South Korea
The Future of South Korea’s Nuclear Energy Policy
The opposition Democratic Party’s landslide victory in South Korea’s April 10 parliamentary election appears likely to significantly influence the government’s energy policy, particularly regarding nuclear power generation. This could bring...
South Korea Needs a New Nuclear Strategy
Considering South Korea’s neighbors’ ever-changing nuclear postures, Seoul’s strategic inflexibility and insistence on its existing policy are highly concerning. The uncontrolled nuclear arms race is worsening so rapidly that South...
South Korea’s Unit 684 Was a Wartime Suicide Squad
The idea of using criminals as soldiers isn’t new. In fiction, it’s been popularized by The Dirty Dozen, and in World War II, criminal Eddie Chapman became a very capable spy and...
America and South Korea: Here’s to the Next Seventy Years
The alliance between the United States and South Korea (Republic of Korea) is a cornerstone of the U.S. security architecture in the Indo-Pacific and, increasingly, in the world. Both the...
Can the South Korea-Japan Forced Labor Deal Last?
As soon as the South Korean government announced a tentative deal to solve its dispute with Japan over World War II-era forced labor, American officials and foreign policy experts celebrated...
The Case for South Korean Membership in the G7
Given the threat to free-market democracies posed by authoritarian and revisionist China and Russia, the G7 (Group of Seven), a club of wealthy industrialized democracies, needs to be expanded and...
What’s Korean About South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy?
Even the name is the same. South Korea’s government, after months of anticipation, unveiled its response to Washington’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. It is called the Korean Indo-Pacific Strategy. President Yoon Suk-yeol made the...
Ex-South Korean Leader Says He’ll Give Up Dogs Gifted by Kim
Former South Korean president Moon Jae-in vowed that he will give up two dogs that were gifted to him by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un four years ago. In a...
Ohio Congressman’s Niece Killed in Korea Crowd Stampede
The niece of Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) was among the more than 150 people killed during a Halloween crowd surge in South Korea on Saturday, Fox News reported. “Monica and...
South Korea Mourns Victims of Crowd Stampede
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has called for a period of national mourning, following the deaths of more than 150 people due to a crowd surge during Halloween festivities...
Can South Korea Afford to Be an American Ally?
Under President Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea has embarked on a foreign policy that seems to place the nation more clearly on the side of the United States in the rivalry...
Kamala Harris Headed to the DMZ After North Korean Missile Tests
Vice President Kamala Harris is finally going to the border, just not the U.S.-Mexico one. Per NBC News, the vice president will visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and...