Korea’s Olympic Moment: Can It Lead to Peace?
The participation of North Korean athletes in the Olympics, and the start of high-level talks between representatives of North and South, have raised hopes among many for a peaceful path forward. But we should not let the natural wish for peace blind us to the realities of what it will take to achieve it.
5 Olympic-Sized Lessons from Sports
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” —Wilma Rudolph (USA gold medalist in track and field in 1960) As the PyeongChang Winter Olympics...
Olympians from North and South March Together: A Step Towards Peace on the Korean Peninsula
It was in his New Year’s Day address that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared his intention to send a delegation to the 2018 Olympic games in PyeongChang this February, calling for the need to work together to ease military tension between the North and South....
‘Olympic option’: Winter Games could be a win for Korean unity
Over the past few weeks, news from the Korean peninsula took a sharp turn from the “nuclear option” to the “Olympic option.” There is reason to welcome the new developments, because the process of nationhood must come from the aspirations of the Korean people, and it must be Korean-led.