president, the republic of korea has always taken steps with the united nations since the establishment of the government in 1948, the republic of korea has received significant assistance from the united states -- united nations. first during the korean war and then the reconstruction. it was not until 1991 that the republic of korea could become a member of the united nations, the country has announced its roles and responsibility as a member state faster than any other nation in the span of just one generation from 1993 onward. ray has continued to participate in peacekeeping operations. korea has continued to participate in peacekeeping operations. we are trying to get to the root cause of conflict. over the past five years, the republic of korea has increased for refugees.ort expediting the implementation of the paris agreement and a shift in energy policy, the korean government is taking a lead in supporting climate change responses of developing countries through global institutes and the green planet fund. on top of this, my administration has met the goal of filling 30% p by sp

this is the republic of korea and 2017. for me, the president of the only divided country, peace is calling. and a historical duty. i am representing my fellow citizens who send out a message of peace through the candlelight revolutions to the global village, where wars and conflicts will know and. at the same time, and trusted to safeguard the people's rights to peace to an undisturbed daily life as a universal value. for these reasons, i hope north korea will be able to choose only its own path, leading to peace. peace, when chosen willingly, becomes sustainable. more than anything else, i am grateful that my convictions are joined by the international community. despite the international warnings,s demand and and to our great disappointment, north korea recently carried out its sixth nuclear test and further missile provocations. the korean government has made enhanced effort to convince countries in the region and beyond the necessity for struggle sanctions and pressure to make north korea stop its provocations and choos

. >> the assembly will hear an address by his excellency, the president of the republic of korea. welcome to the united nations, his excellency, president of the republic of north korea, and invite him to address the assembly. pres. moon: first of all, on behalf of the people and government of south korea, i would like to extend my sympathies to the victims in mexico as well as the people and government of mexico. i offer my respect and gratitude to all member states and the staff of the united nations secretariat for their contribution to world peace and security. i congratulate the election of the president of the second general assembly. i expect the session will be meaningful results under his excellent leadership. i also wish general gutierrez great success. the republic of south korea takes a strong stance in support to sustainingals peace. i look forward to the rebirth of the united nations as an even stronger organization, offering peace and prosperity for all peoples. mr. president, secretaries general and distinguished delegates, as i prepared this address, i thought abou

building on the strength of the republic intends to play an active role in addressing the pending issues facing the international community. mr president. of the republic of korea has always taken joint steps with the united nations. since establishment of the government in one nine hundred forty eight the republic of korea has received significant assistance from the united nations during the korean war and the process of post-war reconstruction. even though it was not until one thousand nine hundred one that the republic of korea could become a member of the united nations the country has its roles and responsibilities as a member state there faster than any other nation in the span of just one generation from one thousand nine hundred three onwards korea's continued to participate in peacekeeping operations. this year as chair of peace building commission it is focusing on be solving the root causes of conflicts. over the past five years the republic of korea has increased our financial assistance for refugees by fifteen times and last year it joined the un age as a twenty billion plus dollar donors klopp. now expediting the implementation of the paris agree

president the republic of korea has always taken joint steps with the united nations. since the establishment of the government in 1948, the republic of korea has received significant help from the world. even though it was not until 1991 they could become a member of the united nations. from 1993 on ward, korea has continued to participate in peacekeeping operations. this year, as chair of peace building commission, it is focusing on resolving the root causes of conflicts. over the past five years the republic of korea has increased financial assistance by 15 times, and last year it joined the whr as a $20 million plus bonus club. expediting the paris agreement, the korean government is taking its lead in supporting the climate change responses of developing countries through global green growth institutes and the green climate fund. my administration has met the goal of speer had heading the efforts to realize gender equality. in the years to come, the republic of korea will significantly increase its contributions to the united nations in all sectors. among other thi

the provisional agenda for this nonproliferation in the democratic people's republic of korea. the agenda is adopted. [gavel pound] >> in accordance with rules of theprocedure, i invite representative of the republic of korea to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. [gavel pound] >> in accordance with rule 37, i invite the representative of their public of career to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. [gavel pound] nowhe security council will give consideration to item number two of the agenda. give the floor to this gentleman. mr. president, members of the security council. in a statement by the official news agency on three december -- the democratic people republic of korea announced it had successfully conducted a sixth nuclear explosive test. characterize the event ." "perfect test they further said it also "marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goals of completing the state nuclear force." the executive secretary -- secretary of the preparatory commission indiana said in a -- vienna said it -- its data indicated the event measured ap

