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As the Koreas share an Olympic moment, Trump risks irrelevance

A South Korean soldier on duty in a conference room in the demilitarized zone, as the Games suggest a thaw

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS planning to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Feb. 9 with an unusual guest in tow: Fred Warmbier, father of American student Otto Warmbier, who died last year just days after being released from a North Korean jail. Team USA comes to PyeongChang ready to compete, including in politics.

It’s a provocative move, especially in the context of the recent thaw in relations on the Korean Peninsula—the same

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