Tag: South Korea

Koreas – South Korea’s needless censorship of North Korean material (Martin Weiser, East Asia Forum)

South Korea has a free speech problem bigger than its recent ban on sending leaflets into North Korea. North Korea’s official autobiography of Kim Il Sung...

Asia Pacific/USA/South Korea – The Asia-Pacific’s Digital Transformation. What Role Can U.S.–South Korea Cooperation Play? (Clara Gillispie, The National Bureau of Asian Research)

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation globally, but perhaps nowhere as dramatically as in the Asia-Pacific. Within Southeast Asia, more than 40 million...

South Korea – Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: South Korea (Paul Dyer, Brookings)

While South Korea has suffered from several waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, its public health system has been able to combat outbreaks effectively, limiting...

South Korea/Japan/China – South Korea and Japan Will End Overseas Coal Financing. Will China Catch Up? (Shuang Liu, World Resources Institute)

Since 2013, public finance from China, Japan and South Korea accounted for more than 95% of total foreign financing toward coal-fired power plants. This financing enabled...

South Korea/Japan – S Korea holds naval drills amid row over Japan Olympics map (Al Jazeera)

South Korea’s military began annual drills on Tuesday around a set of islands also claimed by Japan, days after planned talks between the two...

USA/South Korea – Explained: What Outcome of Biden-Moon Summit? (Rajaram Panda, VIF)

Following the footsteps of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhide Suga, South Korean President Moon Jae-in travelled to Washington on the invitation of the US President...

USA/South Korea – US and South Korea scrap ballistic-missile range limits (IISS)

Timothy Wright US and South Korea scrap ballistic-missile range limits (iiss.org)

South Korea/USA/North Korea – Moon’s last, best chance after Biden summit (The Interpreter)

SOO KIM Moon’s last, best chance after Biden summit (lowyinstitute.org)

North Korea/South Korea/USA – North Korea accuses US of ‘double dealing’ over Seoul missiles (Al Jazeera)

A tactical surface-to-surface missile developed by South Korea's Hanwha on display at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition in 2019 Comments are the...

South Korea – Will resurgent misogyny undo South Korea’s progress on gender equality? South Korea’s by-elections on 7 April resulted in a landslide victory...

  Youngmi Kim, University of Edinburgh https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/29/will-resurgent-misogyny-undo-south-koreas-progress-gender-equality/

USA/South Korea – The U.S.-South Korea Summit: A Relationship Restored? (CFR)

Scott A. Snyder Last week’s summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in aimed to bolster the alliance across a range...

South Korea – South Korea’s green goals (The Interpreter)

KATE KALINOVA A little-heralded summit this month will test how governments –and big private companies – match promises with action. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/south-korea-s-green-goals

North Korea/South Korea/USA – “Flexible” is the new North Korea policy buzzword (The Interpreter)

KHANG VU A responsive approach has clear benefits, but Washingtonand Seoul must be careful not to fall out of line. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/flexible-new-north-korea-policy-buzzword

South Korea/North Korea/USA – Moon must keep Biden firmly focused on North Korea (Chatham House)

John Nilsson-Wright Vaccines are the big issue at the US-South Korea summit, but Moon Jae-in must cultivate a personal rapport with Joe Biden to keep...

Japan/South Korea – Japan and South Korea Talk but Old Issues Continue to Figure (VIF)

Prof Rajaram Panda While the China factor, particularly its assertive and expansionist policies on a host of regional issues, and North Korea’s nuclear and missile...

South Korea/North Korea/USA – Why the Singapore Statement still matters for Seoul (East Asia Forum)

Minseon Ku, Ohio State University While it is custom for state leaders to invite newly elected heads of other governments to meet, South Korean President...