and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. india it's a visit the would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea

south korea's president j.n. says japan hasn't resolved the issue of so-called comfort women thousands of korean women were forced into sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two japan has described moon's comments as extremely regrettable. donald trump's white house communications director is resigning copecks made the announcement today after she testified before a congressional panel that's investigating accusations of russian interference in the twenty's sixteen election rescue workers in most of us still searching through bombed out buildings seven months after the rock iraqi government declared victory over iceland the city they found more than three thousand bodies and they still much work to do a warning might find some of the pictures in one package disturbing. it's a city in ruins with entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble the most damage is in most of all city that stood for centuries before the i saw this is where i sell fighters for to the bitter end. and as bulldozers sift through th

korea to do the same thing japan also very pointedly reminded south korea that this latest spat comes to very difficult time when japan and south korea along with the united states should be showing a united front to the village or its of north korea with regards to into korean relations and also used his speech to call to build upon the goodwill that has been generated during these limpet games saying that north and south korea should be looking towards collaborative projects that will build two wards peace and economic progress if that is followed through if they can agree on projects between north and south korea that would be very tangible evidence of improvements in korean relations i'm just international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the human rights group made the accusation after analyzing egyptian military video human counterparts. this is a gyptian military video the army says it shows improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls a terrorist elements human rights group amnesty international says one of the s

korea's then lida are we seeing something similar here and is south korea more prepared than their previous governments have begun and then the u.s. is now well the south korean summit is is interesting in the sense that it's going to be very very soon and we strongly that they've motivated it almost equally in the same way as the north korean interest in particular using this idea in conjunctions new speech full this summit or this into crittur parchments take place both careers were very last year about the threat of war and i think that selfishly for the right reasons. oh beijing and pyongyang are kind of all in the same page with regards to probably won't wind wanting to provide optics that will satisfy trump at least until the end of his in his generation and so whatever it can take from those three i'm not saying they can be working side by side. they are coming from the same feel of concern and so if they can come to an agreement where north korea on the set face agrees to give up more amount of its nuclear program and if it before on the cephus then that could satisfy trump for a sh

korea and japan are condemning the terrorists south korea is one of the biggest exports is of steel to the us. we would actively consider filing a complaint to the world trade organization with agreement between major countries the trade minister kim already discussed this with the european union trade commissioner. could do with her it is extremely regrettable that the measures were decided i believe there is a concern that a broad trade restriction mechanism on the grounds of national security could disturb not only the u.s. but also the global steel and aluminum markets including those in the asian region and it could also cause a grave impact on economic relations between allies japan and the us as well as the multilateral trade system overall and the global economy. now it's the trade deal trump didn't want to be a part of the trans-pacific partnership has been signed in chile and what's being healthy is a powerful move against protectionism the revised deal will reduce tariffs for eleven countries and connect economies worth ten trillion dollars our latin america to see newman

place somewhere in south korea not into the camp rossini maybe one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim aden force a concert which is why i say enjoy having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and it's on by visiting our website is just that dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for us last a.j. it's i saw it you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story for me has so much about the whole team here by phenomenal and in . bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with a smoking alternative known as vapor i enjoy the taste of it and not get the harmful effects of what smoking does between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen a lonely star tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison ysaye versus conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think they're both da

and north korea told china jan reports. a south korean delegation delivered p. on yang's invitation to president trump during a visit to the white house he expressed this that even if the president felt that's on as a possible. president trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet. by may to achieve prominent need to provide situation. north korea has carried out six nuclear tests under kim jong un since he took power seven years ago in january of two thousand and sixteen it announced the successful testing of its first hydrogen bomb and in november north korea announced it had tested a new long range missile on with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the u.s. mainland the growing nuclear threat caused a global outrage on tough sanctions were imposed against the north trump and kim jong un have exchanged a war of words for months last summer trump or north korea against making any threats or he will be met with what he said fire and fury he then said he would totally destroy north korea and called kim a rocket man at the united nations it's a pember

