maybe intended to be a compliment to the south korean government, but it comes across as a dig saying kite have been a disaster had the north koreans not participated. although he did thank everyone. >> quickly want to weigh in on this, basically the only way we can withdraw troops from the korean peninsula would be modernization of the north korean regime and a change to the north korean regime. modernization in north korea is not a good thing. >> change. >> change is not a good thing for a regime like kim jong-un's. >> there were bizarre moments today. >> that's not something he wants. >> bizarre moments. former nba player, the president talking about beachfront property in the north korean capital, a country that is a century behind when you take a step back. a lot that was ridiculous and that was one of them. that's ridiculous. let's not forget, south korean security are reliant on u.s. troops that are there. this was a brutal war. a million were killed. 30,000 u.s. troops died. less than 70 years ago. that's fresh. >> thematically, modernization is not good for an oppressive regi

it from the south korean capital, seoul. is it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very it fromis very difficult it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from here it from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from here to it tell from the south korean capital, seoul. is very difficult from here to it is very difficult from here to tell what the movements are that the suggestion is that three senior ministers —— ministers, the defence chief, general, and others may not be tied in necessarily to the singapore summit next week and we understand that it may be linked more to a decision taken a couple of weeks ago and more of a change of generation but the other suggestion is that the new defence chief is more of a moderate. and more in line with kim jong—un‘s current thinking that denuclearisation may be the goal rather than nuclear conflict. it is of course may be part of kim jong—un‘s strategy to keep control of what happens with his military, to get rid of any form of dissent but the r

will halt these joint exercises with south korea on the korean peninsula. we have breaking news. we just got a statement from south korea. unless you wonder whether this was a concession from the united states. listen to what south korea says the statement from their blue house the white house. at this moment we need to figure out president trump's accurate meaning and intention of this comment. however, we believe we need to seek various measures how to efficiently move forward the dialogues during serious talks are being conducted to denuclearize the korean peninsula and establish relationships between the north korean and the united states. we need to figure out the president's accurate meaning and intentions. that's south korea, the united states partner in these joint exercises. joining to discuss all this jim sciutto. cnn global affairs specialist, joseph yun who knows more about this than anybody. also with us, cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. i want to start with you. just step back for a moment. the president says this is a step forward. this com

and they were cheap north koreans only earned one tenth of what their counterparts in south korea made on par with other cheap labor countries in the region but case song is only sixty kilometers from seoul and everyone there speaks korean for local businesses a major plus but then in two thousand and sixteen it was all over the border was closed after north korea conducted nuclear and ballistic missile tests since then the only way of accessing the country from the south has been through binoculars. that bridge back there is part of the railway line that leads to the k. song industrial complex at the moment of course back in action is closed but that could easily change and it could in fact become part of a much wider plan of economic cooperation between north and south korea that the government in seoul has put on the table. that plan and business is three major economic orders and industrial logistics and transport belt along the west coast connecting the korean peninsula with the north east of china and energy and natural resources belt into russia's far east and an eco and tourism

they didn't know necessarily about the summit that took place at the end of april between the south korean north korean leader what could this mean well this is a piecemeal feeding of information and i don't know what exactly the north korean government wants to achieve with this but certainly they want to be in control about every single thing that's going into the country but this is not the case anymore especially in the border regions in the north there is information flowing and there's information from the outside flowing into the country so it will be hard to control that narrative for a long long time and he knows that so i guess this is kind of teaching the north koreans the more international face of north korea that is now for trade now we are just a short while ago the u.s. president and the north korean leader sitting side by side and signing this joint document we're not entirely sure what's in that document was rather tight lipped about that he said they'll hand it out to the reporters so we should find out in a short while and we're also let's remind viewers that we're wait

president and the south korean public jason what else can we expect moving forward or one of the south koreans expecting to happen after this summit surely not a lot has been discussed perhaps in terms of concrete policy but that's coming in the days weeks and years ahead but what are the what is so looking at right now. why i think the south korean people all want to just hoping that the dialogue continues that there is not a breakdown i remember there have been remains like this made many times in the past between the two koreas so but they often fallen apart after some time so i think for many south koreans they just want to see the dialogue continuing and not returning to a time like last year where there was fears that it a third world war was going to erupt between the u.s. and north korea jason strother reporting live from seoul thank you very much thank you. now d.w. correspondent alexandra phenomenas following a story this historic summit for us from singapore alexandra tromp and kim have signed this document do we know exactly to what they've agreed to do. walter are copies o

