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Park Chan-kyong
Park Chan-kyong is a journalist covering South Korean affairs for the South China Morning Post. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse's Seoul bureau for 35 years. He studied political science at Korea University and economics at the Yonsei University Graduate School.
Park Chan-kyong is a journalist covering South Korean affairs for the South China Morning Post. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse's Seoul bureau for 35 years. He studied political science at Korea University and economics at the Yonsei University Graduate School.
Seoul is expected to seek national consensus and wait for the outcome of the Takaichi-Trump summit before deciding, observers say.
North Korea has long been suspected of supplying missile technology to Iran and providing technical help on uranium enrichment.
President Lee Jae Myung urges South Korea to boost its own defence amid reports of US military assets being redeployed to the Middle East.
As a nation that imports nearly every drop of oil it consumes, South Korea is hitting the panic button to shield citizens from rising prices.
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Experts say the US strikes on Iran are sharpening Pyongyang’s resolve to diversify nuclear-capable forces, including new naval platforms.
The Pentagon wants Seoul to shoulder more of its defence burden. Analysts say it may have strengthened Kim Jong-un’s hand instead.
Iran’s nuclear programme was aspirational. North Korea’s is not. That distinction explains everything, analysts say.
The appearance of the Kims in near-identical leather coats at a military parade is seen by some that Pyongyang’s succession plan is in place.
As long as Washington acknowledges Pyongyang as a nuclear power, there is ‘no reason not to get along’, the North Korean leader says.
A judge has ruled luxury gifts passed to Kim Keon-hee were ‘grease payments’, contradicting an earlier verdict and threatening her appeal.
Washington is reportedly pushing back on Seoul’s request for smaller drills, forcing the postponement of a major joint military briefing.
With Kim Jong-un set to outline his end-of-decade vision, the notable absence of his teenage daughter raises fresh succession questions.
Yoon Suk-yeol is the first democratically elected South Korean leader to be convicted of the crime.
Two earlier convictions have defined Yoon’s martial law decree as part of an insurrection plot, raising the stakes ahead of Thursday’s ruling.
The new homes for families of fallen soldiers are part of a push to showcase tangible achievements before the party congress, analysts say.
Japan’s conservative tilt has revived South Korean concerns of more nationalist policies that could reopen historical and security wounds.
The five-year defence plan will be aimed at bolstering North Korea’s strategic and tactical nuclear capabilities, analysts say.
The official’s remarks come amid speculation that US President Donald Trump could seek a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The end of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will be a blow to efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear build-up, analysts say.
Washington’s tariff pressure is aimed at pushing Seoul to ‘move as fast as Japan’ in implementing its promised investments, analysts say.
After viewing a test of a multiple rocket launcher system, Kim is likely to unveil ICBM plans capable of hitting the US, analysts say.
A court sentenced Kim for receiving luxury items from an official linked to the Unification Church.
Trump’s message appears more focused on pushing through the US-South Korean trade bill than on permanently raising tariffs, analysts say.
The ex-prime minister was jailed for 23 years for his role in Yoon’s martial law decree, deemed an ‘insurrection from above’ by the court.
By firing vice-minister Yang Sung-ho on the spot, Kim appears to be asserting his authority ahead of a crucial party congress, experts say.
What began as a student’s claim of hunting radioactive waste has spiralled into a scandal linking military spies to dangerous border flights.
The ruling comes days after prosecutors in a separate case demanded Yoon Suk-yeol be sentenced to death for masterminding insurrection.
While Seoul urged broader regional cooperation that would include China, Tokyo emphasised closer alignment with Washington.
While prosecutors have demanded death for the disgraced ex-president over his martial law debacle, a life imprisonment sentence is seen as more likely.
