Country Report: South Korea (June 2025)
The inauguration of President Lee Jae-myung comes at a precarious moment for South Korea, with tariff disputes and seismic shifts in foreign policy threatening to overshadow any honeymoon […]
The inauguration of President Lee Jae-myung comes at a precarious moment for South Korea, with tariff disputes and seismic shifts in foreign policy threatening to overshadow any honeymoon […]
Over two months in July and August, South Korea faced major unpredictable international political challenges. US presidential election prospects, changing rapidly, have become unsettled by the attempted assassination […]
National Commentary: The United States The prevailing attitude in the DC think tank community is that rarely has such a consequential presidential visit to Asia occurred. Three takeaways […]
On the one hand, the Biden visit to Seoul drew praise for Yoon Suk-yeol in his inaugural summit on the world stage. He boosted the image of Seoul […]
US-Japan relations had been on the upswing under Abe, but various uncertainties lingered. Obama was considered too weak on China. Abe’s wooing of Putin and early antagonizing of […]
Country Report: South Korea (May & June 2022) Munkyoung Shin and Jung Seyoon President Yoon Suk-yeol’s first two months in office gave a glimpse of South Korea’s shift […]