president and north korean leader kim jong un agree moving nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula ideal they find out there commits calls for the complete denuclearize vision of the peninsula it's been a historic day in singapore.

up until the korean war. of reasons to try to bring their two countries together. >> the summit focused on a joint olympic team for the upcoming winter games in south korea. issues like family reunification and most importantly for the north koreans crippling sanctions were also on the table. >> kim jong-un was very clever. he was continuing to take a tough tone toward the u.s., but a much more conciliatory tone towards south korea. >> there is a question about whether the north koreans were trying to divide the u.s. from its south korean ally to open up distance. >> the next month, north and south korea marched together during the opening ceremonies under a united flag. >> it was an opportunity for kim jong-un to play a propaganda game, to try to show a much more friendly face to the south and to the rest of the world. >> suddenly, the north koreans appears less sinister. they appeared more like a country that was reaching out a hand. i think that's how he used the olympic games. >> the success of the olympi

president has met a north korean leader. really great to really take you to a lot of progress really very fatherly better than anybody expected comparable to. well i dream brown reports on a historic day that many people thought would never come up in this diplomatic drama here was act one for. getting to know you the handshake to could change the course of history president donald trump it said he'd know within a minute of meeting kim jong un if he'd get on with him so this was the moment he began sizing him up from. the start perhaps of an improbable relationship. in improbable times. two nuclear armed leaders one of former real estate developer and reality t.v. star the other an international pariah. we were. speaking through an interpreter kim jong un said the way here had not been easy. in the region it wasn't easy to get here and oprah did as in practice has worked as obstacles in a way forward but we overcame all of them and we're here today. they met at nine am local time in singapore so prime time viewing in the uni

north koreans.ving this welcome. whether they see it as something good all were that they will be envious of what singapore has. 0pinions here are rather split about how kim jong—un has 0pinions here are rather split about how kimjong—un has been 0pinions here are rather split about how kim jong—un has been treated here. just a year ago he was accused of killing his stepbrother had kuala lumpur airport, accused of killing his own brother, if you start looking at the backlogs of human rights abuse, many critics say it should not be treated like a celebrity and vip and that singapore is being used almost as propaganda in north korea. he had a late night, going home close to midnight and now he has to wake up early, just in time for the summit which will begin injust under two time for the summit which will begin in just under two hours? time for the summit which will begin injust under two hours? that is right. it is quite remarkable, isn't it that only a few months ago tensions were so high between n

korean war that they will be. given back to the americans and so on this is a trust building process but this happened also in the past when the relations between north korea and america over gort good talking to you thank you for joining us on so you can schmitz from the peace research institute in front of us yeah thank you very much. well as you can imagine the world of business under finance has of course been following proceedings in singapore occasionally. as well that's right the us dollars hovering near three week highs and asian shares have been gaining as investors show relief over the summit results north korea hopes for a big economic boost but it is far to go to catch up with its cover and cousin to the south let's see just how five us to go to split into north and south of the korean war was meant as a temporary solution but became a permanent division at the time it was actually the north that had the economic advantage the lion's share of korean industry located in the two states similar in size th

leader to denuclearize the korean peninsula . i feel great a welcome to the program donald trump and kim jong un have concluded their summers in singapore with a joint declaration pledging to denuclearize the korean peninsula the unprecedented meeting between u.s. president times north korean leader was a closely watched a fact only a few months ago the two men had been publicly insulting each other and threatening war today they appear to have put the past behind. it's the moment many doubted would happen u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which commits p.r. nyang to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the highly anticipated summit in singapore hailed a success by the leaders. to speak here. today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us were about to sign a historic document the world will see a major change in the view that. we have developed a very special bond show. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be v

peninsula so the koreans or the south koreans are very involved in the process under moderately hopeful about what's going on i've seen a lot of posts on twitter about hope is better than you know maybe we can have a little bit of hope here it's been a disastrous situation for decades maybe this is actually bringing some change it's better than war at all times so this is the conversation that's going on even the younger generation that has been a bit more skeptical about being a fixation especially has joined into that conversation and the older generation that is definitely into the whole reunification process and wants that to happen and wants to see that happen in their lifetime is of course cheerful about every positive development that could take place now south koreans not only in south korea but around the world as you just mentioned have that hope but there are older people who say we've had hope before we've seen this before we've seen the north korean leader reach out and say i'm willing to denuclearize and nothing has come of that so as much as there's hope there's obviously

