As NK News readers will know, North and South Korea have finally agreed to hold their long-promised high-level talks on December 11 in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC).

Excited? Me neither.

Ever the optimist, I wish I could hope. But in all honesty, there is a whole raft of reasons not to expect much from this event. In no particular order, here are eight of them:

1. Poor precedent. First up, can we be sure the meeting will even take place? Probably it will, but you never know. Twice in recent years, planned inter-Korean meetings have either been called off,