary of state anthony blinking has handled stokes in south korea. i mean it concerns over north korea's growing military ties with russia. lincoln met with his subcommittee and counter 5 palm jim. blinked and condemned john gang for his being russia and its invasion of ukraine by allegedly sending munitions. he also won russia against supporting north korea's nuclear weapons and me side programs. and of course we have real concerns about any support for it's for north korea's ballistic missile programs for its nuclear technology for it says space launch capacity. and as we said earlier, that support would be in clear violation of multiple security council resolutions. russia has an obligation, especially as a permanent member of the security council to uphold t

but what we know for sure is that into korea intentions are very high whenever south korea bolster is it's cooperation with key allies, the north retaliates every time washington sol strengthens or expands during joint military drills or increases the amount of us military assets in korea. the north resumes their long range missile tests, and this year to work for year has been very vocal about how it would continue developing its nuclear weapons and missiles. it stated many times that it had no choice but to defend itself from deliverance. security threats like the us and south korea. so we may say another tit for tat and south korea is also concerned with what kung might do on november 18th, which it declared as a missile industry day. and this was 2 markets launch of the ponds on 17 icbm last year. and so sales crews military is keeping a close eye on how the blinking trip will affect the inter korean relations. and whether the north will test launch anything that they, namely a possible spice satellite, which the north has failed 2 times before. if they do this time around, it wil

and south korea. so we may see another tit for tat and south korea is also concerned with what programs might do on november 18th, which it declared as a missile industry day. and this was new markets launch of the ponds on 17 icbm last year. and so south crews military is keeping a close eye on how the blinking trip will affect the inter korean relations. and whether the north will test launch anything that they, namely a possible spice satellite, which the north has field 2 times before. if they do this time around, it will be their 3rd of time. so security threats are posing a big concern. focused on static, a prime minister says more than $250000.00 off guns have returned to of con is done from puck. this time. following a crack down the games and documented photos, but just onset the 1st of november as a deadline for people to either leave voluntarily all face expulsion. the truck down, affected mostly of guns, around 4000000 of whom live as the refugees impact is done. of that number, roughly 17

in south korea.f the capabilities of this satellite. i have seen some assessments that indicated it's not going to have a very fine grained look and be able to, largely, see only big objects on the south korean side. but that's with just one satellite. and north korea has said that it is intending on putting multiple satellites into orbit, which will then give it a more consistent and more persistent ability to surveil what may be happening in regards to major troop movements, the movement of major assets in south korea. and so part of them expanding their military surveillance capability, which up to this point had certain limits to it. are you surprised that they succeeded this time? 0h, not entirely. you know, they have been at this for a while. they've tried twice this year. but those aren't the first times that they attempted to put a satellite into orbit. their technology, their expertise continues to grow. there's a possibility they had some degree of russian advice or assistance since the mee

it is one madman's folly— south korea. it is one madman's foiiv given — south korea. dire humanitarian situation. of course it is very difficult to find out what exactly is happening in the country. elise, let's bring you in. we talk about spy let's bring you in. we talk about spy satellites, it wasn't too long ago we were talking about allegations of a chinese spy balloon floating over the us. that allegations of a chinese spy balloon floating over the us.— floating over the us. that is right. i would floating over the us. that is right. i would also _ floating over the us. that is right. i would also be _ floating over the us. that is right. i would also be interested - floating over the us. that is right. i would also be interested in - i would also be interested in hearing _ i would also be interested in hearing about _ i would also be interested in hearing about what - i would also be interested in hearing about what aidan i i would also be interested in- hearing about what aidan thinks in the timing. — hearing about what aidan thinks in the timing. was— hearing

