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March 6, 2024 South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (February 2024)

South Korea and the United States have decided to begin negotiation this year to conclude the 12th Special Defense Cost-Sharing Agreement (SMA), which will take effect from 2026. […]

Daeun Choi

Inflation Reduction Act, Special Measures Agreement, Taiwan, THAAD, trilateralism
January 2, 2024 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (December 2023)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of fostering military ties and collaborative security efforts during his November 8-9 visit to South Korea, particularly in the […]

Daeun Choi

APEC summit, Nuclear Cooperation Group, US-ROK alliance
November 6, 2023 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (October 2023)

The evolving dynamics in South Korea’s geopolitical landscape, characterized by diplomatic intricacies, defense concerns, and cultural influence, undeniably underscore the nation’s multifaceted role in the global arena. The […]

Shinhyung Lee

Liberal international order, trilateralism, Ukraine War, UN
September 4, 2023 National Commentaries
A Perspective from Japan

A Historic Trilateral Step in a Journey of Many Kilometers? Japan’s political leaders and strategic thinkers welcome significant advancement in trilateral strategic cooperation with the US and ROK, […]

Akimoto Satohiro

Camp David, Fumio Kishida, trilateralism, Yoon Suk-yeol
September 4, 2023 National Commentaries
A Perspective from China and Russia

Three commentaries matter most in the aftermath of August’s Camp David trilateral summit of the United States, Japan, and South Korea. What the three participants say, of course, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Camp David, New Cold War, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian Relations, trilateralism
August 29, 2023 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (August 2023)

Throughout July, President Yoon Suk-yeol was extensively engaged in diplomatic activities, including participation in a NATO conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, as well as undertaking a visit to Ukraine. […]

Daeun Choi

Camp David, NATO, Nuclear Consultative Group, US-Japan-ROK Trilateralism
August 8, 2023 Special Forum
China Cleaves Northeast Asia in Two, 2013-2016

What was the meaning of Xi Jinping’s Sunnylands offer to Barack Obama in 2013? It revealed far more than many recognized. Xi called for a “new model of […]

Gilbert Rozman

THAAD, Trustpolitik, turn to the East
July 3, 2023 Open Forum
Taking Stock: The Asan Forum at Age Ten

In the summer of 2013 a new, online journal began, based in Seoul, edited from Washington, DC, and dedicated to the study of international relations in the Indo-Pacific, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Country Reports, National Commentaries, Open Forums, Special Forums, The Asan Forum
May 2, 2023 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (April 2023)

The recent South Korea-Japan and US-South Korea summits held in March and April have shown a glimmer of hope for the relationship between the three countries. However, the […]

Shinhyung Lee

Taiwan, Ukraine War, wartime forced labor
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

Analyses of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s foreign policy tend to focus on his government taking a tougher line toward North Korea relative to the engagement-focused approach of the preceding […]

Leif-Eric Easley

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, GSOMIA, Indo-Pacific strategy, wartime labor