North Korea Steals The Show!

Quite a few "deliverables" have been announced by North and South Korea wrt the forthcoming winter Olympics:

- North and South will march under a unified Korean flag at next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony

- They will form a single South-North women’s ice hockey team (subject to howls of protest from ROK residents)

- North Korea will send a 230-member cheering squad to attend the games.

- A Taekwondo demonstration team will travel to the South on the 7th.

- The North and South will carry out joint training of the South and North Korean skiers at Masikryong ski resort built by Kim in 2013 in the North.

- The North will send a 150-member delegation to PyeongChang Winter Paralympics in March.

It has taken South Korea (ROK) ten years of hard work and planning to bring the Games to fruition, and North Korea only a matter of days to steal the whole show! 

Kim is currently punching way above his weight (and he isn't exactly skinny) wrt the Olympics and the stand off with the USA; let us trust and assume that hubris does not lead to a fatal error that will cost the lives of millions!


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Not So Unified!

Online petitions calling on presidential office to withdraw plan to field unified Korean women #hockey team at #PyeongchangWinterOlympics have collected over 30,000 signatures as of Thurs evening. pic.twitter.com/rq1J7raN3w

— LIM Yun Suk (@yunsukCNA) January 18, 2018

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North Korea To Celebrate The "Peace" Olympics With Military Parade

Big news: NKorea may hold military parade on eve of Winter 'Peace' Olympics.

Great chance for DPRK to showcase new ICBMs on global stage while participating in Winter games just one day later.

Format yet to be realized, but worth keeping tabs on:https://t.co/wpU8vZwheg

— Chad O'Carroll (@chadocl) January 17, 2018

I would normally say "how ironic". However, North Korea doesn't do "irony"!

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North Korea's Diversion Tactic

Japan, South Korea and US all agree that talks with North & South Korea are a diversion tactic by North Korea. President Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, secretly traveled to San Francisco over the weekend to discuss North Korea with Japan and South Korea.

— InsideNK (@inside_nk) January 16, 2018

The diversion has been effectively kyboshed by Tillerson, who says there will be no "freeze for freeze" scenario whereby the USA suspends its military exercises beyond the Olympics.

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North and South Korea To March Under Unification Flag?

The media claim that North and South Korea might march into the Olympics stadium under the unification flag.

Let us see if the North really does turn up!

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North Korea Playing Silly Buggers As Usual

North Korea agrees to more high-level inter-Korean talks on the DMZ this week. Judging by tone of NK state media, they may not be as cordial as the first round. KCNA warned Sunday “the trains and buses carrying our representatives to the Winter Olympics are still in Pyongyang.” pic.twitter.com/2MKqP1uRRT

— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) January 15, 2018

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ROK Sets Out Its Terms For The North's Participation

NKNews.org reports that a letter addressed to North Korean representative Ri Son Gwon on Friday, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MoU) proposed a high level meeting on January 15 to discuss the DPRK’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, according to the MoU spokesperson’s office.


“The R.O.K. Government proposed to hold working-level talks through the Panmunjeom communications channel today (1.12) under the name of Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon, chief delegate of the inter-Korean high-level talks, addressed to North Korea’s chief delegate,” an email from the spokesperson’s office read.

“In the letter, the R.O.K. Government proposed to meet at Panmunjeom (Peace House) on January 15, 10 A.M.,” it added.

A delegation of three officials from Seoul would be present, with the chief delegate being Unification Vice Minister Chun Hae-sung.

“The South also delivered a document presenting its position regarding the North’s participation in the PyeongChang Olympics and matters on cultural events,” the email added.

Now the horse-trading begins!

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And So It Begins..North Korea Adds To Its Demands

North Korea calls for total suspension of Seoul-Washington military drills https://t.co/Rgf0urNF2c

— NorthKoreaRealTime (@BuckTurgidson79) January 12, 2018

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