[해외자료] Contemplating Possible Outcomes and Implications of the South Korean General Election

With less than one month to go until the South Korean general election on April 10, all eyes are on the National Assembly. The outcome of this election looks to be a referendum on the Yoon Suk Yeol government and a setup for the next presidential election in 2027. The latest polling suggests that the election will be close, with neither major party appearing to give any ground.

[해외자료] South Korea’s Surprisingly Successful China Policy

.... Even despite the growing closeness of DPRK-China ties, Yoon has been able to effectively manage his government’s relationship with Beijing, potentially setting a template for how other small and medium-sized nations might do the same.

[정치/군사] The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea

...Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) Written by Dr Sung- Yoon Lee,a scholar and specialist on North Korea who has advised the US government,The Sisteris a jaw-dropping account of the spectacular rise of Kim Yo Jong, de-facto deputy to her brother, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, and the most powerful woman in North Korea. In 2022, in a particularly...

[학술논문] Past, Present, and Future of the ROK-U.S. Alliance in the Indo-Pacific Era

... and carried forward by the Biden administration. The second section examines where the alliance stands under the new South Korean government of President Yoon Suk-yeol and what to expect moving forward as South Korea develops its own Indo-Pacific strategy and adopts a tougher stance on North Korea. Although Seoul and Washington find themselves in close strategic alignment as attested by the Yoon-Biden...

[현안분석] Unification and North Korea Policy of the Yoon Suk Yeol Administration: Implementing Government Tasks

This English translation is an abbreviated and edited version of KINU Research Paper, Unification and North Korea Policy of the Yoon Suk Yeol Administration: Implementing Government Tasks, Dong-ho Han et al. (Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification, January 2023). The analysis, comments, and opinions presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of...

[현안분석] Emerging strategic risks in the Asia-Pacific and the impact on the nuclear nonproliferation regime

.../ Impact on the nuclear non-proliferation regime: ‣ The Yoon Suk-yeol government is not seriously considering developing its own nuclear weapons, or the redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons by US forces in Korea. South Korea will continue to abide by nuclear non-proliferation norms. However, the Yoon government’s nuclear non-proliferation stance has shown small but significant...