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arms the korean peninsula. i'm still get a welcome to the program a first bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula president trump made a declaration of the press conference following their historic meeting he then went on to say the north is already destroying a missile testing site and explain that this wasn't in the that aeration as i said been agreed after they went on to announce that the u.s. would and military exercises on the korean peninsula but that sanctions would remain as jhumpa then went on to express his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at that meeting. what's important i want to thank chairman kim for taking the first ball step toward a bright new future for his people are unprecedented meeting first between an american president and a leader of north korea proves their real change is indeed possible my meeting with chairman kim was hone

korean summit by kim jong un and south korean president moon j. in in late april about peace prosperity and unification of the korean peninsula and the fourth goal is the united states and the d.p. r. k. commit to recovery peel away m.i.a. remain including the intermediate repartition of those already identified fair enough but what does it all really mean we are in trade expert in wilkie thank you so much for coming back we really appreciate it what's your overall general take on this thanks for having me back barca to be here i think this. was a mixed bag at best the united states president donald trump gave away a lot by even meeting with the leader of a second rate dictatorship who imprisoned his citizens for political crimes and assassinate people with w m d and foreign capitals so at first blush my response to today's communique were again on our underwhelming on the so let's talk about the specifics i mean if we can denuclearize if somehow no way but somebody could help denuclearized north korea that's a great game great game but it is a ga

something that the north koreans that the north koreans want miles. now about staying on the topic of denuclearization what does denuclearization actually entail what are the steps and how would we know if north korea has in fact a nuclear rise their new tory asli of described as a hermit kingdom would they even let inspectors in the world i think they would let their specters and they have done so on the possible as we have in the past frozen the program and undertaken steps a very great on what every observer has to be clear about that this cannot take place overnight that needs to have a roadmap for steps being taken all the technical steps are being taken and the real hard cases the nuclear weapons will probably come at the end first of all and we have seen that and the case of iran the need to be basic knowledge of what kind of technology there is how to decommission that and of course there needs to be very few occasions for that but before that happens of course. north korea needs some kind of security guarantees and that's a big issue what we'

korean war could be reunited next report we meet a south korean man who thought his older brother had died during the war until the letter smuggled to him from the north proved otherwise a few old photographs and a couple of letters that's the only proved one sign has that he has relatives somewhere in north korea and it would put them in danger to show their faces on television. his older brother to unsign tells me fought for south korea in the korean war almost seven decades ago chunks of bark was taken prisoner by the north. the family was told he had been killed but then sixty years after seeing his brother for the last time chang sign received a letter from north korea from his brother delivered through a contact in china that was ten years ago it made sense signed happy and sad at the same time. when i saw the photo i couldn't tell the world. but you can see how impressive he looks rather than actually i remember him as such a cheerful person. you know. his brother passed away shortly after chang signed up the letter with but he left behind a family of his own to sign hopes that

presidents and north korean leaders are the north korean officials and we've seen agreements reached in the korean war but they have fallen apart through many different reasons soon after so there is a sense among south koreans that they have seen all this before they don't trust what they see in pyongyang they don't trust the regime there although according to some pretty unscientific surveys that have been done in south korea in recent months the popularity of kim jong un in south korea is fairly high at the moment so cautious optimism have seen all this before of course they hope that this time is going to be different but when we talk about denuclearization of course that means the dismantlement of the north korean nuclear weapon system of its nuclear weapons manufacturing abilities but it also has an implication one would imagine on the u.s. troops that are based here in south korea there are some thirty thousand u.s. soldiers that are based in south korea as part of that so-called nuclear that the u.s. has over south korea as a way of protecting it from any attack from north ko

it allows those north koreans to launch north korean cyberattacks from other geographic locations. which is helpful in terms of avoiding accountability. but it also lets those north korean de facto spies, it lets them learn about international innovations in the cyber innovations in the cyber war field and it turns out when they compete around the world they are as good as anyone or better. in 2015 at a global hacking competition that's called code chef, 7,600 teams competing from all over the world. at code chef 2015 north korean teams came in first, second, and third place out of more than 7,000 teams competing worldwide. that's what kim yong chol built. so for people who follow this stuff closely, particularly national security and in foreign policy who have watched north korea not just for its nuclear program but have watched north korea in this very short period of time turn into this global cyberwar, cyberespionage powerhouse it was a remarkable and very specific thing when it was announced that north korea would be sending somebody to the u.s. to talk to the trump administra