of north korea. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 77 of theprocedure, i invite representative -- representative of the republicf korea to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 from the council's procedure, i invite mr. jeffrey feldman, undersecretary general of political affairs to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i now give the floor to mr. jeffrey feldman. mr. president, members of the security council. in a statement by the official news agency on three december -- the democratic people republic of korea announced it had successfully conducted a sixth nuclear explosive test. characterize the event ." "perfect test they further said it also "marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goals of completing the state nuclear force." the executive secretary -- secretary of the preparatory commission indiana said in a -- vienna said it -- its data indicated the event measured approximately 6.0 magnitude. measured al sources yield is high 6.3. in any case, there is evidence

the provisional agenda for the is the democratic , -- the of korea noncooperation of the democratic republic of korea. accordance with wolf 37 of the councils provision -- with rule 37 of the councils provision, i invite the republic to participate in this meeting. it is decided. 39 ofordance with rule i inviteils provision, the under secretary general of clinical affairs to participate in this meeting. it is -- the undersecretary general of political affairs to participate in this meeting. it is decided. this is item two of the agenda. i now give the floor. members of the security council, in a statement by the official news agency, the democratic -- the democratic people's republic of korea announced that it had successfully conducted its sixth nuclear explosive test. " characterized the event as perfect success in the test of a hydrogen bomb." the news further said it marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goal of completing the states nuclear force. the executive secretary and preparatory commission of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization in indiana s

. >> i now give the floor to his skensy reyoung hoe, minister of the peoples republic of korea. >> translator: mr. president, first of all, allow me to congratulations your excellency on your election as the president of the 72nd session of the united nation general assembly. i look forward to successful outcome of the present session under your able guidance. before going into the main points in my debate, i feel forced to make comments on the speech uttered four days ago by someone called the u.s. president that rendered this sacred u.n. arena tainted. since trump uttered such reckless and violent words provoking the supreme dignity of the democratic peoples republic of korea at this very platform, i think it is very enough for me to make a response in the corresponding tone. during his eight months in power, he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing place full of crackling sounds of -- and now he has tried to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where money is respected and blood shed is the order of the day. the observed realty that the person like trump, a mane tally der

koreae president of south in here for a dinner. he met a wonderful presentation here in this very room and he made a wonderful presentation at dinner. here was a republic of korea that just came out of a beautiful, peaceful democratic election while the previous president was being put in jail and on trial. it was all done seamlessly. this is a nation that deserves support. i have a charge for all the americans in the room here today. when this conference is over, or -- there should be no doubt in the minds of any of our friends from the republic of korea that 100% behindtates them in military, security terms, economic terms, behind them politically, this is a charge that i give to my american friends. [applause] i have spoken my peace, what i think and now we will hear from someone who really knows what he is talking about. mr. president, president lee. [applause] president lee: thank you for your strong commitment and short remarks, which gives me a little more time to speak. thank you very much. the vice foreign minister is going to join us. ladiesuished gentleman, and gentlemen. a very good morning and welcome to the strategic forum 2017. on behalf

[applause] i think the minister for foreign affairs of the democratic people's republic of korea. -- i think -- i thank the minister for foreign affairs of the democratic people's republic of korea. up, republican political consultant will be on, examining president trump's ideology. he believes the president is not a conservative. labell will join us.

the democratic people's republic of korea is a responsible nuclear weapon state. will take preventative measures by merciless preemptive action in case the u.s. and its vessel forces show any sign of conducting a kind of operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country. however, we do not have any intention at all to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the countries that do not join in the u.s. military actions against the dprk. an u.s. is resorting to intrigue of condemning the dprk's nuclear possession as "a global threat" in order to find a pretext for coercing the u.n. member states to implementing the anti-dprk "sanctions resolutions." this is a sneaky and selfish attempt by the u.s. to avoid its responsibility for the nuclear issue of the korean peninsula and to pursue its own interests by using and sacrificing other countries that have nothing to do with this issue. government of the dprk made a request to the u.n. secretariat that a form of international law expert be legalzed to assess grounds and lawfulness of the unsc "reso