state department confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential deal nuclearize ation talks with pyongyang the north and south have agreed to hold a historic summit next month u.s. president donald trump welcomed the news saying he believes the north most is for the talks are genuine. i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because the sanctions and what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they've done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find out it's going to rob mcbride he is in so how is all of this being viewed from south korea and its regional neighbors. general sense of optimism here jane in south korea a widely held belief that this is indeed a landmark agreement

not far from here at the border between north and south korea on the south korean side and to hopefully discuss these matters of course a change in tone mood to the swiftness of sort of the diplomatic moves these past few months is something perhaps that none of us could have imagined as we ended twenty seventeen and we looked ahead to twenty eighteen. absolutely not i think it took many many people by surprise towards the end of twenty seventeen we were still talking about regular provocations coming from north korea regular missile launches of increasing range their biggest nuclear test ever but then on new year's day with a speech from kim jong un things seemed to turn around he extended an olive branch to south korea and of course then we saw high level meetings with the same men at the d.m.z. who were meeting today in january it was then that it was decided that north korea would send a delegation to south korea for the winter olympics and everything seemed to change and now we're seeing these plans for leader level meetings between north and south korea between north korea and the

south korea's president echoes the cautious sentiments of world leaders summit with the north. i'm sammy's a dan this is al jazeera live from also coming up lucky to live another day bombs continue to fall in syria's eastern altar as the u.n. repeats calls for an urgent cease fire plus. homes destroyed lives shattered in egypt's sinai our exclusive report on the military operation against armed groups plus. i'm adrian brown in northwest china where president xi jinping recently vowed to eliminate poverty it's going to be a big challenge find out why here on al-jazeera. south korea's president says it's too early to be optimistic about progress in relations with the north. says he has no plans to ease sanctions against pyongyang ahead of a historic summit with leader kim jong il next month and don't trump says he believes north korea stance is genuine but mcbrien has more from seoul. there is widespread optimism in south korea at what many believe is a landmark agreement but conservative opposition parties still suspect north korea of playing a game of deception to buy time for

place somewhere in south korea if not into the camp rossini maybe one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim a don't force a concert which is why i say enjoyed having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and its time by visiting a website i was just dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. it's i sorry you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story from the house and the whole team here by financial and in . a new level of luxury has arrived. an experience that will transform the way you try. a couple service remains but none comes breaking. revolutionary business plans. the old forces for the sake of fairness to. whether conducting business or sharing a special journey. with a list of all the search one of its. branches of mine in the depths trying to smile. you'll centuries in the sky introduce a. list of newsgroups. as owens going places together. when the w

korea for the first time the government here in seoul in south korea is really playing up the landmark achievement of just this mission taking place but we are short on detail about what this agreement means in practice we are relying for the most part on coverage by the official news service of north korea no south korean media i've been allowed to accompany the delegation we are expecting to hear more detail when that delegation who are still in pyongyang having more talks when they return later today choose day to seoul when they'll brief not only people here but then possibly all equally important they will go on to washington to brief people there and obviously what makes it even more significant is how rare summit like this would be. that's right the last one was in twenty seven the summit though possibly there is more at stake given the summit now given the extent to which north korea has advanced its missile program and also its nuclear capability its nuclear development in the president of south korea says this whole process is day and the ultimate denuclearization of the kore

ambassador to south korea and head of u.s. negotiations with north korea between two thousand and three and two thousand and seven he surprised by this latest news but says the really hot begins now it is quite unprecedented i spent four years negotiating with north korea koreans in my capacity as the head of the u.s. delegation to the six party talks and i tell you we've never had a day like today so this is quite unprecedented quite extraordinary and the question really is how much will president trump try to ensure that a meeting which is apt defter all over climate of the realm when you have a meeting with the president the united states whether that meeting will really lead to the full dinnick denuclearization that we all are demanding if he has in mind just to sort of get together i think that's going to be very poorly received politically in this country so i think he's going to have to get his staff to work and they're going to have to figure out what the steps are they want to see coming from north korea they want to

and south korea say they may file a complaint with the world trade organization. the kenyan president uhuru kenyatta and the main opposition leader run the dingo promising to work out their differences and to unify the country they've been meeting in nairobi for the first time since the disputed elections last august the opposition went on to boycott a vote that sparked widespread violence across kenya those are your headlines up next it's the stream i will see you very soon. facing the realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activist in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on and talk to al-jazeera at this time. when i return the favor and then i am in the game. i am for me ok on this international women's day we're looking at female journalists on the front lines of journalism stay with us you're live in the stream i know you chad.