problem itself meaning that was really the heart of the issue of the division of the korean peninsula itself and really what we're talking about is the division of the korean peninsula and that being at the heart of the issue in northeast asia and the stability of the entire region well that's a very interesting point it's interesting but it's kind of gotten ahead of me because that's where i really wanted to go here because this process if it is a process we really don't know yet but it's trump owns it now ok and it seems to me that he's actually given a stamp of approval for the koreans to actually get down to business i think about being as points very interesting there because this is if anything is actually really going to happen it's going to happen between the koreans themselves ok and i think that's the door that is been opened here and it looks like the koreans north and south want to walk through it go ahead. well i think melvin is right that was the sort of missing link in the in the whole presentation of the problem in singapore and it obviously was a crucial part of the r

forces off of the korean peninsula. does anyone believe that that foundational strategy has changed and that the north's objectives to unify the peninsula under his control has actually changed? another parallel question -- is there any sense that kim jong-un really believes in a peace process, in a unification process in accordance with president moon's vision? or was that just be part of its subversion efforts to end up dominating the peninsula? prof. lee: no. [laughter] sue mi: exactly. bruce: the unification, that also got into sort of the preventive attack discussion and justification for it. you know, i would see it when people are talking about preventive attacks, they sort of koreato why does north have nukes, and that gets into three schools of talks. one is the benign interpretation. vale cap as a response to u.s. -- they only have it as response to u.s. policy, they are insulted by us, threatened by us, they did it because of us. it calls into question why they signed into international agreements promising t

on the korean peninsula.a bicker has the latest. the waiting is over. the hard work starts now. donald trump has arrived in singapore to try to do a deal that has eluded past us presidents. he hopes his unconventional political style will persuade kimjong—un to disarm. i think within the first minute, i'll know. reporter: how? just my touch, my feel, that's what i do. the north korean leader doesn't look like he's feeling his way. considering this is his debut on the world's diplomatic stage, he looked calm and relaxed as he discussed his hopes for peace with the singaporean prime minister. he's taking no chances with security. his hand—picked bodyguards have flown with him, along with his bullet—proof limousine. thousands took the chance to catch a rare glimpse of this usually reclusive leader. if mr kim is trying to transition from nuclear armed dictator to global statesman, this summit is offering him the perfect platform. at this church in singapore, south koreans pray for the possibilities this may offer

the north koreans have a sligly different definition. plus, u.s.that military assets that could be used to launch nuclear weapons or to strike regime in the strike and could that is what the north koreans are worried about. working off the first definition, you mentioned concrete actions. what would be the first couple action steps that would be necessary for that to happen? guest: when need to look at this in phases. to make surese is north korea has frozen its program. we cannot ducarize ifhey are improving their arsel.northa of important first steps. president trump talked about they stopped ballistic missile testing, closing their test site, ending the clear test explosions, but they continue to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. for the trump administration has to be to solidify those. we have got to make sure that heey are boasting dismantling of test facilities and production. soon after, we need to have a declaration from the north koreans of their program. what do they have? where is it? so inspectors can come to check arsen

and the south koreans in the whole area. they want the u.s. out of the area. and today president trump did a little bit to satisfy that wish from north korean, russia and china. so, it's going to be incredibly difficult to figure out and we're going to have to wait and see exactly what he got back from kim jong-un at this time. the meantime, the north koreans are telling their people the whole point of the trip was for their leader to be taken seriously and recognized as an equal international figure and head of state. and that's what this summit accomplished for them. john? >> and ambassador yun, we were sitting here, you have been in the middle of these negotiations and conversations with north korean for decades and you yourself acknowledged that you were criticized for being soft on north korean during the end of your tenure, yet you were surprised at what was delivered here. >> i was quite surprised. and i looked at the document. i said, is this for real? you know, because it does not meet what i call minimum requiremen

signed at the inner korean summit by kim jong un and south korean president moon j. in in late april about peace prosperity and unification of the korean peninsula and the fourth bullet is the united states and the d.p. r. k. commit to recovery m.i.a. remains including the intermediate repartition of those already identified fair enough but what does it all really mean we are joined by international attorney and trade expert in wilkie thank you so much for coming back we really appreciate it what's your overall general take on this thanks for having me back bart good to be here i think this. was a mixed bag at best the united states president donald trump gave away a lot by even meeting with the leader of a second rate dictatorship who imprisoned his citizens for political crimes and assassinate people with w m d in foreign capitals so at first blush my response to today's communique will regain a lot on our underwhelming on the so let's talk about the specifics i mean if we can denuclearize if somehow the way but somebody could help denuclearize north korea that's a

