The headline on the article read: "North Korea heads for diplomatic gold medal at Olympics: analysts".The article below discussed one of the most unexpected momentum shifts in global diplomacy — the thawing of the relationship between North and South Korea.Until late last year, all the talk among the "analysts" was of a looming nuclear conflagration on the peninsula as the US flew bombers overhead and moved naval battle groups towards the region.US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un even had a Twitter argument over whose nuclear button was bigger. Yes, that actually happened.Then, out of the blue, South Korea met with North Korea and offered the pariah state a place at the Winter Olympics in teams sharing players from both countries.But the real diplomatic shift occurred this week when Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong visited South Korea and had the world eating out of her hand.Relaxed, smiling and happy, she charmed the media.The Washington Post gushed: "...
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