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  • 7 Mar 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Kim and Trump, again: North Korea’s drives the wedge

    Khang Vu
    Denuclarisation has stalled, but Pyongyang is still reaping the rewards by playing off the US and South Korea.
  • 15 Feb 2019
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The legacy of nationalism in Korea

    Tom Eck
    The seeds sown 100 years ago have resulted in the freedoms enjoyed in South Korea by over 50 million people today.
  • 4 Feb 2019
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    A blast from North Korean past

    Nate Kerkhoff
    Pyongyang’s recent proposal of Korean reunification has parallels in history – to periods it has felt confident.
  • 15 Jan 2019
    • South Korea

    North Korea is eclipsing the Moon presidency

    Robert E Kelly
    North Korea loves to talk, and talk, and talk, but South Korea has too many domestic problems to simply ignore.
  • 11 Jan 2019
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    North Korea’s “selective détente”

    Khang Vu
    North Korea is seeking to decouple South Korea and the US by widening the gap on their North Korea policies.
  • 18 Dec 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Moon’s Eurasia: opening up North Korea, serving Seoul’s interests

    Ramon Pacheco Pardo
    South Korea has effectively been an island since the division of Korea, but Moon Jae-in has grand hopes for a change.
  • 14 Dec 2018
    • South Korea

    Answering the question: should South Korea accept refugees?

    Kaitlyn Bison , Timothy S. Rich
    The arrival of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers in South Korea has produced a strange alliance in opposition.
  • 6 Dec 2018
    • South Korea

    Rap song sparks a gender conversation in South Korea

    Nicole de Souza
    <p>The lyrics criticise the #metoo movement and question why women aren’t required to enlist in the military.</p>
  • 3 Dec 2018
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Why denuclearisation is less important for South Korea

    Robert E Kelly
    South Korea has lived under direct North Korean threat for decades and not just because of the North’s nuclear weapons.
  • 30 Nov 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    North Korea’s emerging blackmail strategy

    Khang Vu
    A deadlock in negotiation between the US and South Korea leaves Pyongyang to make all the gains.
  • 29 Nov 2018
    • South Korea

    South Korea’s quandary: what to do about MIKTA?

    Jeffrey Robertson
    The group once called a called a new dynamic in diplomacy is struggling, but the Korean peninsula might offer a role.
  • 3 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Fawning and flummery winning over love-sick Donald

    Robert E Kelly
    A Korean deal based on flattering Donald Trump as a useful idiot will not hold.
  • 20 Sep 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The human side of Moon and Kim’s agreement

    Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
    A declaration this week is cause for cautious optimism, but little for human rights advocates to celebrate.
  • 19 Sep 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Korean peninsula and the Moon-shot

    Mason Richey
    Talks rest on South Korea’s Moon Jae-in persuading the US and North Korea to join a “declaration-for-declaration” deal.
  • 18 Sep 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The third Moon-Kim summit: uncertainties abound

    Khang Vu
    Moon Jae-in is attempting to mediate between Washington and Pyongyang, while his personal approval plummets at home.
  • 7 Sep 2018
    • South Korea

    Debating South Korea’s mandatory military service

    Jeffrey Robertson
    An exemption from military service for a football star has brought global attention to a simmering social issue.
  • 31 Aug 2018
    • South Korea

    South Korea’s demographic deficit

    Tom Eck
    Declining birth rates and an aging population will see nation’s workforce shrink, and challenge male-focused attitudes.
  • 20 Aug 2018
    • South Korea

    Moon deepens civilian control in South Korea

    Robert E Kelly
    A roiling scandal over contingency plans to declare martial law has become a chance to depoliticise security agencies.
  • 17 Aug 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The struggle to conclude peace in Korea

    Meghan Fitzpatrick
    While there is fresh impetus to resolve the US–North Korean conflict, a treaty remains as bewildering as ever.
  • 16 Aug 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The discord in the Korean peace process

    Khang Vu
    Dealing with North Korea has never been easy, but the US and South Korea have differing priorities in the negotiations.
  • 13 Aug 2018
    • South Korea

    The women taking on spycams in South Korea

    Gabriel Wilder
    Growing grass-roots action by Korean individuals and businesses is being taken against female sexual harassment.
  • 6 Aug 2018
    • Japan
    • South Korea

    Idols in South Korea and Japan

    Nicole de Souza
    A reality TV contest for pop music contestants from South Korea and Japan has an undertone of national competition, too.
  • 3 Aug 2018
    • South Korea

    South Korea’s first “human rights president”

    Robert E Kelly
    Moon Jae-in’s unwillingness to speak up for the vulnerable is disappointing, given his record on human rights.
  • 17 Jul 2018
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • South Korea

    Koreas, gas pipelines, and Russia’s ties that bind

    Dmitry V. Shlapentokh
    Kim Jong-un’s summit with Donald Trump captured attention, but on the Korean Peninsula, many convoluted ploys are afoot.
  • 5 Jul 2018
    • United States
    • South Korea

    Détente divergence: the US-South Korean split

    Robert E Kelly
    South Koreans don’t see how destructive and divisive Donald Trump is, nor is it their concern with North Korea so close.
  • 25 Jun 2018
    • United States
    • South Korea

    Exit strategy: will US troops leave South Korea?