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. cnbc's bringing you live coverage until wednesday with our reporters in the south korean and chinese capitals, seoul and beijing. mike pompeo says president trump is, quote, well prepared for tomorrow's summit with kim jong-un. in a statement pompeo added that washington's position on north korean denuclearization remains clear and unchanged. let's speak to our colleague at the national gallery in singapore. nancy, what is the u.s. hoping to achieve from these talks? >> reporter: well, willem, i think the united states would like to leave singapore with a commitment from north korea that they are, in fact, serious about denuclearization you just mentioned secretary of state mike pompeo say the u.s. stance is unchanged on denuclearization when he says this he refers to complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. it's a good thing that secretary of state pompeo said the president is well prepared here. we did hear from president trump in his own right leaving the g7 meeting sayi

it's now between the north koreans and the south koreans, the north koreans and china. that's the way it's been for most of history. that's the way it's returned. >> ian bremer, founder of the political risk consultancy, appreciate having you here. it is remarkable the transformation he's talking about there. we talked about this at the very beginning of our broadcast tonight that before -- not only before this year, b before this spring, kim jong-un, the dictator of north korea, had never, ever met with the head of another country. now because of this opening that the american president has given him, he's met with the leader of south korea. he's met with the leader of china twice. he's met with the prime minister of singapore. he's now tonight meeting currently with the president of the united states. we expect that the president of russia is going to be next. what has he done to achieve. >> very notably he's left his country, which is very rare. >> this is the fuirst time he's done that as head of country. what has he done to earn that sort of international acceptanc

korean war on the korean peninsula what non-aggression treaty. even normally jaisha of course and people make nomination would point side with the complete barry file an irreversible dismantling of nuclear weapons and methods and facilities then may come to the us but if north korea shows a very sincere attitude toward the de-nuclearization normally dition can go ahead. completely in a new condition of north korea. so some interesting ideas that we're hearing there from the german public broadcaster let's get more now we're joined here in the studio are marcus climb a security analyst from the german institute for international and security affairs welcome to marcus good to be here what do you make of what we just heard there are both of these parties approaching this summit from a position of mutual respect and who might have the upper hand i think first glance the united states seems to be the stronger party in the negotiations but at the end of the day it's about how to the need to lower denuclearize north korea and if you turn the perspective

of the korean peninsula." no specifics of how to do it. no time line on getting it down. no verification, no inspection. just generalities. president trump called the north korean dictator very talented and praised him the united nations has called him one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in modern history. the president told sean hannity that he thinks kim jong-un will get rid of his nukes right away. >> i think we're now going to start the process of denuclearization of north korea. i believe that he's going back and will start it virtually immediately. he's already indicated that. you look at what he's done. >> shep: we cannot l at what he's done. he hasn't copped to what capabilities he has, what weapons he has. much less allow anyone to take a gander. and now joint exerciith members of both nations militaries operating in tandem with the goal of practicing defense against attack, president trump cancelled those without so much as a phone call or text to south korean leaders. president trump calle

what the north koreans wanted was propaganda. they wanted to humiliate the united states, the kim family, which was in charge then as now could demonstrate to the people how strong they were. they would sign confessions saying they were so sorry they had done this. the american government had sent them on this terrible mission they never wanted. to go. they were apologizing to the korean people and they were so impressed what they had seen in north korea. the first couple weeks while the men are being beaten into these confessions it's pretty brutal. after that they are locked in a prison camp. things become a mundane daily life in a north korean prison camp. still absolutely horrible but not that bad. there's another wave of beatings towards the end that the men say is the most brutal, horrible experience any could have imagined. they are released in december right before christmas but in a way the scars always say because the navy drums them out of the service. they're given very little, in some cases no medical treatment, psyc

could expect the president gives us his thoughts after his first face to face meeting with the north korean leader. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up stranded at sea hundreds of migrants rescued off the libyan coast remain adrift with the storm approaching. more fallout from the sex abuse scandal involving a priest in chile. playing a new beginning they were the words of north korean leader kim jong un after his historic summit with u.s. president donald trump and singapore so the two leaders signed with the u.s. president described as a comprehensive joint document which includes working towards the complete nuclearization of the korean peninsula that's exact words. and we're very proud of what took place today. i think our whole relationship with north korea and the korean for the chiller is it's going to be a very much different. situation than it has been the best you both want to do something we both are going to do something and we have developed a very special bond so. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and we're

