Last September, the Lee Jae Myung administration announced 123 policy tasks to pursue during its term, including the “transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) based on the ROK-U.S. alliance’s comprehensive deterrence capabilities,” an issue that was also discussed at the ROK-U.S. summit...

At the summit between Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea and China reaffirmed their “Strategic Cooperative Partnership” and signed seven Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) related to the economy and public welfare. This has raised expectations both domestically and internationa...

Starting in September, North Korea launched extensive preparations to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), branding it the “grand festival of victors.” By early October, the regime had completed a series of celebratory events to mark the occasion. This year’s anni...