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This media report talking about the meeting with kim jong-un and mike pompeo, the u.s. secretary of state, unusually warm terms. we have not seen in recent months. it is interesting to show that north korea is welcoming this north korean and u.s. summit. that was also discussed. north korean people are being told about that summit which they have not been before. also from the south korean point of view. welcoming what happened. reminding people there are six south korean prisoners in north korea. they wanted them to be released. moon jae-in mentioned it during the summit and japan saying they want their abductees to be released as well. important not to forget the human rights violations ongoing in the north. clearly a big win here for the united states on these three americans. thank you, paula in seoul. let s bring in harry, the director of defense studies for the center of national
Ago. also saying the u.s. president asked for the detainees back and kim jong-un decided to grant them amnesty on the promise they would not come back and carry out these alleged crimes they believed they carried out in the first place. what we are seeing here is reaction from the region. we had welcome from south korea and the president moon jae-in. there were some who were not released before or after the summit with kim jong-un and moon jae-in. he said he was meeting with the north korean leader and in japan. hundreds of japanese abducted according to the government and prime minister shinzo abe saying they should be released as well. all right. thank you, paula in seoul for us this morning. more on this. harry kazianais is joining us
Include a biggest u.s. footprint right on china s doorstep. china is sticking to that line. whether now we know it s an icbm, the picture changes, the equation change, and china becomes more assertive and is prepared to push further. we ll wait and see. hopefully we ll get a steer from the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing in about 30 or 40 minutes from now. andrew in hong kong, kaori in tokyo, paula in seoul. thank you very much indeed. we re going to go now to nick rob nick robertston. as world leaders gather in germany. nick, do you think we re more likely to get a meeting of minds on what to do about north korea? you know, i think it s hard to see a meeting of minds in the g20 because on so many issues, there are so many differences between so many of the protagonists. and some of them in here talking about president trump, you know,
It was a more amicable relationship. this time around, according to official reports, china wasn t warned about this nuclear test. it was warned the previous three times. as was russia and the u.s. a couple of times. nobody was warned. it is an embarrassment to beijing. it is a slap in the face and would anger the administration there. to say that china can wield a tremendous amount of power with north korea would be inaccurate. it has some power, though, because it is the strongest ally and the largest trading partner. lynda? that clearly shows that china s relationship with north korea has deteriorated. paula in seoul and will ripley in pyongyang. we appreciate your time today. thanks so much. hundreds of people are marching in hong kong outside the beijing representative s office. they re protesting in support of five missing book sellers from hong kong.