Tag: South Korea

Turkey, South Korea sign deal for Turkish Altay tank (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Turkey and South Korea have signed a letter of intent by which two Korean companies will supply engines and transmission mechanisms for the Altay,...

Squid Game shines a light on inequality in South Korea (Stella Jang, East Asia Forum)

Recent portrayals of South Korean inequality have captivated international audiences. Squid Game is on track to become Netflix’s most watched show ever, with viewers struggling to...

South Korea seeks to develop missile defense against N. Korea’s artillery barrage (Brian Kim, Defense News)

LIG Nex1, a South Korean precision missile developer, displayed this week a mock-up of a low-altitude missile defense system. The LAMD concept model was displayed...

KAI unveils electric basic trainer (Brian Kim, Defense News)

Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, showcased this week a concept model of an electrically powered basic trainer aircraft during the Seoul International Aerospace and...

South Korea’s 1st homegrown space rocket reaches space but fails to orbit dummy payload (Park Si-soo, Space News)

South Korea’s first domestically built rocket reached its intended altitude in its maiden flight Oct. 21, but its third-stage engine shut down 46 seconds early, releasing its 1,500-kilogram...

Israel and South Korea to boost collaboration on loitering munitions (Defense News)

Major aerospace companies from Israel and South Korea have agreed to expand their partnership on deadly drone technology. Israel Aerospace Industries, or IAI, and Korea...

South Korea says North Korea fired projectile to sea (Associated Press, Defense News)

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile to its eastern waters as it continued a recent streak of weapons tests...

Operators in China, South Korea seeing remarkable 5G returns: Huawei (Global Times)

The 5G user penetration rate has exceeded the 20 percent threshold in countries such as China, South Korea and Kuwait where 5G is developing...

N Korea’s Kim says US, S Korea threaten peace with arms buildup (Al Jazeera)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country’s weapons development is necessary in the face of ‘hostile’ policies from the United States...

Toward Better Cooperation with Indonesia under the New Southern Policy Plus (Sungil Kwak, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

Last year the Republic of Korea (ROK) announced the “NSP Plus” – an upgrade version of the New Southern Policy (NSP) – to better...

Japan and South Korea’s battle over Dokdo/Takeshima at the Olympics (Joseph Egidio, East Asia Forum)

South Korea and Japan share an at times volatile post-war relationship. The dispute over the Dokdo/Takeshima islets remains a significant point of contention in the strained...

South Korea’s growing partisanship over relations with the United States (Anthony Rinna, East Asia Forum)

Ahead of South Korea’s presidential election in March 2022, Seoul’s balancing act between China and the United States has taken on a distinctly partisan...

South Korea’s Formal Membership in the Quad Plus: A Bridge Too Far? (Jason Li, Stimson Center)

On September 24, the four leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (“Quad”) countries held their first in-person summit, solidifying the partnership between the United States, Australia,...

OneWeb’s antenna supplier in South Korea inks $60 million deal with SES (Park Si-soo, Space News)

South Korean antenna maker Intellian Technologies signed a supply deal worth 71.1 billion won ($60 million) with Luxembourg-based satellite fleet operator SES. Intellian announced Oct. 5 that...

A new logic of cooperation for Japan–South Korea relations (Lauren Richardson, East Asia Forum)

The Japan–South Korea relationship has been in crisis for the past two years. 2019 was widely cited as the lowest ebb in bilateral relations since the...

From the Kabul airlift to BTS at the UN: South Korea’s middle power role (Andrew Yeo, Brookings)

Lost in the flurry of media coverage on Afghanistan last month was a bright piece of news featuring Afghan families, including dozens of children clutching pink...