In many ways, K-pop in 2021 was not terribly different from K-pop in 2020: a focus on online content, with in-person shows just starting to creep back.

South Korea's economy has recovered rapidly from COVID-19 and GDP caught up with its pre-pandemic level about a year ago.

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.