North Korea's Olympic cheering group in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 10. If the outside world is puzzled by this regime that threatens nuclear war and deprives its people of food and information, just imagine how strange North Korea seems to those in the South. They speak the same language, share the same myths, love the same food — yet the leaders are so foreign, writes Anna Fifield. In an interview with my colleague Josh Rogin on the trip back to the United States, Vice President Pence signaled a willingness to hold preliminary talks with North Korea, a major policy change for the Trump administration. Would North Korea agree to talks?

Source: Washington Post February 15, 2018 10:52 UTC