of north korea. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 77 of theprocedure, i invite representative -- representative of the republic of korea to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 from the council's procedure, i invite mr. jeffrey feldman, undersecretary general of political affairs to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i now give the floor to mr. jeffrey feldman. mr. president, members of the security council. in a statement by the official news agency on three december -- the democratic people republic of korea announced it had successfully conducted a sixth nuclear explosive test. characterize the event ." "perfect test they further said it also "marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goals of completing the state nuclear force." the executive secretary -- secretary of the preparatory commission indiana said in a -- vienna said it -- its data indicated the event measured approximately 6.0 magnitude. measured al sources yield is high 6.3. in any case, there is eviden

president-elect and the concerns and anxiety that we tored over then-president the republic of korea. as ambassador armitage just mentioned, many changes have ourrred, each requiring time and attention and credible analysis. i think we can all agree that another december forum was too long of a weight as we moved this one forward to september in water to address these critical issues at hand. i would like to draw your interest to several -- dry your attention to several boys of common interest. this year marks the 135th anniversary of the establishment of the korean u.s. to the many relationship in 1882. at a small port city on korean's western coast, people of the u.s. and korea had chosen an encounter each other as almost total strangers and finally signed the first agreement between our two countries. secondly, this year marks the fifth anniversary of the fta. that was after several years of negotiations. even after the deal was reached, five more deals were needed for the korean side to gain approval of the national assembly. place, thea in interdependence of our two countries, no

the democratic people's republic of korea is a responsible nuclear weapons state. we will take preventative andures, in case the u.s. special forces show any sign of conducting a decapitating against our country. we do not have any intention at all to use, or threaten to use nuclear weapons against other countries. to u.s. is resulting increase the condemning of the dprk's nuclear possession, as a global threat, to find the pretext for coercing other u.n. member states implement the anti-dprk sanctions. this is a selfish attempt to the u.s. to avoid its responsibility , and to pursue its own interests, by sacrificing other countries that have nothing to do with this issue. the dprk government made the request that a form of international law be organized -- a four-run of international -- forum of international -- international law be organized, but we have not heard anything. the same is true of the fact that the dprk made requests to the united nations circuit test security council, to discuss the serious threat posed by the ,rovocative u.s., south korea their mili

gavel pound] >> the provisional agenda for this meeting is nonproliferation, democratic people's republic of korea. the agenda is adopted. [gavel pound] in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provision of rules of procedure, i invite the representative for the republic of korea to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. [gavel pound] >> the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s/2017/769. that takes of the draft resolution submitted by the united states of america. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s/2017/769 please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. as resolution 2375 of 2017. i now give the floor to those members of the council who want to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the representative of the u

republic of korea military exercises. we do not want to begin negotiating after the north koreans detonated what they called a nuclear weapon, so there has to be a decent interval. and there can be negotiations and the caller right. the negotiator wants to be in a position of strength when negotiating. at the end of the day, what he or she is attempting to do, is to find a point, which the other side is repaired to make the concessions they would need. -- is prepared to make the concessions they would need. in our cases, they go to north korean capabilities. in our case, the question is, or to north koreans want in return? we know some of that because they tell us. host: based on what we know of kim jong-un, the way he killed his uncle in that horrific way, his half-brother, is he capable of negotiations? is he stable? some have said he is nuts. guest: i am not capable of determining whether kim jong-un is nuts. what is important to us is if he is rational, is he possible achieving a plausible outcome. if the answer to th

outlawed and forbid any country from exporting oil or natural gas to the democratic people's republic of korea however the newer version of the resolution does not have an a full embargo but it simply caps the amount of oil and natural gas that the d.p. r. k. can import now the resolution goes on to freeze the assets of kim jong un and top leaders of the democratic people's republic of korea all over the world essentially freezes their assets does not allow them to keep bank accounts or what not and the resolution goes on to support the six party talks so this resolution which will go before the united nations security council there's a very good chance it could be passed by the security council now that it's been adjusted and it no longer calls for a full oil and natural gas embargo. and it looks like the call for a diplomatic solution and negotiations and six party talks that has been the position of russia and china from day one seems to have prevailed. ok thanks for filling us in on the details that kind of reporting from new york. so. don't forget to check us out on social media on facebo

this lunch happening with world leaders of south korea at that table, the republic of korea at the table, as well as the president's cabinet, you've got wipes president mike pence by his side, as well as rex tillerson. the president sitting down, the lunch is beginning right now. harris, let me bring you in. >> harris: in you know who is not in room, china. >> sandra: we just got word there would be an announcement this afternoon of executive action. let's listen to the president. >> we significantly expand our authorities to target individuals, companies, financial institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. as i outlined it by address to the united nations general assembly, north korea's nuclear weapons and missile development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal rogue regime. the brutal north korean regime does not respect its own citizens or the sovereignty of other nations. our new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the dea

