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July 27, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2016)

Three international thunderbolts of late June and early July drew intense responses in the South Korean media. The decision to deploy THAAD in South Korea was recognized as […]

Editorial Staff

Cold War, Russia-China-North Korea, South China Sea, THAAD, US-Japan-South Korea
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Navigating Historical Tensions: Pragmatic Leadership, Empathy, and the United States Factor in Japan-South Korea Relations

The year 2015 was, arguably, an important turning point for Japan’s relations with South Korea. Since the advent of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administration of Prime Minister […]

John Nilsson-Wright

Abandonment-Entrapment model, Han Miracle, Kono Statement, Yasukuni Shrine
April 15, 2016 Open Forum
Can’t Buy Me Soft Power (with Hard Power): China’s Appeal to South Koreans

In January 2016, Twice, a multinational girls pop group of South Korea, was at the center of controversy. Chou Tzu-yu, one of the members from Taiwan appeared on […]

Kim Jiyoon*

American culture, Confucius Institutes, Global leadership, Liberal democracy, Smart power, Twice
March 25, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2016)

Whereas relations with Japan remained a preoccupation throughout 2015, the December 28 agreement on the “comfort women” issue left more room for attention in 2016 to turn in […]

Editorial Staff

comfort women, Kaesong Industrial Complex, THAAD
February 22, 2016 Open Forum
Honeymoons Gone Awry: Abe-Putin, Putin-Xi, and Park-Xi

The term “honeymoon” has been used for three bilateral relationships in Northeast Asia, and there remains some uncertainty whether it still applies today. It gained popularity following what […]

Gilbert Rozman

Honeymoon
February 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

"US-ROK-Japanese Trilateral Security Cooperation"   Despite the practical necessity of trilateral security cooperation among the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Japan, conditioned by changes in […]

Choi Kang*

comfort women, Regional commons, Regionalism, unification
January 25, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2016)

The APEC and EAS Summits in November On November 24, Kyunghyang Shinmun carried an article by Shin Ju-baek, regretting that the successes in multilateral diplomacy were hardly noticed […]

Editorial Staff

December "Comfort Women" deal, Five-party cooperation, multilateralism, North Korea nuclear issue, Regionalism
December 7, 2015 Open Forum
South Korea’s Middle Power Multilateral Diplomacy:1 Optimistic and Pessimistic Views

Throughout the second half of 2015, President Park Geun-hye has engaged in active summit diplomacy and tried to play the role of reconciler-in-chief. For instance, she took credit […]

Lee Shin-wha*

MIKTA, NAPCI, National security, Regionalism, Trustpolitik
November 23, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (November 2015)

The first half of the fall was a trying period for South Korean diplomacy, which the conservative and progressive media viewed differently. There was a persistent sense of […]

Editorial Staff

National security, Park-Obama Summit, Regionalism, Reunification diplomacy, ROK-Sino Relations, ROK-US relations
October 20, 2015 Open Forum
Asia’s Southern Tier and Northern Tier

This article is in three parts: 1) an overview with comparisons; 2) an introduction to analysis of the Southern Tier centered on ASEAN, Australia, and India; and 3) […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Regionalism, Sino-Russian Relations, triangularity