And to tell us more about what we can expect from Seoul and Washington from here on out
in regards to the North's participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as well as
future talks involving the two sides,...
Woo Jung-yeop, research fellow at the Sejong Institute joins us in the studio today.
Good to be here.
1- So as we just heard in the report... a lot came out of that meeting... so let's take
a step back a little and talk more about what the two Koreas discussed during their first
face-to-face meeting in more than
two years.
2- Then what can we expect from the military talks that the two sides agreed to hold to
ease the current military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
3- So yes, the two sides agreed to hold talks and Tuesday's meeting is seen as a diplomatic
breakthrough for the two Koreas... but some say it's not all harmony.... because North
Korea has broken its promises before especially the ones regarding reunions and other humanitarian
issues.
4- North Korea also made a rather 'strong complaint' after South Korea proposed talks
to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
With that in mind...
I'm sure it won't be an easy task for the two sides to come to an agreement on ways
to ease tensions on the peninsula.
5- Critics have said that North Korea is trying to divide Seoul and Washington in a bid to
weaken international pressure and sanctions on the regime.
So what are the chances of us seeing North Korea demanding the suspension of the Seoul-Washington
joint military drills... as well as the deployment of U.S. strategic assets to South Korea.
6- Seoul also proposed resuming temporary reunions of separated families and holding
inter-Korean Red Cross talks to discuss this.
How has Pyongyang responded to such proposals?
7- The IOC will convene for
a session on January 20th..... with representatives of
the National Olympic Committees of South Korea
and North Korea
to discuss Pyongyang's participation in the 2018
Winter Olympic Games...
What can we expect here, and what significance does this meeting hold?
8- Now according to the joint statement from Tuesday's talks...
North Korea plans to send athletes and a high-level delegation
to the Olympics next month.
Cheerleaders, artists, spectators, a taekwondo demonstration team and North Korean news media
are also expected to attend the Games... and eyes are on
how *big of a delegation
it
will be compared to previous Olympics
North Korea
has participated
in.
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