Search results for: JeongWon Bourdais Park
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Reforming South Korea’s “Imperial Presidency”
...this year when millions of South Korean citizens took to the streets to protest against the revelations of misconduct concerning former President Park Geun-hye. Reform of the constitution is now...
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Park seeds ‘peace’ in the DMZ
...Park Geun-hye hopes to displace some of the misnomer of the Demilitarized Zone by turning part of the heavily mined buffer between the two Koreas into a “park for...
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Park’s “Trustpolitik” Challenge
...Half-way into her presidential term, how has South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s “trustpolitik” fared in regard to assuaging tensions and dispelling mistrust vis-à-vis North Korea? Sangsoo Lee and Bernt...
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Korean Peninsula Tensions Escalate Amid a Return to Old School Policies
...Introduction: South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken on Monday in Washington, D.C. The meeting came three weeks after a summit meeting in Seoul...
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THAAD on the Korean Peninsula
...Summary The decision to deploy the anti-missile defense system THAAD was made in July 2016 by the previous South Korean government under President Park Geun-hye. The first launchers became...
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Evolution of EU-DPRK Interactions: From Engagement to Stalemate
Abstract: The article examines the European Union (EU)’s policy toward and interactions with North Korea (DPRK) in order to answer the question, “To what extent, despite prima facie...
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Taking Back Control: South Korea and the Politics of OPCON Transfer
...citing budget limitations and security concerns following the Cheonan incident with North Korea in 2010. On similar grounds, Lee’s successor Park Geun-hye requested yet another postponement in the aftermath of...
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Hong Kong in China’s Geopolitical Gaze
...Park (where annual vigils, in remembrance of victims in the crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, take place) to Chater Garden (location of the Hong Kong Court of Final...
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South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and the IPEF: Convergence and Commonality
...(accessed on August 7, 2023) [22] Park Eun-Jee, “Korea’s dominance in semiconductors must grow, says Yoon,” Korea JoongAng Daily, May 10, 2022, https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/05/10/business/tech/Korea-semiconductor-Samsung-Electronics/20220510150329238.html (accessed on July 26, 2023) [23] Emily...