By paying little attention to South Korea’s domestic politics, foreign policy circles in Washington carry a distorted understanding of Korea's progressives.

A particularly noteworthy aspect of North Korea's new budget law is that it included an increase of 33 percent on emergency pandemic prevention efforts.

While seemingly driven by incidental events, public attitudes towards foreign nations may be responding to real tensions.

Values and biases of everyday South Koreans are reflected in the government’s approach to defector-migrants from North Korea.

The Korean anger at China’s use of hanbok stems from the clothing’s role in not only the country’s national identity but also present prestige.

While the general electorate in Korea has been relatively stable in recent years, polarization is increasing among political partisans.