The 2017 election of President Moon Jae-in has seen a change in approach towards the North, and both sides used the South Korean held 2018 Winter Olympics as an opportunity for engagement, with a very senior North Korean political delegation sent to the games, along with a reciprocal visit by senior South Korean cabinet members to the North soon afterwards.
2017 valget af præsident Moon Jae-in bevirkede en forandring i forholdet til nord, og begge sider brugte det i Sydkorea afholdte Vinter-OL 2018 som en mulighed for fornyet kontakt, med en meget højtstående nordkoreanske politiske delegation sendt til legene, og et gensidigt besøg af højtstående sydkoreanske kabinetsmedlemmer i nord kort tid efter.