korea can go and it is essential that during this period north korea does not take any belligerent actions are not know it's there to the north korean delegation said that successful talks would be the perfect need years gift i mean what do you think north korea specifically is hoping to get out of these negotiations. i think north korea is really genuinely seeking seeking to play the conciliation card if one reads our president kim. chairman kim jong un speech on new year's day is a good third of that speech was devoted to rican solution with the south the tone was very respectful and conciliatory so if north korea feels that it is at a point with a sufficiently assured with its deterrent capability it wants to see how far it can pursue conciliation with the south yes one can one one can never be sure and saw it might be is just seeking a pause from during which time he can do technological advancements that cetera et cetera he might be trying to grow put a wedge between the us and are ok but all these things can only be tested once and once once we actually go ahead and allow this proces

yes of course because the us is constantly menacing north korea constantly threatening north korea carrying out war exercises that simulate the destruction of north korea a country that was destroyed by the united states between one thousand nine hundred fifty three forty five million koreans died there wasn't one structure taller than one story still standing as a consequence of u.s. bombers in the main complaint of american pilots was there was nothing left to bomb in that war so what the u.s. annihilated north korea here we have donald trump saying he's promising to do the same from the from the podium of the u.n. just a couple months ago and now trump reflecting i think not just as own personal position but that of the military industrial complex in america fears that peace may be breaking out in the korean peninsula between the two koreans between the two koreas and of course south korea has limited sovereignty because u.s. troops thirty thousand of them are still there so we see an unprecedented break away from the south korean government trying to assert sovereignty and say to this t

and south korea the north korea i should say on the u.s. over donald trump claiming his aggressive attitude towards pyongyang is exactly what made the diplomatic. totally and that's called the military action the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined. little rocket man is a sick puppy. a lot of people have said a lot of people that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and said just a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done. that they would be talking about olympics that they would. fight live now to talk to us some are in china member of the korea peace network a good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. international both the north and south expressing optimism do you expect any breakthrough at these talks. i do expect a major breakthrough from these talks as you can state this is a truly historic moment and that this is the probably the best news in the new year and also as a north korean the head of north korean delegation said it's going to be th

including cutting off diplomatic ties to his north korea solid meeting of north korea's former enemies literally almost all of these countries were participants off the korean war on the side of south korea states such as luxembourg colombia greece belgium difficult to imagine what relevance they have to the korean crisis these days but there you go noticeably absent with two countries that are actually relevant to the crisis apart from north korea itself the two countries that actually share a border with the north china and russia. russia and china were not invited to this meeting so they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january. you can come in the evening we will tell you what we have agreed on this was unacceptable what the state department said about russia supporting this meeting that's a complete lie we consider this meeting home for. the most important parties involved in the korean peninsula nuclear issue are now taking part in the meeting but we don't know what the goal of this meeting is so i don't think this meeting is legal or representative from

has constantly stated the aim of those exercises isn't to threaten the north korea and elsewhere but it is to reassure the south and yet it's the south that has gone to america and said listen let's actually stop these excise or at least put a hold on them and perhaps we can make some progress here and i made this comment earlier this week that you've got a situation where as in korea now it would appear as so many other places around the world you can comes to mind to some degree syria and so on that when you've got the u.s. and its policies being placed to one side in these different theaters of potential conflict then that allows local players to actually exactly gather and talk and knowing what i sense is this interest in its policies and actually solving problems or only starting on the road to solving problems themselves it's sort of i think it kind of follow up with what charles was saying there is that the dilemma that the u.s. faces is it's very entangled in alliances because i think all of us on this program would agree that this overture is worth exploring the u.s. should

yeah i think that what what north korea did particularly. kim north korea he he he made he made these overtures i think because he now realizes that his nuclear and missile capabilities are in play that they are sufficient to deal with any u.s. threat i don't think he would have done anything before he was assured and felt confident that his arsenal was well as it was was prepared and ready to go if he's not going to use them against the south and i thought and i think that he has good strategic thinkers and by making the overture to south korea president move to south korea was very has always been involved in wanting to have closer discussions the question that arises for the united states is does this then make the united states influence on the peninsula. less and less relevant as a consequence but it still doesn't take care of the issue or address the issue of kim's nukes and i think that those are not going to go away and i think that what happened is that but you know south korean initiative has taken yeah but when it gets a go big or

