“Survive and advance” is a phrase often associated with the month of March with the NCAA basketball tournament in the United States, but the phrase could be applied to the month of April for events on the Korean peninsula.

March was expected to be a difficult month for inter-Korean relations with the joint U.S.-ROK military exercises taking place and the lack of progress between the two Koreas in January and February.

With Koreans returning from the Lunar New Year holidays, another opportunity to return to a better state of inter-Korean affairs passed as well.

Are inter-Korean already headed down the path of lost New Years' Resolution in 2015?

Recent meetings were important to quickly connect the Park Geun-hye administration with the new leadership in India under Prime Minister Modi.

Looking back on inter-Korean relations in 2014 could give insights to help improve the possibility for a better year between the two Koreas in 2015.