Detente between America and North Korea seems back on track

THE contrast could not have been starker. In a picture released by his office on May 25th, Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, looked a decade older than his 65 years. All facial features pointing downwards, he might have been about to cry. Only a day later, a fresh crop of images showed Mr Moon (on the right of the picture above) in a decidedly more upbeat mood. Smiling broadly, he shared a warm embrace with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, at their second meeting in less than a month.