South Koreans Are Skeptical That Talks With North Korea Will Accomplish Anything

South Korean officials check the stage at a performance center in the Mount Geumgang resort for a joint performance of the two Koreas during their inspection visit to North Korea, Jan. 23. The North abruptly cancelled the joint event, Monday night. / Courtesy of unification ministry

Korea Times: Skepticism grows over dialogue with NK

North Korea's sudden cancellation of a joint inter-Korean cultural event at Mount Geumgang, Monday, has again brought concerns about the effectiveness of holding dialogue with the unpredictable Kim Jong-un regime.

Conservatives are intensifying their offensive toward the Moon Jae-in administration, saying its peace overture alongside the PyeongChang Winter Olympics is not working and the North is taking advantage of the Games to glorify its regime by holding a massive military parade the day before the opening ceremony.

Late Monday night, Pyongyang abruptly called off the joint cultural event which the Koreas were planning to hold at the Mount Geumgang resort Feb. 4.

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Update: Two Koreas' ice hockey team struggles with language gap as detente stalls between North and South (The Telegraph)

WNU Editor: No one said that this was going to be easy. Bottom line .... while there are many similarities between the two Koreas, there is also a wide chasm when it comes to politics and certain societal and cultural issues. The role of the media is just one of them .... ‘Insulting’ media coverage prompts North Korea to cancel performance with South (Asian Correspondent).