in response to these reports that north korea is now a p pa re ntly reports that north korea is now apparently willing to talk, the white house has been playing hardball, you might say. it issued a statement basically saying that north korea's abandonment of its nuclear programme must be the result of any nuclear programme must be the result ofany us nuclear programme must be the result of any us dialogue with north korea. there are those who would argue that thatis there are those who would argue that that is not the united states closing the door completely to any notion of talks with north korea. it is basically making the point that denuclearization has to be a central issue going into those talks. it is pretty clear, i think, that talks may or may not happen, but as sanctions remain as far as the us is concerned, all the time until north korea goes ahead and scrap its nuclear weapons. something it has long vowed it is not going to do. that is right, david. also we know this comes after the north koreans accused the us of an act of warforfresh north koreans accused the us of an act of war

today no need is greater than with north korea. it is imperative to end the game of nuclear chicken. not just for a few months but in a lasting way. our goal should be to use the next month surrounding the winter olympics to stop playing the game of chicken and to de-escalate on both sides. the best way to do that is to say, okay, you say we're a threat. but we're going to de-escalate if you de-escalate. we should be heading toward a straightforward deal. we should de-escalate the military exercises that the united states and south korea have been conducting annually, every year, for years, to practice conquering every inch of north korea. in exchange, for north korea de-escalating nuclear and missile tests. starting at the olympics, let's put this deal squarely on the table, and truly change the game of nuclear chicken into a game of mutual de-escalation and use the fear of nuclear weapons as a force for peace. thank you. >> thank you, professor pape. we religion now turn to paul post. >> great. thank you, steve. thank you, dean w

yes, north korea had made similar ones before. they were constantly hurrying the united states with imaginary event -- offenses. now they've taken a much more strident and this undertone, wanting about spy ships. thatould have expected north korean warnings would have the captainssage to of a spy ship operating off the eastern coast. none were ever delivered to the pueblo. that is not to say that no one noticed. a number of military officials operating in this area took awareness of this convocation, a number of military officials in the north korean region specifically requested that they be placed on alert for this operation noting the worsening climate around north korea but their request with ignored. the national security agency spent -- sent is visiting wanting warning that this minimal risk assessment was not appropriate for the pueblo mission. this mission -- message also ignored. the head of the green division of the airport security services kept on the messages he received about the pueblo mission in a folder that he la

south korea gap in the north korea one is obvious but we're in day in who's got a background in the so-called sunshine policy it believes that engaging that old difficult though it is is trying to do smartly vice president pence by his own account is trying his damnedest to stop and i would be very ashamed to say well who shakes hands with who who sits where and so on going to be a very very difficult sort of delicate couple of days and be interesting to see to help things stand once the olympic games are over as well. in foster heart i can imagine items from leeds university in england it's good to see you again thanks for being on the shaft thank you and what about the athletes will take you to the final preparations in pyongyang only bit later on in the program the syrian civil war has entered a bloody end game with government forces laying waste to the country's last few rebel strongholds activists say airstrikes in eastern galba near the capital damascus have killed more than two hundred people in the last four days the bloodshed has led the un to call for an urgency as fire to evacuate

and, younger generation who has zero connection to north korea, exempt basically north korea has been a trouble. that, you know, this, sort of a thug of a nation that threatens them. occasionally. bombs civilians. bombs south koreans, submarines. and, sort of, just neighbor, that has been causing troubles. suddenly took over the olympics. all of the attention. >> soo-yi kim, that's within of the reasons people want to bring them in. to persuade them to stop them from creating troub you are talking a. are you surprised, disappointed, or hopeful with the apparent sort of change in vice president mike pence's position. because they came, he came, talking about, maximum keeping up the sanctions. he did not greet kim jong-un's sister. and left and told the washington pest that the united states is not opposed to direct talks with north korea. is there a contradiction? or is this the kind of diplomacy that has to be tried even by the united states? >> di policemplomacy has to be . the image we are getting has nothing to do with it. pence is acting unfriendly to north korea. at the ceremony.

