the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in any where going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states a hotline between north and south korea will be set of on friday allowing south korean president in north korean leader kim jong un to speak by phone ahead of their meeting next week kathy novak has more from seoul. so korean president monday and is continuing preparations for his summit with north korean leader kim jong un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue

. >> during the plenary session of the korean worker's party the chairman made it very clear our goal is economic development what he calls the so-called reconstruction of socialist economy. of course, he has been pursuing simultaneous development of nuclear weapons and economic development but he knows while having nuclear weapons he cannot go for economic development. no one would make an investment in north korea, sanctions would continue therefore it's my understanding the president of chairman kim jong-un is willing to give up nuclear weapons if terms are right, if he can really revitalize north korean economy. >> and what are the terms? the united states would have to remove its nuclear umbrella? >> that could be one request but north korea has been asking what they call the verifiable dismantling of american neps in south korea. they have been requesting non-deployment of strategic wednesday during the u.s. joint military exercises in training. they have been arguing that the united states should declare it would not pose a conventional and nuclear threat to north korea and hav

the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are entirely we're going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states. south korean president monday in is continuing preparations for his summit with north korean leader kim jong un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue house it's part of a series of meetings designed to canvass the views of south korean community leaders and he told the group that the intercalary and summit must set the scene for a successful summit between th

the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in any where going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states and kathy novak sums up the mood in seoul. well with donald trump leaving open the possibility that he may still walk away from any talks with north korea the south korean government is finalizing plans for a summit in just over a week between the south korean president and kim jong un it says a record number of journalists almost three thousand have registered to cover the summit and at least some portions of it will b

meeting which is now being called a clean jury meeting of the seven central committee of the korean workers party and the statement in the state news agency and in the state media says it's to discuss the important historic period of developing korean revolution now having this meeting and i think only going to be something that's going to rubberstamp the decisions that have always already been made by the supreme leader here in pyongyang but i think there's also another thing going on here which is trying to prepare the people of north korea for these talks which have not been mentioned they've been talking about the summit with south korea but the meeting with donald trump is something they're going to have to prepare the people here for but for decades here they've been talking about the u.s. as this imperialistic evil country now they've got to do a little bit of a change on that james i want to ask you about the ongoing sanctions that are going on against north korea at the moment and the impact of those donald trump had mentioned during that press conference the pressure would continue he d

the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in any we're going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states fighters in a rebel held area near syria's capital of agree to lay down arms in an evacuation deal brokered by russia members of jaish al islam in america will begin leaving in the coming days but to the north groups in cullman are still holding out despite government as strikes they can charlie strategically important area near the highway running between damascus and homs and how to joins us live now from beirut tell

the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in anywhere going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states a hotline between north and south korea will be set up on friday allowing the leaders of the two countries to speak by phone and head of a meeting next week south korea's mean jane says the countries which remain technically at war must move from the armistice that was signed in one nine hundred fifty three in pursuit of a peace agreement kathy novak has more from seoul. south korean president is continuing preparations

chairing a meeting of the north korean worker's party, kim for the first time, acknowledged the possibilitywith truch. according to his news agency, he presented a quote, in-depth analysis of possible talks between his regime and the united states. this comes as cnn is told by several trump administration officials that the u.s. and north korea have been holding secret, direct talks to prepare for a trump-kim summit. mike pompeo has been leading the secret negotiations according to sources, with u.s. and north korean intelligence officials even meeting in a third country to nail down details. >> we've been in touch with north korea. we'll be meeting with them sometime in may or early june. and i think there will be great respect paid by both parties and hopefully, we'll be able to make a deal on the denuking of north korea. >> several u.s. officials tell cnn kim's regime has reaffirmed its willingness to discuss the duh nuclearization of the korean peninsu peninsula. for the u.s., it means north korea would talk about giving up its nuclear weapons, but for kim, they say, it means something

the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in anywhere going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states. south korean president is continuing preparations for his summit with north korean leader kim jong un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue house it's part of a series of meetings designed to canvass the views of south korean community leaders and he told the group that the intercalary and summit must set the scene for a successful summit between the united stat