korea and japan condemning the tariffs as well south korea one of the biggest exporters of steel to the u.s. . we would actively consider filing a complaint to the world trade organization with agreement between major countries the trade minister kim chung already discussed this with the european union trade commissioner. could do with her it is extremely regrettable that the measures were decided i believe there is a concern that a broad trade restriction mechanism on the grounds of national security could disturb not only the us but also the global steel and aluminum markets including those in the asian region and it could also cause a grave impact on economic relations between allies japan and the us as well as the multilateral trade system overall and the global economy and further to the steel and aluminum tariffs there is the prospect of a us china trade war regular al-jazeera contributor richard job it had darien has written about that out for al-jazeera dot com and he says what's clear is that almost overnight the u.s. has transformed from a preeminent advocate of free trade

place somewhere in south korea not in the but can proceed in may be one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim aden force a concert which is why i say enjoyed having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and it's i'm by visiting a website i was just dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for us last a.j. it's i saw it you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story from the house i'm about law and the whole team here by financial and in . on counting the cost in what's been a big week for global trade we'll look at how the u.s. is up bending the rules of commerce and if free trade is really worth fighting for plus the latest mind bending concept cars from the geneva auto show counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. now. now. it's the cheapest rail service in the deal congo the largest country in sub-saharan africa the swallow crosses half the country from lubumbashi to a lab

the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to meet face to face in a border village next month they will be the third meeting between the two countries in sixty five years since the end of the korean war. the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has been the most important part of the agenda since the high level talks of january ninth and the exchange of visits between north and south korean invoice that's the issue we will focus on to further discussion as well. kathy novak has more now from seoul. well it is just a month now until south korea's president will meet north korean leader kim jong un forming up the date for the first intercalary in summit since two thousand and seven is another sign of improving relations between the two koreas which remains technically at war the agreement was made at a high level talks between south korea's unification minister and his north korean counterpart it's the second time to these two men have met this year and they remarked on how much has changed since they last met in january when it was decided that after two years of the two co

south korea says it will send a special delegation to the north for the first time in eleven years. abuse of power sexual harassment that has really led the conversation in the industry throughout the oscar campaign season the dark side of hollywood threatens to overshadow the movie world's biggest night of the year. the polls of indian italy but it could be some time before the country's leadership is decided no single party appears to be on track to gain the required forty percent to form a government let's take a closer look now at the main players the democratic party of the p.d.s. led by former prime minister material renzi it's pretty europe and pro immigrant part has failed to engage younger voters luigi demaio is the prime ministerial pick of the five star movement that's an anti-establishment anti corruption party wish looks set to secure a high vote led by matt taylor salvini the lega party is euro skeptic in its anti immigrant and the former prime minister silvio berlusconi he's back in the spotlight with the center right forza italia party he can't hold public office bec

leeds university and he explained how the most recent talks and the care to change in south korea's policy towards the north i think it's so hard to read kim jong un and s.s. why i think it's a really helpful that some south koreans have gone and actually met him and have a chance to see what he is like but i think maybe at some level he gets it their differences north korea has made itself because of its nuclear missile developments a global look at the local threats are now the u.s. will for it i mention is just as important as the into korean dimension that's very frustrating for south korean president mungy in because of course the u.s. is a close ally but he's a veteran of the sunshine era he went to pyongyang as as chief of staff to the then south korean president and he wants to south korea back in the driver's seat i would say he's done that really very much have the donald trump who is rather hard to predict shall we say on many things will just give the south koreans you know some time. russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage to syrian rebel fighters and