north korea know they've got to get in take over the rich korea the selfs. china play in all its. china has responded to pressure from the trumpet ministration but it hasn't done enough because china has traditionally supported the north korean regime through thick and thin you know and that's going back to the korean war where the founder of the people's republic of china rescued kim il sung the founder of the north korean state and so what we have seen in recent months for instance since october or at least thirty instances of chinese ships transferring oil to north korean vessels on the high seas which is prohibited by the way by the security council so these are things were china is continuing to bustling sions to support the north korean regime this is really dangerous and the trumpet ministration has been trying to urge the chinese but i think that what we need is a more robust response which means imposing costs on beijing for supporting the north koreans a new year's day in the daily beast you wrote the north korea's policies have been remarkably con

at long last after years north korea and south korea holding direct face to face negotiations the lympics around the corner and everyone with any sense once things to settle down so what does the vancouver group do while it gathers all of north korea's former enemies and declares it intends to tighten the noose around kim jong un's neck how's that for a path to peace. international and independent china specialist andrew lung thinks the presence of russia and china at the meeting would limit western countries options to pressure north korea. well obviously. the trauma administration doesn't feel that the time is ripe for them to talk to the north koreans yet because they want to put more pressure on north korea and put it. up the rhetoric and also the tactics of foreclosure for example they're not ruling out of something like a cage problem seems to think that all his higher octane sort of rhetoric has achieved something at least the north koreans beginning to talk to the south koreans so they don't want to give up their option. trying to talk with the allies so trying to put the allies t

back and forth the great korean leader in trouble just highlighted the significance of north korea way out of proportion because i think it has go ahead michael well it showed that the small guy can they the david can still beat the guy. happened here is that he's outsmarted the u.s. and and the u.s. is left hanging dangling and he hold he retains his nuclear weapons and at the same time he makes nice with with the south which is fine and brings a little more calm the situation the problem that i see in emerging within the trump administration is that some neo cons want to bloody do a bloody nose approach yet and hit a. target just to show him that they mean business that could just absolutely ok i'm going to jump in here and on that note gentlemen i jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the korean peninsula state with our team. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the us is it. the only show i go out of my way to you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t america

north korea itself the. pressure. and the specter of russian. a number of influential us democrats. to run. and what goes up must come. twenty four hours. just wednesday morning here in moscow you're watching international from all of us here a very warm welcome to. south and north korean officials meeting for the third time in the space of just a few days to further discuss peace efforts now that includes the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag of the upcoming olympics meanwhile western allies of the nineteen fifties korean war. talks on the current crisis with a seemingly different approach. it is not the time to ease pressure or to rework no it's career the pressure campaign will continue until north korea takes decisive steps to do nuclearize i think that could be not is to send out a very clear message that we want to intensify that pressure disco that included cutting off diplomatic ties to his north korea. artie's what i've got there now joining me live mr deer more details on this i'm about as far as i understand the meeting now has wrapped up w

that pressure to include cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea and the specter of russian meddling. a number of influential u.s. democrats claim the kremlin is behind whistleblower chelsea manning's decision to run for the senate. and what goes up must come down cryptocurrency suffer a double digit losses in the past twenty four hours amid global talk of potential regulation you money. it is wednesday afternoon here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. international thanks for joining us. south north korean officials are meeting for a third time in the space of just a few days to further discuss peace efforts that includes the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag of the upcoming. meanwhile western allies of the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war have gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis with a seemingly rather different approach it is not the time to pressure or to reword notes career the. north korean scientists to do nuclear i think. is to send out a very clear message we want to intensify that pressure discard the incl