heard in the last few hours is a meeting that has been caught of the central committee of the korean workers party that is the ruling party here they will discuss what's what we're told are historic developments a reference i think to those things that we're hearing from the united states now i don't think this party meeting in any way is going to stop the negotiations that are clearly now underway i think my view is that this is probably a way to prepare the people here in north korea that something different is coming because if you are going to get this summit between the north korean leader and the u.s. president that's something very different when for many years the north korean people have been told how bad the u.s. is how it's an imperialist power how it is evil of course one wonders and james about what we know about what they're likely to be discussing ahead of the truck visit. well some of the things we're going to be discussing is clearly what's going to happen in the summit that comes up next week with the south koreans but also they have to work out some very basic details if they ar

in a speech to the rulin worker's party, north korean leader kim jong un said the country had achieved its goal of building a nuclear arsenal and declared it, "a miraculous victory." he also said the country would now focus on developing its economy. kim's announcement comes in the run-up to meeting next week with south korea's president and a possible summit with president trump later this year. the presidencelebrated the announcement in a tweet yesterday, writing, "this is very good news for north korea and the world-- big progress! look forward to our summit." a spokesperson for south korean president, moon jae-in also praised the decision, calling it, "meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, which the world wishes for." japanese prime minister shinzo abe was more cautious. >> ( translated ): what's important is that this motion leads to complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement orth korea's nuclear and missile programs. i want to take a close look at it. >> sreenivasan: to help make sense of north korea's ents and motivations in the upcoming

but it is still a remarkable announcement that the north korean government made after a meeting of its workers party, and it spelled out six points that were apparently made unilaterally, yes, that it would suspend its nuclear weapons tests. it would suspend its intercontinental ballistic missile tests. and that it would discard, in their words, the nuclear test facility in the north of the country where last september north korea conducted its most recent, its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapons test which it claimed was a hydrogen bomb explosion. so yes, a remarkable announcement there. and seemingly an olive branch coming from pyongyang about six days before the north korean leader will meet for the first time with the president of south korea, moon jae-in, in a one-day summit that is expected to take place in the so-called peace village along the demilitarized zone. now the announcement that these nuclear weapons tests and the intercontinental ballistic missile launches would be suspended was made in companion with another announcement that north korea has accomplished nuclear weaponization.

it's party money, not for the workers who earned it. later a north korean us, believing we are a potential employer. we asked if we could pay the workers directly. translation: that's impossible. it's against the rules. employers cannot pay workers directly. what happens if a worker demands direct payment? he will be dismissed and called back to north korea. there, he will have to face the consequences. everyone wants to work abroad, you can't get a job easily. only people with a clean background can go. but who can be really clean? you need to live. north koreans are very keen to come here to china, to work as cheap labourers. in north korea, most people live in desperate poverty. life is so hard working abroad in a labour gang is seen as an escape. you have one of two choices. to stay in north korea where you may have no work, you may be earning nothing, you may be struggling to feed yourself or your family. or, do you take what we might consider a terrible option but is better than the option they have back home? the system is designed to stop them defec

worker's party today. this is according to korean news agencies.f this is true it's a major win for the trump administration pushing for the denuclearization and sets up a potential meeting with president trump and kim jong-un. north korea said it's freezing its tests for the time being. the french president begins a 3 day visit to the u.s. on monday. the french leader has a strong relationship with president trump but admits they disagree on major issues like trade and the iran nuclear deal. today in paris, fox news sunday anchor chris wallace sat down with the french president. here's a preview of that interview. >> we came to the residence of the french president to interview him. on the eve of a state visit to washington, we discussed the major issues he and president trump will try to resolve. but i also asked him whether the investigation by the special counsel and james comey attacks hurt president trump's standing on the world stage. >> here, i am not the one to judge or explain to your people what to consider because of this investigation.

out of meeting of the plenary session of the central committee of the workers' party which we're told by casey in a the north korean state media agency was chaired by the leader himself kim jong un and now and what appears to be a significant shift in his policy going forward about five years ago kim jong un had launched the signature policy where he had this jewel track of pursuing the nuclear weapons program of north korea and also promoting its economic development and now what he seems to be saying is that the nuclear weapons program as far as he is concerned is complete and that will allow north korea to shift the focus to war and developing the economy when north korea was launching regular pace intercontinental ballistic missiles intermediate range ballistic missiles and also testing nuclear bombs last year it seemed to indicate that north korea had no intention of ever giving up its nuclear weapons that's was the assessment of many analysts so as you say this does come as a surprise but donald trump the u.s. president has welcomed it as you mentioned on twitter south korea has also welcomed this development

