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Why Is It So Hard to Arrest South Korea’s Impeached President?
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There were more than 100 police officers and they were armed with a warrant, but South Korean authorities failed to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour d...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Biden Spent Four Years Building Up U.S. Alliances in Asia. Will They Survive Trump’s Next Term?
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For America’s friends in Asia, the uncertainty brought by the impending return of Donald Trump to the White House is coming at a bad time....
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Impeachment in South Korea Has Cost Washington a Staunch Ally
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President Yoon Suk Yeol has changed the course of South Korea’s diplomacy like no leader before him....
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s President Avoids an Impeachment Attempt Over Short-Lived Martial Law
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South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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From Decree to Defeat: Inside South Korea’s Failed Martial Law Attempt
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At his confirmation hearing three months ago, South Korea's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun rejected accusations from the opposition that he wanted to impose martial law. It wa...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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What’s Next: South Korean Leader’s Martial Law Declaration Threatens His Political Career
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President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning martial law declaration lasted just hours, but experts say it raised serious questions about his ability to govern for the remaining 2 1/2 y...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea Martial Law Turmoil Sparks International Backlash
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who vowed to make his country a "global pivotal state", faced immediate international diplomatic fallout on Wednesday after his botched a...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korean Opposition Moves to Impeach President After Remarkable Misstep
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is heading toward impeachment proceedings after his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law, with the six opposition parties on Wednesday ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korean President Takes Up Golf Again to Forge a Bond with Trump
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game. The presidential...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Trump Claims Kim Jong Un ‘Misses’ Him. But He Faces a Very Different North Korean Leader This Time Around
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No United States leader has handled relations with North Korea quite like Donald Trump. The former president went from threatening Kim Jong Un with “fire and fury” if the Nort...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s President Denies Wrongdoing in a Growing Scandal
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On foreign policy, Yoon — who has worked closely with Washington and Tokyo to solidify security cooperation in the face of North Korean threats — expressed optimism that the t...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Years After Historic Summits, Trump Faces an Emboldened North Korea
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Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an expand...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s Yoon Praises Trump in Phone Call as Trade Officials Brace for Tariffs
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on winning the U.S. presidency on the "Make America Great Again" slogan as offic...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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U.S. and China in ‘Robust Conversation’ on North Korea Sending Troops to Russia: Blinken
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US and China are engaged in high-level dialogue regarding North Korea sending troops to Russia as the Kremlin wages war on Ukraine, America’s top diplomat said on Thursday.US ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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U.S. Confirms North Korean Troops in Russia amid Fears They’ll Be Sent to Fight in Ukraine
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The United States on Wednesday said at least 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, raising the possibility they will be sent to fight in Russia’s war on Ukra...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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N. Korea’s Support Puts Putin in Its Debt: Experts
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North Korea's dispatch of personnel to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- even if their military involvement is limited or indirect -- could put Russian President Vladimi...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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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
