very warmly here in south korea as well as japan. they see this as a step towards denuclearization of the korean peninsula. in china, they're not so enthusiastic. foreign ministry spokesperson described this as a highly complex and sensitive situation, calling on all parties to ease tensions and return to the negotiating table. we have to remember that china has only just sent a special envoy to pyongyang at president trump's request to re-engage north korea in talks over its nuclear weapons program, and analysts believe that perhaps whatever progress was made over the weekend may have been now eroded because of president trump's announcement. it has been two months since north korea last launched a ballistic missile test, and we heard from south korea's top spy agency yesterday saying that north korea is, in fact, ready to launch another ballistic missile and a new nuclear test. and the fear, dave, is that