It may have just be bravado, but President Trump’s suggestion that the withdrawal of U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula may be on the table is problematic.

Even in the best-case scenario, a “bloody nose” attack on North Korea would likely undermine “maximum pressure” for economic reasons.

Korea certainly has interests in subject-areas at the WEF, particularly regarding its efforts to incorporate the Fourth Industrial Revolution into policy.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s agenda of public sector-led economic and social reform hinges on creating 810,000 government jobs.

Analysts have attributed recent market downturns to North Korean provocations, but investors seem to be reacting more negatively to responses from the Trump administration.

As this week marks the end of Moon Jae-in's first three months in office, what does the administration’s economic reform agenda look like so far and how is it being received?