usually only does when he s sure it will happen. tourism is exempt from u.n. security council sanctions imposed on north korea, but the u.s. believes it s too soon to reopen the resort. washington has voiced concerns pyongyang could use money from the resort to fund its nuclear and missile programs. there were six times of after pyeongchang went to olympic games. each of them were gorgeous ones, big smile, big hand, big hug, and big promise, and then nothing. on the country, more sanction, more sanction. they re angry about it. reporter: so this is the peace bell. yes, yes. reporter: the governor traveled to washington last month to try to convince officials to reopen the resort. he said they listened but did not agree. the minister for unification has also been lobbying the u.s. to give the green light. it is far from pyongyang, far
national party increased its share of seats in the commons to 48 out of 49. we turn now to north korea. the u.s. envoy to north korea is urging pyongyang to resume denuclearization talks ahead of a year-end deadline. stephen biegun met with south korean officials in seoul monday and set a clear message to north korea, it is time to return to the negotiating table. president trump, president moon, and all of us who serve them have worked hard to keep open the door to negotiations with north korea. it has been a long year, and we have not made nearly as much progress as we would have hoped. but we will not give up. i have read closely the many comments from various north korean officials over the course of the past month. we have heard them all. it is regrettable that the tone of these statements towards the
south korea, now according to leader kim jong-un who visited recently, shabby and backward. he s pledged to tear the resort down. it s the door to north korea. reporter: but the south korean governor of this province split in two by the dmz says it is the key to keeping an increasingly fragile peace. they are saying they will begin again test of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile. so we must have an exit plan. the exit plan is i think the mountain. the tours were suspended in 2008 after a south koreale tourist was shot dead by a north korean soldier. pyongyang claimed he had entered an off limits area. at a summit in pyongyang last year, the leaders of north and south korea agreed to resume the tours, and a joint industrial park in the north as soon as conditions were right. kim jong-un announced it to his people and the world in his new year s address, something he
flattering him into this kind of response. officially there will be no response to this from the south korean government. moon jae-in just had a summit in pyongyang. you saw the two smiling and hugging and they appeared to be becoming closer. i think what we re expecting now is the second summit with donald trump and kim jong-un could well go ahead. all three leaders appear to want this to happen. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is also expected to head to pyongyang at some point this month. christine. thank you, paula hancocks in seoul. breaking overnight. iran launching ballistic missiles targeting the last month attack on the military parade. our barbara starr said u.s. intelligence was concerned of the strike and the threat of
the beat goes on. president trump returning to washington to a new flip flop on his legal team. how rudy giuliani contradicted himself on a key question from the special counsel. a low-life. she s a low life. omarosa on the outs with president trump. she will play the bombshell tape she recorded in the situation room. and new signs of easing tensions on the korean peninsula. and the leaders of north and south korea announcing a summit in pyongyang.