A war that has never officially ended, with two countries suspended on either side of history, separated by the division of a long, cold line totaling 160 miles in length. A war that every American has heard of, read about in textbooks any number of times between middle school and college.

And as the 2018 Winter Olympics begin to churn up international attention, this war and its history will once more be at the center of international scrutiny.

That is because for the first time since 1953 and the armistice that ended fighting between the two factions on the Korean Peninsula, a member of the ruling North Korean family, Kim Yo-jong, sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, is going to cross the border into the South. For the first time ever, a full-fledged member of the Kim family will be on the other side of the demilitarized zone.

This, in just a series of moves that have been made in the past few months that have seen North Korea set to use the spotlight of the Olympics. First, North Korea will return to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2010, the Vancouver iteration of the games. The two Koreas will also march under a unified flag at the opening ceremony. In addition, talks with South Korea will result in a unified women’s hockey team competing in the tournament, the first time this has ever happened for the two countries.

The international reactions to these developments have been mixed, with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence both appearing ambivalent about the possibility of negotiation with North Korea, while at other times ensuring that the United States will “make sure North Korea doesn’t use the powerful symbolism in the backdrop of the Winter Olympics to paper over the truth about their regime.”

Likewise, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said, “We must not be fooled by North Korea’s ‘smile diplomacy.'”

Since the announcement of Kim Yo-jung’s trip, speculation has abounded that she will attempt to engage in very focused efforts of espionage against the South and its American allies. As a blood relative and a high-ranking member of the Politburo, she will unofficially be the eyes and ears of the Supreme Leader inside Pyeongchang.

What does this mean for the world at large, though?

North Korea has made no secret of its militaristic advances in recent times, with its most recent ballistics test coming on November 28^th, 2017, and rocket tests this past summer boasting the capability to reach as far as Eastern Europe and northern Canada.

The North also moved the date of their annual military parade, held in the month of April for the past 40 years, to February 8^th, the day before the open of the Olympics. This show of military power, a display of strength attempting to intimidate America and the world-at-large, being held just as hopes for thawing tensions are being grasped at, can only mean one thing: Kim Jong-un is not interested in peace.

As one intelligence analyst has said, the push for a developed nuclear program and increased ballistics capabilities by the Kim regime since midsummer 2017 is unlikely to cease now, especially as close as the North Koreans have come to developing the ability to attack the American mainland.

This play at unity is likely nothing more than that—a play. The arrival of Kim Yo-jong in the south is likely a deliberate attempt to subvert the narrative of global camaraderie of the Olympics and use it to smooth over the appearance of the oppressive Northern regime, all while an ever deadly military slumbers beneath the façade.

Elsewise, why hold the military parade in February? Elsewise, why not cease continuous ballistics and even nuclear tests?

This a savvy political move by Kim Jong-un and the Hermit Kingdom, there is no denying, but one that the world should not let itself be fooled by.