Korea Watch
Korea Watch is our portal into all things Korea.
In this space, we will tackle issues such as the North Korea challenge and of course Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons development, U.S.-DPRK relations, South Korean domestic politics and economic issues, technological innovations originating on the Korean peninsula, demographics and more.
You will also find here many new symposiums tackling many Korea-related issues, videos to events and webinars as well as interviews with top policy and decisionmakers.
Some of the key authors you will find here include Victor Cha, Ted Galen Carpenter, Joseph Nye, Robert E. Kelly, and Mitchell Blatt.
Why It’s Time for a South Korean Nuclear Deterrent
With North Korea preparing to strike southward, and the United States deeply ambivalent about its defense, Seoul needs nuclear weapons now more than ever.
Stories from Korea Watch
Is the Ukraine War Destined to Become a ‘Korean’ War?
The Ukraine War: A New Battleground for Two Koreas: North Korea’s decision to send troops to Russia represents a significant shift in the regional and global geopolitical landscape, with consequences that...
North Korean Special Forces in Russia’s War on Ukraine: A Game-Changer?
North Korean Combat Troops in Russia: A Significant Contribution?: It has now been confirmed by a plethora of sources that North Korean combat troops are going to be fighting in the...
North Korea-Russia Alliance: What Happens When the Ukraine War Ends?
What You Need to Know: North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia’s Kursk region to support its Ukraine war efforts has raised alarms in Washington and Seoul. The partnership between...
North Korean Troops Join Russia’s Fight in Ukraine: A Dangerous New Alliance Emerges
As Russia’s full-scale invasion concludes its third year, Ukraine is facing ever-greater threats. It was recently reported that North Korea is sending over 10,000 soldiers to train in Russia, with 3,000 deploying,...
North Korea Sends Troops to Ukraine in a Deal with Russia: A Repeat of History?
Once again, Koreans Will Fight In Someone Else’s War: For the fourth time in recent history, Korean soldiers are fighting in another country’s war. Those destinations have all been at...
North Korean Troops in Ukraine: Are We on the Path to World War III?
North Korean Troops Joining the War in Ukraine: A Step Towards WWIII? – Recent reports indicate that up to 10,000 elite North Korean troops are undergoing a quick training session in...
South Korea’s Retaliation Doctrine: Can Seoul Handle North Korea’s Escalations?
Seoul’s Retaliation Doctrine Undergoes Stress Tests: Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk-yeol entered office in 2022 declaring that tolerance of North Korean “provocations” did not buy lasting peace, but...
Ex-North Korean Soldiers’ Bold Offer: Disrupt North Korean “Volunteers” Fighting for Russia
What You Need to Know: In a unique development, around 200 North Korean defectors in South Korea, all former soldiers, have volunteered to aid Ukraine by psychologically targeting North Korean...
KAI KF-21 Boromae: South Korea’s ‘Partial’ Stealth Fighter
What You Need to Know: The KAI KF-21 Boromae, a joint project by Korean Aerospace Industries and Indonesian Aerospace, is South Korea’s latest 4.5-generation or “Fourth Gen+” fighter jet, with...
Kim Jong-un’s Nuclear “Show and Tell” Should Lead to a Washington Rethink
The North Korean problem suddenly got a lot worse last month when Kim Jong-un unveiled a new uranium enrichment plant capable of producing weapons-grade uranium for nuclear warheads. Pyongyang has...
Is the Russia-North Korea Alliance Sustainable?
Kim Jong-un has declared that the newly signed “Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” between Russia and North Korea, finalized on June 19, elevates their relationship to “a new, higher level...
What Can Business Leaders Learn from the Russia-DPRK Alliance?
As a ten-year-old boy studying in an elementary school in South Korea, I learned Chinese idioms, proverbs, and the beginner level of Confucius’ The Analects for almost three years. The...