to resume reunions between relatives who have been separated for more than half a century by the demilitaryized zone, the holdover of the korean war of the 1950s. now when relations were better between seoul and pyongyang, there were these emotional meetings taking place, in some cases between siblings who haven t seen each other for decades. again, highly emotional. what we have heard from the south koreans is that in response to this proposal last tuesday, the north koreans raised an entirely separate issue. that being the defection of april of 2016 of 13 workers from a north korean restaurant in china to south korea. 12 waitresses and one man who was working at that restaurant, which pyongyang it was highly embarrassing for the north korean regime. and they quickly accused the south korean intelligence agency
notably u.s. president donald trump. the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. reporter: kim himself joined in the war of words with the u.s. by calling trump a mentally deranged dotard, an insult that sent many scrambling for the dictionary. kim jong-un is used to operating in the shados of world approval, the u.n. security council recently tightened sanctions for its nuclear weapons program. and in 2014, a u.n. commission of inquiry found north korea s leadership guilty of crimes against humanity, a claim which pyongyang denies. within his own country, kim is feared and trusts only a select few. he s famous for his tactic of purging senior officials, having ousted dozens including his own
sent many people around the world scrambling for a dictionary. the u.n. security council recently tightened sanctions on north korea for its nuclear weapons program. and in 2014, a u.n. commission of inquiry found north korea s leadership guilty of crimes against humanity, a claim which pyongyang denies. within his own country, kim is feared and trusts only a select few, he s famous for his tactic of purging senior officials having going to dozens. and kim s half brother was mysteriously murdered in the kw kuala lumpur airport. the women have both pleaded not guilty. both malaysia and south korea believe north korea to be behind the assassination and while north korea denies anything to do with his death.
surprises of 2017 was how far and how fast north korea s weapons program advance. 2017 saw north korea greatly increase its nuclear and long-range ballistic missile capabilities. they launched three intercontinental ballistic missiles this year. the last of which pyongyang said could reach mainland united states. and they concluded they conducted their most powerful nuclear test ever, claiming it was a hydrogen bomb that could put on those that they could put on those intercontinental ballistic missiles which could potentially put the entire u.s. mainland within reach of a north korean nuclear weapon. all of that has happened despite president trump mocking the north korean leader and repeatedly threatening military action. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never
called the moranbong band. that suggests that north korea would like to send that band to the winter olympics in addition to the tae kwon do demonstration team, the cheerleaders, the north korean journalists, the art troupe that are all also supposed to be attending. a total of two north korean athletes who are actually qualifying for the sport s event. part of today s discussions are revolving around where to put the stage for the performance group that is planned to come from pyongyang. natalie? so ivan, this next stage of meetings that you say will involve higher level officials, what does south korea plan to bring to the table? do we know? well, possibly one of the things that they could bring would be their proposal that was brought up at the initial round of talks last tuesday, which was