believe this is a big mistake by south korea this is really. warding in their eyes north korea for their villages and also their nuclear program but this delegation is entering further into dialogue with a regime that has so far given no commitment that it is willing to give up its nuclear arsenal that the shape of water fairy tale romance has won top honors including best picture on an oscar is night overshadowed by scandal about sexual misconduct in shape business other major willis include gary oldman and frances mcdormand let's go live now to the red carpet and our correspondent there in los angeles rob reynolds the shape of water only the second time i understand that this is a fantasy picture wins best picture but it was the most nominated film wasn't it before the academy. yes it was the most nominated with thirteen nominations it came away with four actual awards including best picture and best director for a year modelled thorough. it was a film that was very unusual as you mentioned because of the it was not the usual sort of. high mi

korea but north korea south korea and the united states. saudi crown prince mohammed bin salon has met the u.s. president at the white house with donald trump using the encounter for an unusual photo opportunity he displayed larger cards to illustrate the benefits of arms being sold to riyadh but rights groups say those sales should be made to saudi arabia which is the leading a campaign in yemen against the who thing rebels alan fischer reports now from washington d.c. . it was a look here rival for such a high profile visit the crown prince from saudi arabia did not go in through the front door but soon found himself in the oval office and the u.s. president donald trump addressing mainly a domestic audience took the opportunity to outline the financial importance of the so did alicia's ship some of the things that have been approved and are currently under construction and will be delivered. so the review very soon this is mohammed bin soundman second visit to the white house in a year and he was keen to point out this was the continuati

seizing the moment south korea's president in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders or the trumpeter to norman denuclearization m. peace on the korean peninsula are beginning to be realized i believe the punk shanklin pics and paralympics as well as our endeavors for peace will help create a new global peace or the credit should go to those people around the world who wish for peace and should you do about those. moons liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all wind up having u.s. rockets landing and coming in where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea. special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exp

the first high level tolls between south and north korea have begun in the demilitarized zone which divides the two countries they're expected to set the agenda for meetings between south korean president. and the north korean leader kim jong un which is planned for next month diplomatic momentum has been building including kim's first face to face meeting with the chinese president earlier this week. the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has been the most important part of the agenda since the high level talks of january ninth and the exchange of visits between north and south korean envoy that's the issue we will focus on further discussion as well or we can speak to our correspondent kathy novak who is on the border between north and south korea and kathy these talks have been underway now for a little while what are we expecting from them. yes they've been taking place inside the joint security area at the demilitarized zone not far from where i'm standing i'm as you say at the border region and just across the way across the water there you can see a bit of north korea behind me

which remains technically at war the agreement was made at a high level talks between south korea's unification minister and his north korean counterpart if the second time does two men have met this year and they remarked on how much has changed since they last met in january when it was decided that after two years of the two countries not communicating they would come together at the winter olympics in south korea. i'm certain that this is quite a positive development since we are living in a divided nation i feel more relieved when we settle things peacefully rather than being in a dangerous situation i think this is good i hope this happens more frequently. and young. single going on in the i usually don't pay attention to news but i now pay more attention as we hear more good news rather than bad news like nuclear war so the mood amongst much of the south korean public and certainly the south korean government is one of cautious optimism but there are still some skeptics the agenda still hasn't been agreed to for the into korean summit and many will want to be sure that denucl

korea and then we had the winter olympics here in south korea which saw a delegation from north korea and now we're looking forward to all of these high level meetings between kim jong il and other world leaders and the question is why is kim jong un changing his tune why now there are some who believe that the campaign of sanctions against north korea is starting to bite and they're forcing kim jong il into the negotiating table he rather says that he is in a more strong position that because of his leadership and because of the development of his nuclear and missile program he's more in a position now to leave the country to come to the table to talk with people like she jinping and donald trump and the warning from skeptics here in south korea is that if kim jong un is able to extract any concessions perhaps the lowering of sanctions against. south korea and its allies in a more difficult bargaining position when it comes to the end goal of denuclearization all right kathy thank you very much kathy novak there live in seoul in apologies for that tiny glitch on the line but that was

