THIS past week the world has witnessed a shuffling of the feet or a quickening of steps when in the seeming “turnaround” of the otherwise dire situation on the Korean Peninsula. After the sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led a delegation to attend the ceremonies of the Winter Olympics held in South Korea and met the South Korean president during her stay, South Korea reciprocated by sending a high-level delegation to North Korea. The delegation was “warmly” received by no less than Kim himself, who even hosted a “convivial” dinner for the South Korean delegates, supposedly imputing messages to them over toasts meant for the South Korean president as well as the Americans, who remain larger-than-life strategically on the Korean Peninsula, essentially as the guarantor of South Korea’s security.