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In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it has set off a boom of ships taking routes that were previously frozen and not traversable.

2026-02-10

The geopolitical context of Yoon’s martial law gambit

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s six-hour martial law gambit stunned not only Koreans but the world. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Yoon’s own party in the National Assembly learned about the martial law declaration on...

2024-12-12

Syngman Rhee's decisions remain relevant today, says novelist

The decisions the first president of South Korea made in the face of geopolitical turmoil a century ago yield lessons for Korea in today's polarized world, a famous novelist told former prime ministers and top scholars in a lecture in Seoul on...

2023-10-23

Koreans support U.S. alliance, but wary of clash with China

Koreans are carefully weighing the possible consequences of expanded security cooperation with the United States, especially regarding possible conflicts with China, a survey suggests...

2023-09-25

Paying heed to the geopolitical risks

Most Koreans are not good at comprehending the intriguing connection between geopolitics and economics and the impact of geopolitical events on the economy.

2023-04-26

[Column] The Korean economy at an inflection point

In the face of warnings of a “permacrisis,” the transitional period calls for structural reform to reassess and rebuild economic fundamentals.

2023-01-17

[INTERVIEW] Ex-conductor orchestrates Austrian democracy in different keys

In Vienna, a politician with a professional background in music is a rarity. Wolfgang Sobotka, president of the Austrian National Council, fits that uncommon bill...

2022-11-28

Watch the ‘digital geopolitics’

The tech hegemony conflict between the United States and China has escalated. Tech has gained security value as artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, mobile, cloud computing, simulated internet, virtual reality and 3-D...

2021-12-23