Ken Jimbo, president of the Asia Pacific Initiative (API), forecasts that Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's foreign policy will likely follow the trajectory set by his predecessors, particularly in maintaining the U.S.-Japan alliance and fostering improved relations with South Korea. Jimbo notes that Ishiba’s leadership rests on a weak fou...

Victor Cha, Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair at CSIS, predicts that North Korea will escalate provocations this year to influence the upcoming elections in the U.S. and South Korea. Yet emphasizing that these provocations will only be limited and tactical, Cha asserts that North Korea is not poised to initiate a full-scale war in the ...

Sung-Yoon Lee, a fellow at the Wilson Center, analyzes the potential impact of the upcoming U.S. presidential election on DPRK's foreign policy and presents policy recommendations for the international community to address the regime's human rights violations. Lee emphasizes that as Russia and China's unrestrained support for North Korea emboldens ...

The Wilson Center Fellow, Sung-Yoon Lee, author of the recently published book The Sister, offers insights into North Korea's fourth-generation succession. Highlighting that the North Korean regime will likely promote Kim Yo Jong to conduct a new “charm offensive” against the international community in the near future, Lee warns that the global...

Yungho Kim, the Minister of Unification, elaborates on the ROK’s vision of a “free and peaceful, unified Korea.” He emphasizes that the Trilateral Camp David Summit in August 2023 marked a significant milestone for the ROK’s North Korea policy, reaffirming the “values-based” approach that prioritizes freedom, democracy, and human rights...

As part of the recent ROK-U.S.-Japan trilateral summit at Camp David, the leaders of the three countries released three documents— “Camp David Principles,” "The Spirit of Camp David,” and “Commitment to Consult”—suggesting a new path for trilateral cooperation. In this interview, Won Gon Park (Chair of North Korea Studies Center, EAI)...

Dr. Douglas H. Paal, a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, shares his assessments of the outcome and the implications of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC). In this third part of the Global NK Interview, D...

Dr. Douglas H. Paal, a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, shares his assessments of the outcome and the implications of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC). In this second part of the Global NK Interview, ...

Dr. Douglas H. Paal, a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, shares his assessments of the outcome and the implications of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC). In this first part of the Global NK interview, D...

Ambassador Robert King, the former U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, shares his insights about the current living conditions in the DPRK and the DPRK’s attitude toward U.S. efforts to engage in negotiations. In spite of the pandemic that has further limited foreign access to information, he highlights the importance of sate...