US: Korea: South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in Washington for talks
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South Korean President Kim Dae-jung is in Washington D-C this week for meetings with U-S President George W. Bush focusing on key issues of security and trade.
Among the concerns, Kim's efforts to melt decades-old cold war tensions on the Korean peninsula.
U-S officials, including Secretary of State Colin Powell, say they support President Kim's efforts regarding North Korea.
But analysts say the U-S also wants to be sure that a warming of relations between North and South Korea won't be a threat to stability in the region.
SUGGESTED VOICE OVER:
South Korea's Kim Dae-jung arrives in Washington D-C on Tuesday, as the first Asian leader to meet with U-S President George W. Bush.
President Kim's visit follows an earlier trip to Washington last month by South Korea's foreign minister.
And it's expected both nations will focus on developing policy toward communist North Korea.
President Kim's olive branch to Pyongyang has been widely praised.
And on the day of Kim's arrival in the U-S, the new American administration was also voicing its general support for that effort.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Kim Dae-jung has certainly earned his Nobel Peace Prize by what he started last year. And we will make sure during the course of this meeting over the next day or so with me and with the President that he understands we support him and that we want to coordinate our efforts."
SUPER CAPTION: Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State]
Kim's visit is a clear sign, say analysts, that Seoul wants the U-S to know how critically they view the landmark warming of relations begun last year with North Korea.
U-S officials, in turn, want assurances that reconciliation will not come at the price of security.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
"First and foremost is to convey to President Kim that any bolt from the blue, in terms of a peace agreement or a settlement between North and South that does not principally involve the United States would be looked on very unfavourably."
SUPER CAPTION: Kurt Campbell, Asian affairs analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies]
Kim and supporters believe engaging the North offers the best hope of peace for the two Koreas in half a century.
It's a policy that has had U-S support, which was visible during the trip of then U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Pyonyang late last year.
That support also came from President Clinton, who openly encouraged Kim's initiative on North Korea.
Kurt Campbell, a senior U-S defence official covering East Asia during the Clinton administration, says there is still broad support in the U-S and elsewhere for Kim's initiative.
But he says Kim must also show President Bush there are clear benefits, even as Bush and his team signal their intent to meet aggression head on if needed.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Ultimately, it's going to be up to President Kim to, in some respects, demonstrate, both to his public at home and to the United States, that this process of engagement with North Korea is not just about economic and commercial dividends. That, as part of the process, we're going to see a reduction in tensions."
SUPER CAPTION: Kurt Campbell, Asian affairs analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies]
Analysts say there are concerns in Seoul that tougher talk from Washington could feed tensions on the peninsula.
Campbell says Korean officials are concerned that a tougher stance from Washington on North Korea is complicated further by the Bush plan for a national missile defense.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
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South Korean President Kim Dae-jung is in Washington D-C this week for meetings with U-S President George W. Bush focusing on key issues of security and trade.
Among the concerns, Kim's efforts to melt decades-old cold war tensions on the Korean peninsula.
U-S officials, including Secretary of State Colin Powell, say they support President Kim's efforts regarding North Korea.
But analysts say the U-S also wants to be sure that a warming of relations between North and South Korea won't be a threat to stability in the region.
SUGGESTED VOICE OVER:
South Korea's Kim Dae-jung arrives in Washington D-C on Tuesday, as the first Asian leader to meet with U-S President George W. Bush.
President Kim's visit follows an earlier trip to Washington last month by South Korea's foreign minister.
And it's expected both nations will focus on developing policy toward communist North Korea.
President Kim's olive branch to Pyongyang has been widely praised.
And on the day of Kim's arrival in the U-S, the new American administration was also voicing its general support for that effort.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Kim Dae-jung has certainly earned his Nobel Peace Prize by what he started last year. And we will make sure during the course of this meeting over the next day or so with me and with the President that he understands we support him and that we want to coordinate our efforts."
SUPER CAPTION: Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State]
Kim's visit is a clear sign, say analysts, that Seoul wants the U-S to know how critically they view the landmark warming of relations begun last year with North Korea.
U-S officials, in turn, want assurances that reconciliation will not come at the price of security.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
"First and foremost is to convey to President Kim that any bolt from the blue, in terms of a peace agreement or a settlement between North and South that does not principally involve the United States would be looked on very unfavourably."
SUPER CAPTION: Kurt Campbell, Asian affairs analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies]
Kim and supporters believe engaging the North offers the best hope of peace for the two Koreas in half a century.
It's a policy that has had U-S support, which was visible during the trip of then U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Pyonyang late last year.
That support also came from President Clinton, who openly encouraged Kim's initiative on North Korea.
Kurt Campbell, a senior U-S defence official covering East Asia during the Clinton administration, says there is still broad support in the U-S and elsewhere for Kim's initiative.
But he says Kim must also show President Bush there are clear benefits, even as Bush and his team signal their intent to meet aggression head on if needed.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Ultimately, it's going to be up to President Kim to, in some respects, demonstrate, both to his public at home and to the United States, that this process of engagement with North Korea is not just about economic and commercial dividends. That, as part of the process, we're going to see a reduction in tensions."
SUPER CAPTION: Kurt Campbell, Asian affairs analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies]
Analysts say there are concerns in Seoul that tougher talk from Washington could feed tensions on the peninsula.
Campbell says Korean officials are concerned that a tougher stance from Washington on North Korea is complicated further by the Bush plan for a national missile defense.
[SOUNDBITE: (English)
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