Tag: South Korea

South Korea deploys AI smart city pilots across Southeast Asia

(DigWatch) The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in South Korea has selected six pilot projects under the K-City Network Global Cooperation Program to...

Finland clinches $642 million deal for 112 South Korean K9 howitzers

(Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo - Breaking Defense) Finland has signed a €547 million ($642 million) contract with South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace to procure 112 additional K9...

South Korea sets ambition to become AI leader

(DigWatch) South Korea has unveiled a national strategy to become one of the world’s top three AI powers by 2028. The plan combines investment...

Kim Jong Un says North Korea’s nuclear status is irreversible, threatens South

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most...

South Korea’s AI revolution is forcing a US–China balancing act (Afeeya Akhand – East Asia Forum)

South Korea’s ‘AI for All’ agenda aims to build a sovereign AI ecosystem and propel the country into the world’s top three AI powers....

South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung deftly navigates domestic and diplomatic minefields (East Asia Forum)

Since taking office amid domestic upheaval and US trade pressure, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has shown notable pragmatism and diplomatic skill in navigating...

South Korea held data domestically—and lost it in a fire (Jason Van der Schyff – ASPI The Strategist)

South Korea is digitally sophisticated, technically capable and deeply invested in modern digital government systems. In September 2025, when a fire tore through a...

What Counts as “From Scratch”? Korea’s AI Project Faces Its First Real Test (Korea Tech Today)

South Korea’s national artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model project, promoted as a cornerstone of the country’s push for AI sovereignty, has entered a critical...

North Korea says latest tests involve hypersonic weapons system (Hyung-Jin Kim – Defense News)

North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un observed test-flights of hypersonic missiles and underscored the need to bolster the country’s nuclear war...

Russia-South Korea ties: Drifting, Holding, or Hardening? (Abhishek Sharma, Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash – Observer Research Foundation)

Since the new administration under Lee Jae-Myung took office in Seoul, many changes have occurred in South Korea’s ties with its regional partners, except...

Geostrategic magazine (1 December 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: ASEAN; ASEAN-Myanmar; Asia; Australia; China;...

South Korea’s Industrial Policy for the New Space Economy (Darcie Draudt-Véjares and Kaylin Kim – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

As the new space economy transforms cislunar space into a commercial battlefield for technological supremacy, South Korea’s industrial cluster initiative provides critical insights into...

Through cooperation, Australia and South Korea can lead in the age of autonomy (Jihoon Yu – ASPI The Strategies)

The Indo-Pacific is entering an age of autonomy. Uncrewed systems are transforming how nations project power, manage crises and sustain deterrence. For middle powers...

How to manage a US alliance: what Canberra and Seoul can learn from each other (Jihoon Yu – ASPI The Strategist)

While South Korea and Australia occupy distinct strategic positions in the Indo-Pacific, they share a common security foundation: decades of alliance management under the...

Five questions (and expert answers) about where the US-South Korea alliance goes from here (Atlantic Council)

On Monday, US President Donald Trump welcomed South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to the White House. That Trump’s welcome would be warm was very...

Geostrategic magazine (4 August 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: Australia; Belarus-Indonesia; BRICS-Global Climate Diplomacy;...