Featured Blue House 18 May 2023 From Washington, Yoon Suk-yeol Returns Empty-Handed Long on pomp and pageantry, short on substance.
Featured Foreign Policy 11 May 2023 South Korea's Moment of Choice on Ukraine To supply or not supply weapons?
Featured Foreign Policy 8 May 2023 Yoon Suk-yeol Practices His English The beleaguered president is attempting to build an image of class and sophistication.
Featured Blue House 20 April 2023 National Security Advisor’s Resignation is a Sign of Turmoil for Yoon Administration’s Diplomacy Expect more unpredictable amateurism as veteran diplomats exit the presidential office.
Featured Japan 17 April 2023 Japan Announces New History Textbooks Denying Forced Labor Textbooks also removed references to the 1923 Kanto Massacre that killed 6k Koreans.
Featured Key Players 6 April 2023 Kim Tae-hyo: the No-Holds-Barred Ideologue Behind Yoon Administration’s Foreign Policy The fast-rising conservative intellectual in international affairs has shown a dangerous tendency to cut corners.
Featured Blue House 5 April 2023 Presidential Secretary of Protocol Quits Just Before a Critical Stretch of Diplomacy Kim Il-beom resigned just before Yoon Suk-yeol's visits to Tokyo and Washington.
Featured Starter Kit 2 February 2023 South Korea and the Middle East: a Primer South Korea has long had a mercantilist approach in the Arab world, which is increasingly difficult to maintain.
Featured Foreign Policy 17 November 2022 Liberal and Conservative Grand Strategies Partisan disagreement as to the joint naval exercise with Japan stems from the different visions of the two parties for South Korea's role in Asia.
Featured Society 12 November 2022 Hijab-less Iranian Climber Whisked from Seoul Elnaz Rekabi was rushed back to Tehran after she competed without a head cover.
Featured Foreign Policy 10 October 2022 Hot Mic Moment Tops Yoon Suk-yeol's Disastrous International Tour Following the embarrassing moment in which Yoon gossiped about Joe Biden in vulgar language, the presidential office responded with a brazen gaslighting.
Featured Foreign Policy 24 September 2022 Queen Elizabeth II and Korea The English queen's reign nearly covered the entirety of South Korea's existence.
Featured Foreign Policy 29 August 2022 US More Important, China Less, Japan Not at All: Data South Korean public placed greater importance on the ROK-US alliance, while Japan is nearly irrelevant.
Featured Blue House 25 August 2022 "Diplomatic Disaster" Again: Yoon Bungles Pelosi Visit Was it a gaffe, or a pivot to China?
Featured National Security 15 August 2022 New Arsenal of Democracy: South Korean Arms Sale to Poland The return of industrial era war favors South Korea's arms manufacturers.
Featured Japan 28 July 2022 Abe Shinzo's Poisonous Legacy For Japan's reactionary leader, Korea was the perfect enemy that betrayed his true intentions.
Featured Foreign Policy 21 July 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol's NATO Embarrassment At his first major international event, Yoon faced a steep learning curve.
Featured North Korea 2 June 2022 Yoon's North Korea Policy: Same as Moon's North Korea Policy Despite Yoon's tough rhetoric, the substance of his policies is mostly the same as his predecessor's.
Featured Foreign Policy 14 March 2022 South Korea and Russia: a Primer With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, South Korea-Russia relations is again in the spotlight.
Featured Culture 22 January 2022 Chile's K-pop President Korean pop music has been a mobilizing force for popular movements in Chile and beyond.