Search results for: Woosuk Jung
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Looking Forward: South Korea-Japan Dialogue and East Asian Security
…are far from the first to express a wish for “future-oriented” relations. Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung did the same in 1998. Yet, 25 years later, it has proved difficult…
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The War in Ukraine: Drawing Lessons for the Korean Peninsula
…of the Chinese people and Kim Jung Un of North Korea often talks about hostile forces to defend his nuclear program. In all three cases, the leadership rely on a…
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Why South Korea’s New President Yoon Seok-yeol Is not a ‘K-Trump’ but ‘K-Clinton’
…confirmation from the people. Han was a high official under the previous liberal administrations of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun so the opposition party, Minjoo (Democratic Party) has to think…
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Japan-ROK: Old Grievances under New Leadership
…and Seoul, setting the Keizo Obuchi-Kim Dae-jung golden era as his benchmark. Yoon’s forward-looking approach would entail a bilateral grand bargain that would focus on resolving all issues between South…
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The New Mood of Peace in Korea
…Dorasan Railway Station. Rebuilt in 2002 under Kim Dae-jung as part of a project to reconnect the long moribund railway lines between North and South, inside its modern interior carries…
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South Korea’s Hard Reality Check
…conditional line towards Pyongyang, Moon aspired to return to the “sunshine policy” period under his predecessors Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun – an ultimately short-lived era which nonetheless witnessed unprecedented…
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South Korea’s Presidential Election: Candidates and Key Policies
…percent, Sim Sang-jung (Justice Party) on 8 percent, and Yoo Seong-min (Bareun Party) on 6 percent. Moon Jae-in, 64, Democratic Party Moon Jae-in officially declared his presidential bid on March…
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SangWoo Kim
Associated Senior Research Fellow