U.S.-South Korea relations

By invoking North Korean infiltration as a justification for his political moves, Yoon revived one of Washington’s great fears: entrapment in a conflict triggered by an ally’s recklessness.

In Yoon’s visit to Washington this week, South Korea and the United States reaffirmed their joint efforts to respond to North Korean nuclear threats.

When President Yoon visits this week, President Biden will announce specific new nuclear deterrence efforts as well as a new cybersecurity initiative.

For decades, the alliance primarily centered on security, political, and people-to-people ties. Then KORUS changed the game.

Leaked documents suggesting the U.S. spied on South Korea’s internal discussions on Ukraine could sour President Yoon’s upcoming trip to Washington.

The next decade may present the U.S.-Korea alliance -- which soon marks 70 years -- with more profound changes than any prior decade. 

While Yoon failed to hold a formal summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, he succeeded in having an “informal meeting” with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. 

The EV provisions of the IRA are seen by South Korea as both a violation of trade rules and contrary to the deepening economic partnership between the two countries.

Pelosi met her South Korean counterpart on Thursday, but could not meet South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol because of his summer vacation in Seoul. 

Behind the headlines, the latest joint statement touched on some issues central to the future of the internet and the digital economy.

The U.S. president will be visiting South Korea and Japan from May 20-24.

Amid supply chain worries and high-tech competition, there has been a distinct shift in the tenor of the business relationship between Seoul and Washington.

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

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is making the rounds in East Asia, with one notable omission from her itinerary.

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

Testing Seoul’s embrace of the United States’ regional strategy.

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

Efforts at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula will face complex political calculations at play in the U.S. and South Korea.

Cyber risks will only continue to grow as more of our daily lives become digital and interconnected.

Washington needs to build up the alliance as a partnership involving mutually beneficial and equally important military, economic, social, and cultural aspects. 

The shootings of six Asian Americans brought deadly urgency to the issue of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.

After a joint two-day visit to Japan, the new officials headed to South Korea amid North Korea’s blunt criticism toward Washington. 

If the U.S. can seek cooperation without pushing South Korea directly into the U.S.-China crossfire, why not take that path? 

The leaders of South Korea, Japan, and Australia all called the former vice president to discuss future cooperation on issues like the pandemic and climate change.