in two thousand south korean president kim dae joan visited pyongyang to meet north korean leader kim jong il the father of kim jong un. kim de jong received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to promote peace and reconciliation. an architect of his sunshine policy of reconciliation was join me and moon there was a time when north korea and the united states even talked to each other was that possible very simple ok well i would there was a train of succumbs to assist in nights to the united states decent what north koreans would see me and they didn't deny north korea they treated north korea is a normal count and leadership commitment was another important factor and it was a very effective in the communication channels. says things might not be so bad now if the current us administration were willing to negotiate instead the us president derides and threatens kim jong un has. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime those kinds of so-called the hostile rhetorics could be very very counter productive and also he has been waiting can do instead has to he s

how will kim jong-un react? how do you analyze what they are thinking and what their next move will be? >> kim jong-un, like any other leader of the nations, you know, really concerned about national security and regime security. north korea is concerned about how to secure credible, minimal nuclear deterrence against the united states and how to deal with deteriorating conventional arms race with south korea. how to co-op the military. how to sustain its regime and how to enhance international peace treaty. north korean logic is no different from other nations. >> so you don't think that kim jong-un would somehow irrationally launch a first nuclear strike? >> no. american intelligence community comes up with a very interesting report saying that kim jong-un is not irrational. is not crazy. if i think it's a kind of a leader which we can have a talk. >> and so will kim jong-nam be vital to that? if you can talk to him in south korea during these olympics, is he the first big opportunity you've had to talk to a v

ceremony kim jong il is the first member of the north's ruling kim dynasty to ever visit the south and it's a diplomatic overture from the nuclear arms regime that's been met with mixed international reactions. you're watching g.w. news coming to you live from berlin we have more news for you at the top the hour and of course you can get all the latest news information around the clock on our web site at t w dot com thanks for watching. chico. take football personally. when. i see you don't know you champagne i love story in amsterdam he went from both leagues and try to make field at the same time maybe one day even though he reveals his future career in an exclusive interview. with. good morning. international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week after germany's longest political deadlock in post-war history a new governing coalition is finally taking shape can it deliver on its promises and how weak is chancellor merkel that's our topic this week on quadriga joining us . from quadriga in sixty minutes. playing ways at full speed. ahead with shiny. pledge but alway

touched down at an airport in south korea it includes leader kim jong un's younger sister kim jong il marks the first time a member of the north korean ruling family has crossed the border since the korean war. nervous investors in asia have reacted to the wall street. hong kong's hang seng loss three percent if anything. japan's nikkei also lost three percent putting the index on track for a weekly loss of more than eight percent. now the reuters news agency says it has evidence of a massacre of ranger men in me and carried out last september and it was done by security forces with the help of buddhist villages now this is the first time such an account has been backed up by witness statements from buddhist villages and security forces themselves the two journalists behind the investigation have been detained in mia ma and denied bail awarding the silver's report contains images that some viewers may find disturbing. it's a chilling and detailed account of what can only be described as a premeditated massacre the photographs provided to reuters by a buddhist village elder don't lie t

he "the washington post" called kim kim yo jong the ivanka trump of north korea. the glowing coverage continued on tv. >> athletes from the north and south korea marching on the same team, weaving reunification flags. more history, just a few seats away. kim jong un's sister right there behind the vice president. she's on hand for the olympics as well. >> and a r historic moment, south korean president shook band of kim yo jong, the sister of north korean leader kim jong un. >> the sister of kim jong un shook hands warmly with the south korean president at the veal vip box. >> north korea iss stealing much of the limelight. kim jong un's sister landed at the airport earlier today. >>'s three days of the world's media running after the sister of north korean leader kim jong un. still, we know very little about the woman who has stolen the headlines at the pyeongchang winter olympics. >> sean: the media also goes after vice president mike pence for refusing to shake her hand in the vip box. we'll have more on that later in the show. take a step back and remember, th

