The Koreas

North Korea decided not to participate in the Beijing Olympics due to “hostile forces” and the pandemic.

Dismal trade figures for 2021 attest to the toll the North’s border closures are taking on its food supply.

Recent developments suggest North Korea is adopting its own version of “strategic patience”: ignoring diplomatic outreach until the situation turns in its favor.

The South Korean military said a person – now believed to be a North Korean who had defected in 2020 – crawled over a barbed-wire fence to cross into North Korea.

South Korea says it has agreed, in principle, with the U.S. on a draft end-of-war declaration, but North Korea has continued to refuse to participate. 

Socially conscious K-pop fans are demanding more from South Korean entertainment companies. Can this lead to meaningful adoption of environmental policies in the industry?

Moon's liberal government said the pardon of his conservative predecessor is meant to promote national unity.

The foreign policy platforms of the two leading candidates in South Korea’s upcoming presidential election are more alike than they are different.

India’s diplomacy with Russia and the U.S. holds lessons for Seoul’s China-U.S. balancing act.

The North Korean regime’s repression of South Korean culture reflects a logic that equates foreign culture with a threat to the regime’s stability. 

The election results will determine South Korea's approach to cutting-edge technology like AI, Internet of Things, and the metaverse.