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. Song Kyung-jin

Securing critical mineral supply chains

Securing supply chains for critical minerals has emerged as one of the most challenging economic security issues. Critical minerals are essential for sustainable industrial competitiveness given industrial structures that need critical materials. Take for example semiconductors and batteries. Semiconductors need critical minerals such as gallium and germanium. For battery man...

2023-06-13 16:35

. Ahn Ho-young

Partnership in era of 'New Washington Consensus'

In my many years of service as a diplomat, I experienced two tectonic changes in the international system. The first one was the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. In the following 30 years or so, the “rules-based international order” spread beyond the borders of the free world. The second one is the ongoing challenges now buffeting the “rules-based international order” ...

2023-06-13 16:30

. Bernard Rowan

Display and the new bipolarity

Recently, Chinese and Russian jets flew side-by-side into the zone next to South Korean airspace. This display of unity betrays the new bipolar world between the Alliance for Freedom and the Alliance for Autocracy. Much Chinese and Soviet behavior in the skies or elsewhere is display. Flybys, cutoffs and maneuvers “challenge” other nations and are dangerous and unnecessary. A...

2023-06-12 16:35

Chyung Eun-ju, Joel Cho

From closed doors to open source

Amid recent news surrounding the constantly evolving world of artificial intelligence, Meta has released an open-source AI software that the public can use to build their own AI chatbots.

2023-06-12 16:30

. Mark Peterson

What I want to tell Confucian leadership of Korea

Confucianism in Korea is in sharp decline. I would like to speak to the Confucian Association leaders at some point, and when I do, I would like to point out several ways to save Confucianism from an ultimate demise - which it seems to be racing toward.

2023-06-11 16:35

Kim Sung-woo

Climate change in trade

It has been a recent trend that trade is often linked with the environment in international societies. While an increased number of WTO agreements and FTAs continued to lower cross-border tariffs, many countries also introduced non-tariff barriers to protect their own domestic industries.

2023-06-11 16:30

. Andrew Hammond

Europe looks to build bridges beyond Russia

The new European Political Community (EPC) of almost 50 nations has generated much media interest since its formation in 2022, yet its fundamental purpose remains uncertain.

2023-06-06 16:35

Lee Jong-eun

Mutual success of Yoon-Kishida partnership will contribute to lasting success of Korea-Japan ties

This year's spring has been a busy time of bilateral diplomacy between South Korea and Japan. In March, South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol visited Japan to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, marking the first bilateral summit in 12 years. The summit revived shuttle diplomacy between the two heads of state. In early May, Kishida visited South Korea for another summi...

2023-06-05 16:30

. Jason Lim

Technological gaze of the Hermit Kingdom

Elise Hu, who served as the inaugural bureau chief for NPR in Seoul from 2015-2018, recently published a book titled, “Flawless: Lessons In Looks And Culture From The K-beauty Capital,” about her thoughts on the beauty culture in South Korea.

2023-06-04 17:03

Park Jung-won

Need for common ground in diplomacy, national security

At the core of President Yoon Suk Yeol's diplomatic strategy is a shift away from strategic ambiguity toward values-based diplomacy. This is an inevitable choice imposed on South Korea by the current security environment defined by the new Sino-American Cold War and the worsening nuclear threat of North Korea. A dual structure of trilateral alliances between South Korea, the ...

2023-06-01 16:50

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