Discussions Around Special Envoys Signal Potential New Foreign Policy

The president-elect’s initial push to break with tradition may reveal the incoming administration’s desire to chart a different foreign policy direction.

Is Korea Showing the Future of Elections: AI Candidates?

The use of AI candidates in this election yet again underscores South Korea’s tech-savviness and the willingness to embrace new technologies.

Beyond the Data: Childcare in South Korea

Working mothers in Korea are in a battle to balance family and professional life. One of the largest barriers is workplace inflexibility and childcare.

The Foreign Policy Outlook of South Korean Progressives: Part I

By paying little attention to South Korea’s domestic politics, foreign policy circles in Washington carry a distorted understanding of Korea's progressives.

Defectors Caught in South Korea’s Social Changes

Values and biases of everyday South Koreans are reflected in the government’s approach to defector-migrants from North Korea.

International Forums as Battlefields of Bilateral Disputes

Japan increasingly seeks to settle bilateral disputes with South Korea in multilateral settings where Tokyo’s higher prestige provides an advantage.

South Korea’s Public Diplomacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Seeking Status as an Authority in Global Governance

2021 in Review: U.S.-South Korea Multilateral Cooperation

The U.S.-Korea commitment to multilateral cooperation has mostly been limited to rhetoric, while tangible achievements have been slower to appear.

Public Health Policy Accommodate Foreign Relations

Seoul’s focus on managing relations with its principal partners can be seen in its response to demands from foreign nationals living in the country.

Increasingly Gendered Framing of the Labor Market

The public response to the stabbing in Incheon highlights that the public increasingly sees social issues through the narrow lens of gender.

Sensitivity to Inequality Reflected in Academic Anxiety

Korean society’s anxiety over socioeconomic inequality comes through in concerns over a widening education attainment gap.

Display of Governance Capacity Amid Infrastructure Shortcoming

The South Korean government is aware of bottlenecks and vulnerabilities among the country's telecommunication operators.

President Moon Proposes A Papal Visit to Pyongyang

On the sidelines of the G20 in Rome, South Korean President Moon Jae-in encouraged a papal visit to North Korea to build momentum for peace.

Political Obstacles in Getting Humanitarian Aid to North Korea

The Biden administration has said that it is interested in ways to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea, but what are the obstacles.

South Korea carries on with the New Southern Policy

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea’s interest in deepening its commercial and diplomatic relations with Southeast Asia has not changed.