military you have older generations that remember american soldiers here fighting alongside south korean forces to repel north korean and chinese military forces but for younger generations here many people view the u.s. military as sort of an occupying force and there are some that would not mind seeing u.s. soldiers go home jason strother and sole thank you. to yemen our troops backed by a saudi led coalition have launched an attack on the main port city of what data is seen as a key battlefront and possible turning point and yemen's three years civil war between the countries saudi backed government and iran allied who's the rebels but aid groups warn the whole data assault risks massive civilian casualties and exacerbating the country's already severe humanitarian crisis an estimated six hundred thousand people live in the area we're now joined by. who's with save the children mr shahar you have teams on the ground in the port city can you tell us more about the current situation. well the situation for their city is very worrying because many people are threatened to lose their live

are living with and have been living with for for decades and younger south koreans have never known a different a different south korea so of when i was in seoul just last week and i spoke to people many of them said that they really hope for some sort of their chlorination that you know there will be a peace deal at some point so that the animosities between north korea and south korea can be ended so they can be relieved of that threat so that's what the south koreans hope of course there are these human rights violations there are presumably one hundred twenty thousand north koreans in hard labor camps we hear these stories these gruesome stories of of kim jong own killing his own its own uncle with anti aircraft fire he you know he had his is is is brother is half brother killed not far from here you know in an hour by plane from here in in kuala lumpur at the capital of malaysia airport with a nerve agent so that you know that gives you a scope of of what kim jong un is capable of but that's not the the image that he's been trying to send out to the world just yesterday for exa

it has been interesting, different reactions between the americans and the south koreans are. n focusing it on a non—proliferation, disarmament issue, sincejohn and threatened to strike them with a nuclear warhead. whereas, with south korea it is about making peace with a long—time enemy on its northern border, but also a cousin or countrymen. somebody that is a relation and they have been extremely excited about it, as we have been seeing over the past months. vijay in being instrument and to this. ,moonjae—in. responding very quickly, then you had the elliptic diplomacy and that extraordinary summit, where mr kim stepped over onto the southern side and then mr moon stepping onto the northern side, which was really an emotional moment. we don't have that same sense of emotion here and that isa same sense of emotion here and that is a contrast. it was interesting, ' from the president that he could barely sleep last night. lot is at sta ke for barely sleep last night. lot is at stake for him and the south koreans and how mrtrump stake for him and the south koreans and how mr tr

-south korean military exercises. whorth korea announced that they considered themselves to no longer be bound by the ceasefire that ended the korean war in the '50s, that was in protest of u.s.-south korean military exercises. for years, for decades, north korea has not just demanded. they have hysterically demanded and fired missiles and killed people and sunk ships and shelled inhabited south korean islands to stop these joint u.s.-south korean military exercises. and now trump has just given them that forree, for nothing, apparently without talking to anybody else about it, including his own military or the south koreans or anybody. the u.s. government, the trump administration insisted there would be no concessions to north korea unless they had complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization. right? they'd have to do that before the u.s. gave them anything. they didn't give any of that. they didn't even promise to do it. and they got an end to u.s. joint military exercises with south korea, one of the things th

and south korean partners, on a ready-to-fight tonight footing. e idea that these could be conceived from south korea's perspective in the way that president trump characterized it is something that appears to caught them off guard and the decision to stop these joint military exercises. we know there have been various levels of communication since the most recent communication with the foreign minister here and secretarystate mike pompeo here. that conversation about what else transpired since the summit and what south korea and north korea relations are looking like right now. they are improving. what is there to update mike pompeo from the south korean perspective. principally the coordination and this particular phone call and the fact the deputy foreign minister is going to washington this week really seems to underscore south korea's perspective is don't leave us out of the decision making. keep us in the loop. it is a joint decision with the united states and south korea. the bilateral agreement on the joint military exercises. the idea they

troops to work with their south korean counter parts. re peaceful exercises designed for the purpose of dealing with north korean invasion and the north koreans have nothing to fear from this. for the president to take the north korean line, and say this is something we're going to get rid of and then he makes the frankly, bizarre argument that they cost a lot of money. well, they may cost a lot of money but they cost nothing compared to a war. once again, i think it was was kind of shocking. i hafriends in south korea who were just horrified that out of blue comes the fact they're not only cancelling exercises but he also made the point he's made before but kind of chilling to see him make it in singapore after meeting with the north koreans that he wants to bring the troops home any way. >> you sound pretty skeptical. you're septembkefical they will up nukes. is it possible the president has stumbled upon a strategy here that might work? what has done that you said it's not what i would have advised but maybe withhis weird leader in nor

