It was just two years ago, when the leaders of North Korea and South Korea agreed to work towards peace.
They signed a pact to stop cross-border hostilities... and for once, there was hope for reconciliation.
But now, that hope is fading.
Pyongyang's threatened to re-deploy troops near the demilitarized border.
It also destroyed a liaison office meant to facilitate dialogue, because, it says, South Korea allowed North Korean defectors to drop anti-government leaflets into its territory.
The government in Seoul denies that and says it will no longer tolerate North Korea's behaviour.
So, what's next for the region?


Presenter: Kamahl Santamaria


Guests:

Scott Snyder - Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

June Park - Political Economist and Researcher at the National Foundation of Korea.

Aidan Foster-Carter - Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University.





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