Korea needs an improved fiscal framework to better align short-term fiscal policy with long-term aging challenges.

Washington embraces an America First worldview that blends isolationism with U.S. primacy and pushes allies and partners to the margins.

After decades of diplomatic isolation, economic destitution and marginalisation in the post-Cold War era, North Korea is returning as a destabilising force.

While public attitudes toward South Korea in the United States are broadly favorable, interest in food stands out among other South Korean cultural exports.

The drivers for a South Korean lead role on the peninsula and a broader role for the alliance’s combined defense posture beyond it may be greater than ever.

APEC 2025 delivered the most consequential economic and diplomatic activity Korea has seen in years.