and so far, north korea has been consistent that the nuclear issue should be discussed between north korea and america, both of them are nuclear states. so they wanted to be treated as a nuclear state from america. >> so president trump has said that he will -- he's prepared to meet president -- president trump has said he'd prepared to meet the north korean leader, kim jong-un, and we'll see whether this summit prepares the way for that meeting. do you think president trump should meet him? >> i think so, yeah. meeting is always very important. i think president trump should use the opportunity of dialogue and meeting that kim jong-un -- to tell him kim jong-un cannot reach his goal of nuclear state if he continues to possess nuclear weapons. and president trump should state very clearly that ame would continue its economic sanctions and military buildup if kim jong-un stays on the current track. but i'm very skeptical. because these days american government and american experts are saying that the complete cvid principle should be applied on the process of denuclearizing of north k

the regime in north korean economy. the regime in north korea, kim jong—un north korean economy.sible way forward , pressure. looking for a possible way forward, the administration here in south korea is probably the most pro— engagement government there has beenin pro— engagement government there has been in north korea, certainly in the last ten years but some said to me, the most pro— engagement governments there has ever been so this is the path they have taken, engagement between the two countries. then leading on to engagement with the united states. rupert wingfield—hayes, thank you to joining us today. we are continuing our special coverage of the summit between moonjae—in our special coverage of the summit between moon jae—in and our special coverage of the summit between moonjae—in and kim jong—un. you can special coverage bbc. welcome back to our viewers on bbc news america. we are continuing our live coverage on the historic summit between south korean resident moon jae—in and north korean leader kim jong—un. —— president. we are seeing live footage of the peace house

a north korean. it was time to leave. none of the north koreans speak openly.markably, one man did agree to talk to our korean journalist. like all the north korean workers we interviewed, he can't be identified. speaking out could result in a death sentence. you're treated like a dog and you have to eat trash. you have to give up being human, this is what working here means. he's just finished a night shift. despite the long hours, he says, the workers earn little for themselves. translation: some make $50 a month for themselves, some make $100 and some make nothing. there are many who slip into the red and return home with debts. the fact that people earn so little is due to a mandatory fee. some call it party duty, others call it revolutionary duty. those who can't pay it don't stay here. ten years ago it was about 15,000 roubles a month. now it's twice as much. right now i have to pay 30,000 roubles, but this year the amount will probably rise to 50,000 roubles a month. later, the team meets up with another north korean. he fled his work brigade more than t

has been dealing with north korea. well both of them are hawks in their foreign policy but i think they have potentially different views on north korea because it has been the cia that has been engaged in the contacts with the north koreans with north korean intelligence that's the main channel of communications that is existed between the u.s. and north korea since the olympics there was really no discussions going on before the olympics i'm told by diplomats and of course it was mike pompei o in one of his final days as cia director who made that secret trip to pyongyang diplomats are speculated to me that that no longer became secret and was leaked by the trumpet ministration maybe to help mr pompei o who had rather a rocky passage through his confirmation he has now been confirmed in the last few hours as the secretary of state that may have been the reason that we got the leak of that secret trip pictures of that the secret trip as he was confirmed were also released from the white house pictures showing supreme l

as far as between north and south korea. as faras kimjong—un between north and south korea.ilise that kind of incentive for the increasing domain of cooperation as well as peaceful settlement. we are no longer seeing kimjong—un smoking a lot and of course also, the first lady has been given the title of the first lady, equal to the first ladies of the rest of the world. of course, that is not to say there are not issues that are unresolved and there are many people in north korea and here who have suffered because of the regime of north korea. how do they feel about the summitand north korea. how do they feel about the summit and this chance of peace? some portion of the population in south korea, and i think most of the ordinary people in north korea, they suffered from the authoritarian nature of the regime. i have no doubt of the political consequence. this is kind of a diplomatic negotiation. we have to admit that north korea is a legitimate counterpart in the negotiating table. 0nce counterpart in the negotiating table. once we can get them into the community of the int