in sharp contrast, the south koreans were delighted. though the country is not going through to the quarter—finals, it's the first time south korea has beaten germany in a world cup match. it's also the first time germany has ever been defeated by an asian nation in a world cup match. naturally, the fans' reactions to the match were different too. translation: we did not play like a world champion today. we needed a goal and the team did not fight enough. they stood still with the ball, even moving forward. that was everything except like a world champion. next world cup! i will be honest, i thought deutschland would win because they are really good. i was really surprised when we scored two goals! the bbc‘s olly foster is in moscow for us. he told me just how historic this exit is for germany. since it went to the group stage format, not long after that, germany have never failed to get out of a world cup group. but there they are, bottom of this group after being defeated by south korea. this was a south korean side who were already ou

military officials and a south korean government off guard though how did this announcement go down in seoul. right i think everyone has been caught. by surprise by trump's remarks let alone the united states forces korea which stations nearly thirty thousand american soldiers here however on the streets let's say it's more of a mixed bag there are certainly south koreans who feel that the. united states forces here the annual exercises are sort of a a a lynchpin of the republic of korea u.s. alliance but there are also many south koreans who would be very glad to see the united states gale down any sort of military maneuvers here. it is correct that the exercises are provocative and north korea uses those maneuvers to justify launching missiles making threats to turn soul into a sea of fire threatening to strike the united states with intercontinental ballistic missiles but again this has called people by surprise here and i think we can expect negotiations between the u.s. and south korea to engage over this jason you mentioned the nearly thirty thousand u.s. troops in south korea tr

the people who have been abducted from south korea by the north koreans from south korea and from japan for that matter as well something that. the japanese prime minister had pushed very hard to be included in these negotiations between trump and kim we don't know if that was discussed at all maybe we will find out from donald trump when he holds his media conference but certainly it doesn't appear if things like that or other human rights issues were mentioned in that statement there is a mention though about the united states and north korea committing to establish a new u.s. d.p. r. k. relations out doesn't say diplomatic relations it doesn't specify a formal end to the war but that perhaps offer a glimmer of hope. yes a certainly think it will it's security really is what the south koreans are predominately worried about at the moment and when you talk about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula that could well mean in any future deal or reduction or indeed the removal of the u.s. troops that are based in south korea there are almost thirty thousand u.s. soldiers in south ko

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 a little bit of cynicism as well yes and a lot of caution and i think that's well bar and at this moment to be very careful not to overrate the developments at the moment is a good development in a sense and it's a very initial step towards a more. a greater diplomatic process but is not this is not the breakthrough this is not the gordian knot that has been cut at this point in time where today we're seeing him. shakes and smiles the chinese are potentially watching i'm sure that they are we've been talking about the potential of the security assurances that washington could provide to pyongyang in return for complete denuclearize asia and whatever form that may take we do

well the ass doesn't seem to get anything in return for dad even more we are now hearing that the south korean military is quite confused by this announcement that was apparently the. negotiated or known to both sides to the to the cells korean side and we have to say that president mentioned during the press conference that north korea is willing to or is actually closing bell a nuclear testing site however we really don't know is it happening right now as it's going to happen in the future and besides we have to add that the north korean regime close or destroy its nuclear testing site shortly before the summits took place however also in this kid there is no verification no evidence that this site has really been destroyed. in the meantime of course thirty two thousand u.s. troops on sanctions against north korea remain in place. that's true president trump said during this press conference that sanctions remain in place however he also added that he would like to lift these sanctions when he see that there is really progress being made and he also added that actually he would like to throw

peninsula, that news coming in from south koreanp agreed to lift sanctions on north korea during the summit. that has certainly not in public. also, the two leaders, we are told, plan to visit each other‘s capitals. hello there. wednesday's weather will start off innocuously enough, but there is trouble on the horizon. after some sunny spells through the day, things as we go into the evening will turn very wet and very windy, unusually windy for the time of year. after what has been a relatively quiet spell of weather, thejetstream is breaking back from the west, bringing a lot of cloud from the atlantic. and, where you see these dips in the cloud structure, that is where we are developing some areas of low pressure. this one is going to bring a very wet and windy wednesday night. but, for the time being, we're starting the day under the influence of a ridge of high pressure. so we're going to see a lot of dry weather and some good spells of sunshine through the day. cloud amounts will tend to increase from the west as the day wears