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il now at the meeting there were historic handshakes followed by the signing of what was described as a comprehensive document in which trump and kim promised to work towards the complete denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula the question is though will these two volatile leaders keep their promises and is this agreement only going to upgrade the international standing of a murderous dictator so our question here on quadriga this week is trump and came a big deal and to answer that question i'm joined here in the studio by sasha an expert on disarmament was i can germany the nobel prize winning organization for the abolition of nuclear weapons he ses trump and kim's deal doesn't go far enough to succeed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has to be embedded in international law and other actors need to be involved also with us is matthew carney chief europe correspondent for politico and matthew argues that it may be hard for many to accept but trump was right just getting the north koreans to the table to seriously tal

between the north korean leader and president trump. we will keep you posted as we get information from the pool that is giving us the pictures. northt, talking about korea and security. booktv part of c-span2's coverage. as events unfold in singapore, we will break away and show them to you as we get those pictures. stay with us. >> how is everybody doing? loud voice.for my i'm half-death. half-deaf.'m i wore headsets for 25 years. thank you for bringing me here. i'm always treated like a king when i come. special thanks to linda for organizing this event. my lovely bri of 24 years is here. i would like to thank her for putting up with all of my 24 years.or the past i will see my youngest daughter next week. that will be my most fun trip. i'm going to iowa, which all of you know is the cultural center of the universe. i would like to thank my colleagues and friends who have encouraged my scholarship. university. state i appreciate that they have encouraged me to study what to me is a very interesting subject matter. i intend to do it f

koreans are just all koreans.e have some folks in america that still say they are african-americans. they are not african-americans, they were slaves. but though people in that country, they will be slaves. they are kept in concentration camps and north korea. has tweetedesident out a video of some of the images of some of his meeting with kim jong-un over the past 12 hours. that is his latest tweet, we will show you that video and let it play out as we talked to michael. china grove, north carolina. michael, go ahead. caller: how are you? host: doing well. theer: i was calling about humanitarian rights. what is the difference between them and us a boarding our young babies over here? it is human rights, what is the difference. can anyone give me the definition of that? host: pedro, miami florida. yes, i am calling because i would like to say it is ironic that the republicans, running for the white house, criticized him for trying to meet with leaders of other countries that were terrorists and human rights, and t

side when you're talking about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we have only an obligation to stick liberation by north korea and none of the yes but there is the us nuclear umbrella protecting south korea which has a geo political impact on the whole region so we also have to address this issue that means we need legal framework that integrates both sides not only the nuclear weapon state but also the state under the umbrella and the only legal system that i know which takes this into account is currently this new treaty on the prohibition on nuclear weapons which also. outlaws the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear sharing so this could be a framework or structure which we could do for how long would it take to put that framework in place. i like since sincerely i believe that you have to take a long time in to account technically that is precisely what the world and what the impatient donald trump does not want he wants this to happen very quickly indeed is he is it in any way possible denuclearization to happen i don't know in a framework o

the inner korean summit changed many people's opinions about him. but that doesn't change the fact that he's a dictator in oppressive communist regimes the young it's. not. easy my parking lot. is the biggest issue during the meeting as a korean i have the impression that the will to give up the weapon it's hard to say i hope the u.s. or its green summit flow through. good cream it's just. small. expect something. based on the inner screen somebody a few weeks ago i would like to do something great such as a declaration to end the korean war. so my boss was just. sometimes chang side and his wife come to the national cemetery in seoul to find his brother's name on the wall of missing soldiers. even though chance the book is no longer missing they don't want his name deleted sold was his home they say they hope that maybe one day his children in north korea can come here to. thank easy to forget in all this talk of policy that there's a human side to this as well so obviously there are a lot of expectations and hopes riding on the summit bad but do y

i've had the chance to ask north koreans what they think.h government guides always nearby, their answers always seem to echo state propaganda. so if you're wondering whether north koreans will change their minds about americans after kim meets trump in singapore, look for propaganda that paints olden mys in an entirely new light. will ripley, c. >> thank you so much for your company. i'm anna coren live from seoul. >> i'm john vause in los angeles. for viewers in the united states, "early start" up is up next. for everyone else, max foster is in london. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. . . . . >>> one-time shot and i think it's going to work out. >> an optimistic president trump as he prepares to make history. can the self-proclaimed deal maker bring peace to the korean peninsula? we are live in singapore. >>> and president trump digging in his heels and crossing his arms on trade after a rocky weekend at the g7. why he is isolated himself from u.s. allies and how the world is reacting. boy did that photo speak