hundred fifteen people killed north korea denies that few years back when north korea and japan were hosting a football championship there was an arm the clash and naval clash between the south koreans and the north koreans if the north koreans send a delegation to the winter olympic games they're much less likely to launch for lipstick missiles or anything else that is north korea then you have south korea and the u. . knighted states which have been sending nuclear bomb is to the borders of north korea holding war games naval exercises and you know this scene is provoking north korea they've agreed to hold those war games until after the olympics are finished next month but again this is been a terrible year anyway you look at it. i hope now is of course that with both sides talking again these runaway escalation that she'd happening it'll finally stop and babs will start seeing some negotiations in concrete results or certainly standing by to hear what comes out of these talks at the so-called peace village on the d.m.z. border line there will see what is coming out in fact we're

north korea's coast along its borders north korea in turn has launched increasingly sophisticated ballistic missiles which are now believed to be able to target making the united states all speculation there is very little concrete information available but you know it's believed that they have significantly powerful nuclear weapons miniaturized that is made small enough to be fitted into a ballistic missile. delivered thousands and thousands of kilometers way which is you know it's a huge development in the north korean leader while offering while offering an olive branch he said also that north korea has that capacity as. a deterrent a nuclear deterrent that he has a little red button that he can he can press you also have slammed in the north korean delegation indeed today as well slammed donald trump and his claims that this was these talks what's he achieved this is the this is he's you know he's worked there saying that he's boasting that he's diplomacy successful what it's been utter failure complete complete failure that donald trump has nothing with his saber rattling and indeed is

would prefer that south korea only do what it says it with regards to north korea one of the interesting things here damon is that you know you won't get this in mainstream media but the south koreans are reminding everyone that they are a sovereign state and they have the right to determine therefore i think honestly they're reminding themselves absolutely who would you know if you look at western media coverage in the politicos in washington they're quite bewildered by this because it's the south koreans taking the initiative oh my goodness they have historical agency new that's true but how did the whole story begin south koreans just indicated that. they had a message from north koreans suggesting to reestablish connection you know fax connection and joining connection so basically the south koreans did what the north koreans asked them maybe you can still do they started talking and they at least checked the fax machine and that already made things so well i would bet that no north korean athletes north korean team mate to challenge for that in big games unfortunately the russian ol

is constantly menacing north korea constantly threatening north korea carrying out war exercises that simulate the destruction of north korea a country that was destroyed by the united states between one thousand nine hundred fifty three forty five million koreans died there wasn't one structure there one story still standing as a consequence of u.s. bombers and the main complaint of american pilots was there was nothing left to bomb in that war so it the u.s. annihilated north korea here we have donald trump saying he's promising to do the same from the from the podium of the u.n. just a couple months ago and now trump will reflect that i think not just as own personal position but that of the military industrial complex in america fears that peace may be breaking out in the korean peninsula between the two koreas that that's alarming to trump into the military industrial complex but very welcomed by all the people in the world. switzerland may not be in the e.u. but it could still be facing its own version of brecht's it the swiss people's party has received permission to collect si

cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea. the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees slams america's decision to slash funding for the organization dubbing it the worst crisis in its history. and also russia's investigative committee presents evidence that it says refutes a key claim about alleged systemic doping by russia during the sochi olympics. thanks so much for joining us this evening this is r.t. international. north and south korea have agreed to march together under a unified flag at the winter olympics and this is according to a statement made by the representatives of pyongyang and seoul following today's talks between the two countries. the north and south will march together in the opening ceremony under the korean peninsula flag from a single north south female ice hockey team. south and north korean officials met for a third time in the space of just a few days to discuss peace efforts meanwhile western allies of the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war have gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis wit

yeah i think that what what north korea did particularly. kim north korea he he he made he made these overtures i think because he now realizes that his nuclear and missile capabilities are in play that they are sufficient to deal with any u.s. threat i don't think he would have done anything before he was assured and felt confident that his arsenal was was it was prepared and ready to go if he's not going to use them against the south and i think and i think that he has good strategic thinkers and by making the overture to south korea president move to south korea was very has always been involved in wanting to have a closer discussions the question that then arises for the united states is does this then make the united states influence on the peninsula. less and less relevant as a consequence but it still doesn't take care of the issue or address the issue of kim's nukes and i think that those are not going to go away and i think that what happened is that but you know south korean initiative has taken yeah but when it gets a go big or go

korea is doing north korea is following a very successful approach in confronting trump and it is very successful to mao so what happens is the. other parties involved in the multilateral agreement will cut the deal would continue on with the new deal cut the deal cut the new deal with iran and continue on with it and just ignore the u.s. the u.s. will start bluffing all the way yeah there's a lot of indications to this isn't there and listen thank you very much for coming on the program it's been great and very interesting get your thoughts dr mckay backcross political scientist at helwan university in cairo thank you. well it's not just iran's nuclear ambitions that the u.s. is unhappy with washington also wants to counter terror runs influence in syria it's one of the reasons american tennis.

