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Strengthening U.S. Alliances in the Indo-Pacific March 27, 2025

American allies in the Indo-Pacific are the cornerstone of the US strategy to maintain regional stability, deter aggression, and uphold a free and open international order. Through access, interoperability, and shared capabilities, these alliances ex...

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Japan, China, South Korea Meet; ‘Turning Point in History’ March 24, 2025

A New Asian Bloc in the Making? March 24, 2025

Senior officials from China, South Korea and Japan will soon meet in Tokyo to try to establish a more formal relationship, replete with security and economic benefits. Informal talks had already been held between China and Japan, so it appears the tw...

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America Is Easily Our Best, Most Influential Export March 24, 2025

On January 26, 2023, popular U.S. hamburger chain Five Guys opened in Seoul, South Korea’s capital city. The weather was rainy and humid, but South Koreans braved up to twelve hours in line to get a taste of Americana. ...

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Tactical Nuclear Weapons for Poland and South Korea? March 21, 2025

Recently, voices in both South Korea and Poland have seriously suggested arming their countries with tactical nuclear weapons as a means of enhancing national deterrence. The compulsion is understandable. During the Cold War, enemies and allies hande...

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South Korea Constitutional Court To Rule on PM Impeachment on 3/24 March 20, 2025

South Korea Showing Tell-Tale Signs of Terminal Decline March 20, 2025

Sandwiched between China’s tech juggernaut and Trump’s tariffs, Korea’s political paralysis couldn’t come at a worse economic time ...

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South Korea Delays Yoon Impeachment Ruling March 17, 2025

Rallies Across South Korea March 15, 2025

Yoon Impeachment; South Korea’s Acting President Calls for Calm March 14, 2025

South Korea: Court Cancels Yoon Arrest Warrant March 07, 2025

America Needs Taiwan To Win the Semiconductor Race March 07, 2025

Any successful coach will tell you that if you have a winning playbook, don’t throw it out. Stick with what works. And that principle applies not just in sports, but in other fields too.Take the United States and China. They’re locked in a battle for...

South Korea, Japan Interested in U.S. Gas Pipeline, Trump Says March 05, 2025

Seoul’s Crisis: A Test of U.S. Resolve in the Indo-Pacific February 13, 2025

South Korea’s political upheaval, marked by the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol, has plunged a critical United States ally into turmoil at a pivotal moment for the Indo-Pacific. With the Biden administration leaving office, the incoming Trump admin...

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The Roots of South Korea’s Political Crisis February 12, 2025

With democracies around the world under duress, South Korea seems to stand out as an example of resilience. President Yoon Suk-yeol’s attempt in December to seize undue power was knocked back by lawmakers’ swift action and a surge of popular outrage....

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The Real Insurrectionists in South Korea January 22, 2025

Leftist opposition has launched de facto coup by seeking to overwhelm executive office with judicial power applied in entirely dubious ways ...

South Korea

The U.S., South Korea and Japan Should Work Together January 21, 2025

With Donald Trump’s return to the presidency now a reality, the Indo-Pacific faces an era of heightened uncertainty driven by North Korea’s growing military capabilities and China’s expanding regional influence. In this environment, trilateral securi...

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South Korea’s Crisis Is a Warning January 18, 2025

When South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared on TV on Dec. 3, 2024, to declare “emergency martial law,” one might have thought it was part of a second-rate Netflix production....

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South Korea: Yoon Refuses To Attend Questioning January 16, 2025

President’s Arrest Shows South Korea in Peril as Trump Returns January 15, 2025

The Arrest of South Korea’s President Won’t End This Saga January 15, 2025

South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested after police officers scaled fences and cut through barbed wire to detain him in his luxury Seoul residence. Suk-yeol, the first ever sitting South Korean leader to be taken into custody, was hel...

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Chechen Leader Threatens Komil Allamjonov, Uzbekistan's Democratic Reformer January 09, 2025

Two months after surviving an assassination attempt, Komil Allamjonov, the former press secretary to Uzbekistan’s president, finds himself embroiled in dangerous international intrigue. Last October, gunmen attempted to assassinate Allamjonov, riddli...

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Russia

South Korea’s Impeached Leader Down in Seoul’s ‘Beverly Hills’ January 07, 2025

North Korea’s Russia Alliance and the Incoming Trump Admin January 07, 2025

North Korea fired a shot across the stern of the outgoing Biden administration by launching a missile during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to South Korea. Blinken was in Seoul to affirm U.S. support for its ally despite ongoing political ...

A Dawn Stand-Off, a Human Wall and a Failed Arrest: South Korea January 03, 2025