i think north korea can be -- north korean leader can be a person to negotiate with. i think it's worthwhile for president trump to have a talk with chairman kim jong-un. >> these summits have happened before, this is the third and declarations have been made before, similar declarations, and they've not come to anything, anything long term. do you think this is different? >> there is a difference because both north korean leader and south korean leader shared the view that past agreements should not be violated, they should be honored, that was the first in an ateam that was discussed between the two leaders and chairman kim jong-un raised the issue. we made several agreements in the past that they were not honored. this time we make an agreement, we wish to keep them. >> well, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us dr. moon chung-in, thank you. >> thank you, thank you very much. >>> if the journey of a thoand miles begins with a single step you can only imagine the sense of possibility that many koreans may have felt as they watched kim jong-un cross into the s

over lunch the north korean leader. and his fast moving security detail headed back to the north side so he could confer with other members of his delegation then a few hours later a symbolic moment of tree planting using earth from the mountains in the north and the south and water from the two biggest rivers on both sides another image filled with symbolism as the two crossed a footbridge together then in a move highly unusual in international diplomacy they stopped the two leaders sitting face to face alone with not even no takers for overhaul for now an awning out the final issues of the declaration it was signed and they made these statements. the child human touch on it's very significant that north korea took a measure of freezing its nuclear activities first it will be a valuable beginning for the contemplate denuclearization of the korean peninsula came jong un and i declare that there will be no more war on the korean peninsula and a new age of peace has begun a good i also know your eye injury and you know i

but talks with north korea well tell me what you learned about north korea growing up my parents were very sympathetic to north korea and they thought they were very well national police think then my peers so when i found my peers my friends or. thinking they're going to make it to be about north korea i think myspace you something also pricing to know. would you say that that chasm in terms of attitude still exists today of course when you look at the survey . when you contrast between the opinion of the. employees in twenty's as opposed to those in thirty's and forty's you find that lots of young people are more conservative conservative than. old scene stories and forty's because we had more experience with those korean provocation stand talks in dialogues in north korea and i think it still has became packed in the perspectives would you say that at times you felt afraid for your loved ones your friends or the country to south koreans were so used to meter strength of north korea that they don't feel insecure about their security situations when north korea launches. japanese peo

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious. to snuffle to others from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well the pledge to stop missile testing comes after a busy year of launches by north korea and twenty seven thousand there were twenty three in total last september north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan its right distance was thirty seven hundred kilometers which put the u.s. territory of guam under threat a few days later speaking at the u.n. the u.s. president called kim jong un a rocket man on a suicide mission and he warned the u.s. ma

about north korea. not. about kenneth bae not change i guess kenneth bae an evangelical christian who was arrested in two thousand and twelve while leading a to a group through north korea he was later charged with planning to overthrow the government and sentenced to fifteen years hard labor it's yet another cause of friction and dennis finds himself under pressure as a personal friend of kim jong un's to help push for by his release and then as if that wasn't enough for dennis to contend with just one day before he's due to fly out this happens. despicable human scum worse than a dog that's how north korean state media described the once powerful uncle and uncle of north korean leader kim jong un has been executed for trying to overthrow the government reports from north korea tonight say the second most powerful man in the country has been executed jang song tek the uncle of the country's leader had already been stripped of all his powers today a military tribunals ordered his execution after he was found

the high emotions i felt in the north korean camp too. is a right word for a blizzard and i have news for now for you the only right to have the respected martial here today and to watch my son play. is i know there are many players in the world but i think these must be the happiest in the world to god i with their achievements starting to sink in that say is begin to celebrate i. was i was thank you thank you thouse thank you thank you. the next day the us players but the few soreheads head out for some specially organized are in our time with a north korean team we have to share sasser going to work with in the meantime dennis and a few of the group head off on a separate trip. during the game dennis was told that the marshal had prepared something special he wanted them to spend the weekend in must agree on the north koreans knew and owned a ski resort was just two hours by car east of the capital. easy to keep. up to the officials have let us take a few shots of the ski resort we're told that only dennis and his closest confidantes c