north korea? for weeks, rumours have been swirling that the trump administration is preparing a military strike against north korea, a so—called bloody nose, to force pyeongyang to the negotiating table. last month, these bz stealth bombers arrived at a us base on the island of guam. but japan's foreign minister, tara kono, told me such speculation should not be taken seriously. a military strike on north korea is far too risky. south korea's capital, seoul, is situated just 30 kilometres from the border. and, if any military action‘s taken, the repercussion is outrageous. so i don't think anyone‘s seriously considering taking a military method. but, in order to get north korea to come to the dialogue, i think we need to increase the pressure on them. in his new year message, north korean dictator kim jong—un described the latest sanctions against his country as "life—threatening". they include a ban on north korean exports of coal, iron and seafood, and a cut on the import of oil. mr ko

could become independent that's the real issue what does north korea want north korea wants the security guarantee they want to and the u.s. south korean military exercises that simulate the destruction of their country that take place twice a year there's a possibility for a negotiated outcome here if there's one obstacle the real obstacle to a negotiated outcome of the korean peninsula crisis is in washington d.c. it's not pyongyang or and so. you know part of the security architecture of south korea is that if there is some kind of conflict a major conflict the entire control of the korean military is under an american four star general i mean as an expert on korea i mean how does that sit with the korean population when they know that you know it's going to be the united states ultimately it's going to control that determine their security future and then you have. reaching out its hand we don't know if it's real we don't know if it's genuine we don't know if this is just a ploy i mean it's a small step optics or something but i mean how does south korea feel about that i mean maybe

north korea. not simply because we trust north korea but because we want to build trust with north korea so do you feel like maybe north korea is using the south with this olympics business to just siphon off more money and find a loophole through the sanctions. you know we can rule out the possibility but as long as north korea. you know nonproductive behavior. sure who. told that the new condition of north korea we would welcome north korea to utilize in the winter olympics. the two korean woman's ice hockey team will become bine much to the disappointment of some of the south korean team more than thirty one thousand people have signed an online petition to the president's office asking to scrap this plan we keep saying that politics and sports shouldn't mix so how is it fair to deprive some players to the opportunity of a lifetime for pretty much politics. through to some poll good elements and as a matter of fact when jane opposed to the play you know for me an ice hockey team the. kind of sa

i think to say south korea was way ahead with north korea was also not correct. i think this trip and the success in the breakthrough was very critical not because of this willingness to talk, which i think is actually very consistent. the trump administration's north korea policy review issued very early last year stated very clearly that it was maximum pressure and engagement. and secretary tillerson and secretary mattis have been very consistent about this. now, where we really achieved the significant breakthrough is, i think, a division of labor, that president moon -- and i hesitate to say the u.s. gave the green light to south korea, because i think the issues, inter-korean issues should be left to south korea to lead. now there is an opening, and i think it's very positive to have articulated this division of labor that south korea can proceed, but absolutely without concessions up front on the nuclear issue. >> you've heard all the analysis, josh, that there is a good cop/bad cop routine going on, the good cop the south koreanss, the bad cop the u.s. >>

war with north korea. parks fired as north korea fired intercovenant internetal missiles thought to reach united states. >> it will be met with fire and fury and frankly power the likes of which this country never seen before. >> if it is forced itself or its alleys we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> with the latest show of force this morning south korea are left in the cross fires between two nuclear powers. >> we have been anxious about north korea provocations since korean war more than 17 years. >> the bulls eye has been on south korea for decades. >> main target is south korea i think. >> we asked the prepper to run us through hypothetical evacuee uation. >> it geo tags you and tells you where the nearest evacuation center is. >> because north korea is only 70 kilometers away he estimates five minutes to get to evacuation center he wouldn't even stop to call his family. this sign says shelter. >> rather than the first floor he would want to the go deeper. >> but on the surfa

korea and china and north korea story china is north korea's biggest ally sure that trade dropped fifty two percent due to previous sanctions so it will be interesting to see how much these latest ones will affect north korea and perhaps put pressure on them laura ok thanks very much for various the views from hong kong let's go over to the she's in. stark contrast only to the soft diplomacy that we've been seeing between the two careers at the winter olympics. indeed however president moon jay in spokes people are saying that what these sanctions are really an effort by the united states to move the process forward in a peaceful and diplomatic manner process being in this process of reducing the tensions on the korean peninsula a spokesman with the south korean foreign ministry says that these same sions also illustrate that the only way to get north korea to do nuclear rise is to continue imposing sanctions and exerting pressure they also are saying that they hope that the this latest the toughest round of sanctions at least that's how the united states is describing them will inspire