irreversible denuclearization of north korea in a peaceful manner, and rallying the support of international community. toward that end, the close coordination between the republic of korea, the united states and japan is essential as is the constant engagement to win the full support of china and russia. ladies and gentlemen, i'm sure you've already seen the north korean leader's statement threatening and i quote, the strongest counter measures ever, unquote against the united states. this message delivered in his own name for the first time was echoed by the north korean foreign minister in his speech at the u.n. and he ramped up the rhetoric this morning to the press stating and i quote, since the u.s. declared a war on our country, we'll have every right to take counter measures, end quote. indeed it is very likely that north korea will conduct further provocations and under these circumstances it is imperative that we, korea, and the united states together manage the situation with astuteness and steadfastness in order to prevent the further escalation of tension or any kind of accidental military clashes in the region which can quickly spiral out of contro

of our job log sold and a chance. youth dialogue. to south korea's. and we will also. be here with festival in so actually in the fall of. next year the republic of korea will host turned to the games. and i'm grateful to you mr president for the invitation create some of the opening ceremony. is one of the popular destination for russian tourists not less cheer the number of our two hundred thirty three increased by nineteen percent korea tourists visiting russia their number also increased by twenty percent you. have free travel between our countries of course. we discussed the situation on the korean peninsula you know what we continue to do and you started during our telephone conversation. we discussed the situation because of the new nuclear test north korea i repeated to mr mann. our principle position is we don't recognize north korea as a nuclear power the nuclear program of course is a blatant violation of the u.n. security council resolution because it creates poses a threat to security in southeast asia this is supported. by resin the security council has condemned was actually the latest launches of ballistic missiles. at the emer

as i recall off the top of my head we lose about 33,000 americans killed in korea. of course the loss of republic of korea, north koreans, chinese are staggering, staggering. remember we just upgraded our fire power dramatically and we were really punishing them. andrew? >> what do you mean by upgrading fire power? >> for example, we had bazookas that were world war ii vintage, 2.36 inch then we upgraded them to 5 inch. larger rounds, better penetration. one of the interesting things -- i know this sounds harsh but the object is to fire these -- these rounds and had them penetrate the outer skin and bounce around in the side and explode in there. the quality of the soviet steel was so bad that it passed right through the tank and came out the backside before they exploded. so we were upgraded in that way and other equipment. >> why was that still -- [ inaudible ]. >> what was going on was we were re -- we were trying to expend the excess world war ii ammunition and finish using the world war ii equipment. >> is there any attempt by the previous -- [ inaudible ] -- >> what's going on is trar tryin

[applause] >> on behalf of the general assembly, i wish to thank his the president of the republic of korea, for the statement just made. now i request representatives to remain seated while we greet the head of state. >> that same day, president trump announced new sanctions against north korea. he was joined at a luncheon in new york city right south korean president and japan's prime minister, who expressed their support for the new sanctions. this is about 10 minutes. >> thank you very much. today, i'm announcing a new executive order signed that significantly expands our authorities to target individuals, companies, financial institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. address toed in my the united nations general assembly, north korea's nuclear weapons and missile development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world, and it is unacceptable that others financially support this regime.'s rogue the brutal north korean regime does not respect its own citizens, or the sovereignty of other nations. will cutxecutive order off sources of revenue that funded no

pusan perimeter and there they were able to stabilize things with the american troops and the republic of korea troops and foreign powers' troops. when the invasion took place and they presented the issue to the united states and the people's republic of china which was secured by mt. saytung in 1949 was not admitted to -- what happened was the soviets boycotted and the u.s. was able to get it past through the u.n. and first, a statement of condemnation for the active aggression by north korea and then military forces from u.n. nations to help protect and defend south korea. all told, 21 nations sent either troops or personnel with expertise to aid the war effort. it's the united nations expedition and it was placed under the overall command of douglas macarthur and macarthur was the great world war ii hero and he was actually a world war i hero and people felt good about having macarthur in charge. fortunately, we were able to stabilize our position barely at pusan and slowly build up our forces and we created what was called the eighth army and the eighth army was commanded by walton walker a

