Washington, Seoul should not let war games kill talks

While three feet of ice will not be thawed in a day, as the Chinese saying goes, there have been more positive developments in efforts to melt the ice on the Korean Peninsula since Kim Jong-un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid a visit to China last week.

After his trip to Beijing, Kim met with visiting International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, during the latter's three-day visit to Pyongyang, which ended on Saturday, and they agreed that the IOC will help the DPRK prepare for the participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Kim and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, also joined an audience of hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday for a performance by Republic of Korean K-pop singers, the first time such a show has been held in more than a decade.