Dr Lee Jaehyon is Principal Fellow at the ASAN Institute for Policy Studies, specialising in ASEAN and Oceania Studies.  CONTRIBUTORS  CO
 Korea’s New ASEAN Policy: Pragmatic Partnership for a Shared Future Published Lee Jaehyon
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The South Korea-U.S. alliance is being put to the test again amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated call for South Korea to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz. On March 14, Trump urged sever
On September 4, 2025, hundreds of federal agents descended on a sprawling construction site in Georgia. Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved through the Hyundai Metaplant Ameri
In mid-January, Jang Dong-hyeok, the leader of opposition People Power Party (PPP), staged a fasting sit-in in the National Assembly. He was calling for the ruling Democratic Party (DP), which wields
North Korea fired a volley of ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on March 14, a provocative display of force that comes during large-scale military exercises between the United States
Less than 100 days away from the June 3 local elections, the People Power Party (PPP), South Korea’s main opposition party, held an emergency general meeting of its lawmakers. The party adopted a unan
Twelve days into the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Roughly 20 percent of global oil and LNG supply remains offline. The impact is being clearly felt on the other edge of Asia.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s two-day state visit to the Philippines from March 3 to 4 carried symbolic weight, marking the 77th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
While the first year of a South Korean presidency is often dismissed as a mere “honeymoon” period fueled by high public expectations, the sustained popularity of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung –
Heavily dependent on energy imports, South Korea is bracing for the economic and industrial fallout of the escalating Iranian conflict. Following the Israeli-U.S. airstrikes on Iranian targets in late