The author Choe Sang-Hun makes a strong argument on why North Korea and South Korea working together during the Olympics is so important to all countries not just the Koreas. Why is it so important? Well, it is so important, because North and South Korea have been at war with each other for years now. So the fact that they are teaming up and standing under the same flag makes it a huge deal.
What is the purpose of this text. The purpose of the article is to inform the audience about the relations between North Korea and South Korea. It informs the audience for many different reasons, one of them is to tell people about how big of a deal it is for North Korea and South Korea to be under one flag. This is shown in this excerpt from the article “ It was the most dramatic gesture of reconciliation between them.”
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The audience is already supposed to know about the war that has been going on between the two different Koreas. What they need to know is that the Olympics are a worldwide game that consist of almost every single country in the world, the two Koreas are at war with each other, and that North Korea and South Korea have not played nice with each other for years now. They also need to know the major differences between the two countries in their culture, values, and beliefs. These points are shown in this excerpt from the article “ The Olympics agreement could help president Moon Jae In of South