While it is frustrating to see North Korean projectiles flying out to sea and Pyongyang’s erratic, unpredictable reactions in negotiations, we cannot forget where things stood in 2017 - the days of Fire and Fury. The exchange of rhetoric between the United States and North Korea appeared to be pushing both sides towards a confrontation. Then a shift happened just as quickly as the escalation - especially after North Korea’s showed interest in jointly participating in the Olympics with South Korea at Pyeongchang in early 2018.
At the heart of this joint participation in the Olympics was the ice hockey team that was formed with athletes representing both North and South Korea - these are events that you might be already familiar with, but a lot was happening at Pyeongchang, both at a geopolitical level and at a human level.
The unified Korea team was more than just a story of North-South reconciliation. The team was pan-Korean with players of Korean descent from Canada and the United States skating side-by-side.
Seth Berkman is the author of the first book on this unique event. His new book "A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History" is now available wherever good books are sold.
North Korea's "Guerrilla Internationalism"
American Eggs-ports to South Korea
Keeping North Korean Human Rights in the Conversation
Korea's Role in Regional Financial Cooperation
The Debate over Video Game Addiction
Creating Consensus on KORUS
[Rebroadcast] How to Write About North Korea
[Rebroadcast] Behind the Scenes of South Korea’s Space Program
[Rebroadcast] Kevin O’Donnell: National Director of Peace Corps
Keeping up with North Korea
Korean Study Abroad on the Decline?
Should the U.S. be concerned about Chinese-North Korean relations?
Learning Korean and Supporting Seniors: SAY's Two in One Model of Teaching
Colonel Edward Forney and the Hungnam Evacuation
A Discussion with Charlie Rangel, Former Congressman and Korean War Veteran
Going Together to the Twenty-First Century: U.S.-Korea Cooperation on Science and Technology
How do American News Outlets Cover Korea?
Prepping for PyeongChang: Looking Ahead to the Winter 2018 Olympics
Visit Korea: American Tourism to South Korea on the Rise
Discussion with North Korean Defectors
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