South Korean President Lee Myung Bak is due to meet with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Beijing on May 27. At the top of the agenda will be economics and talk of a new regional security mechanism as the North Korean nuclear issue starts to fade. [more]
South Korea's upcoming military cooperation deal with Japan and its formal protest to China over the treatment of some South Koreans during the Olympic torch relay both offer insight into South Korea's geopolitical imperatives. [more]
The announcement that Japan discovered spinal column fragments in beef shipped from the United States threatens to derail U.S. beef shipments to Japan and Washington's planned free trade agreement with South Korea. [more]
Despite some rumblings about a potential withdrawal of one of three U.S. Air Force tactical squadrons from South Korea, all is well between Washington and Seoul. (With Stratfor map)[more]
North Korea has expelled South Korean government workers from the inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong. The move is meant to help shape the tenor of discussions between Pyongyang and Seoul. [more]