intelligence agencies estimate north korea already has twenty to sixty nuclear weapons in september north korea celebrated the test of what they claimed was a hydrogen bomb it was or six the most powerful nuclear test so far in the war of words escalated the united states has a great spring and pace but if it is forced to defend itself words out we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime it will get a look that even gets about is. how do we know. the november north korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile they claim could strike the mainland united states they've had nuclear weapons for a while since two thousand and six but last year in twenty seventeen when they tested the intercontinental ballistic missiles that's when the threat perception of the u.s. went up dramatically right because south korea and japan had been within missile range for a long time estimates vary but north korea seemed to be within months of being able to deliver a nuclear weapon on an i.c.b.m. and kim was close to achievi

the models generally agree that heaviest rainfall will shift north of the north bay afternoon and early evening as shortwave ridging develops over california ahead of the incoming longwave trough. but light to moderate rainfall is expected to continue across much of our forecast area during this time and local heavy rain rates may continue in the north bay, particularly along southwest- facing coastal slopes where orographic enhancement will continue. rain rates will then likely increase in the bay by late friday evening, and then south across the remainder of area overnight friday night, as approaches and front through our thunderstorms are also a cold front moves through on friday night and early morning. little in the way of post- activity is expected and taper off pretty quickly after frontal saturday morning. in fact, most models dry conditions on saturday afternoon. totals through saturday are in the 1.25"-2.75" range for most urban locations (lesser amounts of 0.50"-1.25" in the santa clara valleys). 3.50" amounts are possible in the north bay valleys with 3.00" to in the coastal

and the north korean leader. the first one ever with the north korean leader and american president. this is remarkable. we know the working level talks and high level talks before the summit could not narrow down what denuclearization meant. that was left to these two men. you can see they have been talking now for 15 or 20 minutes. there is very intent discussion ongoing. it is rare to see two leaders at the summit without mikes or anyone around them or closest aides to check what they are saying. this is a candid moment. she is beamed around the world. they have a hotline now that is set up between the two leaders. this is not going to be the last time they will talk like this according to those leaders. kim jong un i kim jong kim jong un invited president moon to north korea. they are talking about future summits. this is not just about today. we are looking forward to seeing what kind of communication and what kind of draft agreement will come up at the end of today. how much can they decide in one day? the

-north korea relations. because a special event the lecture is an annual event, but today, we decided instead of a single lecture, we have this out ending panel to about an issue that is very pre-occupying and perhaps the number one national security challenge for the trump administration. i direct the international security program at george mason turn school of policy and government. ellen: i am alan leighton. -- ellen layton. i am moderating today. our lecture series, we are delighted to have members of the wonky family joining us today and all they done is that have made this special event possible. as you know, our two speakers are well-known. we have admiral mike mullen who was the chairman of the joint chief of staff. he's the executive officer of mgm consulting. and was the cochair of a 2016 foreign relations task force report. a sharper choice on north korea. we will ask him to update and revise the judgment of that report. victor cha is currently the senior adviser. victor cha is currently the seni

the north their economy. both sides north korea has talked about denuclearization south korea has talked about the north need to denuclearize and the united states has talked about the north need to denuclearize when each of those three players talks about denuclearization are they talking about the same thing i'm afraid not and i think that all the braid talks happening at the moment between the secret services from north korea and the u.s. and also in various generals into korean relations they were. we'll have to sort these differences out so when north korea talks about denuclearization what does it mean they don't talk about giving and getting rid of all the nuclear weapons necessary maybe to keep small stockpile of nuclear weapons for symbolic reasons as well but also for a kind of security insurance for themselves because ultimately for the north koreans this is a matter of national survival so they will not give up this brokerages this is what i thought i couldn't understand about this what why would

further north, the best of the sunshine in the far north of england and scotland. heavy showers.s with another chilly night. into the weekend, it doesn't look too bad, particularly northern and western parts of the uk. sunshine and showers, quite cool in that northerly breeze. that wet and windy weather arriving. this is the picture to saturday. a damp start across the south—east, some spells of light rain, low cloud, mist and murk. a bit of an improvement but the best of the sun shone across the north and west with a few heavy slow—moving boundary showers. cool again for the time of year. 9—12 celsius, particuarly cool across northerna nd eastern coasts. sunday as well. dry around, variable cloud, a bit of sunshine again, a few heavy showers in the north. tater in the day, the wind begins to pick up across the south—east with outbreaks of rain and those temperatures again, 9—11 celsius. chilly for late april. the wet and windy weather in the south—east associated with this area of low pressure moving north out of the near continent. it's going to bring some atrocious conditions