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we hear the view from south korea and how north korea might respond. plus of guns full start of focused on return to have done this on but to what the future beautiful from the refuge account setup enough time is done. the time being expanded, you're welcome to the the news aisha. i'm glad you can join us. you're a secretary of state anthony blinking has handled stokes in south korea. i mean, the concerns over north korea is growing military ties with russia. lincoln met with his subsequent encounter 5 palm jim. blinked and condemned john young for has been russia and its invasion of ukraine by electric, be sending nations. he also won russia against supporting north korea's nuclear weapons and me side programs. and of course we have real concerns about any support for it's for north 3 is ballistic missile programs. for us, we're still yet to see help lincoln's visit to sole and was discussed will in fact into career relations. but what we know for sure is that into korean, tensions are flurry high whenever south korea bolster is it's cooperation with

, and here are new reports with reference to the joint chiefs of staff of south korea indicates thatis not only ukraine that may be concerned, because for all these weapons, if they are supplied, and ukrainian intelligence has been saying for a long time that there is traffic, supplies from south and north korea to the russian federation, then there is also another question for the same international community and countries, region and the same republic of korea, what does a state that has been under sanctions for decades get, what can it get from a terrorist state, what are the latest technologies that will be able to... increase threats both to the neighbors and to the same united states, because, well, the announced course of this country, it is known for confrontation, first of all, with the united states, regarding the number of shells, although they report, let's say, those sources referring to the national intelligence of south korea, currently, representatives of the main intelligence agency, in particular andriy. yusov could not confirm this figure exactly, and at the moment

, on korea, i think that korea will be discussed too, north korea, i think that the americans will form certain remarks and certain restrictions, another thing is to listen to the chinese language, it is not managed, about korea, it, it is one hundred percent uncontrolled, yes, but they depend on china economically quite seriously, and therefore china has leverage, so i think that china is not, of course, they say about moscow that we cannot influence moscow, yes, they do too they say yes, but in certain issues , after all, they can also say, well, we are not interested in you doing this, that, and that, and they and the north koreans can say the same, so i do not expect breakthroughs from this meeting, but in my opinion, let them talk better, agree, let the dialogue be better, than a tough confrontation, and this balance still needs to be achieved, it has developed with, well, it has developed now, yes, they really reached a certain parity, as we do at the front now to a certain extent, but this parity still needs to be achieved, and if it will be violated, well, then there may be a co

injust _ relations between the uk and korea. injust last_ relations between the uk and korea.isit of kin- in just last week we had a visit of king charles coming to new mauldin and now— king charles coming to new mauldin and now we have the south korean president — and now we have the south korean president -- — and now we have the south korean president —— mauldin. also visit the film president —— mauldin. also visit the right minister and it's really putting _ right minister and it's really putting south korea on the map and making _ putting south korea on the map and making korean people proud of their counlrx _ making korean people proud of their count . ~ ., ., i. making korean people proud of their count .~ ., ., ., country. what do you hope to get from this visit? _ country. what do you hope to get from this visit? what _ country. what do you hope to get from this visit? what we - country. what do you hope to get from this visit? what we hope i country. what do you hope to get from this visit? what we hope is| from this visit? what we hope is more relations _ from this

south korea's president is out of the country at the moment.ment designed to reduce tensions. has there been any other reaction? yes. this is very — been any other reaction? yes. this is very significant. - been any other reaction? yes. this is very significant. this i this is very significant. this agreement was signed between the north and south back in 2018. after a period are particularly high tension on the peninsula and the point of this agreement was to try and limit skirmishes across the border and prevent escalations. what it did was restrict what the both militaries could do around the border area and created a no—fly zone. it meant they could not fly, the constant plans and reconnaissance drones to monitor each other and slightly as close detail. the south koreans have been saying for a few months now is the surveillance capabilities are too constrained by this deal. now with north korea having launched this reconnaissance satellite on the run, they say they cannot abide by this anymore. this morning they have announced they are susp

and north— satellite launch of north korea and north korea and russia is deepening its military— northas this issue _ its military cooperation. was this issue mentioned during this meeting? what you _ issue mentioned during this meeting? what you have seen and that also demonstrates the weakness of russia is that they are more and more dependent on countries like north korea and iran for weapons delivery. north korea has delivered military support, including ammunition, two russia and russia and north korea are working more closely together. we also saw the launch of the military satellite, this is something we condemn because it is in clear violation of un security council resolutions and is also part of the nuclear programme in north korea which is dangerous, irresponsible and in clear violation of un security council resolutions. thank you. what is nato's message on peace _ thank you. what is nato's message on peace and _ thank you. what is nato's message on peace and stability after the incident _ peace and stability after the incident where a kosovo police officer— incident where

