Soo Kim

Pyongyang Milking a Fortuitous Window of Opportunity

There could not be a riper time than the present for North Korean provocations. Over the past six months, leadership changes took place in both the U.S. and South Korea, the DPRK’s two greatest [...] More

South Korea Voters Mandate Reform

After months of uncertainty following the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, South Korea has a new president. Moon Jae-in, a human rights lawyer and former chief of staff in the Roh Moo-hyun [...] More

Confronting North Korea: A War of the Will

As the incoming administration continues to define its contours, and as President-elect Donald Trump begins to outline a foreign policy strategy for [...] More

North Korea: A Perennial Nuisance

The latest North Korean nuclear test has caused the international community to once again reexamine all of the available policy options for how to [...] More

A Consolidation of Power

Amidst the fanfare of North Korea’s 7th Workers’ Party Congress, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un’ promotion to Party Chairman was one of the few [...] More

How Nicknames Have Defined South Korea’s Park Geun-hye

What’s in a nickname? A term of endearment? A backhanded compliment laden with criticism of one’s flaws? In South Korea, a politician’s nickname – [...] More

Sanctions on North Korea: The Devil is in China’s Follow-Through

If there was one way to emphasize the grave problem of nuclear security to the international community, South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s recent [...] More

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