Korea, Rok News & Analysis

South Korea’s battery champions have built an industry that powers the world’s green ambitions, but their breakneck expansion is beginning to show the strain.

Indonesia’s outreach to North Korea represents a classic middle-power play: carve out a niche as an honest broker, even if the broker occasionally makes uncomfortable allies.

The Nixon era not only offers ambiguous lessons, but practical guideposts for strengthening trilateral US-Japan-ROK security cooperation, made all the more relevant by growing concerns of a ‘dual contingency’ in Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula.

Two shared imperatives were evident in the recent Trump-Lee summit: the need to rebuild Ukraine and restart dialogue with North Korea. Yet neither can proceed until hostilities cease in eastern Europe.

The Falklands War was a reminder that alliances succeed or fail on the basis of political imagination and practical enablers, not just treaty text, and military planners must bear these lessons in mind when preparing for a Taiwan-Korea dual contingency in East Asia.

Facing a shared risk from cyberattacks in ever increasing numbers and sophistication, a golden opportunity exists for Taiwan and South Korea to come together and cooperate on cybersecurity.

Lee Jae-myung’s presidency may not herald a radical shift in the China-South Korea relationship, but it does create space for repair and recalibration.

The incoming administration of President Lee Jae-myung can be expected to shift away from the West and strike a softer tone on China and Russia, with implications for South Korea’s role in the Ukraine war.

Making the ROK Navy fit for task in a conflict surrounding the Taiwan Strait requires a total strategic rethink, from core capabilities to asymmetric sea denial.

The launch of North Korea’s Choe Hyon destroyer reflects a broader modernization of the DPRK armed forces, with potential ramifications for regional security.

Will the Trump administration’s zeal for fossil fuel development be enough to get the long-dormant Alaska LNG project off the ground?

South Korea attempted to develop a domestic nuclear weapons program in the 1970s, and for reasons that remain highly relevant in contemporary geopolitics.

Tit-for-tat balloon launches by North and South reinforce the general and ongoing deterioration of inter-Korean relations which has taken hold since the thaw of 2018.

In the face of mounting security challenges in the region, neither Tokyo nor Seoul can afford to wait for another generation to finally bury the proverbial hatchet.

The outcomes of an upcoming US-ROK-Japan trilateral summit could well determine the future alignment of one of the most important geopolitical dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region.