Search results for: Sang-Yoon Ma
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South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and the IPEF: Convergence and Commonality
...economic resurgence despite global concerns (e.g., rising violence due to majoritarianism or systemic challenges including bureaucratic red tape). Yoon has amplified the already burgeoning sentiment toward India by including India...
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Seeking Pivotal Partnership: India and Korea
...relevant Republic of Korea (ROK). South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Foreign Minister Park Jin, must be credited for bringing to the fore the much-touted vision for ROK as a...
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South Korea as a Nuclear State: Trade-Offs and Choices
...policy shift. However, in January 2023, President Yoon Suk Yeol voiced the possibility of either building nuclear weapons indigenously or redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons in the face of an...
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Pivotal States, Global South and India-South Korea Relations
...in realizing their sustainable development agenda through minilateral and multilateral frameworks. At the same time, it is also important to examine the rationale of the Yoon government’s “global pivotal state”...
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Will Yoon’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Tackle the China Threat?
...bilateral relations with both China and the US pre-dates the Yoon administration; different governments have sought to manage ROK’s security versus trade dilemma entrapment by the U.S.-China rivalry through varied...
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What to Expect From Yoon Suk-yeol’s Policy on North Korea
...Introduction: The election of Yoon Suk-yeol, the candidate of the conservative People Power Party, in South Korea’s presidential election on March 9 was an explicit signal for countries involved...
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The Pendulum Paradox: How China’s Hard Grip Strengthens Taiwan’s Soft Touch
...reasons. For instance, the success of South Korean pop culture, facilitated through platforms like Netflix, illustrates the potential of digital strategies in cultural dissemination (Jin & Yoon, 2016). Taiwan could...
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North Korea’s Grey Huddle: A Reverse Perspective of its Analog Military
...Innovation 4.0’ under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. The core logic behind the reform is smaller but stronger manpower through technical advancement. However, there have been unprecedented drawbacks of fully automated...
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Allies should find new policy on North Korea
...Since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May, North Korea has continuously tested its missiles, including the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and other advanced short-range ballistic...
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Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious Initiative for Denuclearization Will Fail
...Introduction: In the wake of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s August 15 remarks on his “audacious initiative” as a masterplan for the denuclearization of North Korea, Pyongyang slammed the...