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The Case of Sending Drones to North Korea and Inter-Korean Dialogue
Amid another anti-North Korean moves by Seoul, the administration of Lee Jae Myung decided to make use of the ‘drone case’ to smooth things over – and ran into a tough North Korean response.
Upon the conclusion of the Freedom Shield exercises
On 19 March 2026, the armed forces of the Republic of Korea and the United States completed the annual spring exercises ‘Freedom Shield’, which, according to official statements, aim at ‘enhancing readiness to counter a full-scale attack from North Korea’.
The Impact of the Middle East Crisis on US–South Korea Military Cooperation: Warning Signs
We have previously analysed the reaction and the challenges that the states of the Korean Peninsula have been facing in the context of the crisis in the Greater Middle East. However, this situation is also taking its toll on cooperation between Washington and Seoul, which appears to be running into serious difficulties.