the us vice president says he is ready to talk to north korea. president putin orders a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner near moscow. all 71 passengers and crew were killed. oxfam faces crisis talks with the uk government following claims of sexual misconduct by aid workers. hello and welcome to the programme. south africa's ruling party, the anc, says it will hold a meeting as pressure continues to grow on president jacob zuma. the party wants him to stand down, following allegations of corruption. the anc‘s leader, cyril ramaphosa, said a final decision on president zuma's future will be decided on monday afternoon. for the last week, the two men have been holding talks on the transition of power. sarah corker reports. atan at an event marking 100 years since that earth of nelson mandela was the clearest signal yet that the end of the trouble presidency of jacob zuma is near. addressing the crowds, the president in waiting promised a resolution on zuma's future. we are currently engaged in discussions around the tran

korea, your choice is this, you either keep doing business with north korea or you do business with us, you can't have it both ways, that's what i think this is going -- >> that may be. if we had done that 15 years ago that might make difference. several times that north korea is months away from being able to target thermal nuclear weapons on cities in the united states, so do we have a year for the secondary sanctions effort to proceed, i'm not sure we do. we don't have five years or ten years, that's for sure. we are down to counting on our fingers and toes, i'm afraid, how close north korea may be. paul: we should look at two-week poll day where everybody says pieces at hand and whether or not south korea goes along. >> and whether china pays attention, we have to understand that the united states will feel pain too, how are the new york banks going to warm up to that? paul: probably won't like it knowing a few new york bankers, okay, john, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> thank you. paul: when we come back a spade of fatal accidents in recent months focusing renewed atten

never to be seen again inside of north korea. don't forget there are three americans currently being held hostage in that rogue state. the kim jong un's regime has been responsible for the recent death of american otto warmbier sentenced to hard labor for allegedly stealing a poster. millions of people are currently starving inside of north korea. roughly 30% of their population starving all while this little despot, kim jong un, lives a life of luxury and sister enjoy as prime seat at the opening games of this year's winter olympics. despite al all of all of this, the mainstream media continues to praise kim yo judge. jong. nuclear agreement north korea. good deal for american people they ever never get nukes. if you don't learn from the past you are toomed to repeat it that's why the media is a sad and despicable record. speaking of bad plans, remember the plane loads of 1.7 billion in dollars in cash and other currency fs the obama administration stereotypedly gave the iranian mullen las chanting gte to america and tehran? now

oil supply and other types to north korea which has led north korea to seek other ways to try to get some of that much needed fuel and western intelligence agencies have repeatedly said that one of those major ways are these ships that are making risky ship to ship transfers in the ocean and those are what is targeted in these latest sanctions. well time now for some of the other stories making news around the world multiple attacks in afghanistan have left more than twenty people dead the islamic state group says it's carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least two in kabul's diplomatic compound it followed an attack by taliban insurgents in the west that killed at least eighteen soldiers two other soldiers died in separate blasts in the south. the white house was on lockdown for an hour on friday after cost struck a security barrier according to the u.s. secret service the car did not breach the barrier the cause thirty five year old female driver however was apprehended immediately the driver reportedly has previous arrests for similar incidents near the white house. over o

north korea had never been like that. north korea has always been a difficult element in the communist bloc. we know now, thanks to access to the soviet bloc archives, we see now, we recognize the extent to which korea was a problem in side the communist bloc as well. policy makers today like to dismiss north korea as a pawn of china or a lunatic place. the reality is north korea has its own history, values, its own ideological precepts. what you can take from the pueblo is that a country's -- they have to be taken seriously on their own merits. until policymakers start to do that we are likely to have the same kind of unsuccessful efforts we had with the play below -- peublo. susan: going back to the story of the capture, you said there were airplanes involved. were they flown by russian pilots? mitchell: we have gotten access to the soviet bloc security. none of their allies knew about it in advance. none of their allies were consulted. we now have records of soviets and east germans and others being furious publicly at

