China-South Korea trade

Despite much bluster on the campaign trail, President Yoon Suk-yeol's promise to get “tougher on China” has been rhetorical at best.

South Korea’s economy is certainly vulnerable to Chinese economic coercion. But such pressures rarely induce countries to change their foreign policy outlook.

Despite campaign-trail promises to get tough on China, the Yoon administration in practice has been more cautious in its dealings with Beijing.

Can Yoon Suk-yeol have his cake and eat it too when it comes to China policy?

China has always calibrated its economic pressure to avoid a boomerang effect. The currency swap is more of the same.

How did China-South Korea relations fall so far so fast?

The debate surrounding the THAAD deployment exposes a bigger issue: the strategic dilemma facing South Korea and China.

China may need to rationally rethink its approach to South Korea.

Li Keqiang held separate discussions with Park Geun-hye and Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of their trilateral summit.

South Korea's export woes show just how dependent its economy is on markets abroad -- especially China.