Yoon North Korea policy

The Yoon administration is trying to carry out a policy toward North Korea that has already been tried -- with no success.

South Korea’s policies toward Pyongyang differ less from administration to administration than is often assumed.

Calling Seoul’s offer “an absurd dream,” Kim Yo Jong derided the South Korean president with North Korean-style insults. 

On South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s 100th day in office, North Korea test-fired its two cruise missiles.

Amid the stalled nuclear and inter-Korean dialogue, President Yoon Suk-yeol again repeated his pledge of economic rewards for denuclearization.

Responding to Seoul’s hawkish action against the country, the North Korean leader said his country is ready to mobilize its nuclear war deterrent. 

Two previous National Intelligence Service directors were charged with improperly handling investigations into separate incidents in 2019 and 2020.

As China opposed Yoon’s attendance at the NATO meetings, Seoul will likely face more complicated obstacles to deter North Korea’s nuclear and missile developments. 

After a meeting with his U.S. counterpart, South Korea's foreign minister emphasized strengthening the joint extended deterrence against North Korea’s missile threats. 

North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. The China challenge. Social divisions at home. Just two weeks into office, Yoon Suk-yeol has a full plate.

During his inauguration speech, South Korea’s new president floated the possibility of providing economic packages to Pyongyang in return for denuclearization.