i want you to step back on north korean land."d jubilant at the meeting, which was partly the result of his careful diplomacy. but donald trump had a surprise for him. he pledged to end what he described as war games — joint military exercises between south korea and the us. they have always angered the north. this will worry neighbouring japan, as will mr trump's suggestion to remove troops from the peninsula in the future. it's a mistake to cancel alljoint us—south korean military exercises. the united states needs to maintain a sufficient level of readiness and preparedness on the peninsula, because the north korean nuclear threat is still there. that is why many will find today's announcement disappointing. kim jong—un is now leaving the island of sentosa, having gained the summit and the status he has longed for. he says the world will change. the problem is we're not sure what that change may mean. now that the missile launches have stopped, china appears eager to ease back on the toughest economic sanctions it has ever impo

thank you very much for the presentation area my question is, the impact of the korean korean war. fridaynt trump said on that the and to the korean war would be on the table at the summit. my question is, if they declare at the of the korean war summit, what do you make of the u.s. troops in south korea and in japan? in the long run? >> there is both a legal and what i might say, a societal impact, either on the signing of the peace treaty, or even a political declaration in ending the war, which is what they are pushing for. a peace treaty, whether it is three or four or however many people signing it, a peace treaty, which would then have to wouldroved by the u.n., seize the united nations coming in. but it would have no impact on the combined forces command, or the level of u.n. forces on the peninsula. those are the result of a bilateral treaty between the ..s. and south korea in my view, a peace treaty should only be signed after we reduce, not only the nuclear threat, but also the conventional force threat to south korea,well as to japan. so what i have advocated is what lon

president doll trump and north korean leader kim jong un have emerged from their working lunch and the u.s. president says they will sign an agreement that we don't have the details yet on what might be in that agreement this was the scene just a few minutes ago as the two leaders came out of the lunchtime break and walked along the path outside of the cupola hotel they spoke briefly and addressed reporters here's what donald trump had to say. really really really really love the program. really for really better than anybody perfect couple. for the girl right now for saying that it was going to be very little bit of both of you to probe into what he studied her career that you got a couple. of them with that and even as we wait to hear exactly what the cheerleaders are signing behind closed doors this is already been a day for the history books a day that some have had to markable seen such as this moment when the two. emerged in front of a row of american and north korean flags and shook hands for the very first time. it was the first of a series of handshakes between the two leaders

its nuclear weapons and that i think is simply not supported by the historical evolution of north korean policy excuse me they they have in fact. made it clear that they believe that north korea's interests lie in reaching an agreement with the united states and that their nuclear program as well as their missile program have been aimed at ultimately that outcome. that was that was part of what i wrote about in my latest piece starting in two thousand and thirteen when kim jong un came in to power he immediately embarked on a build up its true nuclear and missile program that would give him more to bargain with but it was also made clear to americans who met with the north koreans in two thousand and thirteen that the intention was that when the united states was ready to negotiate seriously north korea would negotiate on denuclearization in order. to achieve that ultimate goal ok if you're in the peace agreements let me let me jump in here i want to go but what about being a giver of forty seconds reply before we go to the break go ahead i'll be in in washington go ahead what well first

we watched the north koreans build a small. gas graphite moderated nuclear reactor five megawatt hours since a research reactor it's a small reactor but it produces each year in its fuel about five kilograms or so of paternity and enough material for a single mature weapon each each year. at this time north korea had the technical capability to build me a kit weapons. in one thousand nine hundred eighty five chen yang ressa fight the nuclear nonproliferation treaty mostly to ease international concern about its weapons program. by the late one nine hundred eighty s. the soviet block was collapsing and that meant trouble for moscow's allies including north korea. kim il sung was forced to find new sources of foreign aid to help him revive the country's stagnant economy. and might be true if you came to the states and states said you must reconcile yourself with your commitments to be. a pursuer. your history teacher in our frustration treaty problem they are drawing the. except safeguards of course. ultimately except inspections

