The carekorea institute hosted event. Good afternoon. Id like to thank you all for coming. As you know, this past fall south korea went through a process that ultimately led to early this winter the impeachment. Former President Park geunhye, which led to a snap election in south korea. Weve gone through that election and moon jaein has become the president of south korea. Because of the nature of this election, he has no transition period and he immediately assumes office in south korea. We are very fortunate today to talk about how this election will impact u. S. Career relations, policy towards north korea, economic relations between our two countries as well as a series of other import ant issues. Were very fortunate to have knowledgeable individuals and with the korea times and nikkei review here in washington. We have Bruce Clinger from the Heritage Foundation and former assemblyman song hochong. For further information on all our speakers, you have their bios with you as well. T
Im nydia han. Tonight saturday on visions 2017. Well take you to chinatowns new mecca for dining visit a garden that connects vietnamese to their roots meet the new assistant conductor of the philadelphia orchestra. And High School Students whove written a text book on race. Plus, a chinese olympian opens a fencing club. And we sample authentic dumplings and pho. Hi everyone and welcome to visions 2017, our celebration of asian and Pacific Islander history and culture. We are at Franklin Square, which has been completely transformed for the chinese lantern festival, a Chinese New Years tradition that dates back thousands of years. Well take you on a tour in just a few minutes but first we head just a few blocks west of here to a new spot called chinatown square. Friends and Business Partners david tang and kenny poon created chinatowns new eclectic hotspot. Chinatown square is a contemporary food hall. With about 14 vendors in one building. This dynamic duo turned into a hip 2story foo
And, asiapacific trade ministers concerned about rising protectionism, but no mention of it in their postsummit statement in hanoi. The start of the brandnew asian trading week. It is all about oil. We are fast approaching that meeting in vienna. The markets have pretty much priced and that ninemonth extension. Latest over the weekend, we are hearing that saudi arabia saying all opec producers are up for this extension. Take a look at this chart in terms of where Price Expectations are going. That front month the vti with the nearest expiration contract, converging at 50, so whether the news has 10 baked in or there is further upside when it comes to that oil price, even if we get that extension, and the flip side of that story is where u. S. Shale production goes from here, because the biggest opecion has not been producer sticking to their end of the bargain as opposed to whether their efforts are being undermined by increasing levels of u. S. Production. We have seen u. S. Inventori
Chinatown square is a contemporary food hall. With about 14 vendors in one building. This dynamic duo turned into a hip 2story food and entertainment sensation. We travel a lot. We wanted to open something with all our favorite food in one spot only entertainment, food, alcohol, bar everything in one. They wanted to celebrate their Cultural Heritage when choosing the eateries. Im born in china and when i was 4, i moved to hong kong and when i was 14, i moved to philadelphia. I am chinese from cambodia food vendors they chose offer a diverse mix of Asian Pacific flavors like coreanos. We do a koreanmexican concept. All the tacos have korean influence to them. This restaurant is curry corner. The Southeast Asian curry covers malaysian, thai, indian, indonesian and vietnam. Philly poke is a hawaiian and sushi. Poke is a hawaiian fish salad. This is khmer grill. And we are the first cambodian restaurant in chinatown so i hope a lot of people will come a chinese fusion concept, the bao bar,
Past administrations. Records kept by cbs news indicate mr. Trump has done fewer interviews and press conferences at this point in his presidency than his predecessor. The president s last sitdown interview was over a month ago. And he has held one solo press conference in february. Despite being the president s chief spokesman, spicer couldnt answer key questions like whether the president agrees with the Intelligence Community assessment that russia interfered in the 2016 election. I have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing. Reporter or whether the president has seen a drauft the Senate Health care bill all. Haw i dont know if he has seen the legislation or not. Reporter opaqueness beyond the briefing room. Keeping secret record of white house visitors. A link to a page suppose to post staff salaries says it is being updated. Mr. Trump yet to release his tax returns, parting with decades of president ial precedent. I have been under audit almost like since i beca