do you think north korea would ever actually fire a nuclear weapon. well first of all i'd like to state that even though inspectors were there before these were from the i.a.e.a. and they were only inspecting civilian facilities so no international inspectors a personnel have ever seen or inspected any component of north korea's nuclear weapon program other than dr siegfried hecker who was shown the uranium enrichment plant and some plutonium some years ago secondly. if north korea is to denuclearize it needs to also bring in not only the international atomic energy agency but also the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization which is the only international entity that has the credibility to verify the closure or the north korean nuclear weapon test site just because american and south korean and diplomats or officials might visit the site is not sufficient for international credibility with regard to your question about whether north korea whatever fire a nuclear weapon i seriously doubt that i also seriously doubt that the united states wo

further north, the rain in the far north of england and scotland. quite cool.friday evening and overnight, the rain peters out will stop further north and west, you can see clear skies with another chilly night. into the weekend, it doesn't look too bad, particularly northern and western parts of the uk. sunshine and showers, quite cool in that northerly breeze. this is the picture to saturday. a damp start across the south—east, some spells of light rain, low cloud, mist and merc. the best of the sun shone across the north and west with a few heavy slow—moving boundary showers. cool again to that time of year. 9— 12 celsius, cool across north—eastern coasts. sunday as well. dry around, variable cloud, bit of sunshine, the wind begins to pick up across the south—east with outbreaks of rain and those temperatures, 9— 11 celsius. chile to late april. wet and windy weather in the south—east. moving north out of the near continent. some atrocious conditions to the south and niche in dash south and east into monday. standing water, gale force, northerly winds, gusti

basically north korea requires u.s. and south korea to provide sufficient security guarantee you know order for north to consider denuclearization however as we are no security guarantee is bad definition reversible it's basically a political commitment to not threaten the other side but these commitments can be withdrawn any time so it's very difficult for north korea to. trost of this security guarantee and therefore as we all saw in north korea no longer demanding the u.s. and south korea to provide such scrutiny guarantee in the longer required of the us to withdraw its troops from south korea i think that's a signal to north korea also no longer think about completely give up its nuclear weapons so for the forseeable future i think north korea would likely. continue to keep some nuclear capabilities in the meantime to might agree to make some concessions for example the north korean leader kim jong un has already made explicit a high level political commitment to the to me go of denuclearization in addition to that

we used to always say that our north korea policy doesn't start with north korea, it starts with our allies and the allies have to be in court nation and agree on a common front ideally as well as china. i think that is an important thing as we think about going forward to this u.s. north korea summit, a summit in and of itself is not a strategy. a summit without a strategy is very dangerous. for that reason, it is important for the united states, the allies him a south korea, japan, as well as china, to coordinate at -- on what we are looking at in terms of what we seek from the north koreans at this meeting and also the difficult question -- perhaps a harder question of what we are willing --give in order to get the get what we want from the north koreans. i don't think there is any disagreement about what we want from north korea. the hard part to coordinate isng allies and with china what we are going to be willing to get that from the north. ellen: did you feel there were trade-offs between a military -- more broadly about the region versus the use of the military as one of the

between north and south korea.aintained they are the rightful rulers of the korean peninsula, but this is the first step with the two gentlemen are not necessarily adversaries, but they are equals and, keep in mind, he is the head of a nuclear state. that is the message they will be taking to the people of north korea. that is what they said all along. yvonne: of course, we love watching pictures of the honor guard from the south korean military greeting the north korean leader. what is going to be happening in the next couple of minutes or so is moon jae-in will introduce his people to kim jong-un and it will be vice versa. kim will then do the same with the south korean president. they will then walk over to the peace house where kim jong-un will be shining the guestbook -- signing the guestbook. then, more photo time. a lot of optics here, a lot of symbolism. can we get more subsequent results is the key. and kim jong-un is sending complex signals on what he might do when it comes to reaching some type of deal.

