Eunjung Lim

Apr 24, 2024 | nbr.org | Eunjung Lim

On April 10, South Korea held one of the most competitive elections in the country’s political history. The 22nd National Assembly election used a one-person, two-vote system to elect 254 local constituency seats and 46 proportional representatives. The result was a crushing defeat for the ruling People Power Party (PPP). Of the 254 constituency seats, the conservative PPP won only 90 seats and the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) won 161 seats.

Jan 15, 2024 | mdpi.com | James Davis |Deborah A. Taira |Eunjung Lim |John Chen

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Jul 20, 2023 | nationalinterest.org | Eunjung Lim

In the United States, attention toward recent improvements in South Korea-Japan relations focuses heavily on hard security cooperation vis-à-vis China. Indeed, the Biden administration has worked hard to encourage this. But closer Korea-Japan interaction—if sustained—could also have significant consequences in other areas, especially energy. Few relationships are as complex and nuanced as the one between South Korea and Japan.