I congratulate North and South Korea in finding a bridge across the void of diplomacy by the USA.

It is amazing to realize the North Koreans are ready to participate in the Winter Olympics. That is a surprise. I congratulate Supreme leader Un on the fitness of his people to participate. This is a pleasant surprise.

I hope this bridge will hold up and the Korean Peninsula will find more and more reasons to cooperate with each other. To be honest, I am worried about the North Korean people, a severe winter and potential food shortages. The North Korean people are incredible when it comes to living under harsh conditions, but, humanitarian efforts should be considered if Kim Jong Un would consent to safe passage for those that can help.


2 January 2017

By Harriet

Kim Jong-un's suggestion that North KoreaKim Jong-un's suggestion that North Korea (click here) could send athletes to next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, has prompted host nation South Korea to propose high-level talks before the games begin.

It comes as tension in the region has ratcheted up after Pyongyang conducted a series of ballistic missile tests and a pair of nuclear tests over the last year.

“We hope the two sides sit down for frank talks,"  the South's unification minister, Cho Myoung-gyon, told a news conference....