it follows another historic moment off the odds it's amazing and so kim jong un's younger sister kim jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader the south korean president in to visit pyongyang she's visiting for the winter olympics the star player in the diplomatic games taking place alongside the sporting events. moon responded positively his spokesman said. in reply president reagan expressed his will to make it happen by creating the right conditions in the future he says. it's not clear what those conditions are but south korea will have to navigate the tensions between its know the neighbors and its ally the u.s. which are at loggerheads over north korea's nuclear ambitions. u.s. vice president mike pence has used his presence at the games to keep up pressure on the north and cautioned the south korean government against falling for a charm offensive with that in mind president moon who has always advocated for engagement with the north said better ties between the two koreas rested on dialogue between the u.s. and north korea. german president franco to steinmeye

kim jong il. the getting prime minister to come to. itself is a kind of big story to tell to the people here we are the former. prime minister came to this country to apologize for north korea. the regime said that five of those abducted were still alive and they would be allowed to visit japan without issue seemingly resolved to signed a joint declaration relations looked like they might be on the man. prime is immediately that we would like to see by survivors so. that sort of meeting to take. to see them so we beat that is a key element for us. to question of trust trust me it's difficult to verify. anything north korea says because it's a secret nation and it's not democratic nation therefore there is no accountability those five survivors remained in japan north korea said they had to be sent back and accused the japanese government of breaking its promise chargeable that you broke a promise no i said. you're kidding because also our job is who up ducted value how could you sort of. decide th

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. that has the nothing to do with the american position which is actually, pro dialogue at this point. also, the two korea yeahs look sowing happy together. that's not really true. that it is, you know, there are, there is literally no communication between the two. and, politically, they need each other. right now. and being pro engagement. and, he pushed to, this point. also, another thing. north korea, just, this is always what happened. they have done things. like do a nuclear test. the world rewards them with actually inviting them to the olympics. letting them take over the whole attention. >> clearly. >> whatever they're doi

opening ceremony kim jewel is the first member of the north's ruling kim dynasty to ever visit the south it's a diplomatic overture from the nuclear armed regime that's been met with mixed international reaction. and don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download from google player from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news can also use the d w send us photos and video stream. so all you news for now if you're watching t w earlier we have more for you coming up top the next hour and all the latest news and information online dot com thanks watch. one dreamed up the international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week after germany's longest political deadlock in post-war history and a new governing coalition is finally taking shape can its deliver on its promises and how weak is chancellor merkel that's our topic this week on quadriga joining us . next on d.w. . prerogative and aggressive daring and often dark. these are the works of gail oscillates one

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a hit which malaysian authorities say kim jong-un ordered, but which kim denies. experts say kim jong-un himself not only visited tokyo disneyland in the early '90s under a fake passport, but he also lived under a fake name and passport while studying at a private school in switzerland, pretending to be the son of a north korean embassy employee. >> primarily for security reasons. they did not want him to be a known person in switzerland, where allied intelligence agencies could potentially get at him or at least identify him and start building a file on him. >> reporter: outstanding questions remain for brazilian officials -- just how did the north koreans reportedly obtain these fake passports? possibly through bribery? and were these passports ever used? a brazilian official tells us his country's ministry of foreign affairs is investigating every aspect of these reported passports. wolf? >> you know, brian, could kim jong-un and his sister have fake passports now? >> analysts say they very well could and could use them if the regime collapses and they need to

sister of the north korean leader kim jong un. >> the sister of kim jong un shook hands warm live with the south korean president in the v.i.p. box of ceremonies. >> north korea is stealing much of the limelight airport earlier today. three days of the world's media running after the sills ter of north korean leader kim jong un and still we know very little about the woman who has stolen the headlines at the pock change winter olympics. >> if that's not bad enough the media also goes after vice president mike pence for refusing to shake her hand in the v.i.p. box. we have more with that with joe concha later in the show. take a step back and remember the woman that the media is applauding is the director of propaganda for a government that has, let's see, murdered arranged 400,000 political prisoners in what some are calling concentration camps and these camps have been in existence since 1982? and as we speak between 80,000 and 120,000 people are still imprisoned in those camps, including men, women, and even children? and according to a 2014 united nations report, well over 200,000 p

