PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) – On Friday night, the world will witness a truly extraordinary moment: An Olympics convening in South Korea with the participation of its nuclear rival, North Korea.
And against that backdrop of athletics and pomp, a cascade of political events unfolds even as the region’s uneasiness about potential nuclear war continues unabated.
Two of The Associated Press’ top Koreas journalists – Seoul bureau chief Foster Klug and Pyongyang bureau chief Eric Talmadge – are in Pyeongchang to cover the political maneuverings around the Olympics. On Thursday evening, we asked them to sit at a table across from each other and consider how the Olympics-related political maneuverings are playing in their areas of responsibility.
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