By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China The Korean War, one of the most brutal scenes of the Cold War in East Asia, is undoubtedly a historical turning point that shaped South Korea’s destiny. The Korean Peninsula, divided by the US imperialist intervention, remains one of the hotspots of geopolitical conflict potential in the Asia-Pacific to this day. South Korea is ...
By Mehmet Emre Ozturk According to the official results announced on the South Korean presidential elections, the People Power Party candidate Yoon Seok-yeol is elected into the office. Elected to be the 20th President of South Korea, Yoon managed to get 16,394,815 votes or 48.56%, while his closest rival, Democratic Party of Korea candidate Lee Jae-myung managed to get received ...
By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The South Korean elections scheduled for March 9, 2022 will not only constitute a turning point in the country’s history; the will also have a great influence on the political balances in the Asia-Pacific. The Democratic Party under the leadership of Moon Jae-In is struggling with internal strife and a series of political scandals, while the ...
By Cansu Yiğit The year 2022 began with the ongoing Covid pandemic, refugee crises, and international disputes on the brink of an open conflict. While many international issues which have turned into international crises are still waiting for resolutions, some countries are scheduled to elect leaders who will be expected to find resolutions. 31 countries across five continents are expected ...
By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The crisis in Afghanistan has created a new agenda in Asia-Pacific. The recently published article of the Wall Street Journal, which claimed that the US considers transferring Afghan refugees to its overseas military bases, including those in South Korea, has caused great echo in the said country. The South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong spoke on ...
On June 16, Pyongyang announced the possibility of introducing military units into the demilitarized zone on the border with South Korea. On the same day, the inter-Korean communications office, established about two years ago on the wave of rapprochement between the South and the North, was destroyed. The explosion took place on Tuesday in Kesong near the South Korean border, ...
Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan in December 2019 and the spread of the disease, it seemed that the disease was primarily threatening neighboring countries in East Asia. Since then, Europe and the US have become the main centers of the pandemic on a global scale, as China and its neighbors were able to significantly decrease, if ...