it's the first ever visit to the south by a member of the ruling kim dynasty is her trip across the border a sign of fall or just a political ploy we go live to kill in china also coming up. it's not all about politics the olympic flame is in the final few stages of the torch relay and on its way to the opening ceremony of the twenty third winter day. and germans have had a day to mull over the new government that's taking shape we talked to a determined opponent of the new grand coalition. hello i'm terry market thanks for joining us high level north korean delegation has arrived in south korea ahead of the opening ceremony for the winter olympic games the delegation includes kim yo june the sister of north korean leader kim jong il and she's the first member of the north's ruling dynasty to visit the south officially the two countries are still at war but these games being held in south korea appear to have started a thaw in relations at the opening ceremony athletes from the two countries will walk side by side under a unity flag. well correspondent jason strother is in china for

the sister of kim jong un she perhaps is the only person that kim listens to and you have vice president pantsuit has not ruled out conversations with the north koreans and obviously there are going to be small steps but they're irreconcilable differences here because north korea has a position going back to its founding in one nine hundred forty eight that it is a legitimate government for all of korea and the korean war was an intent to impose a solution by force and north korea since that time has been willing to use force to kill south koreans kill americans to achieve that goal so there's a lot to gap here in this incense erect wild bill but you know these conversations that could occur during the olympics are arranged by president mode could certainly help the child chung from a chinese perspective what's that what's wrong with having the took arias come together and unite does it pose any strategic of risk for china i think it so he sees the as a number of countries are dividing china it's along the countries and the saucepan and not square off the counties and i think a tougher t

kim jong in the stadium and watching this game. then the hockey sticks. came. came young not with the nominal head off north korea and i can see it here and we have. done or a lot the. bank human who is so all here right now. to be honest the crowd here going to take over the joint team and i think the president. doesn't i think it's just added to the excitement that such a high. level delegation from north korea is in the house as we speak and everyone here is waving flags i find the bob edition i find. anything that might suggest that people might be against in the stadium. outside the stadium there's a mass of police presence again no signs of a position on the other hand yet they had a small group of conservative protesters who were outside didn't think stadion. against north korea's present however this was a very small group. it's still very early days. all right rafael rushy for reality for the ice hockey stadium in gang nyungar in south korea thank you so much . well moving off the ice and onto the snow where the first meda

kim jong-un visited moon to visit pyongyang. she and a high-level delegation met with the president on saturday. the first member of the north korea ruling to visit the south since 1953. here you can see her carrying that blue folder. that blue folder containing a personal ledder to president moon. he hopes for betterer relations between the two nations. president moon responded by that invitation by suggesting that the talks should also involve the united states, talks needed there, as well. let's get the very latest on this story with our two correspondents following this story. paula hancock live in pyeongchang and paula newton in seoul. typically when we speak about north korea we're talking about north korean firing a missile and south korea and others responding. this story quite different on this day. talk to us about the significance of this meeting. >> well, that's right, george. just the very fact that a few months ago we were talking about the possibility of a military strike against north korea. we had the south kore

the younger sister of ruler kim jong moon shaking hands with south korean president moon j.n. an absolutely unprecedented there's never been a member of north korea's ruling family to come south of the d.m.z. so it kind of it underlies president moon's attempts to brand the winter olympics as the pisa lympics and i think this will be a theme that we will that he will turn that south korea will turn back to throughout the games how important do you think this diplomatic overture is to have kim jong un sr at the opening ceremonies. certainly there's some hope that kim jong il is bringing with her a message from her big brother. but of course not everything is worked out perhaps as president moon as hoped there had that he had arranged a dinner between some world leaders including kim jong un the rest of the north korean delegation as well as the american delegation led by vice president mike pence but according to reports here pence only stayed a very brief time at this reception it's unclear if he had any interaction at all with the north koreans so i think that someone pulled

