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 not be welcomed by the united states u.s. vice president mike pence urged moon and the japanese prime minister shinzo ave to keep up the pressure on north korea to abandon its nuclear program heading home pence insisted there is no daylight between the three allies. the german president saw the face to face contact between the two koreas as a good omen. but how is time and do the olympic games mean it s a sports competition but it s also about olympic peace and there s been a glimmer of that here so we hope that the dialogue that will begin will continue after they limping in business today the big question can the lympics
uncle. kim s half brother was mysteriously murdered in the kuala lumpur airport after two women wiped his vase with a vx nerve agent, both pleading not guilty. north korea denies anything to do with his death. it is unknown how the ruthless leader marks a birthday and whether or not the official talks with south korea which begin the day after would lead to a year of dialogue or more deadlock. certainly here in south korea, there are great hopes that it can at least lead to a north korean delegation and athletes at the olympics. lynda? so as you mentioned, paula, north korea certainly wants to compete in the olympics. what how can south korea use this as leverage? what can south korea get out of the talks? well, the first thing that they want is first and foremost they want north korea at the olympics. the south korean president moon
a lukewarm welcome to trump is on how to rein in pyongyang military threat. president trump landed in south korea today with a clear message on north korea as we work together to resolve this problem using all available tools short of military action. the united states stands prepared to defend itself and its allies using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities if need be. it s a far cry from trump s earlier fire and fury threat but protesters were still having none of it they lined the route to the presidential residence in seoul shouting no war and no trump south korea s president moon j ian was there to receive trump and first lady maloney a trump trump visit comes amid growing tensions with north korea the regime has launched twenty two missiles in fifteen test since february including over japanese territory in september it conducted the sixth nuclear test in its history the north
most important factor has not been mentioned yet, and regardless of what kind of missile it was, and we have the election of a new south korean president on tuesday of this week, and he is someone who by his temperament and history and by the policy programs, president moon j, in has said that he would like to revisit the policies with north korea and have an assessment of the legitimacy of the u.s. thadd deployment taking place in south korea, and so kim s testing of the missile here whether it is for developmental purposes or political demonstration is going to make it much more difficult for moon jai in the new president of south korea to make initiatives towards the north that he was talking about, because, you would think that kim would have very much wanted