about for the engagement with north korea. what is the u.s. stance for talking with north korea? vice pres. pence: let us be clear who we are dealing with. north korea is the most repressive regime and the planet. as united nations has documented repeatedly, north korea is a nation that oppresses its people, seven out of 10 north koreans require food assistance just to survive. over a million north koreans were left to starve and die in the 1990's under this regime. torture, brutality, imprisonment, more than 100,000 north koreans are in modern-day gulags. as president trump said memorably, north korea is today nothing short of a prison state. that is the reality. the fact that north korea is developing and pursuing nuclear weapons that could be delivered on ballistic missiles to the continental united states is completely unacceptable. the fixed policy of the united states of america is that we are going to continue, with all options on the table, to bring intensified, economic and diplomatic pressure to bear until north kore

a military strike on north korea is far too risky. the capital of south korea is only 30 kilometres from the border. if any military action is taken, the repercussions are outrageous. i don't think anyone seriously considers taking a military method however in order to get north korea to dialogue, we need to increase pressure on them. in his new year message, the north korean dictator kim jong—un described the latest actions against his country as life—threatening. they include a ban on north korean exports of coal, iron and seafood, and a cut on the import of oil. that shows, according to the minister, that they are starting to work. sanctions are biting. we now have a lot of indications are that the sanctions are biting. what is going on with this sudden rapprochement and over the winter olympics? that is one of the winter olympics? that is one of the indications that sanctions are working. they wanted to do something and they wanted to do a charm offensive towards south korea. i think north korea wants more but i don't think th

oil supply and other ties to north korea which has led north korea to seek other ways to try to get some of that much needed fuel and western intelligence agencies have repeatedly said that one of those major ways are these ships that are making risky ship to ship transfers in the ocean and those are what is targeted in these latest sanctions all right so we know the significance of targeting countries with shipping it to north korea but on friday north korea was named as a top source of money laundering and terrorist financing by the g seven financial action task force so if this is true does it bend mean that sanctions on pyongyang to date haven't been effective. that is one of the major criticisms of what we haven't seen so far obviously is the government in north korea to give up its nuclear program which is ostensibly the aim of these sanctions proponents of even greater sanctions also say that some of these new sanctions amount to little more than a per beale whack a mole game targeting individual ships when sanctions should really be going after some of these international fi

korea, your choice is this, you either keep doing business with north korea or you do business with us, you can't have it both ways, that's what i think this is going -- >> that may be. if we had done that 15 years ago that might make difference. several times that north korea is months away from being able to target thermal nuclear weapons on cities in the united states, so do we have a year for the secondary sanctions effort to proceed, i'm not sure we do. we don't have five years or ten years, that's for sure. we are down to counting on our fingers and toes, i'm afraid, how close north korea may be. paul: we should look at two-week poll day where everybody says pieces at hand and whether or not south korea goes along. >> and whether china pays attention, we have to understand that the united states will feel pain too, how are the new york banks going to warm up to that? paul: probably won't like it knowing a few new york bankers, okay, john, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> thank you. paul: when we come back a spade of fatal accidents in recent months focusing renewed atten

is it north korea? south korea? the united states? who's in play? >> george, you can certainly say that north korea has come out of this fairly well. when you consider the optics, you consider the symbolic photos that we're seeing of handshakes between the president of south korea, and kim yo jong. you can see right now, there's a performance going on by the north korean arts troupe in seoul, where the south korean president is sitting next to kim jong-un's sister, enjoying the performance. and there was a women's ice hockey team last night, a joint north/south korean team that was playing, and you had once again the north korean vip delegation in the crowd with the south korean president. so certainly i think when you talk about optics, north korea is coming out of it extremely well. there was much made of the fact that u.s. vice president mike pence was in the same box as kim jong-un's sister. there was no acknowledgment between either of them. a senior administration official also confirming that that was on purpose that mr. pence did not want to

this trieniangle between north south korea. with this invitation we are seeing that president moon is suggesting that there should also be talks with the united states at some point. >> i think he was very clear, at least in the statement after the meeting, very clear to say that he is encouraging north korea tahave that dialogue with the united states. that is not something that has been possible in the last few months at all. in fact, the rhetoric is something we haven't seen in years and that kind of continued. we do have a statement now from vice president mike pence. remember, he was at the olympics. came back to seoul. was in seoul when this meeting was going on. back at the olympic sites taking in some events before he heads back to the united states. a statement, nonstatement from his secretary saying the vice president is grateful that president moon reaffirmed his strong commitment to the maximum pressure campaign for his support for continued sanctions. the vice president's office trying to say invitation or no invit

