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Published on 16 Mar 2017
틸러슨 美국무 오전 방한…한미 북핵•사드 '작전회의'
We begin with the U.S. secretary of state's visit to Korea…
We begin with the U.S. secretary of state's visit to Korea…
Rex Tillerson's first stop was the DMZ,... the heavily-fortified buffer zone between the two Koreas.
After witnessing the vivid symbol of division,… Tillerson is set to hold talks with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se this afternoon, with North Korea high on the agenda.
And our Connie Kim tells us,… anticipation is high for clues to the Trump administration's "new approach" to North Korea.
The first visit to South Korea by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is a highly anticipated one... as it comes amid threats of further North Korean provocations... and China's economic retaliation against the ongoing deployment of the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea.
These two issues are expected to top the agenda during Tillerson's talks with Prime Minister and Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se.
It'll be the second face-to-face between Tillerson and Minister Yun after their brief sit-down last month on the sidelines of a G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Germany.
As they did last month,... the two are expected to reaffirm the two countries' commitment to North Korea's denuclearization and the South Korea-U.S. alliance.
Before the diplomats sit down for talks, Tillerson and Minister Yun will hold a joint press conference.
Attention is expected to focus on the specifics of the Trump administration's "new approach" on North Korea that Tillerson briefly raised at a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
They will also likely field questions on how Washington will cooperate with the new administration in South Korea that's likely to prefer a softer approach on North Korea... and on how much pressure Washington plans to impose on China for its retaliatory actions against the THAAD deployment.
Wrapping up his visit to Seoul on Saturday morning,… Tillerson will fly to Beijing,... carrying the results of his talks with South Korea and Japan.
President Trump's top diplomat will have plenty to chew over with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi,... ranging from the THAAD issue... to ways to bring about change from North Korea.
China's Foreign Ministry has said it will call on South Korea and the United States to halt their annual joint military drills... in exchange for nuclear concessions from North Korea.
Connie Kim, Arirang News.
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