In steps towards a new normal. And europe steps up the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine new boss special a funnel line wants to raise 7500000000. 00 euros to fund an affordable vaccine for the whole world. A michael oku glad to have you with us north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a Fertilizer Factory near the capital pyongyang the official News Agency Says he was greeted with hundreds cheers its the 1st report of kim carrying out an engagement since he missed National Anniversary celebrations last month there has been speculation he was seriously ill or even dead. Joining me now is correspondent frank smith in seoul hello frank how reliable easiest information coming from the state news agency showing kim jong moon alive and well well id have to say that Korea Central News Agency is much more reliable vote the reporting of kim jong un in the north korean elite then you know the websites that wer
Conference today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reason to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad internationally, the headlines we were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last week read about the development of hype tr sonic weapons in russia and coupled with the demise of arms control and the return of great power competition, it looks like the world is getting ever more dangerous. Even American Relations with some of our longstanding allies seem
No closer to denuclearizeish and today than was several years ago. They continue to develop nuclear and Cyber Capabilities at an alarming rate. Most troubling is the continued development of the medium and long range missile capability. It may be unreliable today but they could oppose a threat to guam, alaska, or even the west coast of the United States and some believe they have aspirations to build submarines that could carry these missiles even closer to the United States. They appear to be working toward a miniature warhead that can be mounted on missiles. The commander of us forces in north korea at this moment they may possess the ability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead. It is it is clear there aspirations do not stop with convention conventional Nuclear Weapons. They are quietly developing a defensive cyber capability. I was was deeply disturbed by the cyber attack on sony that took place. Agents agents working for the north korean regime than the lies and coworkers to company
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Former Ambassador John Bolton ripped Trump for being in over his head with dictators like Kim Jong-un told Republican presidential candidates that Trump must not be renominated.