korean dictator kim jong-un. north korea state-run television reported the country will suspend all nuclear and ballistic missile tests immediately. a nuclear test site will also shut down. kim told the ruling workers party, our nation will focus efforts towards socialist economic development. >> the north koreans have a long history of misleading the world, particularly around weapons and nuclear programs. >> bay area congressman eric swalwell is on the house intelligence committee. he and colonel steven began yard admit they're skeptical. >> they've broken every treaty. they've broken every promise that they've ever made to us and to the south koreans. this will not just be trust but it will be distrust but verify. >> still president trump reacted on twittg this is very good news for north korea and the world. big progress. look forward to our summit. a summit between the two leaders is tentatively set for late may or early june. >> president trump's impulse is going to have to be under control. he's dealing with somebody who is just as impulsive as he is and you can imagine how combustible a situation like that is. >> experts believe north korean missiles are capable of reaching the u.s. already. lisa

making some concessions, but it still is the founder of the inter—korean summit, coming after this big meeting with the worker's partyo and are prepared to stop. i do not think that will really bring about a meaningful shift. however, donald trump has praised it and it seems to have been enough of an indicator to get into the dialogue table. i guess we will then see what happens in these next two summits. donald trump tweeted this is good news for the world. we have a meeting coming up between kim jong—un and president donald trump. how will this play it? a lot of that will be based on what happens next friday, the april 27 summit between kim jong—un friday, the april 27 summit between kimjong—un and friday, the april 27 summit between kim jong—un and south korea. friday, the april 27 summit between kimjong—un and south korea. if friday, the april 27 summit between kim jong—un and south korea. if they did take steps towards a peace treaty which would have to involve the us, if they paved the way for that, it certainly would be a very, very positive indicator, bringing the mood here to its most peaceful level in years

korean dictator kim jong-un. north korea state-run television reported the country will suspend all nuclear and ballistic missile tests immediately. a nuclear test site will also shut down. kim reportedly told the ruling workers party, our nation will focus all of its efforts towards socialist economic development. >> the north koreans have a long history of misleading the world, particularly around weapons and nuclear programs. >> bay area congressman eric swalwell is on the house intelligence committee. he and colonel steven began yard admit they're skeptical. >> they've broken every treaty. they've broken every promise that they've ever made to us and to the south koreans. this will not just be trust but verify, did will be distrust but verify. >> still president trump reacted on twitter saying this is very good news for north korea and the world. big progress. look forward to our summit. a summit between the two leaders is tentatively set for late may or early june. >> president trump's impulse is going to have to be under control. he's dealing with somebody who is just as impulsive as he is and you can imagine how combustible a situation like that is. >> experts believe north korean missiles are capable of rea

korean dictator kim jong-un. north korea's state-run television reported the country will suspend all nuclear and ballistic missile tests immediately. a nuclear test site will also shut down. kim reportedly told the ruling workers' party, our nation will focus all of its efforts towards socialist economic development. long history of misleading the world, particularly around their weapons and nuclear programs. >> reporter: bay area congressman eric swalwell is on the house intelligence committee. he and abc news consultant colonel stephen ganyard admit they're skeptical. >> they have broken every treaty, every promise they've ever made to us and the south koreans. so this will not just be trust but verify. it will be distrust but verify. >> reporter: still president trump reacted overnight on twitter, writing, this is very good news for north korea and the world. big progress. look forward to our summit. a summit between the two leaders is tentatively set for late may or early june. >> president trump's impulse is going to have to be under control because he's dealing with somebody who is just as impulsive as he is, and you can imagine how combustible a situation like that is. >> reporter: experts believe north korean

that both parties have been very slow in picking this up have been very slow in picking this up and doing something about the human rights that were perpetrated against these north korean workersed by people in pyongyang? two a surprising degree. these are people who are not sent out by themselves, they are sent out by themselves, they are sent out by groups. they have group leaders and security with them and most importantly they usually leave behind theirfamilies most importantly they usually leave behind their families in most importantly they usually leave behind theirfamilies in north korea. it's one of the conditions to be sent abroad. so the control over these people is quite firm. and there are obvious benefits for kim jong—un with hard currency flowing back into north korea. are there diplomatic or political benefits as well? yes there are. there are definitely inform of the dramatic benefits because this is when north korea does diplomacy these days. they don't use their embassies and their diplomats they use these informal sometimes almost invisible financial networks to keep in touch with other countries so in that sense there are many benefits associated to what a