north korea remains a potent threat for the west. the g 7 group, the rich democracies, expressed its concern at the growing closeness between p on young and moscow. what's going on? we also discussed the dpr case, provocative actions, initial launches, and dangerous dpr. k. rush at military cooperation were deeply concerned about what rushes providing for young young in return for the weapons and munitions that it's getting from john young. russia is suffering to please at stocks of munitions and it's war with ukraine on the transfer as could boost rushes, war fighting capabilities. south korea's top spy agency believes the north has transferred over a 1000000 artillery shells to russia. since already august the national intelligence surface estimates north korea as likely send over a 1000000 artillery rams. and this is enough to boost rushes more fighting capability for over 2 months. a home visit. lincoln's next stop is side korea, washington. and so believe the north is trying to secure a strategic military capabilities in return

these are australia, new zealand, south korea and japan.onal cooperation began back in 2001 after the al-qaeda terrorist attacks. then australia, new zealand and south korea joined the nato mission to force japan self-defense provided logistical support at sea. together with australia, india and the usa, japan is part of the coat alliance, created in 2007. this is a quadripartite dialogue on security in the indo-pacific region. it is often called an anti-chinese military alliance and an asian nato. 2 years ago, in contrast to china, another military alliance appeared in the region, aokus, uniting the united states. and australia. american approaches to security there did not work as well as nato or the warsaw pact. on the atlantic the ocean is all right. there is the ussr, there is the usa. there is the warsaw pact, there is nato. that is, everything is so very clear. well, of course there are some neutral countries that are neither here nor there, but still the model is quite well-built. uh, on the pacific ocean. there is the united states

this next stop is side korea washington. and so, believe the north is trying to secure a strategic military capabilities in return for support for the spice of life program. and that does it for today. it is most orders from the region on our website, the dot com forward slash a share. we're back again at the same time tomorrow. we'll see you then, to by the people in trucks inject, was trying to feed the city center. the straight pieces explain the around the world more than 130000000 people us we of mine because no one should have to make up your own mind. dw, may 4 mines in the act. now to avoid falling fall behind the german government today is to introduce new policies to attract workers and boost starts of investments. but is it already too late? australia, it goes offline, an outage of the country, 2nd largest mobile provider. he was millions of australians without internet getting women engine is a head start to revisit and full female workshop in south africa was hoping tackle in equality in the field. this is the d

north korea. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news. the us presidentjoe biden says he believes a hostage deal between hamas and israel is near. the white house says it is closer than ever to freeing some of the 240 hostages taken by hamas last month. it comes as a group of 28 premature babies who were trapped by the fighting around al shifa hospital in gaza city arrived in egypt for medical treatment. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports. alive, against the odds — premature babies rescued from al shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza. this man seems to be identifying his son. nora hasjust been reunited with her twin girls. translation: | didn't know. anything about their condition. today, i saw them for the first time since the day they were born. thank god, i have been reassured that they are fine. then they are wrapped up for the journey across the border — faces of the war in gaza whose

swift reactions from south korea.ul suspending military packs with the north. >> translator: the north korean regime is entirely responsible for this situation. >> reporter: a troubling sign even for locals, who live every day under threat from the nuclear armed north. >> translator: the successful launch of knee yaes spy satellite means that their technology has improved that much. >> reporter: we're at north korea's brand-new satellite control center -- in 2015, i met with senior officials at north korea's control center. they insisted their purpose was peaceful space exploration, even expressing outrage about ongoing speculation. >> translator: our peaceful launch was not a threat yesterday, a threat to you today, and it won't be a threat to you tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow has arrived, and this may be just the beginning. >> and tonight, signs that tensions are already flaring up. just hours ago, north korea tried and failed to launch another ballistic missile from their capital area. and kate, we need to check