Trump must not make concessions to North Korea
When dealing with rogue states, being pessimistic often means being realistic. The much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin…
Trump must not give Kim Jong Un the recognition he craves
When dealing with rogue states, being pessimistic often means being realistic. The much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin…
Kim Jong Un will be watching the Trump-Putin summit closely
When Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet in Alaska today, it will mark their first encounter since Russia’s invasion of…
South Korea’s reconciliation plan with the North is doomed to fail
On both sides of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, loudspeakers blasting news, music, weather reports, wailing…
Japan’s Shigeru Ishiba is losing power, fast
For the country known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’, the sun is only just still shining on the…
South Korea’s ticking age time bomb
Think of South Korea, and K-pop, Korean cuisine, films and perhaps even skincare products spring to mind. The fact that…
South Korea’s pensioner time bomb is about to go off
Think of South Korea and K-pop, Korean cuisine, films, and perhaps even skincare products spring to mind. The fact that…
Nato should not ignore Russia’s ‘coalition of murderers’
This week’s Nato summit could not come at a more pivotal moment. As recent months have shown, the challenges to…
Is South Korea’s firebrand president up to the job?
Much akin to Britain on 4 July last year, South Korea is now veering leftwards. Seoul only had a protracted…
Kim Jong Un is mad about a boat
Kim Jong Un is not a happy man. Only a month after he unveiled North Korea’s first 5,000-ton destroyer, another…
The North Korean saboteurs funding Pyongyang’s nuclear programme
If you think that it is only Chinese infiltrators roaming across the West, including on our very shores, then think…
What has Putin given North Korea for its help in Ukraine?
We knew it was happening all along, but it was only a matter of time before both Russia and North…
North Korea will never give up its nuclear ambitions
Earlier this week, Kim Yo Jong proclaimed that North Korea has no intention of abandoning its nuclear weapons. ‘If the…
South Korea must pick its next president wisely
Over 100 days since his impeachment trial commenced, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was unanimously voted out by the…
South Korea is more polarised than ever
This past week, eagle-eyed observers of South Korean politics – not to mention the South Korean public – were supposed…
President Yoon’s trial is tearing South Korea apart
It is now only a matter of days before the 52 million-strong population in South Korea will know the fate…
Can South Korea fix its birth rate woes?
Month after month, it just kept plummeting. The South Korean birth rate last year earned the not-so-holy prize for being…
How North Korea will use its $1.5 billion of stolen crypto
For a country that is notorious for its lack of connection to the outside world, North Korea is one of…
Does a ‘new golden age’ beckon for the US and Japan?
Perhaps the first thing on everyone’s minds was just how low Ishiba Shigeru, Japan’s Prime Minister (who prefers warships to…
Kim Jong Un’s North Korean culture war
If there’s one thing that a despot wants, it is to stay in power. North Korea’s totalitarian Supreme Leader, Kim…
President Yoon’s arrest brings more turmoil to South Korea
This year has commenced in an historic fashion for South Korea – albeit for all the wrong reasons. Earlier today,…
Kim Jong Un isn’t going away
It was only a matter of time before North Korea lit things up again. As US Secretary of State Antony…
The Jeju Air crash ends a terrible year for South Korea
This year will go down in history as an annus horribilis for South Korea. December alone has seen a series of crises.…
Yoon’s impeachment won’t end South Korea’s political chaos
For those who loathed him, it was second time lucky – but only just. With South Korea’s national assembly passing…
Pyongyang is keeping strangely silent on South Korea’s turmoil
North Korea has long been infamous for its hyperbolic rhetoric. While there are some subjects – such as the locations…