north korean summit. first part is comprehensive and dramatic development of our relationship with himself and north korea. there are six detailed agreements. is the majors. subtly changing arguments or the announcement. but now they change the, knowledge a little different. maybe just silly. this is very important. inmates north korea may take a -- tactic when he met president clinton -- i'm sorry, trump. i'm getting out of my mind. we carefully watch over the -- and why they change. is it a mistake or not? i don't think it's a mistake. it shows their kind of tactics. it's the one thing i pay attention to. second one is the establishment of a perpetual peace regime. also next summit would be how do they -- there are also several measures to reduce. parts.hree main let me have a variation on the new approaches. as many as -- there are no big changes. and no details. position inhas a the south korean north korean summit. building a considerable trust between these two leaders seems to be established. the k

founder of north korea part of that tree you can't cut it down the north koreans did not like that atll and they set about attacking the two americans and actually killed them with their axes that led to almost war during the time of gerald ford who was the u.s. president he sent a show of force and they did finally cut down the tree and here's the amazing part of that story back nine hundred seventy six u.s. soldiers were involved in the end of it in the end cutting down the tree so were some south korean conscripts and one of them you can see right there in your pictures in it was one of those south koreans on that moment of real tension here and now a moment of real optimism indeed and as we follow the progress of this summit minute minute by minute and and that's certainly how the south koreans are following it isn't it james because they've got they're being treated to live extensive coverage of their everything that goes on during the day but what about those in the north how is this being presented to the people of north korea. well north korean state television isn't even on a

for the north korean leader. had to go back to the north let's look at some of those huge developments that we've seen today these are live pictures from the demilitarized zone and as as i mentioned we are waiting for leader kim jong un to leave off to this day of talks this joint declaration agreeing to. arise the korean peninsula so they've agreed to that but do we know if they agree on what it means and when can we expect it to happen. that is what remains unclear out of this declaration elizabeth there was a lot of detail and it was it was historic this declaration that was signed when it comes to talking about meeting between north korea south korea the u.s. and china for example moving towards a more permanent peace regime and moving on from the armistice that was signed in one thousand nine hundred fifty three that was significant there was an agreement that plans to visit pyongyang in the autumn so that will be significant if that goes ahead but in terms of your question about denuclearization that was wh

multiple launchers, missiles testing by north korean. 0ut missiles testing by north korean.lking to them face—to—face, there will be the first summit meeting between the president ‘s in crowtree. —— crowtree. —— panmunjom. president ‘s in crowtree. —— crowtree. -- panmunjom. the critics of your government say there might be more involved, essentially, apart from some statements, kim jong—un has really given up nothing in order to get to this summit. well, i believe still the announcement made by pyongyang, including the suspension of the nuclear testing and missile launchings, as well as the shutdown of the nuclear testing site in the northern part of north korea speaks volumes about the direction we are going in terms of the denuclearisation and when they come to the talks with us and with the americans. but of course we will notjump to any conclusions regarding the denuclearisation. we will be serious, we will be very stubborn in talking with the north korean is for the importance of the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. president trump will follow friday's summit

very soon after north korea made its announcement president donald trump took to twitter saying north korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear tests and close up a major test site this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress exclamation point look forward to our summit and this summit that trump mentions it would be the first face to face meeting between the u.s. head of state and the president of north korea and it is scheduled to take place either next month or in early june and trump's optimistic tone comes on the second day of what seemingly is good news coming out of north korea for the u.s. negotiators it was just thursday that south korea indicated north korea had made some indications that it no longer would demand the u.s. to withdraw troops from the korean peninsula as part of these negotiations now trump has surrounded himself with some hard line advisers namely john bolton the national security adviser who has said that nothing north korea says should be believed so certainly it is expected that these advisers will be cautioning the president not to be

