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White House Race Brings into Focus U.S. Foreign Policy Outlook

White House Race Brings into Focus U.S. Foreign Policy Outlook

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the U.S. presidential race officially kicks off this week, global attention is gravitating to the outlook for America’s post-election foreign policy that would have profound implications for its alliances, approach to North Korea and rivalry with China. The White House race is set to begin on Monday with [...]

Year before U.S. Presidential Vote, Discourse Centers on America’s Foreign Policy Direction

Year before U.S. Presidential Vote, Discourse Centers on America’s Foreign Policy Direction

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than a year before the U.S. presidential election, diplomatic and security discourse among South Korean policymakers is shifting to the potential implications that the election outcome may have for America’s alliances, diplomacy with North Korea and the Sino-U.S. rivalry. The Nov. 5 election is largely expected to be [...]

Yoon to Bolster Cooperation with U.S., Japan in Dealing with China, N. Korea

Yoon to Bolster Cooperation with U.S., Japan in Dealing with China, N. Korea

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The decadeslong South Korea-U.S. alliance may be in for its prime yet under South Korea’s incoming government of Yoon Suk-yeol, who will also likely align his major foreign policy with that of the U.S. on issues such as North Korea, U.S. experts said. The prosecutor-turned-politician won the presidential election, upsetting [...]

S. Korean President Named ‘Global Rethinker’ of 2017

S. Korean President Named ‘Global Rethinker’ of 2017

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been named a global rethinker by Foreign Policy, a U.S. magazine, which cited his “forceful push for peace,” the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. Moon was among dozens of global figures who, according to the prestigious magazine, “together found amazing ways [...]