korea since kim jong un took power and more recently to south korea newspapers have reported sourcing intelligence sources that it was kim jong un on that train but the national intelligence service the spy agency here is not confirming those reports and spokespeople for the government are neither confirming nor denying these reports that it could either be kim jong un or kim jong un sr but a spokesperson for the presidential blue house did note that any improvement in times between pyongyang and beijing would be a positive signal ahead of planned summits between the leaders of south korea and north korea and indeed the leaders of north korea and the united states of course the government of mungy and has long been pushing a policy of more engagement and more dialogue with north korea and as far south korea is concerned it's full steam ahead towards the planned summit between president and kim jong un next month in fact there are high level talks between the two koreas planned for this thursday ahead of that summit kathy novak live for us there in seoul thanks kate. now russian presid

north and south korea agreed to hold a summit to discuss a possible nuclear deal. i know i'm in london you're watching algis they're also coming russia off a safe passage out of besieged eastern anti-government fighters and their families trying to declares a nationwide state of emergency off the riots target the country's muslim minority and a cold war style mystery unfolds as a former russian double agent who spied for m i six lies critically ill in a british hospital. hopes of building for a breakthrough in peace talks on the korean peninsula after a successful meeting between the north korean leader and a delegation from the south high level talks on the escalation took place in pyongyang and a joint summit is set to take place next month but president trump's cautioned against what he's called false hope. reports. the delegation arrived back in seoul clearly delighted the mission had achieved all its objectives and more most importantly an apparent commitment from north korea to denuclearize under the right conditions that. north korea made it clear that there

place somewhere in south korea if not into the camp rossini maybe one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim aden force a concert which is why i say enjoyed having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and it's i'm by visiting a website i was just dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. it's i saw it you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story for me has so much about the whole team here by financial and in its. now. now. when the winning the will of the people hinges on the mass media state p.r. machine is going to overdrive this but just who he's been filling in saying. we just don't know yet where the lines will be drawn between what can be said and what conducted. some journalists decided to sacrifice their integrity for outside polling the media opinion the listening post base time on al-jazeera and monday pointed one on the. us and british companies ha

north korea and south korea if those other two meetings go well he also laid out his broad goals for a meeting with north korea including of course denuclearization on the twentieth korean peninsula but also oh interesting lee said he wanted to see normalization of the relationship between the u.s. and north korea cathy meanwhile joint military drills between the u.s. and south korea is back on track how's that likely to go down with the north. well interestingly when south korean envoys visited washington d.c. to brief the u.s. on their meeting with kim jong un they said that the leader of north korea kim jong un had told them that he understands that these military exercises must go ahead that seemed to be a sharp turnaround from military exercises in the past when north korea reacted very angrily to their going ahead seeing them as it said a rehearsal for invasion even though south korea and the u.s. have always maintained they were defensive in nature so they are now show jule to go ahead on april the first they were postponed because of the olympics and paralympics that were bei

my headquarters in doha with me and ron i'm also ahead south korea's president brings up the case of so-called comfort women again drawing a complaint from japan. another of the u.s. president's closest advisors steps down. i'm scott either in bangkok or a new medical study is young i think there's a pretty good mix i. think the basic problem is that story. the third day of a partial ceasefire and serious begins in just under two hours but so far the daily pools and fighting has provided little relief for people in the rebel held on klav the five al reprieves men to allow the sick and to to leave and to get in but now also in government troops are reportedly planning a ground assault and sporadic bombings continue. in turkey near the border with syria. digging more graves is how some spend the five hour pause in the daily bombardment of eastern guta with many deaths every day the local council arranges for mass burials on the syrian government side of the buffer deemed crossing buses and ambulances waited for civilians to cross but people deny a claim by the russian president that so

