Pressure falls on the Lee administration to manage the U.S.-Korea alliance and restore comity among contending parties at home amid severe polarization.

Korean voters are generally centrist. However, there is some evidience of growing political polarization, especially among partisan voters.

With Russia and China openly joined in protecting North Korea politically in the UN Security Council, the future is pretty clear.

What are the broader strategic implications of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine for the Korean peninsula?

Pursuing sanctions on Russia poses nowhere near the tough choices that arise when talking about Korea’s dependence on trade and investment with China.

The Moon administration had three overlapping--yet subtly distinct--motives in responding to the invasion of Ukraine.