Search results for: Mark Byung Moon Suh
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Sustaining Dialogue on the Korean Peninsula
...approach towards the DPRK. In the ROK, President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating has dropped rapidly due to domestic issues, which could have a negative impact on his foreign policy mandate....
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“A People’s Peace”: Inclusive Peacebuilding and the Role of Civil Society in Korea
...the Korean context. He goes on to review the constellation of civil society actors in South Korea and their strategies, before assessing the Moon Jae-in government’s efforts to foster inclusivity...
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Taking Back Control: South Korea and the Politics of OPCON Transfer
...Summary 1. The Moon government aims to achieve OPCON transfer (wartime control of its armed forces) by 2022, in accordance with a transition plan agreed upon with the United...
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Kishida’s India Visit: Samaritan of the Eleventh Hour?
...Philippine territorial waters and the Sulu Sea. Notably, the visit will mark the first trip by a sitting Japanese leader since Shinzo Abe’s visit in 2017. It is therefore crucial...
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South Korea’s Foreign Policy in Changing Times: Reversing Course?
...the new government’s view of the past five years of South Korean foreign policy under outgoing President Moon Jae-in – a policy which it seeks in part to reverse....
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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...
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What Will Be the India-ROK Trajectory Post 2022 Presidential Elections?
...As Moon Jae-in moves towards the end of his presidency, his legacy in the foreign policy domain consists most prominently of his administration’s New Southern Policy (NSP) Plus,...
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South Korea and US Agree on Draft End-of-War Declaration ‘In Principle’
...on since South Korean President Moon Jae-in proposed the initiative at the United Nations in September. Chung had also reaffirmed the agreement on a draft for the end-of-war declaration between...
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South Korea’s Air Pollution: Gasping for Solutions
...15, just five days after taking office, South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, signed an order to implement urgent measures to tackle the country’s severe air pollution problem, in particular...
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Towards a New Conflict Management System on the Korean Peninsula: A Military Perspective
...Peninsula is the possible transfer of operational war-time control from a U.S. general to a South Korean general, usually referred to as OPCON transfer. When President Moon Jae-in assumed the...