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Pyongyang, North Korea - The photo, published on February 2, 2021, by the Choson Sinbo, a pro-North Korean newspaper based in Japan, shows North Korean workers working in a factory of indigenous musical instruments in Pyongyang. The United Nations is concerned about the continuing violation of human rights in North Korea, declared the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Acnudh), Michelle Bachelet.

It’s time to refocus on what Biden can do on North Korean human rights

Andrew Yeo and Roberta Cohen

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol waves a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at the presidential office square in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS

Can South Korea chart a path between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific?

Monday, August 15, 2022

Pyongyang, North Korea.- The photo, published on June 24, 2022, by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), shows the chairman of the North Korean State Affairs Committee, Kim Jong-un presiding over the third day of the third enlarged meeting of the eighth Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party (WPK), held the day before, in Pyongyang. North Korea has approved an "important issue" to strengthen its "war deterrence" during a key party session discussing major policies and defense strategies this week, the KCNA reported.

Why further sanctions against North Korea could be tough to add

Friday, July 8, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 2022. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

Will Biden’s Asia trip help the US meet its strategic objectives?

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol talks about his relocation plans for the presidential office during a press conference in Seoul on March 20, 2022. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

How will South Korea’s new president approach Russia’s Ukraine invasion?

Monday, May 9, 2022

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the Main Conservative Opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by: Lee Young-ho/Sipa USA)

What to expect from the incoming South Korean president’s domestic and foreign policy agendas

Thursday, March 10, 2022

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Why South Korea should join the CPTPP

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer

Thursday, December 2, 2021

(L to R) Taehyung/V, Suga, Jin, RM, Jungkook, Jimin and J-Hope of South Korean boy band BTS speak at the SDG Moment event as part of the UN General Assembly 76th session General Debate in UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. John Angelillo/Pool via REUTERS

From the Kabul airlift to BTS at the UN: South Korea’s middle power role

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A coast guard ship sails at the Port of Taipei in Taipei, Taiwan February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

Taiwan voters should look before they leap on pork referendum

Monday, July 12, 2021

(L-R) US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (Lloyd James Austin III), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Antony John Blinken), Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi and Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi attend a joint press conference after US - Japan Security Consultative Committee at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on March 16, 2021. All of them wear face masks amid a pandemic of the new coronavirus COVID-19. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Around the halls: Experts react to high-level meetings between American and Asian officials

David Dollar, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Mireya Solís

Friday, March 19, 2021