The Koreas

Moon wants to lead cooperation among neighboring countries to tackle Korean Peninsula issues, but there is little interest from the other parties.

A recent KEI-YouGov survey indicates most Americans support the South Korea-U.S. alliance and see crucial U.S. interests at stake in East Asia.

South Korea’s legislature passed a landmark law requiring Google and Apple to open up to other payment systems for app developers.

The North’s missile launch came amid a flurry of diplomatic meetings in Seoul and Tokyo. Seoul quickly followed up with its own SLBM test. 

North Korea test-launched newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, just after an unusual military parade.  

Korean pedestrians die at a rate three times higher than the OECD average.

Unlike previous military parades, North Korea did not unveil new advanced weapons this time.

Pyongyang touts its reclusive nature as an act of national pride free from foreign influence, but outsiders helped establish the state. 

Soldiers are going beyond robbing homes and are now even targeting food storage facilities run by government agencies

South Korea is on pace to launch the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) next year, part of its expanding space program.

The reported restart of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor is likely a bid for attention at a time when the United States is more focused on China’s rise.