troops in south korea as well so the korean peninsula as much larger than just north korea says signaling perhaps north korea wants to see those twenty eight thousand five hundred u.s. troops out of south korea i'm certainly of the people that have been negotiating with north korea before will notice the difference between korean peninsula includes both koreas and newer north korea well we're going to hear from donald trump we think in about an hour's time what's the question you would like put to him at this stage and another question from me where do we go next think the question i would ask is secretary of state said gee is the most important letter in the alphabet and i don't see a v. in the joint statement where do we go next it's not clear there's not clear if there's going to be another leaders' summit or even who the north korean negotiator with secretary of state pump aoe is as i said many questions unanswered not so many answers welcome thank you very much we'll hear from you again later so there you are just one of the experts somewhat underwhelmed and underwhelmed by already a

hearing from the office of the south korean president and reviews are generally positive. just after the summit wrapped up, we heard from the spokesperson. they welcomed success at summit. they offered congratulations offering president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. historic event. south korean president moon had a lot to do with diplomatic run-up to the event. neil, there are some grumblings especially announcement by president trump they would suspend joint military exercises voluming u.s. and south korean forces here. incations we got on the ground from south korean government and military here on the peninsula, they got no advance word about this talking to military and strategic experts, they say the drills aremportant from symbolic and practical standpoint. they're hoping they are not gone forever. a few other concerns too. they like the sound of denuclearization. they would have liked to see more detail. they like the idea that north korea is offering to get rid of another missile testing site but we've been reporting on that for a couple of days. no wor

last month that the north korean government and the south korean president set up a hotline. big deal. but then remember at the end of last month, the north koreans stopped talking to the u.s. and stopped talking to the south koreans. they were showing their displeasure. even if they have these channels open, if they get angry about something, they will just go cold and they stood up a u.s. delegation in singapore that was supposed to be organizing the summit that led to president trump cancelling it briefly. so it's good to have these channels of dialogue but you're still dealing with north korea. >> right. you're still dealing with the motion. >> yes. >> ivan, great to see you. >> good to have you here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> happy father's day. that's right. straight ahead, the president, reporters call him out. he sticks to his claims. then what? brian stelter joins us next with trump's ongoing battle with the truth. who doesn't love a deal? i do. check out the new united explorer card. saving on this! saving on this! saving in here. rewarded! learn more at theex

, that will involve the south koreanss of more meetings, more negotiations, building more trust and deciding how they're going to progress in what, again, north korea is reporting, both sides agree will be a step by step process towards denuclearisation. but as you say, and mike pompeo gets here later. i think there will be meetings with the japanese as well. i've been speaking to doug paal from the carnegie endowment for international peace. he gave me his reaction to the possibility of sanctions being lifted. i'm not surprised at the north came away with a number of messages that may not be in the publicly released materials so far. they will have construed or heard things that are not — the american government is not ready to tell the american people directly. president trump's pledge at the press conference to stop the military exercises will exacerbate, surely, the nervousness in south korea and japan? of course, and you take that together with his performance at the g7 meeting in quebec, and his extraordinary press

not surprisingly, fans of the south korean team were delighted. 's the first time south korea has beaten germany in a world cup match after facing them twice before. it's also the first time germany has ever been defeated by an asian nation in a world cup match. and here's the reaction in mexico where their fans gathered outside the south korean embassy to thank the team for their victory over germany which means that mexico progress to the knock—out rounds along with sweden. elated fans placed a traditional "sombrero" hat on sun tae park, the counselor of the south korean embassy in mexico. there was dancing, chanting and even a mariachi band. the south korean consular general said "there's no distinction between mexicans and koreans today" and that mexican staff at the embassy were crying with joy. tea rs of tears of a different kind in germany. since the group stage format, not long after that, germany. since the group stage format, not long afterthat, germany had never failed to get out of a world cup group. there they are, bottom of the group

