South Korea

An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between January and March 2020.

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. In the coming weeks the series will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affects women. This week’s post was compiled by Maleeha Coleburn and Rebecca Turkington.

Only performance, not ideology, will enable Moon's ruling party to secure a lasting legacy.  

The 2014 Sewol ferry disaster and 2015 MERS both shaped the current administration’s successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

The scale of the Democratic Party’s victory virtually eliminates the ability of the opposition to obstruct major legislation.

Though the United States will struggle in the short-term due to COVID-19, the Korean people have not lost their confidence in the American system. 

Here’s how different health-care systems, including single-payer and government-run, have contended with the coronavirus.

Determination of the transfer should be driven by a hard, thorough diagnosis of military capabilities against emerging threats.

The UNC should continue to carry out its unique armistice-management responsibilities following OPCON transfer on the Korean Peninsula.

Policies governing face masks and other protective equipment access have revealed the high political stakes of government responses to the crisis in an election year in both countries.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a new reality for most—if not all—Americans, as a growing number of U.S. states have imposed a variety of stay-at-home directives. This grand experiment provides an opportunity for comparative analysis.

Asia’s life insurers likely hold somewhere between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion of foreign currency denominated bonds as part of their portfolio—mostly dollar denominated, but some in euros. Japanes…

Military considerations, not political aspirations, should guide the transfer. 

As the coronavirus outbreak worsens, the U.S. government should learn from initial responses in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Strengthening South Korea’s alliance with the United States begins with a return to strong shared values and principles based on the common systems of liberal democracy and market economy.