PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — A 15-year-old American girl looked at her parents across the dinner table two weeks before they were scheduled to get on a plane for South Korea to fulfil her years-long dream of seeing the Olympics. But she had no hesitation about attending the Olympics, because she looks around and sees her South Korean neighbours utterly calm. She attributed the decline to a variety of factors including the political taunting between the United States and North Korea. Lisa Jansen was born in South Korea and lived in an orphanage here until she was adopted by an American family. They said they felt no fear as they walked into the opening ceremony, where North Korea and South Korea would moments later march together in a show of solidarity after a decades-long bitter and sometimes bloody standoff.

Source: National Post February 10, 2018 01:41 UTC