This timeline is a second part of a series that covers “major events” in the aftermath of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of...

Assuming Yoon is eventually removed from office, a South Korean presidential election is held, and a progressive ROK administration returns to office—with markedly different national security and foreign policy priorities—it is unlikely the NCG’s expedited progress reviewed above will continue apace. Yet only time will tell exactly how it will evolve in the future.

While South Korean governments across a broad political spectrum have sought closer relations with North Korea, the Kim regime has opposed any such strengthening of ties, even when they have been to the advantage of the North Korean people.

President Yoon’s impeachment marks the third instance in the last two decades in which impeachment articles have been brought against a sitting South Korean president.

If we thought North Korea and Russia grew too close for comfort in 2023, they continued to surprise the world this year by taking bold...