raj: a quick follow back on north korea. first of all you mentioned you spoke with the president this morning. has there been any additional instructions in terms of what's going on in the region with north korea and a possible meeting? could you just give us a little flavor of the dynamic going on with the possible meeting, even despite their rhetoric where the north koreans sending mention through the south that they'd like to meet? or the south koreans trying to get to you meet? there's just this wind in the air about you meeting with them. how did that come about? vice president pence: as i said a few days ago -- raj: exactly. how did the idea -- reporter: exactly. how did the idea? -- vice president pence: leave that to others to discuss. at this point in time we're headed to the olympics. and there may be a possibility for any kind of an encounter with north koreans. whether it be informal or whether it take the form of a meeting. we'll have to wait and see exactly how that unfolds. what i want to assure the american p

critics say we should not talk to north korea. it does not really get you anywhere. we have had these party talks in the past. the condition has been no preconditions to sit down with kim jong-un in the regime. >> i think the president actually said he would talk with the north koreans. also there will be no preconditions. and as the previous point was made by a reporter there in seoul, there has been a sense of a working level possibility that could go on. i understand that in addition to ivanka trump, we have allison hooker there who is senior director for national security council. you could be able to meet with her policy counterpart that was brought there. the working level could begin some sense of new framework where broader conversations can take place. >> the president said he would sit down with kim jong-un under the right conditions. i guess they start with the staff first. as you are a navy man must bring the issue about the seas. to perhaps deploy the coast guard along with other nations to interdict ships and high se

many see this as an attempt by north korea to drive a wedge between south korea and the us. do you think that is what is happening? yes, lots of suggestions along those lines and i think with all of this, the north koreans do seem to be acknowledging that in orderfor them to have seem to be acknowledging that in order for them to have significant progress with the south, and in orderfor there to be peace on progress with the south, and in order for there to be peace on the korean peninsulas, they need to engage with the united states. they have been on this sort of charm offensive with the south for the duration of the winter olympics, sending cheerleaders and athletes to the games. the north korean leader's sister attended the opening ceremony, of course, and that has beenin ceremony, of course, and that has been in stark contrast to the relationship between north korea and the united states. there was a planned meeting between the us vice president mike pence, the day after the opening ceremony of those games, but that was scrapped at the last minute, and of course, last f

she's not looking at north korea's people. >> and the north korea delegation may have returned to pyongyang. but they have her as the top story. it was an intense following of everything she did, every move she made over the past few days. >> indeed. that is what we saw. pau paula, vice president mike pence spoke to reporters on his way back to washington and suggested engagement with north korea might be possible in the future. that signals a shift from his hardline approach. what are we to make of this? >> it's what we had heard in recent months from other members of the trump administration. that if north korea was to change its tune, potentially engagement could follow. we had a statement from the south korean unification ministry, saying the u.s. and south korea has maintained consistent stance that talks between north and south korea should follow with talks between north and u.s. they have been pushing if north korea wants improved else a ed with the south, they have to involve the united states, as well. the statement pointing out that the u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson, has

think about north korea. when we developed a nuclear bomb, it took a huge economy, 10% of our electricity was used for it, now a poor country like north korea can have a nuclear weapon, getting from different sources. can you talk a little bit about why north korea was able to get it and shouldn't be afraid, everybody else was able to get it? one part of it. second part of the question is fear is a motivating factor. if kim jong-un is afraid for his regime and himself, won't that motivate him to drop the bomb? >> a quick point to put a really good question in context, north korea's economy last year is estimated at $20 billion. chicago economy last year was $600 billion. south korea's economy last year was $2 trillion. to put your point in sharp reli relief. why is north korea able to do that? because they're one of the most vulnerable states on the planet. for decades, year after year the united states and south korea who have many, many times the size of the gnp and technological advantage, we practice exer