clinton and bush were dealing with different kims-- kim il-sung, kim jong-il, and now kim jong-un, but i guess to trump, all rocket men look the same. or maybe, maybe he just can't tell kims apart. maybe that's his thing. he's gonna be walking in the street, bumping into lil' kim and looking at her like, "you son of a bitch!" tensions with kim jong-un loomed over the entire excursion, and it didn't help that north korea released a statement calling trump "an old lunatic." and donald trump was like "i've got 280 now." - moments ago, president trump openly mocked the leader of north korea. this is what he wrote: "why would "kim jong-un insult me by calling me 'old' "when i would never call him 'short and fat'? "oh, well, i try so hard to be his friend, and maybe someday that will happen." - okay, it's a little weird for donald trump to diss kim jong-un's weight when they have pretty much the same body type. i mean, yeah, i'm not judging, but i just think people who live in gingerbread houses shouldn't throw scones. also, also, i love that trump's response was "how dare you call me old?"

time of korean leaders meeting in more than a decade south korea saves kim jong un's sister kim old joe to live at the invitation of the presidential palace and sold she's visiting the site as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling for both sides to build the conditions needed as for the business. oh more on this now we're going to cross over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site thanks thing don noon and south korea how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the plan young like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and. so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong un sr is certainly really significant if n

i'm sure she's like kim jong-un. 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

i'm sure she's like kim jong-un. she's not looking at north korea's people. >> some reports suggest that kim yo-jong ran the country when kim jong-il was ill. >> your piece touched on this. but to press further the mix of opinion, what is the prevailing perception of the sister of the leader of north korea? is there a trust gap? is there a sense of optimism, which is more prevalent? >> there's definitely, george, some anger about the sister of a leader that many perceive as a leader of an enemy country to be here. this the conservative view that there should be no engagement. there's the other view, where we are now, having the discussions, no matter where they end up, is preferable, to when there was talk about a second korean war. they had to give reasons why there shouldn't be a second korean war. we've gone a long way since then. it's difficult to get an exact feeling of what the prevailing sentiment is at this point. some support the peace talks. but they don't like the fact their athletes weren't able to walk o

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supervisor kim, you have additional comments? >> i just forgot to also acknowledge a few other folks. the former mayor, former state senator who were also there that night as well as john as well. so that's it. >> thank you. seeing no names on the roster, we can begin the presentation. >> thank you. i'm with the port of san francisco to drill down into a microscope into one aspect of the project that under state law we're required to speak to you about and has a separate action and that's the infrastructure financing district. the infrastructure financing district is a key financing source that among all the complex financing sources you saw, this is the one we're relying upon to help fund eligible costs and those include items like backbone infrastructure, public parks, short line adaptation, and historic preservation. the item before you would establish the creatively named project area i which is adjacent to the mission rock site. it would be within the existing port wide ifd. establishing the ifd would allow the port as the c

what was kim's end game? >> i think what he wanted to get out of it was the delivery of a message of this decision to have president moon maybe had visit the dprk. he wanted to get things back on track in terms of interacting with the south koreans and the south korean government. >> kim seems to have accomplish that had goal but they believe he also manipulated the south koreans the an extent and tried manipulate world attention away from the vicious realities inside north korea. >> i think the conversation has been on jokim jong-un's presenc and the zmeets the cheerleaders. >> meanwhile a sobering assessment for one of the top spy masters who told senators, the dictator could be getting shielded from information he desperately needs by his inner circle. >> our an lists remained concerned that kim jong-un is not hearing the full story. that those around him aren't suggesting to him the tenuous nature of his position, both internationally and domestically how tenuous is his position domestically? an expert on

the sister of north korean leader kim. she's the first member of the north's ruling kim dynasty to ever visit the south. now to nigeria and it age old conflict between herders and farmers a conflict that's becoming increasingly violent herders who find it harder and harder to find grazing land for their livestock are taking over farmland by force or than five hundred people died last year and in january of this year alone more than one hundred sixty people lost their lives the situation is particularly acute in the state have been nearly one hundred thousand people there have fled to refugee camps we sent our reporter into the heart of the conflict. fama crystal from a k o six also that mother only has to do it floor to rest on about two weeks ago herdsman at tech their village forcing them to flee to mark already the provincial capital now they are living in a school that's on the construction. they have access to water there. but are still waiting for food medical care and mantras to sleep on. so disappointed so i'm not