north korea's nuclear ambitions let's talk with joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and he's president of the washington strategy group joel joins me from snowy washington d.c. how important was that meeting joe. thanks larry for having me on the meeting was very important that the meeting is an opportunity as all meetings are to get people together but what this meeting did was it got the allies during the korean war to be in the same room and to talk about the issue in a way they hadn't before so nothing substantive that we can tell at this stage in her. as of next steps publicly but certainly to have all of these allies together is a good step it's been long overdue quite frankly for the american diplomats to have this kind of an arrangement china and russia were not invited and china called live in a meeting cold war thinking how do you respond to that i think that may be a bit over the top there is a lot of room for china in this process and the united states has been asking china to engage on north korea

yeah i think that what what north korea did particularly. kim north korea he he he made he made these overtures i think because he now realizes that his nuclear and missile capabilities are in play that they are sufficient to deal with any u.s. threat i don't think he would have done anything before he was assured and felt confident that his arsenal was well as it was was prepared and ready to go if he's not going to use them against the south and i thought and i think that he has good strategic thinkers and by making the overture to south korea president of south korea was very has always been involved in wanting to have closer discussions the question that arises for the united states is does this then make the united states influence on the peninsula. less and less relevant as a consequence but it still doesn't take care of the issue or address the issue of kim's nukes and i think that those are not going to go away and i think that what happened is that south korean initiative has taken yeah but when it gets a go big or go to china thing

yeah i think that what what north korea did particularly. kim north korea he he he made he made these overtures i think because he now realizes that his nuclear and missile capabilities are in play that they are sufficient to deal with any u.s. threat i don't think he would have done anything before he was assured and felt confident that his arsenal was was was was prepared and ready to go if he's not going to use them against the south and i thought and i think that he has good strategic thinkers and by making the overture to south korea president move to south korea was very has always been involved in wanting to have closer discussions the question that arises for the united states is does this then make the united states influence on the peninsula. less and less relevant as a consequence but it still doesn't take care of the issue or address the issue of kim's nukes and i think that those are not going to go away and i think that what happened is that south korean initiative has taken yeah but when it gets a go big or go to china things

korea though one might ask what is left of north korea to sanction or why these sanctions would work now when they haven't for seventy years indeed they've they've moved a very provoking of career into developing nuclear weapons but you know they've they've got their own information to go by is interesting hearing them talk about tearing apart diplomatic relations with north korea as well does it seem like a sure path to peace with this meeting a kind of interesting mix of people who is invited well this is this is the interesting part you have such countries as look some colombia greece belgium attending these talks one might ask what are these countries have to do with north korea aside from having been part of the war on the side of south korea seventy years ago nevertheless they got this group of countries there they got them to talk all sorts of tough talk and they rejected advice from the two countries that are relevant and weren't invited. russia and china were not invited to this meeting they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january you can come in t

is constantly stated the aim of those exercises isn't to threaten the north korea and elsewhere but it is to reassure the south and yet it's the south that has gone to america and said listen let's actually stop these exercise or at least put a hold on them and perhaps we can make some progress here and i made this comment earlier this week that you've got a situation where as in korea now it would appear as so many other places around the world comes to mind to some degree syria and so on that when you've got the us and its policies being placed to one side. in these different theaters of potential conflict then that allows local players to actually exactly gather and talk nor in what sense is this interest in its policies and actually solving problems only starting on the road to solving problems themselves so i think it kind of follow up with what charles was saying there is that the dilemma that the u.s. faces is it's very entangled in alliances are because i think all of us on this program would agree that this overture is worth exploring the u.s. should sit down at the table and

