semiconductor plant. so president yoon certainly wants a more comprehensive and a different relationship with the united states than simply the security partnership. now, when it comes to north korea, again, we are still learning what president yoon exactly wants. we know for a fact that he is more hawkish than his predecessor. president moon jae-in really staked his legacy on engagement with north korea, really pushing for some kind of breakthrough, which never came, although there were a number of summits between the two leaders. so what we know from president yoon is that he is more hawkish on north korea. he has, though, been very open to helping pyongyang in the past weeks since pyongyang admitted that they do have a covid outbreak within the country. of course that is completely unvaccinated country as far as we know, one of only two countries in the world, that doesn t have a covid
pyongyang is expected to be a main focus of mr. biden s bilateral meeting with south korea s leader. we ve also learned that beijing is holding military drills in the south china sea during this visit. the u.s. says pyongyang could conduct a missile test while the president is there, but even with those issues the war in ukraine is still on mr. biden s mind. putin s brutal and unprovoked war in ukraine has further spotlighted the need to secure our critical supply chains so our economy, our economic and our national security are not dependent on countries that don t share our values. following all of this, cnn s paula hancocks is live from seoul as this meeting is now under way. paula, to start with you, listen, this is a new man on the job, president yoon, and a lot to go through here. can you tell us a little bit more about his posture,
vaccine program. so president yoon has offered vaccines. he s offered mask, testing kits, which we know are few and far between in north korea given the data that they are giving out. but at this point, from the south korean side, they say that the north simply has not responded. now we understand that that will be something that will be discussed within this meeting as well with the u.s. president, that both the u.s. and south korea would like to offer help and assistance to north korea. but of course the question is whether north korea would accept it. whether the leader kim jong-un would accept outside help for his people, which would really show that he himself was unable to help them. so i think many experts doubt very much whether he would certainly publicly wouldn t accept any help from the u.s. and south korea, whether there is something to be done behind the scenes, something to be done
president biden and his south korean counterpart, yoon seok youl, have agreed to step up measures to deter aggressive behaviour by north korea. they said detailed discussions would be held on how to expand combined military exercises and training. the two presidents also said they were ready to help north korea tackle a major covid outbreak asjean mackenzie reports from seoul. good evening, president biden. the first task for the us president upon landing in seoul learn the mechanics of the computer chip. the focus of this trip was supposed to be semiconductors and supply chains things that will help these countries compete with an increasingly dominant china. but by the time the leaders sat down to talk, an increasingly hostile north korea was top of their agenda. on the dprk. but the door to dialogue with
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