the other one kim mentioned is mental health. in virtually all of the shootings, whether in florida, newtown, aurora, university of west virginia, every one of the shooters was severely mentally ill. donald trump mentioned that in his cpac speech. he talked about this. this is basically off the table as far as congress is concerned. that's not in the middle of the argument we're having right now. washington post did a poll on this in the past week. 77% of respondents said mental illness was the primary cause of the shootings. >> bill? >> i think mental illness is a big part of it but it's not the only part. politically, the republicans are in a position because there's a republican congress and a republican president to do something. i'm very skeptical. i'm not a gun owner, have no desire to own a gun. but apart from the constitutional issues, which i think are very strong, i think there's just a practical issue. there's 300 million guns i believe out in america and there's eight and-a-half million boys in high school and we're g

chairman kim jong un's on voip kim yo junk delivered a letter expressing a willingness to improve relations she also delivered a message from kim jong un that he is willing to meet president moon james in the near future and that he hopes president moon visits the north at a convenient time going to him has more now from congo if this meeting transpires it would be historic this would be the first time that north korean leader kim jong il met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven there's been a lot of speculation in the south korean media in the last several days that kim jong un sister kim neo jiang a trusted adviser and high ranking party leader was coming with an invite in hand she delivered a letter and virtually asked that president moon come to the north soon at a convenient time president moon says let's arrange that and let's create favorable conditions to make that happen but moon is also saying that although he's keen to reboot intercalary and relations that dialogue between the united states and the north is essential and he's encouraging both sides

president moon kid kim jong as well as kim young the second in command in the north korean regime as long as as well as vice president mike pence all sitting in the same room watching the ceremony together so it's certainly a big deal this is the first time that a family member of the ruling kim clan has ever come to south korea and read this and leave the delegation from the u.s. headed by vice president mike pence was there any diplomatic will clinton if. well local media is reporting that at a dinner reception that was held prior to the opening ceremony vice president pence made a very brief appearance he more or less avoided it mr kim young who's. basically the second man in charge in north korea. tenses office says that there was a scheduling conflict but it's being read here is more or less a snub now that the olympics have begun jason is it a sense of excitement on the korean peninsula which is they ran down. the hostile division between the north and south. right i think the opening ceremony considering how well it went off it is changing minds leading up to the games there w

news live from berlin kim jong il and sister arrives for south korea's winter olympics it is a first ever visit to the south by a member of the ruling kim dynasty is her trip across the border a sign of a song or just a political ploy we'll go live to. a song all about politics the olympic stadium glitters in a brilliant show of light for the opening ceremony of the twenty third of the winter games. a race against time after the earthquake in taiwan rescue crews try to locate a family trapped under this hotel but aftershocks make it dangerous work. also coming up wall street drops again and world markets follow the dow jones now down more than ten percent from its january high it is officially a market correction. plus can a new campaign get gregg's that we were in britain behind a second referendum we talk to a passionate remainer behind that question. i'm sorry someone's got to go to have you with us a high level north korean delegation has arrived in south korea ahead of the opening ceremony for the winter olympics now this delegation includes kim jong that's the sister of north k

kim, her final run for glory, soaring into the air and bringing home the gold medal. >> chloe kim reigns supreme in south korea. >> i worked so hard to get to this point. coming here and being able to land was my main goal. i'm happy i was able to do it. >> reporter: standing on top of e teammate, arielle gold takes gold. kim said, i hate crying, but i give myself a pass for this one. stoked to bring home the gold. >> oh, my lord, this is qualifying. >> reporter: for the men, shaun white, at his fourth olympic games, considered to be the elder statesman of snowboarding, looking to be king of the hill in halfpipe. >> shaun white has taken the lead in qualifying. >> reporter: edging scotty james out of the top spot, for what is shaping up to be an epic final happening today. a two-time gold medalist, who finished a disappointing fourth in sochi, white is looking to bring home more gold, using the toughest tricks in halfpipe. people forget, you made it to the olympics. but i have to qualify. >> reporter: from snowboarders catching air, to high wind gusts, nearly blowing skiers off of the mo

