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this is CBS Island world. I'm John Bachelor.

North Korea, a nuclear threat, a ballistic missile threat,

part of the axis of resistance, expecting a visit

by Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang, all kinds of overtures between Moscow and Kim Jong-on and now.

Gordon Chang, at Gordon G. Chang, my colleague and co-host and friend,

and we welcome Grant Neutham, retired marine colonel,

author of When China Attacks, a Warning to America. This is North Korea and part of the

axis of resistance. Dealing with Japan, Kishida, as the Prime Minister, you will all recall within memory a meeting in

2023 at Camp David between the new president of South Korea, June, the Prime Minister of Japan, Kishida, and the President of the United States,

exchanging mutual intentions to keep on guard from the threat of the People's Republic of China and North Korea.

The question then is, did that meeting shake Kim Jong-un?

Is that an explanation for this burst of activity suddenly between Pyongyang and Tokyo?

Grant, a very good evening to you.

This is a complicated matter of having to do with North Asia and the People's Republic of China's aggression in the neighborhood in North Korea is always ready to provoke Japan.

What can explain this all of a sudden apparent act of

diplomacy on the part of North Korea and to meet or to talk with or not to make threats against Tokyo.

Good evening to you, Grant.

Well, good, yes, good evening, John.

Thanks for having me.

I think you're on to something,

in your initial remarks that the North Koreans have

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