If you happened to watch the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang this weekend, you could be forgiven for thinking that reunification of the Korean Peninsula was just around the corner. With North and South Korean athletes marching under one flag, Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong “stealing the show,” and South Korean President Moon Jae-in being invited to Pyongyang, talks of inter-Korean peace are swirling in the air.

If all of this sounds too good to be true, it probably is. When the Olympic festivities are over, the world goes back to reality, and the calm that has made the Pyeongchang Games a success will revert to the pre-Olympics status quo.