Pyeongchang Olympics: What to Make of North Korea’s Switching Tactics

Editor’s Note: For better or worse, the Pyeongchang Olympics has become famous as much for politics as for sports since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to send a delegation at the last minute.The question of what this all meansis not easy to answer. The context is complicated; interpretations are numerous and contradictory. Dr. Owen Miller [https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31439.php] is a lecturer in Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He addre