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South Korea-North Korea relations
The Risks of North Korean Provocations in the West Sea
By Jihoon Yu
The West Sea’s strategic and economic significance for both Koreas increases the likelihood of future provocations.
NATO’s Role in a Korean Contingency: Strategic Implications and Challenges
By Jihoon Yu
Involvement in a Korean contingency would mark a significant shift in NATO’s role and responsibilities.
North Korea Flies Trash Balloons Over the South as Kim Jong Un Doubles Down on Satellite Ambitions
By Kim Tong-hyung
The balloons, laden with trash and manure, were characterized by North Korean officials as a response to South Korean leafleting campaigns.
North Korea Resumes Missile Tests, Raising Tensions With Rivals After Military Drills End
By Hyung-jin Kim and Mari Yamaguchi
The launches came after South Korean-U.S. military drills concluded and as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for a democracy summit.
The US, South Korea and Japan Conduct Naval Drills in a Show of Strength Against North Korea
By Kim Tong-hyung
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been on a provocative run of weapons testing and threats that raised regional tensions to their highest point in years.
Reflecting on the Korean Armistice, 70 Years Later
By Shannon Tiezzi
The Korean Peninsula remains divided, but in South Korea at least there are “wide-ranging and serious reflections on the meaning and consequences of the war,” says historian Gregg A. Brazinsky.
North Korea Denounces South Korea-US Joint Military Drills
By Mitch Shin
North Korea asserted that the extensive South Korea-U.S. joint military drills push the security situation on the Korean Peninsula to “the brink of a nuclear war.”
Is South Korea Considering Nuclear Weapons?
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Whether South Korea builds a nuclear bomb on its own or not, nuclear weapons are gaining greater importance in the national security thinking of many states in the Indo-Pacific.
Dogs Gifted by North’s Kim Jong Un Resettle in South Korean Zoo
By Hyung-jin Kim
The dogs officially belong to the state, but former President Moon had taken them home before giving them up amid a dispute over financial support.
The Future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex and Liberal Peace on the Korean Peninsula
By Hyo Joon Chang
Has the time finally arrived to confirm that the KIC is a dead project or does it have a future?
Is South Korean Culture a Threat to North Korea?
By Seohee Kwak
The North Korean regime’s repression of South Korean culture reflects a logic that equates foreign culture with a threat to the regime’s stability.
What is Behind Kim Jong Un’s Apology for the Killing of a South Korean?
By Khang Vu and Khang Vu
Kim’s quick apology came as a surprise -- don't mistake it for sincerity.
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