korea missile testing in north korea threatening. and making these aggressive stances does russia support north korea's continued nuclear proliferation and i can watching i can't identify and i can answer that question very clearly christopher if you had watched the proceedings that the united nations security council when there was a vote against north korea in which china and russia did participate and did vote for the sanction they also offered in alternatives a freeze for a freeze and you go back you can watch it it's on you tube it's very thoughtful it's very thorough but you had all of the other countries saying north korea bad ok well i'm sorry that's not very intellectual it's not very helpful ok so i would answer you chris but russia and china have been extremely helpful in trying to diffuse those tensions but it doesn't get any coverage in the media because that's not what people want to hear go ahead christopher you know what should be covered i mean that's a fair point there should be more coverage but you look at these t

sense the north has gained more but look for south korea north korea china russia japan the united states if we can keep onto this track it would be a big win for everybody the latest told swallow a month sabbatical asian and rhetoric and saber rattling which we know north korea and the united states however donald trump claims his aggressive attitude towards pyongyang is exactly what made the whole diplomatic breakthrough possible. totally destroying north korea that's called the military option the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. little rocket man is a sick puppy. a lot of people have said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and said just a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldn't be talking about olympics that they wouldn't be talking right. plenty more wednesday worldwide headlines coming your way here on the program today including the b.b.c. now being accused of censorship by its own stuff details often. it's. what politicians do somethi

north korea wants to go once one is in the room and diplomacy one never knows where the discussions will and and so yes by having a link a communications link established more robustly between the south and the north that is a good thing so hopefully we can see some progress grow from this i just wouldn't have the expectation that this means necessarily that there will be an agreement or some kind of real clear way forward joe thanks as always for joining us my pleasure thanks joe rogan and we thank you for joining us on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things that don't use the politic. and that's. my scary edition of politicking. the new global economic well being in the realm of education the right to education being supplanted by the right. education. education is becoming just another product. but it's not just about education it's also about running a business and what you. want is the place of students in this business model. an extremely more education of the new global economic war. young children ha

security council called for and to clamp down on north korea even further. you know an approach that has been likened to waving a knife in someone's face and expecting them to draw their own so what about this meeting this meeting candidate who is invited to this well this is the interesting thing the countries the vancouver group the group of countries that were invited by the new to bill exception of ethiopia with the countries that participated in the original war back in the fifty's well look one of them on behalf of the south korea these were all participants of the war and you have countries such as look some colombia greece belgium attending and one might wonder you know no offense but what relevance to the these countries have to the north korean crisis now noticeably absent with the two countries that actually share a land border with north korea. russia and china were not invited to this meeting they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january you can come in the evening we will tell you what we have agreed on which this was

the north has gained more but look for south korea north korea china russia japan the united states if we can keep onto this track it would be a big win for everybody the latest talks followed months of escalation and rhetoric and saber rattling between north korea and the united states however the south korean president says donald trump deserves credit for making the talks possible so let's take a quick look back at the kind of diplomacy that according to trump himself eventually led to dialog. totally destroying north korea that's called the military option the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime. require a determined response. little rocket man is a sick puppy. a lot of people said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and such a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they would be talking about olympics or they wouldn't be talking right. now still to come here on the program on why one french chef is putting an end to his michelin dreams that story in the mix of your headlines in

north korea wants to go once one is in the room and diplomacy one never knows where the discussions will and and so yes by having a link a communications link established more robustly between the south and the north that is a good thing so hopefully we can see some progress grow from this i just wouldn't have the expectation that this means necessarily that there will be an agreement or some kind of real clear way forward joe thanks as always for joining us my pleasure thanks joe rogan and we thank you for joining us on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things that don't use the politic hash tag and that's all for this my scary edition of politicking. young children who worked in bolivia for generations almost three quarters of a million doing so today. this culture led to the development of these new liberal and highly controversial children in two thousand and fourteen which gave children as young as ten the right to under certain circumstances. you certainly. are. eat well without having the end all. of th

