The U.S.-Korea commitment to multilateral cooperation has mostly been limited to rhetoric, while tangible achievements have been slower to appear.

Pundits everywhere like to describe Seoul-Tokyo relations as at their “worst ever.” The description is great clickbait yet often absent of context.

As U.S.-China competition remained unabated in 2021, South Korea continued to find itself navigating difficult waters in East Asia.

Although the Biden Administration carried out a North Korea policy review, we have to rely on a few, key phrases during 2021 to interpret the policy.

The North Korean border continues to be closed since extensive quarantine conditions were imposed following the disclosure of COVID-19 in China.

Value placed on education complicates enforcement of measures restricting people’s access to public places based on their vaccine status.