Search results for: So Kwang Yong
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South Korea-India Ties: Between Bilateralism, Minilateralism, and Multilateralism
In the context of the Indo-Pacific construct, the expanding gaps in global governance, the rise in minilateralism, the need to reinvigorate regional and global multilateralism, and the imperative...
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Pivotal States, Global South and India-South Korea Relations
In recent years, the term “Global South”—largely spanning countries in Africa, Central and Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean—has gained tremendous geopolitical currency. One of the most...
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The Self-defense Capability of the DPRK and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
...an unprecedented level. According to O Chol Yong, there are two ways to achieve peace: reconciliation and balance of power. In this Focus Asia paper, the successes and failures of...
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Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea
...of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and ROK Minister of National Defense Yoon Kwang Ung agreed that wartime OPCON of ROK forces under a U.S.-led command would be handed over sometime between...
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Where Is India in South Korea’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy?
...Jagannath Panda and Choong Yong Ahn write on the place of India in South Korea’s new Indo-Pacific strategy. This co-authored piece primarily addresses the following questions: What would ROK’s...
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South Korea and US Agree on Draft End-of-War Declaration ‘In Principle’
...Introduction: South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said on Wednesday at a press conference that South Korea and the United States have agreed “in principle” on a draft to...
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A Way Out from the US-DPRK Deadlock: Toward North Korea’s Denuclearization
Abstract: This Issue Brief focuses on three points essential to the resumption of denuclearization talks. First, this paper will analyze North Korea’s unique status as a de facto...
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North Korea’s Signaling on Nuclear Weapons and Negotiations
...offered. After the US rejected the North’s request to lift a significant portion of the sanctions imposed since 2017, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Foreign Minister Ri Yong...
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New Roadmap for Denuclearization and Peacebuilding
...agreement on security guarantees for North Korea has thus far been doomed to failure. This issue was brought up again after the Hanoi Summit when Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho...