The Peace Games Are Over

With yesterday's closing ceremony, the Peace Games are officially over.

To his credit, President Moon is doing his best to act as a bridge between the USA and North Korea in the hope that they will both lower their "negotiation thresholds".

Good luck!

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USA Closing Ceremony Guest List

At the Munich Security Conference Risch said that Trump is prepared to start a “very, very brief” war with North Korea that would be “one of the worst catastrophic events in the history of our civilization. The president can do this quickly, & as I said, it is at his fingertips" https://t.co/EURQdWmA3n

— Ken Frost (@ken_frost) February 23, 2018

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USA Displeased With Closing Ceremony Guest List

'US in Close Consultation with South Korea on Blacklisted North Korean Official's Visit' https://t.co/S2DwetZ74M pic.twitter.com/tBlaErKIZB

— NorthKoreaRealTime (@BuckTurgidson79) February 23, 2018

Displeased or not, they should use this as an opportunity to persuade him to defect.

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The Closing Ceremony

North Korean closing Olympics delegation includes man blamed for deadly sinking https://t.co/WUxOustBvY

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 22, 2018

The closing ceremony will take place on the 25th. In view of the fact that Pence sabotaged the meeting that he had agreed to with the North Koreans when he attended the opening ceremony, don't expect Ivanka to meet with any North Koreans.

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Olympic Dreams Are Always Crushed

Forget tourism. Pyeongchang's legacy probably will be debt and anger. @APKlug @KimTonghyung https://t.co/0HX5LuhVKT

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 20, 2018

The true legacies of all Olympic Games are debt, rotting infrastructure and contractors/politicians bloated from backhanders!

The Pyeongchang Olympics has the add frisson of the forthcoming dashed hopes of peace and reconciliation.

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North Korean Athletes Evading Kim's Sex Ban

Korea Times subtly pairs story about increased Tinder usage at the Pyeongchang Olympics with photo of condoms, along with this intriguing sentence: "N. Korean athletes are reportedly facing a sex ban imposed by leader Kim Jong-un."https://t.co/Xx2PyeqmHY

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) February 19, 2018

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South Korea To Pay North's Hotel Bills

You know those North Korean cheering squads? South Korea is going to pay their hotel and food bills in the South. https://t.co/7CVWXP2ioN pic.twitter.com/xASttPaeoz

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) February 14, 2018

I raised this issue on this site in January.

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Happy Homecoming For The Kims - Beware The Hubris Cocktail!

Official portrait of Kim Jong-un greeting the North Korean Olympic delegation, arm-in-arm with Kim Yong-nam and Kim Yo-jong. pic.twitter.com/EA2gGtjV3P

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) February 12, 2018

Little sister Kim and the Olympic delegation have returned home to a warm welcome from Big Brother Kim, confident in the knowledge that this is (thusfar) a job well done.

Not only did they have the mainstream media giving them front page coverage (there's no such thing as bad publicity), they received an added bonus of Pence acting as a badly behaved and ill mannered guest towards his ROK hosts. as such, it is hardly surprising that Kim issued a personal thank you to ROK for hosting the delegation (thus drawing further attention to Pence's truculent behaviour and ill mannered demeanour).

Needless to say this "thaw" will not last, at some stage Kim will test something that will start the war clock ticking again. However, in the very short term, Kim can be confident that he has outmanoeuvred and outplayed the USA.

Hubris of course is a very dangerous cocktail!

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