South Korean protesters burn a North Korean and Unification flag during a rally against a visit of North Korean Hyon Song Wol, head of a North Korean art troupe, in front of Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. The head of a hugely popular North Korean girl band crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea on Sunday as part of an official delegation, triggering a media frenzy as she checked potential venues for performances during next month's Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Wouldn’t it be great if North Korea won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics? Maybe it would ratchet back some of the acrimony and saber-rattling roiling that part of the world.
Look, I’m no Pollyanna in rose-colored glasses. I know it’s naïve to think something as trivial as sports could actually begin to reshape world politics. No, wait. Does anybody remember ping-pong?
Scott Bell, West Jordan
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