and north korea directly. it is not a solution to the problem, but it is a step in the right direction. >> it is also unclear how durable it could be. you have different voices within the administration saying different things. in cairo, secretary of state rex tillerson said it is up to north korea to decide when it is ready to engage in sincere talks with the u.s. does that differ from what we have seen? where does that leave he us? >> i think that is 100% consistent with what vice president pence is saying. he is saying we're ready to talk. he will not relieve the sanctions unless you move toward denuclearization. that is what vice president said to me on the plane. again, that is what secretary of state rex tillerson said for a long time. vice president pence is one of the hawkish members of the administration. i went with him in april and he was singing a different tune. now here we are. we will talk if they want to talk, but they should not expect any presence just for sitting down. >> let me ask about th

korea, when they know perfectly well what north korea is like. that's right. the games aside, politics is being closely scrutinised as well and along with the vice president of the united states you also have the ceremonial head of north korea attending on friday. even though there is a slim chance they may meet, this would be the first chance for a very senior us leader to potentially meet a north korean counterpart since bill clinton did that in 2000. so, what are the odds of that actually happening? yes, well, technically, the north korean head of state is the most senior north korean to have ever come to south korea since the end of the war. it's not nothing that he has turned up here. if this 90—year—old veteran of north korean politics was able to meet with mike pence, that would be quite something. but i'm not sure that's going to happen. firstly, the us side may not want to give north korea what they see as a propaganda win in that respect, and the north koreans are also quite nervous in terms of meeting with anybody, frankly, least o

korea while south korea and china shining brightly and night here's a picture of north korea the entire country looks like it's asleep now this photo was taken by a nasa satellite it shows a lack of electricity produced and north korea up north korea supply of electricity is too small to shine through the night on circle back to the u.s. here's a satellite image of south that taxes unlike north korea south texas is shining bright but part of what we see here are bright lights from the wells and fracking equipment and eagle ford competing with whites from nearby austin san antonio and corpus christi while research shows fracking has fueled a dramatic boom in america's oil production and has also made the u.s. the biggest oil consuming country in the world bart. actually thank you so much those images are amazing particularly the ones where they have the fracking which is as large and as bright as corpus christi thank you for that great report appreciate it. and energy markets impact us all in a very fundamental way and here to discuss energy markets and more is energy trader david greenb

korea, wejust want will keep the sanctions pressure on north korea, we just want to talk. 0k, north korea, we just want to talk. ok, the moon jae—in north korea, we just want to talk. ok, the moonjae—in has his meeting with the north korean delegation, including the north korea's leader sister, can you jim, including the north korea's leader sister, can youjim, —— kim yojong, then he sits down with mike pence while watching an event at the winter olympics discussing politics while watching the olympics and moon says to vice president mike pence in the meeting with the north korean, i suggested to them that they will have a dialogue with washington. i think in these discussions, again, they have spoken about it and come up they have spoken about it and come up with this idea that you don't have to take the pressure off north korea to at least have some sort of initial talks and, according to this report, this is a reporter who was with mike pence on air force to after he left here, the trump administration is seriously considering this and if it takes place, it would be a mas

korea, and north korea didn't deliver at all on easing tensions. so he's got to watch himself, this president moon, but he deserves credit. >> and north korea, like you said, has not kept promises in the past when deals have been made. vice president pence told the daily beast on this trip that the trump administration wants this warming of relations between the two koreas to end when the games are over. do you think that's the right call? >> well, i think what's important here is that they meet and see what happens. the big test, ana, is going to be will the united states and south korea stop their -- renew their military exercises after the olympics are over. that's going to be a big test. i suspect we will pressure south korea to resume the tests. but will the north koreans still want to meet while the joint exercises are going on? that will be the test to see what happens right after the olympics on the u.s./south korea military exercises. >> are you encouraged that north korea has not launched anything, no provocative measures in that regard,

counter warming ties with north korea. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. also in the programme: in 1987 she blew up a south korean plane, the bbc speaks to a former north korean spy about the country she was once prepared to kill for. the ultimate goal of north korea is to complete its nuclear programme. they have nothing on their mind but nuclear weapons. closing down 4.6% by nearly 1,200 points. it is the worst drop in points since september 2008, when a plan to rescue the us banking industry after the financial crisis was rejected and the worst single day point decline in history. with me is karishma wasvani, our business correspondent. in two trading days the fall of the dow has been more than 1800 points. what is because of this mayhem as i was talking to some traders before we we re was talking to some traders before we were meant to have this discussion on air. a lot of them we re discussion on air. a lot of them were saying to me this morning that really this is a natural reaction to what many people have called an ove

