So about this miraculous turn around in North Korea....(sniff, sniff)

[Sherman A1]

7. The collapse of the testing site is an important point

I have also read that the NK hacking revealed some of the South's war plans and it was exceptionally detailed and disturbing to the NK leadership. Realistically pursuit of nuclear weapons is foolish when they can trade away something they really don't need, get huge economic benefits and pursue their cyber warfare abilities at likely a fraction of the total costs.

There is much more going on behind the curtain, but this sudden move toward reconciliation is not just something out of the blue. There are reasons why it is being done.