More: South Korea
Current Status of Relations Among China, Japan, and South Korea
The intricate and multifaceted matters of normative relations among the nations of the Northeast Asian countries, even though they are entangled in specific issues...
Trilateral Diplomacy: East Asia’s Response to U.S. Tariff Pressures
Undoubtedly, Trump’s “tariffs” shock wave is being viewed as the key driving factor behind the March 2025 trilateral ministerial gathering of China, Japan, and...
The Return of Pragmatic Progressivism: Lee Jae-myung Political Path in Building South Korea
Authors: Darynaufal Mulyaman and Abdullah Akbar Rafsanjani*
In June 2025, South Korea will prepare to hold elections, and there is a figure who is in...
Asia in Transition: Demographic Challenges, Social Transformation, and the Urgency of a New Social Contract
Asia, the world’s most populous and dynamic continent, is undergoing an unprecedented demographic transformation. Population aging, internal and international migration, rapid urbanization, and the...
East Asia’s Answer to Global Economic Shifts
It is widely acknowledged that Asia is the most dynamic region in the Global South, with East Asia serving as the economic, technological, and...
Korea’s Rice Belt vs. China’s BRI: The Africa Play
My analysis of South Korean relations with Egypt and a comparison with China, my academic and research specialty, comes as Egypt and South Korea...
US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments
President Trump’s new round of reciprocal and universal tariffs will escalate trade tensions, lower investment, hit market pricing, distort trade flows, disrupt supply chains,...
Why the US-Japan-ROK Alliance Faces Greater Risk in 2025 Than Cold War Europe
With the growing threat of nuclear conflict in Northeast Asia—driven by North Korea’s ability to strike the U.S. mainland with nuclear missiles—strategic concerns about...
Democracy Maturity: South Korea’s Story Arc so far
Yoon Suk-Yeol, the recently impeached president of South Korea, has sparked a new and broader discussion about the resilience and maturity of South Korea's...
Squid Game and South Korean Politics: Socioeconomic Inequality and Power Struggles
Netflix’s Squid Game has captured global attention with its depiction of a deadly survival game where financially desperate individuals are forced to compete for...