jong-il. this is not unexpected. we heard during the olympics in pyeongchang that south korea would be sending a high level delegation shortly after the olympics wrapped up and that's exactly what will be happening on monday, local time. but, look, the north koreans, there are a couple of different factors at play here. one, the sanctions. they're really starting to kick in. i was meeting with a source today who described it, when there used to be 100 trucks going across the border between china and north korea, now there are just ten trucks. so that's starting to have a significant impact on the country's economy. and the medium and long range forecast have a devastating impact if the sanctions continue. there's also really troubling language from the trump administration for the north koreans. you heard president trump just last week talking about if diplomacy doesn't work that he'd have to move into phase two, which a lot of people widely interpret as a military option. a strike against north korea. you had a gop senator saying that there could be, you know, loss of life that would be biblical in scope as a result of that. so the north koreans, they want to talk to the south koreans and try to figure out what is going