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korea now german officials say north korea has used its embassy in berlin to float sanctions if it can fit in the past we've determined that it was a base for exposition activities that in our view serve the missile program and also in part the nuclear program. that north korea runs such operations is nothing new in december australian authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to purchase components used in missile technology for pyongyang. and in two thousand and eleven ukraine's intelligence service cut north korean agents seeking missile technology but the hurdlers gotten through despite enforcement efforts when south korea recovered to spend north korean missile from the sea they found components from countries around the world evidence that pyongyang has learned how to sidestep u.n. sanctions. oh the claim just in commerce at the north korea busy was first reported by investigative reporter klaus share he joins us tonight from homburg clothes it's good to have you on the show tell us how were you able to break this story but it wasn't planned like that it took place in other

we don‘t understand north korea. it isa we don‘t understand north korea. it is a conjugated country. we understand elements are bit but we tend to have a very black and white viewpoint. so i think this is one of these elements that can start to understand and improve our knowledge 93p- there are a propaganda posters, packaging for sweetened soft drinks. even packaging for sweetened soft drinks. eve n pa ckets packaging for sweetened soft drinks. even packets of north korean sugar. it all inward looking. here are collection of stamps featuring

korea i think really is what north korea is working right now they are moving forward with an i.c.b.m. program moving forward of the nuclear program the nuclear program even includes thermo nuclear weapons so they are putting together very. substantial threat in the face of international opposition in the face of un resolutions of the contrary that's the problem we're faced with today and the question is how do we deal with the politically and my understanding of the north koreans suggests that while i'm concerned about the nuclear weapons program i do not believe they have any intentions of using those offensively against any other country. they are not suicidal. they're not seeking martyrdom they're seeking to protect their country against an attack in other words if they see the nuclear weapons as being for deterrence. the danger there is not that they will use the weapons the dangers were there was a blunder into a war with them and that danger is a very good danger i think it's very important that the united states in dealing with north korea understand that they're not intending

north korea had never been like that. now, banks to access to the soviet bloc archives -- thanks to access to the soviert the --chives, recognized we recognize the extent to which korea was a problem in the soviet bloc as well. north korea has its own history, values, ideological reasons. when you can take from the fromo -- what you can take is that a country's reasons for doing things has to be taken seriously on its own merits. going back to the story of the capture, you said there were airplanes involved. anything by a russian pilot? mitchell: we have gotten access to the soviet bloc security. north koreans did not talk to anyone about this. none of their allies knew about it or were consulted about it in advance. we have records of the soviets and east germans farriers -- furious, publicly attacking north koreans for this. risked giving the united states american involvement in south korea. soviets are trying to get information about what is happening inside north korea in the 1960's. they can't get information becaus

a military strike on north korea is far too risky. south korea's capital, seoul, is situated just 30 kilometres from the border. and, if any military action‘s taken, the repercussion is outrageous. so i don't think anyone's seriously considering taking a military method. but, in order to get north korea to come to the dialogue, i think we need to increase the pressure on them. in his new year message, north korean dictator kim jong—un described the latest sanctions against his country as "life—threatening". they include a ban on north korean exports of coal, iron and seafood, and a cut on the import of oil. mr kono says that shows they are starting to work. well, sanctions are biting. now, we have a lot of indications the sanction is actually biting. what do you think is going on with this sudden rapprochement over the winter olympics? that's one of the indications the sanction is working. they wanted to do something, and they wanted to do a sort of charm offensive to south korea. i think north korea wants, probably, more, but i

