Tag: South Korea

“The U.S.-Japan/U.S.-South Korea Alliance” and “the Far East 1905 System”: Perspectives on the 70th Anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the U.S.-Japan...

It will soon be 70 years since the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the first United States-Japan Security Treaty in 1951....

USA/Japan/South Korea/North Korea. US, Japan, South Korea nuclear envoys meet after Pyongyang test (Al Jazeera)

Top nuclear envoys from Japan, the United States and South Korea held talks in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s missile and nuclear...

Defense-Australia-South Korea. Small hints of a bigger opportunity in Australia- South Korea ties (Peter Dean, The Interpreter)

In Australia, over the last few weeks, international headlines have focused on the United States, between the problematic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the 70th anniversary...

USA/South Korea. US and South Korea Renew Commitment to Promoting Democracy (James Park, Fair Observer)

The summit in May between Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in delivered numerous positive outcomes that advanced the United States and South Korea as a...

South Korea/Africa/Pacific Regions. Korea’s Strategy on Trade Agreements with Developing Countries in Africa and the Pacific Regions (Meeryung La, KIEP)

   As the US-China trade conflict intensifies, high dependence on US and China has been pointed out as a potential risk to the Korean...

Singapore/South Korea. Hyundai, Singapore university to run AI research in electric vehicle manufacturing (Elleen Yu, ZDNet)

Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group have inked an agreement to run four research projects focusing on...

China/South Korea. China, South Korea Military Relations ‘Restored’: Report (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

China's People's Liberation Army. Photo: AFP After more than three years, it seems that China and South Korea have mended their military relationship, as reports...

USA/South Korea. US, South Korea agree to enhance security cooperation in outer space (Park Si-soo, Space News)

South Korea's air force chief of staff, Gen. Park In-ho, right, and U.S. chief of space operations, Gen. John Raymond, sign a memorandum of...

USA/Japan/South Korea/China. Americans, Japanese, and South Koreans Wary of China’s Intentions (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

REPORT BY KARL FRIEDHOFF, CRAIG KAFURA, AND DINA SMELTZ Against a backdrop of growing regional rivalry, March and April 2021 surveys conducted in the United States,...

USA/South Korea. US approves $258 million arms sale to South Korea (Defense News)

Chris Martin The U.S. State Department has OK’d a sale of precision-guided weapons worth about $258 million to South Korea. The sale, announced by the Defense Security...

South Korea’s Satrec Initiative to build constellation of high-resolution Earth observation satellites (Space News)

Park Si-soo Satrec Initiative, a satellite maker under South Korea’s Hanwha Group, will send a high-resolution imaging satellite called SpaceEye-T into low Earth orbit by...

South Korea to invest $13.6 billion to bolster defenses capabilities in outer space (Space News)

Park Si-soo South Korea will invest 16 trillion won ($13.6 billion) over the next 10 years in bolstering its defense capabilities in outer space. This...

USA/South Korea/North Korea – US is bound to pay a price for joint drills with S.Korea: N. Korean ambassador to China (Global Times)

Ri Ryong-nam Photo:CFP Ri Ryong-nam, North Korean ambassador to China, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview recently that a series of US-South Korea...

South Korea – An Israeli-style ‘Iron Dome’ won’t improve South Korea’s defence (East Asia Forum)

S Nathan Park, Washington DC and Sejong Institute In early 2021, Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ system was seen in action as numerous spiralling interceptors illuminated the...

South Korea – South Korea’s forward-thinking digital currency pilot program (East Asia Forum)

Troy Stangarone, Korea Economic Institute of America In August 2021, the Bank of Korea (BOK) is set to begin a pilot program to examine the feasibility of...

USA/South Korea/Japan – Washington should pursue a digital deal with Seoul and Tokyo (East Asia Forum)

Elliot Silverberg and Daniel Aum write: In June 2021, the United States and the European Union announced the creation of a joint trade and technology council,...