[뉴스] Japan is selling patrol vessels to the Philippines. Is Tokyo confronting Beijing with more ‘aggressive diplomacy’?
The Philippines’ purchase of Japanese patrol vessels amid growing tensions in the South China Sea is the latest indication of Tokyo’s growing role as a security provider in the region, observers say, as they point to the need to confront Beijing through deterrence and more “aggressive diplomacy”.
[뉴스] US, South Korea, Japan Seek to Expand Cooperation to Counter China
WASHINGTON — The United States, South Korea and Japan have expanded their security cooperation beyond North Korea with their Indo-Pacific Dialogue, which one expert called a “significant” development aimed at deterring Beijing from escalating threats in the region.
[뉴스] North Korea claims to test underwater nuclear-capable drone after US, South Korea and Japan show off naval might
Seoul, South KoreaCNN — North Korea on Friday claimed it had successfully tested an underwater nuclear weapons system earlier this week in response to naval drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan.
[뉴스] Is North Korea's Kim preparing for an actual war?
Could war again leave its bloody mark on the Korean Peninsula? Judging from an unusual rhetorical shift by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, some longtime observers believe he may be disillusioned with diplomacy and is girding for conflict.
[학술논문] 중국의 “책임대국” 외교와 북핵문제
...and the South Korean government accused North Korea of firing the torpedo. Because of this, inter-Korean relations deteriorated rapidly, and the United States, Japan and other Western countries are showing a strong stance against North Korea. Accordingly, the situation surrounding the Korean peninsula has been escalating tensions, creating difficulties in resuming the six-party talks. At the same...
[학술논문] Japan’s Power Shift and Its DPRK Policy
...2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won a landslide victory in the lower house elections, ending the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over the last half a century. This political sea change in Japan has not resulted in major improvements in the Japan–DPRK relations. Yet, the DPJ’s stance toward the DPRK’s military threat and the Japan–US alliance is different from that of the LDP...
[학술논문] The Centrality of U.S.-DPRK Relations in Trilateral Cooperation: The Cases of KEDO and TCOG
...study examines the dynamics of trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the United States, and Japan in addressing the North Korean nuclear issue, focusing on the centrality of U.S.-North Korea relations. The two cases of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) and the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) shows this power dynamics in the negotiation of the North Korea...
[학술논문] Analysis of the Causes of South Korea’s Foreign Policy Change -Analysis Based on the Foreign Policy Change Theory-
...between South Korea, the United States, and Japan will significantly impact the security order of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. The final obstacle to the realization of trilateral security cooperation between the three countries has been the historically strained relations between South Korea and Japan. The Yoon Suk-Yeol government strove to improve relations with Japan despite potential domestic...
[학술논문] 鳩山政権の『東アジア共同体』構想
... on the foreign policy of Japan, for the long time. Japan had suggested many conceptions of the foreign policy in the past. For example, ‘An Arc of Freedom and Prosperity’(PM Taro ASO), ‘The Synergy between the Japan‐U.S. alliance and Japanese Diplomacy toward Asia’(PM Yasuo FUKUDA), and so on. These conceptions stemmed from the Japan’s basic objectives of the foreign policy, (ⅰ) the maintenance of...