by surprise we know that the south korean president in was watching that media conference from the south korean capital seoul and afterwards there was a phone conversation between the two presidents a very brief statement released by president moon afterwards read by one of his spokespeople and there was no mention in that statement about this announcement by president trump that these military exercises would be ending there was a statement released by the south korean for defense ministry saying that they were still basically decipher the words from donald trump to see what exactly they meant and there was also a statement released by the military forces the u.s. forces based here in south korea saying that they had received no information no order that these military exercises were going to be canceled or suspended in the next round of those exercises is coming up in august all right so he has trump here shaken his allies where does this leave the process now. well i think that the south koreans will be very concerned about this because clearly it gives north korea a significant conce

troops on the south korean border with north korea. 38,000 u.s. troops on the border. any weakening of ties between south korea and washington would be seen as a benefit in terms of the influence china can wield over the korean peninsula. there are risks, of course.we w. risks around whether or not kim gets so close to washington on the back of these talks that it starts to make china feel uncomfortable. they do want to maintain that influence in this region, so that is something they're looking out for. longer-term, they are looking at the economic possibilities. we have been talking around that with one of the guests in north korea, but it really infrastructure and opening trade flows. a number of issues china will be monitoring very carefully. we had a comment from the official state run news agency of china, warning there was going to be a bumpy ride in these conversations going forward and saying that both sides, north korea and washington, should continue to take action to move things forward in a peaceful manner and china will continue to support a peaceful reso

-south korean wardens. we will stop the workrkers which wi save us a tremendous amount of m money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along likeke it should. but we will be saving a tremendous amount of momoney. plus, i think it is very provocative. amy: that was president trump speaking at a news conference early this morning. it was his first full news conference in more t than a yea. trump p also expressed h hope fn end to the korean conflict. pres. trump: an extreremely bloy conf ravaged t the kororean peninsula. cap wawas people died in the coconflict, including tens of thousands of brave americans. while the armistice was agreeded to, thnever ended to ththis day.y. never ended. but now we can all h have hope thatatt will soon n end, and i t will. have to define not the future. amy: after the headlines, we will go to singapore for more on this historic meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. in a major immigration decision, attorney general jeff sessions announced mond

that i have been nstalityabout within the north korean government, it is important to tell you that the next to last chapter deals with what we do. souths to say us and our korean allies if north korea collapses. that is a chapter that goes in depth about how north korea could collapse and how the international community would react and what impact it would have in our foreign policy. if you read it i hope you enjoy it. what does the future hold for us? if we are talking about engaging north korea, it is very important to understand that north korea will never, ever, ever give up its nuclear weapons. it is not only a fact that they consider this important to their national security, this is a legacy. we are talking about a dynastic form of government. kim il-sung was the one who dreamed about having nuclear weapons and he passed that down to his son. it is now his grandson's legacy. they will keep their nuclear weapons, it does not matter what they tell us. we can also plan on seeing north down, continued to engage in proliferation and illicit activities. proliferation, one of the main countries they are proliferating to is syria. their

the pentagon was caught off guard and japanese and the south koreans. i wouldn't be surprised if we see the president wa it back once everybody sees what happens and wt the north koreans will do going forward. >> shep: as you mentioned, the process is different than it used to be. in the world you're discussing, president trump could lay out some sort of vague ideas and mike pompeo could go in there and really get some diplomacy going and maybe make some progress, which would be the best thing im now it'sp to mike pompeo. >> it is and the hard work of individuals behind the scenes at the state department in the intelligence community. all of these resources need to come into play in terms of laying out a structured timetable of phased negotiation. what i'd like to see here is something that lays out if we do x, that i follow with y and vice rsa over a period of time. that's how you build confidence and trust. it doesn't matter to me what kim jong-un said to trump in this meeting. it matters whether or not his actions align with that and we can verify tha

it has been a sensitive issue for south korean leaders here.a where they see it as a bilatergreement where they were blind sided to a degree by president trump's announcement and they want closer cooperation. that was reiterated today early this morning korea time and late last night in washington on the phone call from the foreign minister here to secretary of state mike pompeo. talking about everything that changed since the summit. briefing on what developments the countries have made. the statement from the foreign minister here clear vowing to keep the close communication going. that relates to the joint military exercises. dave. >> andagain, no update on if the president spoke to north korea on sunday as he said he would on friday. nic robertson, thank you. >> for the first time in 29 years, repeat champion at the u.s. open. 28-year-old brooks koepka. the last man standing sunday at shinnecock hills. koepka is the first golfer to win back-to-bac since curtis strange in 1988. he finished at 1 over par. ahead of tommy fleetwood who shot 63

