Search results for: Choong Yong Ahn

  • Japan-ROK: Old Grievances under New Leadership

    …unresolved island dispute under the 1965 treaty revolving around islands administered by South Korea, but claimed by Japan – after Kim Chang-yong, commissioner-general of South Korea’s national police agency, visited…

  • Q&A: South Korea’s National Assembly Elections

    …Notably, the former diplomat and high-profile North Korean defector Thae Yong Ho is running for the opposition United Future Party in the election. Charging the government with not doing enough, a key campaign pledge is to push for a law to grant more protection for North Koreans seeking asylum in the…

  • #MeToo: South Korea’s Social Revolution

    …led to changes at the policy level. New measures were announced by the Moon administration on International Women’s Day in March after a public apology by Ahn Hee-Jung, a high-profile…

  • Moon’s Delicate Balancing Act

    …and more. Not only did Korean athletes march under a unified flag in a highly poignant spectacle, but Moon also welcomed a high-level delegation including Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s nominal…