After a sudden Chinese ban on waste and recycling import, South Korea is now scrambling to cut down on the plastic waste that the country generates.

For the first time in years, young South Koreans are optimistic about their country’s economy – even though major economic issues have not gone away.

A strategy for developing healthy and effective relations with North Korea after sanctions should include using science diplomacy.

North Korea studies the U.S. intensely and will want to avoid the challenges the Iran deal faced, and the shortcomings of its own experiences with the United States.

Beginning with the detention of Euna Lee and Lisa Ling, holding American citizens has become a frequent irritant in America’s relationship with North Korea. 

The two Koreas have embarked on a trust-building process after years of confrontation which drove the peninsula to the brink of war.