Search results for: Sukjoon Yoon
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South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Ray of Hope or Losing Steam?
...defense efforts in the face of regional threats and challenges through policy consultations, information sharing, trilateral exercises, and defense exchanges. Days earlier, President Yoon Suk-Yeol attended the North Atlantic Treaty...
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The fragile state of democracy in Korea: Martial law, division and an uncertain future
...Korea faces one of the gravest political crises in its modern history following President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s declaration of martial law on Dec. 3. What began as a shocking...
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Will Kamala Harris Reignite Dialogue with North Korea if Elected in 2024?
...been elusive due to both Biden’s and the conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s lack of a push for either dialogue or negotiations amid Kim’s militarist behavior. Overall, it makes...
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Martial Law and Political Polarization: What’s in Store for South Korea?
...Abstract On December 3, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared emergency martial law, shocking both the country and the rest of the world. However, the martial law was only...
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Will Yoon’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Tackle the China Threat?
...In late-December 2022, South Korea under the relatively new presidency of Yoon Suk-yeol effectively concluded its policy shift from “strategic ambiguity” by releasing the “Strategy for a Free, Peaceful,...
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What to Expect From Yoon Suk-yeol’s Policy on North Korea
...Introduction: The election of Yoon Suk-yeol, the candidate of the conservative People Power Party, in South Korea’s presidential election on March 9 was an explicit signal for countries involved...
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Allies should find new policy on North Korea
...Since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May, North Korea has continuously tested its missiles, including the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and other advanced short-range ballistic...
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Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious Initiative for Denuclearization Will Fail
...Introduction: In the wake of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s August 15 remarks on his “audacious initiative” as a masterplan for the denuclearization of North Korea, Pyongyang slammed the...
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South Korea’s Relations With China and the US Under President-elect Yoon
...Introduction: The presidential election in South Korea was a close call. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol from the People Power Party won the election with a margin of 0.8 percentage points...
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Yoon’s Plan to Ditch Strategic Ambiguity Will Test US-ROK Alliance, DPRK Policy
...Introduction: While Yoon has questioned the Moon administration’s policy of strategic ambiguity with regard to the U.S.-China rivalry, the new South Korean President will likely find it difficult to...