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Why Kim Jong-un Will Fail at Breaking the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

<p>A man walks past a street monitor showing North Korea&#8217;s leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea&#8217;s nuclear test, in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2017.</p>
A man walks past a street monitor showing North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea’s nuclear test, in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2017. Reuters/Toru Hanai

By experts and staff

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  • Scott A. Snyder
    Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy

At least for the moment, Kim Jong-un has shifted gears from missile-testing to peace-talking. On Monday, he offered to discuss with South Korea the need for a peaceful winter Olympic atmosphere on the Korean peninsula. But to what end?

Read more to find out in Fortune.