BREAKTHROUGH, OR FRAUD? – AT 9:21 A.M. ET:  North and South Korea will march under a single flag at next month's Olympics in South Korea.  Is it a true diplomatic breakthrough, or a fake?  Do you have any doubts?  From CNN:

Seoul (CNN) North and South Korean athletes will march together at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony under a unified flag, the South said Wednesday, in a diplomatic breakthrough following days of talks between the two countries.

They will also field a joint North and South Korean women's ice hockey team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which begin early next month, South Korea's Unification Ministry said.
North and South Korean skiers will train together at a resort in North Korea before the Olympics start, and performers from the two countries will also hold a joint cultural event there.
North Korea will also send around 230 supporters to cheer on its athletes. A smaller delegation of North Korean athletes and supporters will attend the Paralympics, the unification ministry said.

The developments were announced following North-South talks on Wednesday at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries.

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While the two sides have earned praise for ratcheting down military tensions in recent weeks, some of Seoul's allies voiced concern Wednesday that Pyongyang may be using the talks to buy time to pursue its weapons program.

The US military has moved more firepower to the region and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned of complacency at a Tuesday summit in Vancouver where the top diplomats from the United States, Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom were in town to discuss North Korea.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono called on the international community to be clear-eyed about North Korea's motivations for participating in the talks, which have been hailed by some as the most significant thaw in ties in years.

"I believe that North Korea wants to buy some time to continue their nuclear and missile programs," Kono said at the meeting. "It's not the time to ease pressure towards North Korea."

China denounced the Vancouver talks, and the United Nations Command, under whose framework they are being held, as demonstrating "Cold War mentality."

"(Such thinking) will only lead to split in the international community and harm the joint efforts that could properly solve the nuclear issue on Korea peninsula," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Wednesday.

COMMENT:  Of course this is a tactic, one often pursued by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.  It's called a "charm offensive."  The North will speak of peace, and hold talks, while all the while pursuing its nuclear and missile programs.  They will have plenty of help from left-wing and anti-Trump groups in the West.

This is a time when the media will be tested.  Honest reporting or anti-Trump reporting?  When outlets like CNN give up their credibility in order to bring down President Trump, it's a very serious question.

January 17,  2018