the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s defence and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of its submarines, armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us president to trigger the nuclear button on its behalf, but in return for these us commitmen
live from washington. this is bbc news: south korean president yoon suk yeol wraps up his visit to the us. we take a look at the landmark nuclear deal. we ll dive into reaction to yoon s trip from china and around the region. and we ll tackle the two point five billion dollar netflix investment in south korea. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we start here in washington, where president biden spent the week hosting the south korean president yoon suk yeol for discussions that have global consequences. the two presidents met with the nuclear threat from north korea high on their agenda. south korea and the us laid out a new agreement called
word. but make sure that they have influence in that region, in the waters. that is why the colour of the indo right? disband the influence that the us has not beaten in the waters as well, in the islands beyond asia. ii as well, in the islands beyond asia. ., ., ~ as well, in the islands beyond asia. ., ., ., asia. if we look at how china has reacted asia. if we look at how china has reacted to asia. if we look at how china has reacted to the asia. if we look at how china has reacted to the meeting l asia. if we look at how china i has reacted to the meeting that we saw here in washington this week, the accused but the us and south korea of deliberately stirring up tensions on the korean peninsula. to think this will inflame tensions further? in the make the chinese have not liked the president from the day he took office. he has taken a fairly hard line stance toward spacing on many issues and one of the has done recently as engage in the taiwan issue. past south korean presid
logistics. allow more us bases, more us logistics, very close to taiwan logistics, very close to taiwan. and this a very strong reaction taiwan. and this a very strong reaction from beijing.- reaction from bei ing. what is our reaction from bei ing. what is yourtakeh reaction from bei ing. what is your take on reaction from bei ing. what is your take on the reaction from beijing. what is your take on the significance l your take on the significance of the philippines for both the us and china? us and china? there are certainly us and china? there are certainly seeing - us and china? there are certainly seeing my - us and china? there are i certainly seeing my military activity by the chinese. i think what has been happening as well as that the chinese have been using the pocketbook to gain influence in the region. and that many countries are very dependent on trade with china and it difficult for them to stand up to china and we have seen over the years from washington a c
on this seen so far out of washington, on this issue. and out of soul. but on this issue. and out of soul. but i on this issue. and out of soul. but i don t on this issue. and out of soul. but i don t think that the chinese but i don t think that the chinese were expecting anything at this chinese were expecting anything at this meeting. is chinese were expecting anything at this meeting. at this meeting. is the president at this meeting. is the president a at this meeting. is the | president a particularly at this meeting. is the - president a particularly large thorn in the side of the chinese, as we were just hearing? and i think dennis is right. for example, the previous president prioritised engaging the north koreans and was very unwilling to antagonise china because he felt that china was a key piece to bringing north korea back into those discussions and negotiations and what we are seeing is a shift in the south korean president. to prioritise in the relationshi