Let's now take this time to get an expert's perspective on yesterday's summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump and the declaration that was signed between the two leaders....<br />For this, Professor Kim Jae-chun from Sogang Graduate School of International Studies joins us in the studio today.<br />Thanks for joining us today.<br /><br /> It's a pleasure to be here.<br /><br /> 1- So the two leaders of North Korea and the U.S. pledged to start a new chapter for North Korea and their bilateral relations during their summit yesterday.<br />What are your thoughts on what came out of yesterday's summit?<br /><br /> 2- How will the process of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula go from here on out?<br />The joint declaration made two separate references to "complete denuclearisation".... and "CVID" or complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization was nowhere to be found in the declaration and that's far from a surprise.<br /><br /> 3- What were your thoughts on Mr. Trump's press conference... which indicated that additional verbal commitments may already have been made with Kim Jong-un.<br /><br /> 4- Among other revelations,.... Trump announced plans to cancel South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises.... and the U.S. Forces Korea said Tuesday,... that it had received "no updated guidance" yet related to stopping the regular exercises with South Korea.<br />So what can we make of this?<br /><br /> 5- How would normalization of relations between North Korea and the U.S. affect South Korea and also, we heard that <br />China praised the outcome of the summit.... how do you think improved North Korea- U.S. relations would affect China and its diplomacy?<br /><br /> 6- What can we expect in regards to dealing with North Korea and its human rights issues? <br />Trump when asked by reporters about whether North Korea's human rights record came up at the summit... and he said that the issue was discussed "briefly" and then "at length."<br /><br /> 7- So yesterday's summit was the beginning of a new start for North Korea and the U.S.,... how do you see things panning out in the near future?<br />Would we see the two leaders meet again next month? <br />Would Trump invited Kim to the White House come September? <br /><br /> Thank you so much for your insight today professor.<br /><br /> My pleasure.<br />
