And to tell us more about what we can expect in regards to talks between the two Koreas, as well as between the U.S. and North Korea,... Dr. Woo Jung-yeop, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute,... joins us in the studio today.<br />Welcome to the program Dr. Woo.<br /><br /> <br /> Good to be here. <br /><br /> <br /> 1- So to start us off... a meeting between Ivanka Trump and Kim Yong-chol ended up not happening.<br />Why so? <br /><br /> <br /> 2- But like we heard earlier, on Sunday, Kim Yong-chol expressed an openness to talks with the U.S.<br />What can we make of this? <br />What could be North Korea's intention behind such an offer?<br /><br /> <br /> 3- Now the U.S. has responded cautiously to the possibility of talks with North Korea,... saying it would first see whether Pyongyang puts de-nuclearization on the table.<br /><br /> <br /> 4- Let's shift our focus over a little bit to inter-Korean talks.<br />President Moon and Kim Yong-chol met for talks on Sunday,... just hours ahead of the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.<br />Tell us more about this unannounced meeting.<br /><br /> <br /> 5- There are questions over what kind of "card" Kim might have brought to the meeting.<br />Do you think Kim Yong-chol had another message delivered to President Moon from Kim Jong-un?<br /><br /> <br /> 6- What about the postponed joint military talks between Seoul and Washington?<br /><br /> <br /> 7- And on Sunday, South Korea's unification ministry said that it will make efforts to hold further talks with North Korea as the Olympics helped revive momentum for inter-Korean dialogue.<br />So when can we expect the inter-Korean summit to take place?<br /><br /> <br /> 8- Meanwhile U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. had leveled its (QUOTE-UNQUOTE) "heaviest sanctions ever" against Pyongyang.<br />What impact would such sanctions have on North Korea's shipping and trading abilities.<br /><br /> <br /> 9- The timing of this announcement of the sanctions was also interesting considering that the U.S. has announced this right before Ivanka was to cross paths with Kim Yong-chol at the closing ceremony for the Olympics.<br /><br /> <br /> 10- And if the new sanctions don't succeed in curtailing North Korea's aggression,... Trump said a "phase two" could be the next step.<br />What's this "phase two," and what can we expect on this front?<br /><br /> <br /> 11- And the Trump administration has been preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea.<br />How would South Korea go about joining this plan, and what impact would such actions have on inter-Korean relations?<br /><br /> Thank you for your insight today.<br /><br /> My pleasure. <br />