the past only to fall apart but i do feel this the feeling here is more of a cautious optimism south koreans have a very good feeling right now about kim jong il and after he sent north korean athletes to participate in the punch on winter olympics earlier this year after two very successful summits with president moon jan many people here feel that kim unlike his father and his grandfather. is a man is as a leader that his country can put more trust into jason strother and so fucking care. the big prize of all of this is the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula trysts finn is executive director of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons a group was awarded the nobel peace prize last year welcome to d w i believe you're a heartbeat with today's declaration she could tell us why. well we are really welcoming the fact that these two leaders have chosen a diplomatic way to solve their their conflicts just a few months ago they were threatening to start a nuclear war starts a really beautiful thing but when it comes to the actual agreement or this document that they si

president trump has spoken with the south korean president about 30 or 40 minutes ago. we're still waiting to see what the details of that conversation. the president's decision that's he made here in singapore are going to have reverberations in the days to come. john? >> kaitlan, thanks so much. joining me now chief national security correspondent jim sciutto and david sanger. david, look, i think it may be an oversimplistic way to look at this but people are asking who won? who comes out looking better or with more? the people of the korean peninsula won because it seems that we're further away from the possibility of military conflict to an extent. the world is maybe, you know, safer than it was eight months ago, but if you're looking at president trump versus kim, who left with more? >> certainly it seems that mr. kim is returning back to north korea having given away very little, having gotten the sensation, at least for a while, of these u.s. military exercises, which until yesterday the pentagon would have told you was at the core of building up and effective de

korean spy ship. after three decades in a south koreanjail, he after three decades in a south korean jail, he wants tojail, he wants to go home to a family he has not seen since 1962. translation: i was very young and i was very much in love with my family in north korea. we were inseparable and had a lot of fun. despite that, icame to and had a lot of fun. despite that, i came to south korea because my country was suffering. prison life was very hard. why is that? we knew to convert ideology and they tortured me for any small reason because i did not. he hopes the current talks will result in him going home, but he does not trust the us says he believes they are responsible for dividing the two koreas. translation: when you see people go on television and talk about denuclearisation, the foreigners came and divided us and made us fight each other. if they we re made us fight each other. if they were nice to us and helped us, why would we create nukes? this man says he was not a spy but was jailed for over 30 years anyway. he now has a wife and family in south korea, and yet he still wants to return t

tomorrow morning here, about 12 hours from now, mike pompeo will meet with the south korean president, president moon. he will meet with the south korea's foreign minister and japan's foreign minster to brief them. e will be com to the preso perhaps a chance for us to try to clarify some of those issues as well but key for the south koreans just to get a grip on what president trump is planning, what he's saying here. they do say as well, poppy and we have to be clear about this, south korea does want to do whatever it thinks it can do to help the united states really strengthen this relationship with north korea. >> absolutely. nic robertson, keep us posted. thank you. >>> right now on the other side of the border, north korea the north korean people are seeing some extraordinary things when it comes to how the state media there is covering the historic summit, what is left in and what is left out. our will ripley has more. >> reporter: poppy, the images of the trump/kim summit in singapore were being instantly arounded the world except for the one place where it matters most in nort

and south korean companies are hoping for a revival of a special economic zone called k. song just across the north korean border. engine component producer s.j. tech was the first south korean company to set up shop here until two years ago it had access to north korean labor. they were quick learners passionate about learning untalented. those qualities made them stand out above other labor forces in the region. and that is why the companies in k. song were so happy to work with them. he says. and north koreans earn just one tenth of what their southern counterparts make that's on par with labor from other countries regionally ok song however is only sixty kilometers from seoul and everyone there speaks korean a major plus for south korean businesses but in two thousand and sixteen south korea closed the border after north korea carried out nuclear and ballistic missile tests this specific thawing could turn the situation around again. but german court says v.w. must pay one billion euros for manipulating its emissions controlling software that's the biggest fine ever sl

decision to cancel the end will military drills along the korean peninsula the president called them war games and provocation but allies like south korea and japan say the exercises as essential to regional security north korean state media held a summit with donald trump is a victory for pyongyang led by kim jong the two leaders met for the first time on tuesday in singapore they signed an agreement that has been scrutinized for what it did and did not say. to destroy his nuclear arms but with no specifics no time to timelines the leaders also accepted invitations to visit each other's countries. i mean he joins us live now from souls so wayne yesterday the government of south korea gave a very measured response to the seeming surprisingly announcement from donald trump that the war games as he called him the provocation as he called them which is also the wording the north korea usually uses for these exercises they gave a very measured response saying we need to figure out what this actually means have they figured out what it means. well it seems they haven't seemed certain also that they didn't know this was coming they were

