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South Korea’s Ongoing Political Crisis

The final chapter of South Korea’s political crisis awaits the Constitutional Court’s ruling on President Yoon’s impeachment. Yet, regardless of the verdict, the country’s political turmoil—now over 17 weeks long—will not subside anytime soon.

Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — March 31, 2025

North Korea Announces Nuclear-Powered Submarine Development

On March 8, Kim Jong-un reportedly visited unidentified shipyards where he was photographed with what North Korea called a “nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine.” If true, it would mark the country's first glimpse of its nuclear-powered sub.

Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — March 10, 2025

The Arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol

Yoon Suk Yeol, the lionized prosecutor-turned-politician who led the impeachment of former president Park Geun-hye before becoming president himself, was arrested on charges of insurrection related to his declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024.

Commentary by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — January 15, 2025

The Korean Peninsula: Make or Break?

Nowhere in the Indo-Pacific could the U.S. presidential election results precipitate more disparate outcomes than on the Korean Peninsula. Changes could have broad strategic ripple effects throughout the region.

Commentary by Ellen Kim — September 26, 2024

The New Russia-North Korea Security Alliance

The Putin-Kim summit signifies a deepening strategic alignment between Russia and North Korea in their confrontation with the United States and its allies and is the gravest threat to the United States since the Korean War.

Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — June 20, 2024

Russia’s Veto: Dismembering the UN Sanctions Regime on North Korea

Russia’s veto of a UN resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts (PoE), which monitors UN member states’ enforcement of the UN sanctions regime on North Korea, will effectively end the mandate for the PoE, which expires at the end of April 2024.

Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — March 29, 2024