President Moon will need to convince North Korea to engage in behaviors that will help make a summit viable, but not so much it walks away.

The U.S. relationship with South Korea has become multidimensional and important enough to generate its share of disagreements. 

In a move that had been expected, North Korea extended an invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a summit meeting with Kim Jong-un.

South Korea has high expectations for PyeongChang, with the team hoping to obtain eight gold medals, four silver medals, and eight bronze medals

Even in the best-case scenario, a “bloody nose” attack on North Korea would likely undermine “maximum pressure” for economic reasons.

The U.S. set a new record of $48.3 billion in exports of manufactured and agricultural goods to the Republic of Korea in 2017.