Foreign relations of North Korea
In 2017 Moon Jae-in was elected President of South Korea with promises to return to the Sunshine Policy. In his New Year address for 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed sending a delegation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Seoul–Pyongyang hotline was reopened after almost two years. North and South Korea marched together in the Olympics opening ceremony and fielded a united women's ice hockey team. North Korea sent an unprecedented high-level delegation, headed by Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un, and President Kim Yong-nam, as well as athletes and performers.
Conservatism in South Korea
Starting from the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee with military coups d'état and the scandals facing the conservative government, including accusations of government interference in the presidential election, Conservatism in South Korea is chiefly associated with the Liberty Korea Party (named the Grand National Party prior to 2012 and the Saenuri Party prior to 2017). Within the party, groups such as the New Right promote conservatism. The conservative Park Geun-hye government was the last conservative government of the Sixth Republic of South Korea since 2017.