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Fears of an escalation. so although both sides dont want o to return to all out full blown conflict, we need steps like this meeting to deescalate the situation now. >> negotiating table, the question about the loud speakers. north korea wants them silenced. how important will that issue be? >> i think it will be quite important. the loud speakers are a big issue. they call it psychological warfare because all the state media is controlled there. its difficult to get other kinds of information. ...

Welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." im page hopkins. new talks between a growing dispute between north korea and south korea. officials for the two countries met in the demilitarized zone to discuss the situation. north korea demanded south korea end its propaganda broadcastings along the border. a deadline set for the broadcasts to stop has passed. ian williams is near the demilitarized zone in south korea. ian, where does the situation stand right now? >> hi, page. the deadline came a...

And it seems that this would fall in the fashion of the two previous generations of leaders there in north korea, making the threat but then pulling back at the last hospital. what could -- or what do you think would north korea be willing to give up or to relinquish in order to end this? i mean they also have to win something. whats on the table? >> well, the north koreans want these propaganda broadcasts ended. theyre extremely sensitive about anything that disparages their leader kim jong-un ...

Predictable. and is part of this just conflict theater, a way to gain international attention versus actually wanting to be in the middle of conflict? >> well, i think its more -- i think thats right, but i also think its more a direct reflection of the difficulties hes having in running the country. hes still purging and executing high-level officials four years into his time in office, which is not the sign of a good power transition. north korean society is becoming very slowly more and more ...

Korea was targeting those very speakers. south korea is refusing to stop the broadcasts. it is preparing for further provocation tomorrow when that deadline hits. >> kathy, let me ask you about the timing. the u.s. and south korea are having military training together. >> reporter: thats right. it holds these joint military exercises annually, christine. this is when the u.s. and south korea bring their militaries together for exercises. every time they happen, north korea gets angry. it issues ...

Counter provocations plan. theres always been a plan to deal with a second north korean invasion, but over the past decades the north korean belligerence has largely been in the form of actions short of all-out war, sort of gray zone areas. so the u.s. has created plans to deal with these sort of things. when the land mine blast occurred, the nonkinetic response were the resumption of these loud speaker broadcasts. so that was meant to be sort of, i think, a moderated response to what was an act...

Admiral kirby. thank you so much for being on the show. >> glad to be with you. thank you. >> just for our viewers out there, how did this all escalate from some propaganda being broadcast on the border? it seems to have escalated rather quickly that south korea is taking the threats this seriously this time around? >> well, were all taking this threat seriously. as we have to. when you hear rhetoric like that you cant ignore it. were comfortable of course with our posture on the peninsula and o...

Execution of six convicted militants in may. north and south korea are shooting at each other again. it began when the north lobbed several rounds across the worlds most heavily armed border over the resumption of the souths loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts. south korea responded by firing dozens of shells into the north. there are no reports yet of casualties. no grapevine tonight. when we come back, its becoming a high altitude obstacle course. and the faa has yet to control it.

The attack was to avenge the execution of six convicted militants in may. north and south korea are shooting at each other again. it began when the north lobbed several rounds across the worlds most heavily armed border over the resumption of the souths loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts. south korea responded by firing dozens of shells into the north. there are no reports yet of casualties. no grapevine tonight. when we come back, its becoming a high altitude obstacle course. and the faa has...

For it. north korea takes on the world. welcome, welcome, gordon, thanks for being with me. >> thanks so much. >> what do you make of the latest incident. >> what we have is a cycle of escalation which has continued pretty deep into this series of events because you have the land mine explosions that brian todd talked about, the south korean propaganda broadcasts. north koreas counter broadcasts and now this exchange of fire. this could be serious largely because kim jong-un is in a precarious p...