    Markus Bell , Geoffrey Fattig
    For perhaps the first time, major players in Korean affairs all seem to share an interest in removing foreign forces.
  • 22 Jun 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Reunification out of reach

    John Ruehl
    Even with North Korean denuclearisation, the two Koreas will remain divided.
  • 19 Jun 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    It’s all up to Moon now

    Robert E Kelly
    Donald Trump has recessed himself and Moon Jae-in looks to have the political support for a big-bang approach to a final status deal with North Korea – doubtful as the outcome might be.
  • 13 Jun 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Trump–Kim summit: Moon’s conflicted achievement

    Khang Vu
    The South Korean President’s shuttle diplomacy may fracture his relationship with the US.
  • 16 May 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Talking North Korea in Australia

    Robert E Kelly
    Many of the moral debates about North Korea are settled, even if the diplomatic questions are not.
  • 28 Apr 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Deciphering symbols at the inter-Korean summit

    Khang Vu
    The subtle messages of the historic meeting go well beyond the words on paper.
  • 19 Apr 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Why definitions will be crucial for North-South talks 

    Edward Howell
    <p>“Denuclearisation” is fraught with ambiguity and means very different things to each&nbsp;side.</p>
  • 13 Apr 2018
    • Japan
    • Russia
    • South Korea

    Japan, South Korea and the West’s tension with Russia

    Dmitry V. Shlapentokh
    Why did Japan and South Korea not join the expulsion of Russian diplomats after the Skripal attack?
  • 9 Apr 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The peril of North Korea’s charm offensive

    Khang Vu
    <p>The US and South Korea must be wary about&nbsp;Pyongyang dangling the strings.</p>
  • 6 Apr 2018
    • Australia
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Watching on: Australia and the Korean Peninsula talks

    Bec Strating
    Australia has put its trust in Donald Trump and his transactional, “deal-making” style of diplomacy.
  • 4 Apr 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    An agenda for the Moon–Kim summit

    Robert E Kelly
    Moon Jae-in surely sees himself as Nixon going to China, rather than Chamberlain going to Munich.
  • 16 Mar 2018
    • South Korea

    South Korea says #MeToo as sexual allegations topple prominent figures

    Gabriel Wilder
    Korea has made rapid strides as a nation in a relatively short period of time but lags as a patriarchal society.
  • 5 Mar 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    North Korea’s time-buying strategy

    Khang Vu
    Olympic peace gestures aside, scientists in Pyongyang need time to collect and analyse data from last year’s missile tests.
  • 22 Feb 2018
    • United States
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Moon versus Abe and the contest for America’s ear

    Dalin Hamilton
    North Korea policy is seen by some Japanese media as a debate with a South Korean stooge.
  • 15 Feb 2018
    • South Korea

    Jonghyun and depression in South Korea

    Nicole de Souza
    The death of a K-pop star has focused attention on the high rate of suicide in South Korea.
  • 25 Jan 2018
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • The Trump Presidency

    Asia’s escalating missile race

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
    Last year saw a surge in testing and deployment of both ballistic and cruise missile technology throughout the Indo-Pacific.
  • 16 Jan 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The ‘Olympic truce’ poses a test for the US–South Korean alliance

    Khang Vu
    Moon Jae-in should be wary of North Korea’s history of reneging on its word.
  • 9 Jan 2018
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    North Korea probably does not seriously seek unification

    Robert E Kelly
    Since North Korea lies so much anyway, how should we know what to believe?
  • 15 Dec 2017
    • South Korea

    South Korea’s search for autonomy

    Andray Abrahamian , Daekwon Son
    'When caught in a fight between whales, a shrimp gets his back broken.'
  • 6 Dec 2017
    • Japan
    • South Korea

    The symbolic politics of the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute

    Bec Strating
    Glorified rocks reveal the limits of the contemporary ‘rules-based order’ to settle disputes.
  • 5 Dec 2017
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    The Korean Peninsula’s year in review

    Robert E Kelly
    For all the bluster and threats of war in 2017, impeachment of South Korean's president was the most important event.
  • 6 Nov 2017
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Japan
    • South Korea

    Why South Korea and Japan should not go nuclear

    Euan Graham
    Were Seoul or Tokyo to acquire nuclear-weapons capacity, the region would not instantly become any more or less secure.
  • 23 Oct 2017
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    War on the Korean Peninsula: Targeting a better peace

    Albert Palazzo
    If war on the Korean Peninsula does eventuate, the US should see it as an opportunity to forge a better peace.
  • 5 Sep 2017
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    North Korea: Why the West freaks out but South Korea doesn’t

    Robert E Kelly
    I am constantly asked if war is about to break out. I often have the impression the TV hosts or producers are disappointed I am not more alarmist.
  • 17 Aug 2017
    • United States
    • Australia
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Australia and Korea’s wars: A debate worth revisiting

    Euan Graham
    The obvious wrinkle in the PM’s ANZUS pledge is what happens if the US strikes first and North Korea retaliates by attacking South Korea.
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