the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to hold an historic summit in april those hopes build for a breakthrough on the peninsula that follows a high level meeting between a south korean delegation and the north korean leader kim jong il in pyongyang they've agreed to install a hotline between the two leaders to deescalate military tensions and north korea to freeze nuclear and missile tests during the dialogue the south says pyongyang is willing to talk to the u.s. to discuss giving up its weapons it said it wouldn't need them if it's a. curity was guaranteed the u.s. has previously said it would only hold talks if those talks lead to north korea's denuclearization washington has given it a cautious reaction was donald trump tweeting we'll see what happens rob right now from so. the delegation arrived back in seoul clearly delighted the mission had achieved all its objectives and more most importantly an apparent commitment from north korea to denuclearize under the right conditions that. north korea made it clear that there will be no reason to possess nuclear capability is

bryant has more now from chang on south korea's reaction. the office of the south korean president moon j.n. has hailed this as an historic accomplishment that potentially moves the korean peninsula towards the ultimate goal of denuclearization moon's office has heaped praise on both kim jong un of north korea and also donald trump of the united states saying it was their wisdom and bravery that has helped push this forward and agree to this historic meeting in reality many people here in south korea will credit moon j.n. for the his achievement in this diplomatic breakthrough for sending its delegation north and getting this agreement it's still not clear exactly what this meeting will look like what preconditions have been agreed or will be agreed before hand but the hope here is that given the acrimony of relations in the past any kind of meeting any kind of handshake or smile must be good in trying to move things forward if this meeting does take place this will be the fulfillment of a long held north korean and bishan to meet with the u

korea but also of course for the americans under the right conditions cording to south korea north korea has said it would be willing to denuclearize if it did not feel threatened if it felt as though its future was guaranteed now the devil they say is in the detail as it always is people will be looking at this very closely what exactly does that mean what constitutes a threat to north korea north korea is threatened by many things it says it's threatened by the exercises that take. place between south korean and american forces it is threatened by thirty eight thousand military u.s. military personnel in south korea well there's no indication that those personnel are going to go anywhere else anytime soon so there's lots to be worked out but it does at least provide a tantalizing offer or at least a way out a diplomatic way dialogue way peaceful way out of the current standoff over north korea's nuclear ambitions peter many thanks let's bring in robert kelly robot is a professor of political science and diplomacy at the pusan university he joins us live now from busan in north korea on

nuclear weapons but south korea's president says it's too early to be optimistic than jay and says he has no plans to ease sanctions before next month's summit with kim jong un mcbride has more from seoul there's widespread optimism in south korea at what many believe is a landmark agreement but conservative opposition parties still suspect north korea of playing a game of deception to buy time for its nuclear and missile development. there's been similar caution from japan which has accused north korea of renee going on previous agreements made in here or past discussions with north korea have not resulted in the nuclear a cation so our response should be based on lessons learned from their talks for the sake of talks are meaningless in china one of north korea's few allies and a possible partner in brokering future negotiations has been more welcoming and a cautious welcome from u.s. president donald trump hopefully will go in the very very peaceful beautiful pair we're prepared to go whichever path is necessary i think we're having very good dialogue south korea's envoys now travel

south korea's parent being joined by a small team from north korea. a chance to help closer relations while supporting the development of schools for athletes with disabilities. the conditions for paralympics in the north is hard we want to help develop the sports and we hope that these paralympics can play a positive role in reunification with the men's pair ice hockey team is one of south korea's medal hopes the subject of a feature length documentary released to coincide with the games. lots of people look at us with pity but we hope they just see us as athletes. and also inspirational role models overcoming challenges and adversity. one of the team members is a defector from north korea now wearing south korean colors choi one calc how does leg. when he fell from the train he'd been clinging to. there are some people who wish for and some who don't i personally want i wish all those who were hurt because of the division can be healed so now. the games organizers say ticket sales all beating expectations pointing to increased interest in spite of t

automakers will be allowed to double the number of cars they can import into south korea and south korea will now have to comply with a quota which cut steel imports to the u.s. by about thirty percent those are the headlines the news hour is next in thirty minutes with laura karl next on al-jazeera it's witness do stay with us. you stand the difference is. and this is a menagerie said cultures across and. al-jazeera .

