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[VIEW] Trump is a nobleman, at least on the Korean Peninsula

The world's attention is on Singapore, where the U.S.-DPRK summit will be held on June 12. It is also where the world's largest security dialogue, the Shangri-la Dialogue, was held. The topic of this year's security dialogue was, as expected, the Korean peninsula along with Indo-Pacific strategy, which was addressed by the keynote speaker, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

Views and Interviews | 2018-06-10 12:59

[INTERVIEW] Singaporean students hail summit

The North Korea-U.S. summit will be held this month in Singapore. Billions of international citizens are interested, tens of thousands of government authorities are tensed watching and thousands of reporters are getting ready. It might have been better for South Korea if the summit were held in Panmunjeom. It might have been an opportunity to be naturally developed into three...

Views and Interviews | 2018-06-02 10:02

[INTERVIEW] Russia still has role on Korean Peninsula issues

The Moon Jae-in government has three main foreign policies: the ”New Economic Map,” based on cooperation with North Korea; the “New Southern Policy,” focusing on Southeast Asia and South Asia, and the “New Northern Policy,” which concerns Russia and Central Asia.

Views and Interviews | 2018-05-26 10:20

Abe, Putin to discuss North Korea

[VIEW] China still matters

On May 4, a week after the Inter-Korean Summit, President Moon Jae-in and President Xi Jinping finally held their first phone conversation. No one knows whether Moon had tried to phone earlier, but the result was quite pleasing because both agreed on close cooperation during the process of “Declaration of the end of war” and “Peace Treaty.” Although the recent online conversa...

Views and Interviews | 2018-05-15 09:42

[INTERVIEW] How China looks at the inter-Korean summit

The inter-Korean summit on April 27 left a deeply moving impression. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had a historical moment at Panmunjeom, crossing the border to each other's country holding hands.

Views and Interviews | 2018-05-05 10:25

[VIEW] Inter-Korean summit and China's role

Tomorrow (Apr. 27), President Moon Jae-in and north Korean leader Kim Jong-un are holding a sensational summit at Panmunjeom, the village which represents the division of the two Koreas. Following the summits of Kim Jong-il with Kim Dae-Jung, and Kim Jong-il with Roh Moo-Hyun, this is the third summit between leaders from the South and North.

Views and Interviews | 2018-04-26 18:54

China's top diplomat to visit North Korea this week

[VIEW] Korean universities need to strengthen global competitiveness

The most important characteristic of Korea's higher education policy in the 2000s is internationalization. Korea wanted to work toward internationalization but also, internationalization was extremely necessary for the country.

Views and Interviews | 2018-04-21 09:53

[VIEW] Time to demonstrate the art of deal

By Hwang Jae-ho On March 8, U.S. President Donald Trump accepted the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to meet. It is said that Trump accepted the offer through a South Korean envoy at the White House even before the envoy finished his sentence. On April 9, Trump said contact had been made with the North Korean side regarding the summit meeting with Kim and that i...

Views and Interviews | 2018-04-14 10:58

[VIEW] Managing foreign students part of non-traditional security

The government needs to improve policies on managing foreign students before it is too late. The government policy on foreign students should be strictly based on quality. It is important to note that China and Japan, which are attracting around 400,000 to 500,000 international students, are strengthening the selection process and the overall management system of internationa...

Views and Interviews | 2018-04-07 10:19

[VIEW] Eye on rise of Indo-Pacific region

Last week I participated in a conference in New Deli on the theme of “From Contest to Cooperation: A Vision for Shared Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific Region”. This was a very timely theme as U.S. President Donald Trump just began his Asian tour. Recently, the U.S. has referred to this region as “Indo-Pacific” rather than “Asia-Pacific”. As a researcher on international relati...

Views and Interviews | 2017-11-14 16:58

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