Lee Myung-bak

With a series of elections and other events in Asia-Pacific next year, there’s plenty of room for tensions to boil over.

South Korean politicians are discussing the possibility of redeploying tactical nuclear weapons. Could it happen?

Relations between the US and South Korea have been steadily warming. The problem is, it could push North Korea into even worse behaviour.

Disillusioned over underinvestment in education, university students are taking to the streets. It’s just one front in a broader political battle.

Worries about inequality and high youth unemployment raise questions over President Lee Myung-bak’s shift to the right.

Younger generations of South Koreans are more pragmatic than their elders, especially over the US alliance, says Woo Jung-Yeop.

Inter-Korean defence talks take place next month. But until there’s a leadership change in Pyongyang, don’t expect any breakthroughs.

Robert Park grabbed global headlines after walking into North Korea on Christmas Day, 2009. He tells The Diplomat why he’s now angry with Seoul.

Refugees from the island shelled by North Korea’s military last month are angry—and scared life will never be the same again.

The Diplomat speaks with Korea analyst L. Gordon Flake about this week’s artillery exchange between North and South Korea.

Pyongyang’s shelling of a South Korean island poses new domestic and foreign policy questions for Naoto Kan.

Economic ties between Russia and South Korea are flourishing. But nuclear worries still complicate ties with Pyongyang.