it how is it going to impact upon us south korea relations. yeah there's a there's some debate right now actually on just how much the how serious the concessions are in south korea my sense is they're actually not terribly onerous in fact i think it's actually not a bad idea for the south koreans to throw donald trump a few bones let him sort of feel like you've got a wind that you can actually move on to things that are more important now south korea's economy grows pretty well it's three percent so the south koreans can afford to take a minor hit the real issue is as you said his house is going to go down in the south korean public we know that donald trump is really unpopular here is a poor reading of something like twenty five percent and it looks like you know donald trump is going to use trade to bludgeon south korea regarding north korea which is a shared opponent for the two regimes that's just going to make him even more popular than it can be hard to sell any kind of a major deal i just i just don't understand what the game plan is

seizing the moment south korea's president mungy in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders can john young johnny president from leadership will be highly praised by the residents of both class korea and north korea by people around the world who are hoping for. moon's liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all wind up having u.s. rockets landing in pyongyang where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea. special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exploited its good fortune in hosting the winter olympics just when the world needed a path to peace it's still early days but this is being seen as a major diploma

il high level south korean delegation delivered an invitation from the north korean leader south korea's national security adviser says kim jong un also expressed a commitment to denuclearization. president president. no meeting north korean human don't want that he is committed. to providing. north korea. from any photo was distorted first he understands that the joint military exercises between the republic of korea and the united states must continue and he expressed this that you're going to meet president from that's as possible. president appreciated the briefing and said he would meet. by may to order prominent the new curators. the trump administration has imposed controversial tariffs on steel and aluminum imports despite warnings of a potential trade war in mexico and canada will be temporarily exempt from the new levies want to go see asians continue on a regional trade deal the transpacific partnership that's been signed in chile and what's being hailed as a powerful move against protectionism to revamp deal would reduce terrorist for eleven countries and connect economies it

held a successful meeting with north korea's leader they say kim jong il agreed to meet his south korean counterparts next month and is willing to talk about getting rid of his nuclear weapons from seoul years old macbride. delegation arrived back in seoul clearly delighted the mission had achieved all its objectives and more most importantly an apparent commitment from north korea to denuclearize under the right conditions that. north korea made it clear that there will be no reason to possess nuclear capabilities if there is no military threat and also north korea's regime security is guaranteed the two sides have agreed to a summit between president jay end of south korea and north korean leader kim jong un pam and john inside the demilitarized zone separating the two koreas where a truce was signed to end the korean war in one nine hundred fifty three and for the first time a hotline will be set up between the two leaders to diffuse any future crises south korea says the north has also agreed not to hold any provocative new clear or ballistic missile tests while these talks are ongoi

between north and south korea a summit meeting that happens very rarely in north south korean politics the last one was in two seven between moon jay in the president of south korea and kim jong un there will also ahead of that be set up a hotline these hotlines have at different times been established between north and south to try to deal with any crises before they escalate out of control that will now be reestablished most importantly the question of denuclearization this is we know is one of the key sticking points it is why moon has entered into this dialogue he has been criticized for doing so for not getting guarantees that north korea is committed to denuclearizing to giving up at least part of its nuclear arsenal while they have issued this statement that north korea has apparently agreed that if it faces no threat if its security as a regime if it's fifth future is secured then it does not see why it should hold any nuclear weapons now that is open to all sorts of interpretation we don't know the fine print of this the fine detail whether that is as nuff of a guarantee that

a successful meeting with north korea's leader they say that kim jong il in agreed to meet his south korean counterpart in the next month and this willing to talk about getting rid of his nuclear weapons from seoul here's a bright. delegation arrived back in seoul clearly delighted the mission had achieved all its objectives and more most importantly an apparent commitment from north korea to denuclearize under the right conditions that. north korea made it clear that there will be no reason to possess nuclear capability is if there is no military threat and also north korea's regime security is guaranteed the two sides have agreed to a summit between president moon j end of south korea a north korean leader kim jong un and john inside the demilitarized zone separating the two koreas where a truce was signed to end the korean war in one nine hundred fifty three and for the first time a hotline will be set up between the two leaders to diffuse any future crises south korea says the north has also agreed not to hold any provocative new clear or ballistic missile tests while these talks