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Big opposition win in South Korean parliament election poses setback to President Yoon
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“This election is an assessment of Yoon’s presidency. The stakes for him are whether he’s able to fully implement his liberal democratic agenda, which is his top priority,” Du...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong Un Faces Annihilation in Most Korea War Scenarios
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If Kim misjudged and thought the US and South Korea were looking to end his regime — instead of just deliver a message of deterrence — he might preemptively use a nuclear weap...
By Duyeon Kim
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Blinken concerned by growing Russia-North Korea military ties
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Blinken's brief stop in Seoul demonstrates U.S. commitment to the Korean peninsula and regional issues, and that the allies are implementing agreements made in earlier preside...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Russia-North Korea summit: "Comrades" Putin and Kim send rivals a warning
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"Putin and Kim would both gain from a transactional bargain but they would also gain geopolitically by giving off the impression that their nuclear-armed countries are coopera...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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US-Japan-S Korea summit a coup for Biden but will détente last?
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"Biden, Yoon and Kishida have a chance to make even bigger history that lasts beyond a milestone meeting at Camp David," said Duyeon Kim. "Their respective governments will ne...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security and economic ties at historic Camp David summit
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“If an ultra-leftist South Korean president and an ultra-right wing Japanese leader are elected in their next cycles, or even if Trump or someone like him wins in the U.S., th...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Rare submarine visit reminds North Korea of U.S. nuclear missiles out of sight, in range
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“Placing nuclear weapons offshore and on submarines is actually a stronger deterrent in many ways,” said Duyeon Kim of the Center for a New American Security. “Deterrence is s...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Tests Missiles as US Nuclear Sub Sails to South
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“Seoul and Washington will need to find the sweet spot when it comes to the visibility of America’s extended deterrent,” said Duyeon Kim, an adjunct senior fellow in Seoul at ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as US docks nuclear submarine in South Korea
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While some South Korean conservatives have expressed disappointment that the Biden-Yoon meeting in April came short of agreeing to station U.S. nuclear weapons or strategic as...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Fires ICBM After Threat to ‘Shock’ US for Spy Planes
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“Because it’s an ICBM that is designed to target the US homeland, it appears North Korea is protesting the recent flights of US spy planes,” said Duyeon Kim, an adjunct senior...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea fires its first ICBM in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights
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“Pyongyang might be manufacturing tensions ahead of its Victory Day to further strengthen solidarity domestically after having failed its first spy satellite launch in May, an...
By Duyeon Kim
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South Korea Turns Up Heat on Kim Jong Un With Hawkish Pointman
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The Unification Ministry in March for the first time publicly released its government assessment of North Korea’s human rights record. The report said Pyongyang, which has bri...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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After Warmth From Biden, South Korea’s Leader Faces a Different Tune at Home
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The Washington Declaration was “a big win” for South Korea because “for the first time, the allies are discussing nuclear deterrence, which Seoul has not been able to disc...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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US and South Korea Agree Key Nuclear Weapons Deal
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Furthermore, Mr Yoon had made it clear that he expected to return home having made "tangible" progress. Duyeon Kim, from the Centre for a New American Security, said it was a ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korean Conservatives Lament 'Nuclear Shackles' Following Yoon-Biden Summit
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But others say reassurance measures and an effective North Korea policy are the best way to prevent South Korea from going nuclear. “If South Koreans see North Korea continue ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea, US to Share Nuclear Planning to Deter North Korean Threat
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Even so, increasing Seoul's involvement in nuclear deliberations should allow Yoon to argue to his domestic audience that Washington is taking Seoul's concerns seriously. Duye...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Test-Fires 2 More Missiles as US Sends Carrier
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North Korea already is coming off a record year in weapons testing, launching more than 70 missiles in 2022. It had set into law an escalatory nuclear doctrine that authorizes...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Fires Two Missiles, Piling More Pressure on US
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The US and South Korea last week began their largest amphibious exercise in about five years in a training drill called Ssangyong. The US Navy’s Nimitz aircraft carrier group ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Is This the Face of North Korea’s Future Leader? Kim Jong Un Shows Off His Daughter
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An official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity according to department rules during a background briefing, said Kim Ju Ae’s repeated ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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US Not Discussing Nuclear Exercises with South Korea, Biden Says
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"South Korean concerns and wishes are understandable, but the US won't be able to jointly discuss nuclear plans to the degree that Seoul wants. That's still a bridge way too f...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