i now will give the floor to the republic of korea. >> mr. president. first of all, i would like to thank you for convening today's meeting to follow up on our discussion regarding north korea's nuclear test on the 3 of september. i appreciate the opportunity to participate in this important discussion. the republic of korea accepts resolution 2375 which introduces new measures on north korea in response to its most powerful nuclear test to date conducted in defiance of the international community. we appreciate the leadership of the united states, which has been crucial in bringing about this resolution. we know how difficult it is to secure such a negotiated outcome. our petition goes to the other members of this council, especially china and russia without which the adoption of this resolution today would not have been possible. unanimous adoption of this resolution reflects not om the sense of urgency on the part of the security council in addressing north korean nuclear programs, but the true gravity of the situation on the korean peninsula caused b

as i recall off the top of my head, we lose about 33,000 americans killed in korea. of course, the loss of republic of korea and north koreans, chinese are staggering, staggering. remember, we just -- we upgraded our firepower dramatically, and we were really punishing them. andrew. >> -- firepower, why was that -- [ inaudible ] >> well, for example, we had bazookas that were world war ii vintage 2.36-inch bazookas. then we upgraded them to a 3.5-inch bazooka, so larger rounds, better penetration. one of the interesting things we had was -- i know this sounds harsh, but the object is to fire these rounds and have them penetrate the outer skin and kind of bounce around in the side and bounce around in there. but what we found was the quality of the soviet steel was so bad that the rounds frequently went right through the tank and came out the back side before they exploded. so, we upgraded in that way and other equipment. >> why was that still -- [ inaudible ] >> what was going on was, we were relying -- we were trying to expend the excess world war ii ammunition and finish using the world war ii eq

followed that procedure with congress formally declaring war against the democratic people's republic of korea however it's important to note that at the end of the korean war there was an armistice that was agreed upon between the united states and the d.p. r. k. and it was expected to be followed by a peace treaty and that peace treaty was never signed the usa does not recognize or have any diplomatic relations with many koreans do consider the united states to still technically be at war with the democratic people's republic of korea now the white house has said that they don't have an official response to the statement from the foreign minister however many are expecting that donald trump will give an official response on twitter there's been quite a back and forth between donald trump and the leaders of the d.p. r. k. let's take a listen to that. the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man. is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime through the kind of

five months from now the olympic winter games will be held in town tongue the republic of korea. it is the first of series of olympics to be held in north east asia. and twenty eighteen tokyo in two thousand and twenty in beijing in twenty twenty second. i aspire for these three olympics to become an opportunity for promoting peace and economic cooperation in northeast asia where remnants of the cold war and hope for the future as well as confrontations and cooperation co-exist with. the republic of korea is ready to make every possible effort for that. cease imagine for a moment. people from all around the word who love peace and sports will be gathered in pound which is only one hundred kilometers away from the demilitarized zone the symbol of divisions and confrontation on the korean peninsula. has of states and governments from all corners of the word will exchange greetings of friendship and harmony. my heart is filled with great joy when i imagine north korean ass less marching into the stadium during the opening ceremony a sow's north korean joint cheering squad enthusiasti

the democratic people's republic of korea is a responsible nuclear weapons state. we will take preventative measures by merciless preemptive action in case the us and its this or forces show any sign of conducting a kind of decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country however we do not have any intention at all to use or a stretton to use nuclear weapons against the countries that do not join in the us military actions against the d.p. r. k. the us is resorting to an intrigue of condemning the case nuclear position as a global threat in order to find a pretext for coercing other un member states into implementing the anti d.p. r. k. stance sanctions resolutions this is a sneaky and selfish attempt by the us to avoid its responsibility for the nuclear issue of the korean peninsula and to pursue its own interest by using an sacrificing other countries that have nothing to do with the issue that the. government made a request to the us secretary it that a forum of international law expert spirit organized to assess the legal grounds

requested by the united states, the republic of korea, france, uk and japan. e launch of the ballistic missile by north korea which flew over japan. the ballistic missile by north korea which flew overjapan. yesterday north korea announced it had succeeded in miniaturising the nuclear warhead to be attached to an icbm and only hours later north korea conducted their six nuclear test. sing together, it is clear —— seen test. sing together, it is clear —— seen together, it is clear how dangerous the actions of north korea are, and how this is not a problem just for north korean's neighbours, but for the entire international committee. the security council must not waste any time in putting an end to such an outrageous and u na cce pta ble to such an outrageous and unacceptable challenge to the security and safety of the world. regarding the nuclear testing, north korea is the only one to have conducted nuclear tests in the 215t—century. conducted nuclear tests in the 215t—ce ntury. almost exactly conducted nuclear tests in the 215t—century. almost exactly one yea

