The 2018 Winter Olympics are set to be held right next to the North Korean border wrote Steve Mollman:

• North Korea’s recent nuclear showmanship seems to coincide with moments when their actions will receive maximum attention – during international conferences or American long weekends.
• What better way to get noticed than to engage in mischief during the winter Olympics – to be held in a border town of South Korea, just 80km from the heavily militarized line of control.
• Alarmingly it doesn’t look like North Korea will send any athletes to compete – erasing a major disincentive to threaten military strikes during the event.
• The games were awarded to South Korea back in 2014, when things on the peninsula seemed more stable.
• The tickets didn’t go on sale until recently though – and early sales have been disappointing. Only 230,000 have been sold – and organizers are starting to get creative with discounts.
• Organizers prefer not to think about athletes potentially pulling out due to safety concerns.

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