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South Korea, US, Japan show unity against North Korea's provocation - Yonhap
South Korea, the United States and Japan demonstrated a united front against North Korea's provocations via trilateral talks among their top diplomats in Honolulu, Saturday. Experts, in general, gave a positive assessment of the high-level session among the regional powers meant to find ways to engage with North Korea, especially its timing, despite no immediate breakthrough in sight...
Reconciling the Korean Peninsula’s Dual Nuclear Proliferation Crises - Arms Control Association
North Korea’s codification of its nuclear weapons program last September and its ongoing diplomatic deadlock with the United States have intensified two debates: whether Washington should accept the rogue nation’s nuclear weapons status and whether Seoul should follow suit by producing its own...
Should We Sign A Peace Treaty With North Korea? - CSIS’s The Impossible State Podcast
Please join the Impossible State live podcast with Ms. Jenny Town of Stimson Center and Mr. Frank Aum of the U.S. Institute of Peace to discuss tensions with North Korea. The conversation is moderated by Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair at CSIS. This event is made possible by the...
South Korea and Japan resume intel sharing agreement, but not all problems are solved - Breaking Defense
North Korea’s barrage of missile tests and China’s swelling military modernization appear to have driven two of Asia’s reluctant partners back into each others arms, with South Korea and Japan agreeing to restore the sharing of highly classified intelligence. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese...
Embarrassing wrench': How Pentagon leak complicates South Korean president's state visit with Biden - USA Today
A classified document leak that included evidence the U.S. has been spying on allies is complicating a high-profile visit by South Korea's president to Washington this week to meet with President Joe Biden. The state visit honoring South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was in the works well before Pentagon documents surfaced suggesting...
South Korea’s Yoon and Biden likely to discuss nuclear deterrence, trade at summit - Radio Free Asia
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the United States this week for a state visit to mark Seoul’s 70-year alliance with Washington and for talks with President Joe Biden that will likely focus on trade and deterrence against North Korean nuclear capabilities, experts told Radio Free Asia. Yoon, who arrived in...
Will South Korea Export Its Military Might to Ukraine? - Foreign Policy
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol signaled a possible shift in his country’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine, opening the door to potentially providing direct military support to Kyiv as Seoul looks to take a larger role in global security, ahead of a major summit with U.S...
Washington Declaration quells debate over S. Korea's nuclear armament but does little to contain N. Korea: experts - Yonhap News Agency
The agreement reached Wednesday by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden on ways to strengthen U.S. extended deterrence may have effectively reassured the South Korean public of the U.S. resolve to help its ally but did little to address the threats posed by North Korea's evolving nuclear and...
Nuking North Korea? - POLITICO's National Security Daily
“Yoon can’t speak for U.S., and the U.S. wouldn’t endorse it,” said FRANK AUM of the U.S. Institute of Peace. “The U.S. will not guarantee a nuclear response, it’s not a part of the doctrine. Yoon will try to push the envelope as much as possible but U.S. policy and declaratory statements are what matters.” Others agreed, noting...