with the republic of korea. and obviously to do all 12 justices are impossible but i thought i would touch on your question. i think some copies of the statement have been passed around but not everybody has one the very first thing, and i'm a friend of of the trump administration i don't represent them. i was an advisor to the transition, so i may be the only friend of president trump in the room. i don't know if that you might want to identify myself with that point of view. because my first recommendation is president trump's commitment to visit south korea this year, strikes me as an opportunity for a real breakthrough in improving the alliance relationship. there are various ways and visit can be had in terms of what often called deliverables. seems to me that chances are good for a major success in that trip. secondly, ways to improve policy coordination on north korea. there's already been progress on this. president obama took it very seriously, the so-called strategic patience term actually covered, and

rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of the republic of north korea to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s/2717/769. the text of the draft was initially submitted by the united states of america. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. would those in favor of the draft resolution contend in document s-2017-769, please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as a result, resolution 2375 of 2017. i now give the floor to those members of the council who want to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to representative of the u.s. >> thank you, mr. president. and thank you for calling this meeting and allowing us to have this vote. the images from space of northeast asia at night show brightness and prospe

uttered such reckless and violent words, provoking the supreme dignity of the democratic people's republic of korea on this very platform, it is fair enough for me to make a response in the corresponding tone. during his eight months in power, he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing now, he hasf -- tried to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where bloodshed is the order of the day. trump is a mentally deranged , a person who is chastised even by the american people as the commander in grief, lying king, holding the seat of u.s. president and the dangerous reality that -- using against a land that holds the nuclear button. these constitute the greatest threat to international peace and security today. his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity of my it as aby referring to rocket. he committed an error possible rocket'sf making our visit to the u.s. mainland inevitable all the more. none other than trump himself is on a suicide mission. innocent lives of the u.s. are harmed, trump will be held totally responsible. the respec

shadow of dread cast by the provocative nuclear and missile test of the democratic people's republic of korea. itself, thosek are suffering hunger and the loss of their human rights. i can then that unequivocally -- i condemned that unequivocally. last week's unanimous adoption of resolution 2375 tightened sanctions and sends a clear message regarding the country's international obligations. i appeal to the council to maintain its unity. only that unity can lead to the denuclearization of the korean , and as the resolution recognizes, creates an opportunity for diplomatic engagement to resolve the crisis. when tensions rise, so does the chance at miscalculation. fiery talk can lead to fatal misunderstandings. ,he solution must be political and this is a time for statesmanship. we must not sleepwalk our way into war. more broadly, all countries must show greater commitment to the universal goal of a world theout nuclear weapons, and nuclear weapon states have a special responsibility to lead. there is an urgent need to promote disarmament and preserve the gains made in these directions. .hese

minister cho is the second ice minister for foreign affairs for the republic of korea. before stemming this position he served as the south korean ambassador to india and austria to --. permanent mission he is worked on a variety of issues during his distinguished career including trade, nuclear security, energy, and climate change policy. he was recently a visiting professor at a university of foreign studies. please give a welcome round of applause to minister cho. we will have him come to the podium now and give his remarks. thank you. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i am delighted to be here today to attend this forum. hosted by career foundations and the csi s. talk aboutld like to the three challenges we have koreaacing recently -- has been facing recently and how has beenhe u.s.-korea in facing those challenges. my remarks today, however, are not expressions of the official position of the korean government. as in fact i do not deal with the issues i am going to talk about today. i would rather therefore present my own personal observations on me korean go

if you look at the republic of korea, it's one of the top countries in the world. poor little north korea has nothing. and so this is just an effort by north korea to get some attention, to get some notoriety and to be taken seriously because they have nuclear weapons. that's another argument, which is to say let's contain it, let's figure out what we can do about it. i submit to you that this is a much more serious problem. because what we are seeing in the last few weeks is clearly missiles that are no longer just test versions of missiles. they are not just trying to see whether these things work and then we tinker and try another in a month. they have a production process with these missiles. it's pretty clear they have mastered some things that many people, many experts actually felt they would not achieved by this time. solid fuel rocketry for example. multistage rockets. it's pretty clear they are making a lot of progress, and so we have to ask is this all part of a little country that wants to be taken seriously, or is there a much more purposeful issue invo