Analysts: North Korea takes gold for Olympic diplomacy

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PYEONGCHANG: While its athletes are returning home empty-handed from the Winter Olympics, analysts say nuclear-armed North Korea deserves a gold medal for its diplomatic skills -- but that the Games-driven detente will be short-lived.

An intense rapprochement saw the two Koreas march into the opening ceremony together behind a unification flag, and South Korea’s president shared a historic handshake with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visiting sister.