north korea. this announcement comes after a historic meeting friday between kim jong-un and south korean leader moon jae-in at the demilitarized zone between the two countries. during the meeting, which was broadcast live on the korean peninsula and around the world, the two leaders held hands and pledged to work for peace and replace the 1953 armistice with a formal truce. they also joked with each other, with kim jong-un promising he would not wake up moon jae-in any more with early morning missile launches. on sunday, north korea's state media said kim had vowed to immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests, and would dismantle one of its nuclear test sites. we'll have more on the historic diplomatic breakthroughs on the korean peninsula after headlines. in afghanistan, a double suicide blast in kabul this morning that killed 29 people, including eight journalists. isis has claimed responsibility. the first blast occurred in central district of kabul which is home to nato headquarters and a

an adviser on north korea. what's your reaction to the timing of this dramatic announcement from the north korean regime? >> wolf, i think it's interesting because he could have waited until he got into negotiations then offered this up as a concession. wouldn't be huge because as they point out, they already have a nuclear capability. they may be boasting more than comprehensive than it is. but you know, typically, when you start negotiations as has happened, we got into serious negotiations and this could be a confidence build iing measure. something that would offer. so it's unusual that it cops this early. i think it also raises the question of whether when mike pompeo visiting pyongyang, if he requested this before talks begin as a signal of seriousness, but the timing is interesting and also, i think it's a sign of confidence on the part of kim jong-un that he's willing to do this as a signal that their nuclear arsenal is significant and capable. >> christian, thank you very much. mr. whiten knows this su

trump is also planning to meet in the near future with the north's kim jong un. has also scaled back exercises between the u.s. and the size korean military. sunday's concert was held under the title spring is coming. but to many koreans both in the scythe and the north hope this means peace is on its way. and we can talk to hamas mostly from the graduate school of east asian studies at the free university here in berlin thank you for joining us in our studio now the north korean regime usually frowns upon western style music but we saw here at k. pop girl band getting a warm welcome what do you make of that well in the first place that might seem to be surprising but when you think about it of course kim jong un has to present himself as being able to make concessions and being able to have cooperative discussions so you can only accept it and after all also the north koreans were performing in the south right so this concert also coincided with the first day of the joint military exercises between the u.s. and south korea and these drills are usually seen by no

the north korean mt.inting, when we saw the painting in the hallway. it is 0riental painting and technique, that was the answer. the two leaders came to the reception. mr moon introduced the painting. it was also the writing of kim jae—sung. it means we are communicating with each other. that kind of meaning is there. that was highlighted for us to communicate. it has a square shaped. it means the first character. it also has kim's character. it also has kim's character at the start. that was mr moon's construction. —— instruction. iam sure, moon's construction. —— instruction. i am sure, just as you did, i started early in the morning. mr moon said, just a few kilometres away. mr kim said, i heard that you woke up early. maybe because of that meeting. when you received the embassy areas, i think it was a very good gesture as well. mr kim, i will make sure that you don't have to wa ke make sure that you don't have to wake up early in the morning in the future. i wonder why it has been so ha rd future. i w

there is trade, north korea, china. take us through some of the things you think will emerge from this meeting. >> the first thing is solidarity. prime minister abe is a friend of trump's. this is renewal of the alliance. the moving parts obviously abe is looking for some sort of help when president trump meets chairman kim with his abducted citizens. it will help him a lot with his low approval ratings get boosted. there has been some comments by the president himself about the high tariffs on american cars. there are many, many issues in the japanese trade. third thing is the specific idea released yesterday that there ought to be a peace treaty. the president says this process has his blessing. this is something that goes back to 1953. it adds to the idea president trump's visit could be an historic occasion for the presidency. we may see the same kind of visuals if the trip goes t goesh korea. so in are many pieces at work here. charles: a major piece of of news. the visit by mike pompeo to north korea, his personal

