Critics of the South Korean leader accuse him of eroding democracy at home while embracing a historic enemy on the international stage.
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The two countries watch each other’s policy shifts very carefully and respond accordingly.
The Arch of Reunification has been destroyed – reversing decades of government policy targeting eventual reunification with the South.
Amid signs of growing domestic disquiet over his repressive regime, North Korea’s leader is trying to deflect scrutiny by upping war rhetoric.
Kim Jong-un is continuing to release statements about a possible military conflict with South Korea.
South Korea’s fertility rate fell below the level needed to sustain a population in the mid-1980s – and it never recovered. It is now below one child per woman during her reproductive years.
The US and South Korea are significantly beefing up security arrangements in the face of the perceived growing threat from China and North Korea.
The ‘Washington Declaration’ unveiled during the state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives Seoul a greater role in coordinating a nuclear response strategy.
North Korea’s provocative regime of missile testing has prompted the South to designate it as an enemy.
While there is still risk associated with any escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, this is far from uncharted territory.
A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.
A defecting North Korean gymnast recently went back after struggling to make a new life for himself.
Kim Jong Un has followed his father and grandfather in ruling by fear. The coronavirus pandemic has made North Korea ever more isolated, while expanded military capabilities make it a growing threat.
North Korea has tended to ratchet up tensions when the U.S. is seen to be weak and when it feels it can yield greater concessions, a scholar explains.
With signs North Korea has suffered in the coronavirus pandemic and is now facing a further threat to its shaky economy, the ratcheted up of tension with the South is ominous.
A cross-border love story set on the Korean peninsula is the most popular television drama in South Korean history.
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
Any meaningful breakthrough in the relationship between the US and North Korea is once again stalled by the insistence on denuclearisation.
The Pyongyang Declaration between the two Koreas is about much more than nuclear power – and leaves the US on the outer.
Living as a woman in North Korea can be psychologically and physically gruelling.
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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