either the north koreans lied or never carried out commitments. the question is whether kim jong-un is different. whether he is prepared to take steps toward nuclear disarmament . we will find that out in the course of the next months and years as secretary of state pompeo tries to put some flesh on the bones of this joint andunique which is general lacks detail on timetable asing reciprit verification, all these critical issues which were not result in the singapore summit itself. host: here are the bones of that agreement. president trump committing to provide security guarantees for north korea. the united states and north korea committing to establish new relations in accordance with desires of teople the two countries for peace and prosperity. the united states and north korea will join efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime. reaffirmed north korea's commitment to work toward a complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. at the united nd north korea commit to recovering pow mia remains including the repatriation of those al

korean peninsula to be any nuclear weapon capable of striking north korea. the loopholes in the agreement are big enough to fly nuclear missiles through. by contrast, previous agreements were much more stringent. the992 joint declaration signed by north and south korea, for example, included conditions such as, quote, south and north korea shall not test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store, deploy, or use nuclear weapons. and, south and north korea shall not possess nuclear reprocessing and uranium enrich. facilities. unfortunately, neither of those commitments appears in the latest agreement. eage, instead, suggests something worrying. as the administration must have realized that this agreement was not as strong as the previous ones, it appears that it was unable to convince north korea to adopt tougher, more detailed commitments. if true,e should take the hint that north korea has not yet felt the economic pressure necessary to compel it to accept our definition of denuclearization. one where the kim regime relinquishes its nuclear weapons and

the plight of the north korean people.e, a gangster style regime. the fact he is mining here and having a conversation, kimmich, we cannot disregard the human rights abuses so why has it not been on the table in terms of what we heard from the press briefing yesterday?‘ terms of what we heard from the press briefing yesterday? a great question and to be honest it's because the north koreans react so badly when we bring this up, but has sunk negotiations with the north in the past between us and north korea and south korea and north korea. the un did a big report on human rights couple of years ago and the north koreans reacted sharply to that and the argument from the doves is this is something we have to hold for the future, get the ball rolling and bring it up maybe in the future. i'm hopeful. this is why there is so much anxiety with north korea, it isn't your run of the mill dictatorship, it is 0rwellian, like 1984, there will be lots of pressure. . . 1984, there will be lots of pressure... if this keeps going and it b

tv and north korean media. list media.he according to the agreements we have had over the years, that has been distributed to the media which is what we will now be sharing with you once we have those pictures inside the meeting room. is scheduledtself to get underway at about 9:15 eastern time. if we five minute session. a bilateral meeting. only four people in the room. the north korean leader. let's watch the same. seen -- scene. >> the north korean leader will be in the room along with president trump and two translators. these are live pictures from inside the meeting. >> mr. president, how are you feeling? i am feeling safe and i think the meeting will be tremendously successful. have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. >> we will look for a way forward. we are here today. thank you very much everybody. thank you very much. thank you. >> those pool reporters know leaving the venue of the meeting. meeting off the coast of singapore. we want to open the phone lines to hear what you expect. those are l

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exercises with the south koreans. that is exactly the formations the chinese have asked for over the course of the past year and we said absolutely not. >> let me ask you about this key question of denuclearization. in the agreement as i read it, it is just a reaffirmation of point number three, a reaffirmation of a previous promise that the north koreans have made to work towards the crucial, working towards as opposed to agreeing to. so put that in context for us. what exactly was agreed to here that the north koreans have not already previously agreed to on nukes? >> we know what the president said is they've started to break apart some of their missiles. that's part of the irreversible steps he wanted to see. secretary state mike pompeo's flying to the east asian capital to explain what happened in the room, but he's going to have to brief congress. there's going to be a lot of questions about what exactly that means. i think one of the interesting things is if you take a step back, it took two years of direct tal

well north and south koreans so went their separate ways after the armistice and korean hostilities in one thousand nine hundred fifty three japanese photographer you sukey he has taken a series of portraits of people on both sides of the demarcation line some aspects of life in the two koreas remain quite similar but he does photos show a stark contrast between the prosperous south and the impoverished north. will not by their core think are to deny every country has its own rules that people live by that's just the way to is i don't want to judge what's right or what's wrong now. do you know the us now. or who is happy or unhappy. north korea on the left juxtaposed with south korea on the right so similar yet so different. with their own single ethnicity of people who speak the same language and share similar names but who've been divided for seventy years and lead completely different lives in two different societies but i know what have i to hunting up this and. he she does photo a series is called border korea it explores the two separate realities on either side of the border for