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April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Navigating Historical Tensions: Pragmatic Leadership, Empathy, and the United States Factor in Japan-South Korea Relations

The year 2015 was, arguably, an important turning point for Japan’s relations with South Korea. Since the advent of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administration of Prime Minister […]

John Nilsson-Wright

Abandonment-Entrapment model, Han Miracle, Kono Statement, Yasukuni Shrine
May 19, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (May 2015)

The Park administration’s diplomatic strategy was tested in the last two months concerning AIIB and Japan. On AIIB, while Seoul kept silent about its decision before joining as […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, historical revisionism, Kono Statement, THAAD
May 15, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

  "Reading Abe’s Washington Visit"   A View from Seoul   From the standpoint of what Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and President Barack Obama wanted to achieve during […]

Lee Chung Min*

China’s rise, comfort women, historical revisionism, Kono Statement, territorial issues
April 4, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japan-South Korea Relations – 3

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Park Cheol Hee*

Kono Statement, North Korea card, strategic context, strategic weight, trilateral summit
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Sheila A. Smith

Kono Statement, Malaysia, Nuclear Security Summit, Philippines, TPP, Visiting Forces Agreement, wartime compensation