South Korea has a remarkable history. Born from the ashes of imperial domination, partition
and a devastating war, back in the 1950s there were real doubts about its survival as an …

The Republic of South Korea (ROK) has had a clear grand strat-egy since its transition to
democracy and the end of the Cold War. Between 1988 and 1992, South Korea's domestic …

The rise of China fundamentally altered the balance of power in East Asia against the United
States. Although North Korea-US relations have been poisonous for decades, this paper …

Securitization and desecuritization demonstrate how threat (de) constructions can lead to
conflictual or cooperative foreign policies. However, due to its focus on collectivities …

Abstrak Kajian sejarah Korea Utara menjadi penting dewasa ini sejalan dengan
peningkatan isu nuklir dan politik global. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap …

This paper aims to analyse the aftermath of Kim Jong Nam's assassination on the diplomatic
relations between Malaysia and North Korea along with the historical evolution of diplomatic …

The North Korean nuclear weapons programme has been a thorn in the US side dating back
to the early 1990s. The programme is a threat to the US, to the non-proliferation regime, and …

The aim of this series is to publish solid and interesting social science research-level work
on contemporary Korea, including work on international relations, political science …

Assessing its coercive diplomacy in retrospect, the United States should deal with the North
Korean nuclear issue with a more sophisticated combination of coercive measures and …

North Korea has shown more aggressive nuclear behavior during the Kim Jong Un era as
has been evident in the rapid acceleration of its nuclear weapons development and its …