north has gained more but look for south korea north korea china russia japan the united states if we can keep on to this track it would be a big win for everybody the latest talks followed months of escalation in rhetoric and saber rattling between north korea and the us however that all time claims his aggressive attitude towards pyongyang is exactly what made this diplomatic breakthrough possible. totally destroy north korea that's called the military option the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. little rocket man is a sick puppy. a lot of people said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance just a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldn't be talking about olympics that they wouldn't be talking right. to come on the program here on. the scottish government considering allowing refugees and non e.u. citizens to vote in local and scottish parliament elections details after the break . this is an amazing story because now we're seeing real geo poli

sanctions and other pressures are beginning to have an impact on north korea soldiers are dangerously fleeing to south korea rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for the first time perhaps that's good news perhaps not we will see well apparently this was donald trump's knee jerk reaction to south korea offering to hold high level talks with the north after pyongyang suggested the countries should meet to discuss the next olympics it's not government policy it's the. ravings of a person who speaks before thinking tweets before thinking you know one would hope that the people on the receiving end of these things would take them with a grain of salt because. you know trump may say those things but he can't act on them because he's got a whole bureaucracy behind him that doesn't agree with them so. it's very destabilizing and i think it's undermining u.s. ability to negotiate solutions to problems so whatever policy donald trump is concocting stirring trouble on twitter is something that is going to stay it was done of. as we heard a very of all the world leaders of north korea's k

cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea. the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees slams america's decision to slash funding for the organization at the worst crisis in its history also to come. there are russian agents in the spirit parlance right now. lies and lies and lies being told throughout europe and we hear this seems torie over and over again it's all about russia and the european parliament with members clashing over threats and fake news allegedly coming from moscow. joining us this hour you're watching r.t. international. north and south korea have agreed to march together under a unified flag at the winter olympics that's according to a statement made by the representatives of pyongyang and seoul following today's talks between the two countries. south march together in the opening ceremony under the korean flag from a single north south female ice hockey team. south and north korean officials met for a third time in the space of just a few days to discuss peace efforts meanwhile western allies of the one nine hundred fi

north korea and south korea hold high level talks. it's raising hopes of a possible diplomatic breakthrough over the crisis. hundreds of people have been protesting in the spanish capital against the government. refugees in a regional jail. and the. child in a hoodie with the words. in the program debate the issue. you know. i don't think. people the vast majority of people think this is a perfectly innocent. children of all races. it is good to have you with us today welcome to the program on international with. north korea and south korea are holding their first official talks in over two years ago taking place in the demilitarized zone between the two countries and here's what proceeded the negotiations january the reopening of a cross border telephone line and the following day donald trump agreed to a military drills with seoul until the next month's winter olympics in south korea well let's go. live in the studio i understand it's all going on behind closed doors these talks in this peace village but one that has been discussed

north and south korea are to hold their first formal talks in two years after donald trump claimed his tough stance on pyongyang and made the meeting possible. also this hour the israeli prime minister faces mass protests over mounting corruption allegations with thousands again marching in the streets of tel aviv. in full swing in germany. and what some see as the country's worst political crisis years. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international nine pm now in the russian capital. you're very welcome on the program tonight a north korea is set to hold official talks with its southern neighbor for the first time in two years as tensions run high on the peninsula there are signs the spot is easing now with some progress already made at the start of the year has already seen the reopening of a cross border phone line the next day trump delayed annual military drills with seoul until after south korea holds the winter olympics next month face to face negotiations with the north are set for tuesday when we can go live now to. the story gets this caleb thanks for coming on again what

donald trump says that his nuclear button is much bigger than the one held by north korea's leader and if it works he issued that response to a new year's address by kim jong un who stressed that he had the nuclear switch close at hand but your time u.s. mainland is within the range of your nuclear strike and the button is always on the table in my office space you clearly know that this is certainly not a threat but rather a reality nevertheless south korea on tuesday responded to an overture from the north and proposed holding high level talks between the two countries on their border next week the day before north korea's leader has suggested that the country's open dialogue on easing military tensions and on the possibility of the north participating in the winter olympics in the south despite his nuclear threats our guest victor in international relations expert told us that north korea and the u.s. are locked in a stalemate. the remark by the leader of d.p. r. k. is highly irresponsible and is. described by old things y o d p r k has the right to defend itself is worried about th