with north korea. therefore, it would be muchsi for us to talk with north korea now and in thee. futu but up until the end of december last year,here was no channels of communication. there was a big change. >> woouff: there is, clearly, discussion about military exercises that the.s. and south korea are scheduled to carry out in the comiewng months. the north koreans say they, viously, don't like these exercises. they feel threatened by them. could those exercises be delayed? does the u.s. and south koreaon agrehether to go ahead with them, the timing of them? the american embassy in seoul made it very clear yesterday there would be no more delay of the schele of our joint military exercise. but, however, as to thejoint military training, which is different from exercise, thecore d be some room for adjustment. but llcannot you what would be the futurerospect. >> woodruff: and is that-- is that going to be helpful toward getting the north koreans to sit down at the table? >> i don't know. north korea i

that north korea denuclearize if the u.s. withdraws all forces from south korea and south korea defends itself you know we wouldn't have to be immediately over time that's a possibility you know if you want to do something dramatic but that's of course that's not going to happen that's wishful thinking because there's a military industrial complex in many countries but the one here in the united states we tend to build up threats larger than they are and i think your assessment of the various threats was pretty accurate china may rise but of course all the countries in asia could band together and they have fairly good internal security japan's an island that's very safe you just have to run a porcupine strategy is that are european allies have more combined economy g.d.p. than the united states so and have course in the middle east it's sort of it's sort of a canard that we need to defend or oil the market is much better of providing oil at the cheapest prices exactly you know one of the things that if you look at the client

it has been signaled that north korea -- or that north korea will send an invitation to moon jae-in to go to pyeongchang later this year. amy: "the washington post" reports the white house original choice for u.s. ambassador to south korea is no longer expected to be nominated after he privately expressed disagreement with president trump's north korea policy. can you talk about this nominee? , i mean, what worries me so much is that victor cha is very well known to be pretty much a hock. he is pretty hardline to the right. he served under the george w. bush administration. he is a professor at georgetown. his frightens me is that nomination to become the next south korean -- u.s. ambassador to south korea is because he opposed the no strike. the signals to me that the trump administration is very much making plans to wage a primitive strike on north korea. amy: i want to turn to president trump's recent eight of the union. pres. trump: north korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could very soon threaten our homeland. we are waging a campaign of maximum pressure to prevent that

north korea will not change through dialogue. north korea cannot be changed by soft words. i believe only pressure will work on north korea. so, you have life, you have love, and now i believe you have children. umm, do they know what you did? translation: my children are not old enough to know the story, and i have not tried to tell them the details yet. but these days, with internet readily available, and my interviews on media, i suspect they must know something. my son is quiet, but i think he knows. as the bomber, i have a lifelong work of atonement. it is my cross to bear for the rest of my life. banks are watching. —— and queue for watching. thank you. well, it's remaining cold for much of this week. there is some snow in the forecast. that will cause many of you problems on the roads to start tuesday. it is going to be a very cold day with frost elsewhere. some sunshine around as well. this is the weather front bringing the sleet and snow to scotland and northern ireland over the course of the night. by tuesday morning, this is what it looks like. some rain at l

support the leaders of south korea and north korea getting together at a summit? >> i think he believes that the dialogue could be -- could be helpful as dialogue always can be. as long as the message remains the same and the goals remain the same. >> reporter: of course the goal is to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but previous attempts at sports diplomacy have never led to that and there are no signs that 16 days of sporting events here in pyeongchang have changed kim jong un's mind. elaine? >> ben tracy. ben, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. a shift without a disaster. to get through my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. it was mostly water. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. i mean, i give away water for free. i'm not about to pay for it in my detergent. #1 trusted. #1 awarded it's got to be tide. and for a plant-based clean, try tide purclean it's league night!? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. bowl without me. frank.' i'm going to get

koreans and many north many south koreans are just furious that if north korea is at the games as we say they are is it a sign that the serious about improving long term political ties all resists just a temporary sort of smoke and mirrors campaign. well you know we won't know intel a couple years from now but there really is no indication that the north koreans have changed their fundamental goals which is to take over south korea and what they're doing is attempting to subvert the democracy there they would be very successful in creating this appearance of progress you know we'll just have to see but the kim family has had these goals for seven decades they've pursued them relentlessly sometimes they've been charm offensive sometimes they kill people but that's their goal has remained the same and kept on going to the north korean leader has been talking more and more recently about quote unquote final victory which is north korean lingo of course taking over the south in theory we have been talking and been hearing about the charm offensive president move wants this to be a peace