we will hear from chloe kim coming up. s she has attitude and personality for days. >> get a lid on that bald dome. it's cold. looking good, my friend. thank you. >> punch you in the face and laugh at you. >> i can feel that. >>> 18 minutes past the hour. tensions in the middle east. israelis say launching new drones inside syria. the president says he is not sure anyone wants peace. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. >>> president trump says he is not convinced israelis or palestinians are committed to the

north korea's kim jong il has invited south korea's president to pyongyang for talks hosted kim sr in seoul on the sidelines of the pics. and being counted in sri lanka for its most peaceful election for decades it's the first votes and laws changed allowing a record number of women to campaign for a seat in local government. now the philippines president roderigo to say wants to change the constitution and switch to a new form of government he says it's a way to decentralize power to the regions and help alleviate poverty but critics say it's just a trick to keep government officials in jobs. as more. former philippines president for didn't marcus ruled with an iron fist for decades his marshall rule was seen by many filipinos as oppressive in one nine hundred eighty six the people power revolution removed him from office ushering in a new era of democracy the one nine hundred eighty seven philippine constitution was drafted with an emphasis on bringing about social justice past presidents have tried to change that constitution in the hope of prolonging their stay in power president

kim jong un's sister tells the south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and when jean says he'd be willing to go to pyongyang if conditions are right. it's good to have you with us. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on his way home from a bombing mission he was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. a burning israeli f. sixteen shot down by the syrian air force both pilots ejected one was seriously wounded. israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use a syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying just this morning iran brazenly violated israel solvent israel holds iran

south korea's president to meet in pyongyang kim kim jong un's sister deliver the invitation and so against the backdrop of the winter olympics the diplomatic thought comes despite an acceleration in the north's weapons program last year and pressure from sols allies and washington. excited fans wait to greet the combined korean women's hockey team the first didn't think history and the coming together on the ice symbolizing hopes of woman relations between the south and its belligerent move neighbor was easier than to win or lose the result doesn't matter i hope they play their best and try their hardest in a show of unity the fans. this is a god given chance that we seventy million korean people can be of one mind to support the team. q. had. those hosts feasted by another historic moment off the ice meeting in seoul kim jong un's younger sister kim yo jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader for south korean president moon j. in to visit pyongyang it raises the prospect of the first meeting between both korean leaders for more than ten years. that prospect may no

outside of her brother kim jong-un, kim yo-jong could be the most powerful person in north korea. the younger sister of the north korean dictator, she shares his dna and his vision for the repressive regime. she's now heading across the south korean border as part of north korea's delegation to the winter olympics. >> oh, it's absolutely significant on quite a number of levels. first, just the symbolism and symbolics of this. she has been relatively cloistered outside of north korea. we don't know how much she has traveled, but she's about to emerge on the world's largest television stage. >> reporter: kim yo-jong will be the first member of the kim dynasty to ever visit south korea. no family member has crossed the border since the korean war. her star has risen meteorically over past four years. she's been a top official of the propaganda and agitation department which enforces censorship. she was recently promoted to a position in the politburo, the senior body in the communist party. kim yong-nam, ceremonial head of state, will be there and yields influence in the regime. anal

visit to south korea earlier this month as you can see he sat right in front of the north korean leader kim jong un sr and washington said he'd been willing to hold a meeting with her and other officials from pyongyang as president on a trump is recommending a ban on devices that can turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns it would include so-called bomb stocks which were used in the last vegas mass shooting in october where fifty eight people were killed and the white house says it's open to raising the minimum age for people trying to buy the type of rifle rifle that it was shoes to in last week's school shooting in florida the left seventeen people dead those are the headlines news continues keep it here on al-jazeera listening post this next. hold the benefit of saddam people so bad they see all kinds witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. feel to ask the peaceful. i'm. right now just so you know i'm not talking. point among the most closely watched early awareness and this level diplomacy. a lot richard gives but if you're at the listening post here