With the South Korean presidential election a little over a week away, frontrunner Moon Jae-in has maintained his lead while his closest competitor Ahn Cheol-soo continues to fall in the polls.
Although Korea embarked on closer diplomatic relations across Africa in recent years, Seoul has tended to focus on short-term projects that lack continuity.
From both strategic and economic stances, it is critical that the future South Korean administration continue to expand trade and investments in Latin America.
Since establishing a Sectoral Dialogue Partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1989, South Korea has rapidly expanded its diplomatic ties, economic partnerships, and development assistance efforts in Southeast Asia.
Our aggregate poll is an average of national polls conducted between April 18th and 24th.
On April 20, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, directing him to conduct a “Section 232” investigation into the national security implications of steel imports.
It’s official – new numbers from March confirm that China’s THAAD retaliation has significantly cut into South Korea’s tourism industry.
A question frequently asked is whether the next South Korean administration will tilt towards China and away from the United States, based on Seoul’s purportedly shifting perception of the relative importance of the two countries. In reality, it is not helpful to judge whether the United States or China are more important to the Republic of Korea. There is no simple reply to the general question and, honestly, there is no reason to answer it.
Hallyu fans who have always wanted to be able to understand their favorite stars when they speak in Korean now have a new tool – Viki’s Learn Mode.
Attempting to contest rumors in Seoul that the U.S. would name Korea and/or China a currency manipulator for political reasons, last month I argued against both the possibility of such a decision and the scope of its financial impact. Thankfully, my points on the latter were not necessary.