It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 10 00am in the morning in seoul, where in the next few hours, us Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, will be meeting acting president hwang kyo ahn. Amongst other things, the pair will discuss how to deal with. The, grgwingthrggtj to get china to do more. Mr tillerson has already had meetings with the japanese Prime Minister on his asia tour. At a press conference on thursday, shinzo abe welcomed the visit, and its timing. Translation in a situation where north korea unfortunately in Asia Pacific Region intensifies, i find the visit by secretary tillerson comes in a timely manner. Shinzo abe. Policy towards north korea hadnt worked, and a new way forward was needed. In the face of this ever escalating threat, it is clear that a different approach is required. The purpose of part of the purpose of my visit to the region is to exchange views on a new approach. F§f§i§fi eufituitjr faihguiie in . . His around a different approach. Well ha
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 10 00am in the morning in seoul, where in the next few hours, us Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, will be meeting acting president hwang kyo ahn. Amongst other things, the pair will discuss how to deal with. The, grgwingthrggtj to get china to do more. Mr tillerson has already had meetings with the japanese Prime Minister on his asia tour. At a press conference on thursday, shinzo abe welcomed the visit, and its timing. Translation in a situation where north korea unfortunately in Asia Pacific Region intensifies, i find the visit by secretary tillerson comes in a timely manner. Shinzo abe. Policy towards north korea hadnt worked, and a new way forward was needed. In the face of this ever escalating threat, it is clear that a different approach is required. The purpose of part of the purpose of my visit to the region is to exchange views on a new approach. F§f§i§fi eufituitjr faihguiie in . . His around a different approach. Well ha
In paula hancocks. Paula, the fifth Nuclear Test North Korea appears to have conducted and the most powerful one and coming on the heels of President Obamas visit to asia. Reporter thats right. The timing certainly is interesting, john. The fact is north korea announced on staterun television saying they successfully tested the Nuclear Warhead and they can put that on any one of the Ballistic Missiles. It is impossible for the world to verify that specifically in washington and seoul and tokyo. In the past hour, there has been an intelligence briefing for lawmakers here in seoul. They have said they believe north koreas goal is to mount a Nuclear Warhead on a scud missile. Remember 28,000 u. S. Troops in south korea are here now. This is going much quicker than expected. Intelligence says north korea has advanced quicker than expected. There is large interest around the world in china and japan and russia condemning the nuclear test. It shows that kim jongun is determined to forge ahea
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Tomorrow had taken place. also interesting, we continue to await the press conference between president biden and prime minister. i was reviewing comments when joe biden was vice president on a visit to asia and some of the commentary regards what was going on in south china sea was the same. china has been more blunt. in the face of this, has it been kind oof a natural thing that the prime minister has been able to bring the japanese public along on this. that s what is most startling. there seems to be support for this new posture. again, having had the opportunity to go to the islands, japan southwest, talked to a lot of people that are on the what would be the front lines of a war, if china were to invade taiwan and as many experts and japanese government officials expect that japan