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Nearly two years into the presidency of Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea has made a geopolitical pivot of potentially historic proportions.

South Korea’s shifting foreign policy priorities are reflective of leadership changes, but the permanence of its policy pivots remain to be seen, writes Daniel Sneider (Stanford University).

AsiaToday reporter Hong Sun-miKim Sung-han, a professor of Korea University’s Graduate School of International Studies and former National Security Ad..

The comments come in the wake of last week’s G7 foreign ministers’ statement “strongly condemning” the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, and demanding the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

Opinion - As the US Secretary of State and Australian PM visit, it seems inevitable that NZ's potential role in the AUKUS defence pact will be up for discussion in closed-door meetings, Geoffrey Miller writes.

OPINION: Blinken is heading Downunder for some 'good old-fashioned sports diplomacy'.

The United States has deepened security ties with South Korea under the Washington Declaration in a bid to deter North Korean aggression.

Kishida's May visit to South Korea paves the way for a South Korea–US–Japan trilateral alliance in the face of threats from Russia and China, writes Daniel Sneider (Stanford University).

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit marks the first by a Japanese leader to Seoul in 12 years.

The leaders of Japan and South Korea met for a summit Sunday in Seoul, extending the amity established in a meeting last month and boosting U.S. hopes of greater security cooperation with two critical allies in the region against threats from North Korea and China.