and this is true of south koreans and others. they come away impressed. that the north korean dictator is not only not a raving lunatic, but actually quite reasonable. kind of gracious. has a sense of humor, at times they even say strangely pleasing things like, we understand that the u.s. troops will have to leave but they do play a stabilizing role so we are not calling for their immediate withdrawal. and then americans come away totally impressed. uniformly, certain in the belief that they have made some kind of a deep emotional connection with a north korean dictator. by virtue of their own charisma, intelligence and empathy that they cannot trust in. what kim jong-un seeks is a negotiation process. not a final agreement. not an agreed resolution. with which to buy time and money to perfect his own nuclear posture review. this is more rambo forward -- by the time you've seen the fourth installment you have a good idea of how the movie will end. and not end. time after time they fall for the trap. why? because north korea is dangling before the internat

he told south koreans that. there's a theory out there that maybe xi jingping told kim jong-un that's the ask to ask the united states. china is playing a hand. they want to make sure they have their influence. continue the maximum influence over north korea. that's paramount for china and they don't want to be sidelined. they want to be a player. they want to be involved in the process. >> china wants us to remain dependent in tough situations with north korea. it's one of china's strongest assets it's had with the united states whenever we considered sort of a response to china on trade or currency or other things in the past, one of the thingsd inside the white house would be well, but we do need them onhis thing we're trying to do with north korea. china will always want to hold onto that. there's some optimal level of progress for china and nothing beyond that would be welcomed by china. >> is there any chance that north korea will try to make a break from china? in the future, in the years coming. and try

and south korean forces standing shoulder to shoulder. will the chance of conflict decrease? it was telling that the south korean government needed to issue a statement asking the prescription drugs to clarify its -- the trump administration to already its statement. it seems the blue house in sth korea was not consulted what. signal does it send to china that our presence in the region, which has helped keep peace and stability for decades, may be sacrificed to save a bit of money? the trump administration might have unwittingly given a green light to china to pursue more aggressive actions in the region. now, i have been warning that we must watch out for the old kim family playbook, one that has been used throughout the clinton, bush, and obama administrations. well, the kim family playbook was on the field yet again last night, and president trump fell for all of the plays. as it has done in the past, north korea showed that it is trying to, number one, front-load the rewards and delay concessions. as indicated by the postumt statemenromhina's foreign ministry, pyongyang

when you heard mattis speaking there, he was surrounded by south korean and japanese counter parts. when you listen to what the officials from the two countries say as they have been shadowing each other around this summit here, it's very clear that there's some daylight between the japanese and the south koreans. the japanese are much more skeptical of kim jong-un's intentions and the south koreans seem to be a little more amenable to them. one quick thing, they are still working on the logistics of how to put together the summit and where it might be. dara? >> hans, what preparation is the president doing for this upcoming summit? >> reporter: well, look, the president obviously has his team of advisers that are talking, having briefing him. what we saw from the oval office meeting, though, is that the president's making snap decisions. the president isn't taking a lot of time listening to his advisers. we know that simply because of the timeline. he was in there with the north korean delegate, the envoy delivering that letter, shortly after that meeting concluded. you saw the pre

south korean alliance.there is also a practical side in terms of maintaining readiness particularly for our allies and maintaining with them military called interoperabilit interoperability. everything from radars to radios to different types of equipment that both sides put in the field and making sure in the event of hostility that they can work together. but i think really the devil is in the details here. just like this moving forward from the verification regime to the military exercises, are we talking about just a big annual exercise and we have a lot of these smaller ones i continue? does that extend naval exercise is way off the coast? these computer-based simulations? what does that extend to is still unclear and that's guidance at the white house. we will have to work with passing down tohe field and find out in consultation with our allies the south koreans, the japanese, and everyone else in region. >> harris: what military did we have in place outside of our men and women who were on the korea

