South Korea

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

Frozen out of talks and wanting attention, the Kim regime made a calculated decision to up the ante in 2010, Weston Konishi tells The Diplomat.

Egypt has shown how fast events can transform political landscapes. It’s not too early to start preparing for North Korea’s possible collapse—and for reunification.

As the United States develops its ‘space awareness’ does it risk efforts at building trust with China?

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

China’s North Korea policy is looking increasingly unhelpful for regional security—and also itself.

A range of competing interests complicates island territorial disputes between Japan, China and South Korea.

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.

In the first of a series of interviews looking back on 2010, we speak to ICG analyst Daniel Pinkston about events on the Korean Peninsula.

Keen to boost its profile in East Asia, Russia is pressing to play a bigger role in tackling tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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

The dump of confidential US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks is a clumsy and misguided way of securing transparency.