If there is another armed conflict on the Korean peninsula, it's unlikely an Australian government would feel bound by historical precedent or outdated legal instruments.

There is much complaining in South Korea and Japan that missile defence is too expensive. The time for this whining is over.

The US Commander of the United Nations Command in South Korea, General Brooks, wants to 'revitalise' it.

A division between politics and economics, especially the biggest firms, end the constant temptation provided by developmentalism.

Even under revitalised leadership, there are significant geopolitical and domestic constraints on Seoul’s room for manoeuvre with North Korea.

Shen Zhihua’s remarks and the response on Weibo are just one aspect of a broader discussion over China’s posture towards the Korean Peninsula.

The primary right-wing candidate in next week's election is now calling himself the ‘Donald Trump of Korea'.

The scandal that felled Park Geun-Hye has been covered extensively elsewhere. Here are three broader lessons in political science.

If Moon Jae-in wins the Blue House, his stance on THAAD will be a good indicator of how much influence China can have over South Korea’s foreign policy.

The tragedy of the Park Geun-hye scandal and impeachment in South Korea should not obfuscate the larger forces that are driving Korean politics.

South Korea's likely next president Moon Jae-in favours an engagement-heavy approach toward North Korea that may push the US relationship into crisis, since the Trump administration has signalled a hard line on the regime.

A year ago, the country seemed to be ticking along quite nicely. But now things are falling apart.

A nuclear North Korea reflects the failure of Seoul and Washington’s policy towards Pyongyang for the past quarter century.

Over the last four years, the threat posed by North Korea has grown.

South Korea is engulfed in a month-long national crisis that has brought politics to a standstill, and the timing could not be worse for the Korean Peninsula and the region.