and south korean companies are hoping for a revival of a special economic zone called k. song just across the north korean border engine component producer s.j. tech was the first south korean company to set up shop here until two years ago it had access to north korean labor. they were quick learners passionate about learning and talented. those qualities made them stand out above other labor forces in the region. and that is why the companies in k. song were so happy to work with them. he says. and north koreans earn just one tenth of what their southern counterparts make that's on par with labor from other countries regionally ok song however is only sixty kilometers from seoul and everyone there speaks korean a major plus for south korean businesses but in two thousand and sixteen south korea closed the border after north korea carried out nuclear and ballistic missile tests this specific thawing could turn the situation around again. but german court says v.w. must pay one billion euros for manipulating its emissions controlling software that's the biggest fine ever s

kim jong un but in the meantime the practical steps of being carried out here being led by the south koreans and that's been the case really since that first into korean summits between president moon and kim jong il and so practically on the ground we have joint military high level military talks taking place on thursday as i say those joint military exercises supposed to take place between the u.s. and south korea starting in august so that may well be the first point of discussion when those representatives from the militaries of north and south korea meet on thursday in the demilitarized zone when it thank you. u.s. federal judges approved a merger to create one of the world's largest media companies the eighty five billion dollars deal between eighty and t. and time warner was announced in twenty sixteen the justice department tried to stop it but the judge said the government failed to prove the agreement would harm competition financial analyst tara jackson isn't convinced this will be a good deal for consumers if you're a stockholder is probably a great thing eighteen c. and time war

a brazen attack by south korean leaders regime precipitated more forceful involvement by habib.on icas eight, 1973 south korean agents kidnapped opposition politicians from tokyo's grand palace hotel. was driven and put on a boat. kim expected to be dumped into the sea. instead of the then japanese diplomats made forceful appeals to the south korean government to save his life. officials in washington issued a statement calling for his release which occurred in seoul five days later. according to donald c. craig in seoul at the time when kim was kidnapped habib made a representation to the korean government saying it's her own agency that is done this and you well better keep them alive or for what did huge damage to our relations. habib's activism continued after he returned to washington to serve as assistant secretary of state for asian affairs. he'd draw high-level attention to problems in south korea by for example speaking about the issue at length in meeting with secretary of state henry kissinger and other high-level state department officials. habib sabha reevaluation o

in sharp contrast, the south koreans were delighted. rough to the quarter—finals, it's the first time south korea has beaten germany in a world cup match. it's also the first time germany has ever been defeated by an asian nation in a world cup match. naturally, the fans‘ reactions to the match were different too. translation: we did not play like a world champion today. we've played as if we were leading 3-0. we needed a goal and the team did not fight enough. they stood still with the ball, even when moving forward. that was everything except like a world champion. next world cup! i'll be really honest, i thought deutschland would win because they're really good. but then i was really surprised when we scored two goals! that is the best interview i've heard today. 0ur correspondent, sophie long, has the reaction from seoul. yeah, i think it's fair to say that people here were stunned and elated. i was leaving the office last night and telling people, my korean colleagues, asking people if they were going to watch the football tonight,

war sixty five years after the last shot was fired and more and more south koreans are even changing their mind about north korea's dictator kim jong il and self. always seem to. get what he said and what he was. probably smarter than i thought so i got the impression he's actually leading the country sort of. to do was. turn me. into a korean summit changed many people's opinions about him. but that doesn't change the fact that he doesn't dictate it oppressive communist regimes the young and. even picking what. is the biggest issue during the meeting as a korean i have the impression that he has the will to give up the weapon to say i hope the u.s. or summit to prove. good agreement just. models . they expect something real positive based on the interference from a few weeks ago i would like to do something great such as a declaration to end the korean war. so my boss was because. sometimes sign and his wife come to the national cemetery in seoul to find his brother's name on the wall of missing soldiers. even though chancellor bach is no longer missing they don't

military drills with south korea conducted in south korean off south korean waters they were asked that this they call it you will suspension so they asked they've asked for u.s. military to suspend those drills and in return north korea suspending its nuclear and missile tests and this is something that they've managed to get out of that singapore summit so i suspect there will be a lot of goodwill when they meet might compare lawrence who live in beijing thank you. the u.n. security council is due to hold an emergency session on yemen where the biggest battle in the three year long war is currently underway a military offensive by government forces and a saudi amorality coalition threatens to worsen a humanitarian crisis troops loyal to president abbott rebel mansour hadi and coalition warplanes and ships a targeting positions south of the port of her data it's all part of an operation to take this is he from the who thing rebels have controlled it since twenty fourteen the red sea port is yemen second largest and an important point of entry for aid. reports. a major military operatio