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ROK-DPRK relations
What Will Success at the Inter-Korean Summit Look Like?
By Anastasia O. Barannikova
At the April 27 summit, there’s room for lowering tensions and making progress on the peninsula.
What Is South Korea’s Vision for the New Northeast Asian Order?
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
Kim Yong-jae, from the China-Japan-Korea Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, reflects on the upcoming flurry of summits.
A Season of North Korea Summits: The View from Beijing and Seoul
By Clint Work
With a flurry of summits on the schedule, how do China and South Korea view North Korean diplomacy and the U.S. position?
What's Really Behind Russia's Public Support of the Trump-Kim Meeting?
By Samuel Ramani
Despite endorsing the talks, Moscow does not expect the potential summit to successfully defuse the Korea crisis.
Moon’s March 1 Address Pokes Sensitive Issues With Japan
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
For the first time in 11 years, the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute made its way into a South Korean president’s March 1 remarks.
Moon’s PyeongChang Propaganda Coup
By Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Seoul brought Pyongyang in from the cold for the Olympics, putting President Moon at the helm of peninsular affairs.
North Korea Diplomacy and the Winter Olympics
By Leif-Eric Easley
North Korea's upcoming Olympics appearance is both an opportunity and a challenge for South Korea, Japan, and the U.S.
North and South Korean Ice Hockey Teams Meet For the First Time
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
The creation of a joint ice hockey team for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games has been controversial in South Korea.
An Olympic Feat: North and South Korea Engage in High-Level Talks
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
The focus was on the upcoming Olympic Games, but North Korea agreed to additional military talks.
South Korea’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympics at a Crossroads
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
The lack of recent launches from North Korea has raised the South's hopes for an “Olympic for Peace."
North Korean Soldier Makes Dramatic Defection Across the DMZ
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
South Korea’s loudspeaker broadcasting system, pumping K-Pop northward, may have played a role in the man’s defection.
Democracy vs North Korea
By David Straub
Why have democracies proven unable to halt the North Korean dictatorship’s development of nuclear weapons?