Moon Jae-In

South Korea’s main opposition party picked a former prosecutor general in the Moon administration as its presidential candidate on Friday.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for an end-of-war declaration in his U.N. address, but the other countries involved have different goals. 

A familiar mix of hard and soft tactics.

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

How will souring perceptions of China affect South Korea’s next election and its future foreign policy?

Seoul is walking a fine line, carefully calibrating its cooperation with U.S. initiatives in the Indo-Pacific.

The Diplomat’s Mitch Shin interviews Dr. Kim Joon-hyung, chancellor of Korea National Diplomatic Academy, on the Korean peace process.

Every president will face the exact same difficulty: To advance North Korea policy, Seoul needs to have all the main players on its side.

President Moon's policy seems tailor-made for Indonesia, but much more can be done to improve the relationship between the two nations.

South Korea has a chance to close the gap between rhetoric and action on climate change.

Both the U.S. and South Korea made compromises that could have long-term ramifications for the region's geopolitical balance.

The Indo-Pacific focus of the Biden-Moon joint statement was notable.