North Korean chief delegate Ri Son-Gwon (R) talks with South Korea Unification Minister Cho Myung-Gyun (front L) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on Jan. 9, 2018.
North and South Korea began their first official talks in more than two years on Jan. 9, focussing on the forthcoming Winter Olympics after months of tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. (Korea Pool/AFP/Getty Images)