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Park Chan-Kyong

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  • Will Yoon’s exit change South Korea’s US-China approach?

    13 hours ago | scmp.com | Park Chan-Kyong

    With Yoon Suk-yeol gone and a snap election looming, South Korea finds itself ever more squeezed between Washington and Beijing as the trade war drums beat louder. The nation now faces a choice: lean closer to its security ally, the United States, or nurture its vital trade ties with China. Analysts, however, suggest that this political upheaval in Seoul is unlikely to fundamentally alter South Korea’s diplomatic balancing act.

  • South Korea weighs ‘proportional’ response to Chinese platform in contested Yellow Sea

    2 days ago | scmp.com | Park Chan-Kyong

    South Korea is mulling potential countermeasures after confirming China has installed a large steel structure in contested waters of the Yellow Sea, raising fresh concerns over Beijing’s expanding maritime footprint. Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Kang Do-hyung said on Monday that the government was preparing a “proportionate” response, which might include building similar facilities such as aquaculture infrastructure, depending on available funding.

  • South Korea weighs ‘proportional’ response to Chinese platform in contested Yellow Sea

    2 days ago | flipboard.com | Park Chan-Kyong

    1 day agoCNN — Like many American manufacturers, Tesla is caught in a bind thanks to President Donald Trump’s trade war. Unlike most of those other companies, though, Tesla has an added wrinkle – its CEO, Elon Musk, sometimes called the First Buddy for the close relationship he’s cultivated with the president. …

  • South Korea snap election: Lee Jae-myung tops 50% as conservatives reel from Yoon fallout

    2 days ago | scmp.com | Park Chan-Kyong

    Lee Jae-myung, presidential front runner of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has surpassed the 50 per cent support mark for the first time – a surge analysts attribute to his adept navigation of the political upheaval following former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment and the resulting fragmentation within the conservative bloc.

  • A ‘wild card’ emerges in South Korea’s presidential race: the prime minister

    6 days ago | scmp.com | Park Chan-Kyong

    South Korea’s acting president, Han Duck-soo, is facing increasing pressure to run in the coming snap presidential election, with a recent poll indicating he could be a strong contender among conservative voters. The 75-year-old career technocrat, who has served as prime minister under both conservative and liberal administrations, has not yet declared whether he will run in the June 3 election, which was triggered by the impeachment of former conservative president Yoon Suk-yeol.

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