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and north korea between the cia and the north korean intelligence service they clearly are looking at the possibility of a meeting between the supreme leader kim yong and president trump the possible things that could be discussed possible things that could happen at the end of that meeting for example three american citizens who are held in jail here in north korea the americans want them to be released but also have been talking about the possible venues for a meeting could it be in europe could it be here in pyongyang could it be down in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea are there other places that we mentioned mongolia for example we're expecting to hear from donald trump and she is at a joint news conference shortly this is the scene at the u.s. president's mylar go resort what is often called the winter white house bring you that news conference as soon as it starts but first let's go to kimberly how kit is in palm beach in florida kimberly what are we expecting from this news conference. well donald trump has been tweeting in the last hour or so about the gre

if north korea's security environment fundamentally the improvement on north korea for sure would not rely so much on nuclear weapons for its security but that really requires a fundamental change of relationship between north korea and south korea and also between north korea united states. basically north korea requires u.s. and south korea to provide sufficient a security guarantee in order for north to consider denuclearization however as we all know security guarantee is better definition reversible is basically a political commitment to not threaten the other side but these commitments can be withdrawn any time so it's very difficult for north korea true trust of this security guarantee and therefore as we all saw in north korea no longer demanding the u.s. and south korea to provide the science community guarantee in the longer required the u.s. to withdraw its troops from south korea i think that's a signal to north korea also no longer think about completely gave up its nuclear weapons so for the foreseeable future i think north korea will likely. continue to keep some nuclea

further north, the best of the sunshine in the far north of england and scotland. heavy showers.sius. certainly cool near the east coast. as we had through friday evening and overnight, the rain peters out. further north and west, you can see clear skies with another chilly night. into the weekend, it doesn't look too bad, particularly northern and western parts of the uk. sunshine and showers, quite cool in that northerly breeze. that wet and windy weather arriving. this is the picture to saturday. a damp start across the south—east, some spells of light rain, low cloud, mist and murk. a bit of an improvement but the best of the sunshone across the north and west with a few heavy slow—moving boundary showers. cool again for the time of year. 9—12 celsius, particuarly cool across northerna nd eastern coasts. sunday as well. dry around, variable cloud, a bit of sunshine again, a few heavy showers in the north. later in the day, the wind begins to pick up across the south—east with outbreaks of rain and those temperatures again, 9—11 celsius. chilly for late april. the wet and wind

if north korea takes the right path under the japan-north korea pyongyang declaration, there could be a possible path to settle the unfortunate past and to normalize diplomatic relationship. for that to happen, a comprehensive resolution of multiple concerns -- including abduction, nuclear, and missile -- will be the fundamental precondition. through the upcoming historic u.s.-north korea summit, we certainly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. the japan-u.s. alliance is not just limited to the sphere of security, but it also contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world, as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo-pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make that happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s. -- including energy, aircraft, amongst others -- have already been increasing significantly. further, following the bold tax reform by pr

north south relations. so i think we have that thing really to start off the seminar and i think it is a good thing not just to stick to the nuclear issue or the nuclearization. but to broad b this into a broader cory rkorean issue invo the economic side and the north side in terms of very important components of u.s. policy towards north korea. and the proposal that president trump be prepared to go into these kinds of issues with kim jong-un and this will take me to my own comments. when i was a boy scout years and years and years ago there was a mod motto. be prepared. i don't know whether they still have that motto, but it was part of our oath when we raised our hands at each boy scout meeting. well, boy, this is the motto that needs to get in the white house right now. if this trump kim summit meet sg to take place. president trump needs to be realize probably needs to be told several times by his advisers that look, mr. president trump, we have been sense 1994 through three different negotiations. wit

and north korea. specifically about the location and timing because over the weekend, several news reported kim jong-un delivered his message he is willing to discuss denuclearization. but there is no report on where or even when. we just know that it could be the end of may. some say it is because kim jong-un invites trump, so young pyeongyang should be the location for the summit. but there could be a third country. ellen: what is your question? >> i want to know where the speakers should think the location should be, and also i believe it would take some time to tighten security, so once the location is confirmed, how long will it take to specify or finalize the date? ellen: thank you. admiral mullen: we actually know where it is, but we are not going to tell you. [laughter] admiral mullen: nobody has any idea where it is going to be. i cannot imagine the u.s. president would go to north korea, i cannot imagine that, but aside from that we have no idea. yes, every minute of a summit is choreographe