[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] thanks for joining the panel on us rok travel corporation. I am the Deputy Director and senior fellow. In the previous session we discussed ways for us rok japan to expand their trilateral cooperation in the face of growing security challenges from north korea. The second panel, moving beyond the Korean Peninsula moving beyond escalating tensions between china and taiwan and ways for the us rok japan to Work Together to maintain peace and stability in the region. I am joined its my pleasure to introduce each of them. On my left is sunghan kim from the asiapacific center for Security Studies at the institute of the Us Department of state defense based in hawaii. His area of expertise covers korea, korea, china, china, Korean Peninsula relations, north korea simply a program, us alliance in east asia. Next is the director of contemporary chinese studies and professor of the graduate school of asiapacific studie
Holidays. The senate convenes january 8. The house on january 9. Both chambers face two upcoming deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. The first january 19 and the other february 2. The committees are ready to do the work but we are waiting awaiting for the other chamber to come forward with a number we can agree upon. Leader mcconnell and i will figure out the best way to get this vote in quickly. Neither of us want to shut down. Announcer coverage on the cspan network cspan, now, or cspan. Org. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Announcer a healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this. Where americans can see democracy at work. When citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the nations capitol, to wherever you are. The opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Where are you financially compared
Coating the coming of 78 who are including 6 for an actual help to live a few things off of the just on 6 am henry most go in the stumble and in my review, this is all the international bringing the news from across which i, thanks very much for joining us. This our what were going to start now with breaking news coming out of taiwan, where at least one person has been reported that and 50 more injured off to the strongest earthquake in 25 years. Hit the eastern coast of the island, sonoma. A warning has also been issued. So one of the several us places we might in the change of 7. 00 at closing major line slides off the shops cuz she need to shake the islands as well. As some people said to stop in collapse, buildings. Thousands of people have seen less without power. No, ty, ones last is quake of this gay left thousands of dead and images listened on the warnings of also not being issued in the philippines and in southern japan, urging residents to evacuate to Higher Ground or furthe
Military exercises in the Taiwan Strait over the past 2 years. While the United States has increased its rhetoric and support of the island, beijing times silver and t or the tie one which was seized by nationalist forces for tracing from the mainland when the communist took power in 1949. Now the democratic progressive policy, which is championed a separate time when these identity has secuity a 3rd president ial term awhile policy leaders have turned down talk of independence. President slide true to a said in his integration speech, the taiwan is already a silver nation. By shooting has responded angrily with the latest round of military trails. So with this china go from here and how far is the United States willing to go and support of taiwan . Will have more without pamela guess. Im just a moment. But 1st, this report by imaging kinda Chinese Ministry drills involving the army, navy, and ethel sca ryans taiwan just days off to the islands and the president used to use a new grati
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