With China appearing to be in the driver's seat to resume the stalled six-party talks,...
how likely will recent efforts bring about denuclearization of North Korea... or even
an improvement?
Joining us now is Dr. Kim Chul-woo, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for
Defense Analyses.
Welcome.
Great to be here.
Many North Korea watchers forecast that security on the Korean peninsula can go either way
this month.
Pyongyang could make another large-scale provocation... or turn towards dialogue with Seoul, Washington
and other six-party members.
Are we running out of time to get back to denuclearization
talks?
We've seen the North develop and flaunt its nuclear and missile capabilities during the
past five years the talks
have been suspended.
Do we need to lower the preconditions even further?
China has been pushing efforts to calm things down.
Apparently, it even urged South Korea to refrain from military drills with the U.S.... Why
are North Korea and China so against these exercises, which South Korea says are defensive
in nature?
Earlier today, South Korea turned down the North's proposal for a joint probe into three
drones recently crashed here in the South.
Seoul believes the surveillance vehicles were sent by Pyongyang.
Will North Korea accuse us of being uncooperative?
Thanks for joining us.