Koreans

it runs counter to the ideological foundation of the Kim family of rulers, showing the world that Koreans can live just fine—free, wealthy, and vibrant—without the Kims. North Korea has frequently lashed … Unfortunately, this is a consistent theme in US -South Korea relations. When North Korea kills South Koreans, it is counting on the United States to pressure Seoul not to respond militarily, and Washington …

Kim family of rulers,  showing the world that Koreans can live just �ne—free, wealthy, and vibrant—without … Korea relations. When North Korea kills South Koreans, it is counting on the United States to pressure … military was on a war footing, waiting for the North Koreans to act, they chose to do nothing. Despite North …

In East and Southeast Asia, half or more of adults say that people who disagree with their government’s actions should be able to publicly criticize the government.

80% of those ages 35 and older. And 91% of South Koreans with a postsecondary degree support this, compared …

Many Koreans desired reunification when the United States and the Soviet Union divided the peninsula into separate occupation zones in 1945. Both the Republic of Korea's Syngman Rhee and North Korea's …

There is a persistent question over how to communicate U.S.-ROK alliance deterrence posture, particularly in the event of a nuclear attack by North Korea.

respond with only conventional weapons. For South Koreans, such an ambiguous declaratory policy raises concerns … reduce the possibili� of misjudgment, these South Koreans prefer a clear U.S. declaratory policy that says … Korea’s fear and strengthen deterrence. South Koreans believe that a U.S. nuclear response would be more … assets. �is North Korean reaction makes South Koreans assess that Kim is more fearful of U.S. nuclear … automatic or symmetrical nuclear response. Many South Koreans are understandably concerned about political volatili� …

Unlike Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin chose to bring about his country’s international isolation himself. Modern Russia is not an inheritance, but a regime built by his own hands.

the Kim dynas� and condescendingly pi� the North Koreans. �ey would �ip through the pages of Korea magazine …

This report provides a high-level assessment of the Kyrgyz Republic's water security status across different water security dimensions (endowment, sector architecture, performance and outcomes) with the aim of highlighting where …

Dungans, Uighurs, Tajiks, Turks, Kazakhs, Tatars, Koreans and other ethnicities make up the remaining 6% …

Most discussions on U.S. policy toward North Korea follow a predictable pattern, expressing alarm about current developments and acknowledging Washington's policy failure, but insisting that nothing can be done other …

a substantial war‐ making capacity. Second, South Koreans can count. The larger the number of Pyongyangʼs …

The newly inked Russia-North Korea security pact has spiked anxiety around the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's growing partnership and its implications …

their agreement with Moscow to help the North Koreans. But Josef Stalin waffled on his commitments at … moments and the burden of assisting the North Koreans fell heavily on Beijing’s shoulders. While the …

Today, approximately 56 percent of the global population or 4.4 billion people reside in urban areas. This trend is expected to continue, with the urban population projected to more than …

apartments, the housing type most favored by Koreans, and Seoul's infrastructure had developed to a …

Few are religiously affiliated, but many in the region hold religious or spiritual beliefs and engage in traditional rituals.

surveyed, although roughly one-third of South Koreans identify as Christian, as do 20% of Hong Kongers … gain of 29 points. This is because 35% of South Koreans have left their childhood religion to join the … a connection to it in adulthood. Many South Koreans feel an affinity to Confucianism % of adults in … Read more on this in Chapter 4.) Most South Koreans feel connected to at least one religion beyond … their religion today. For example, 72% of South Koreans who currently identify as Buddhist say they feel …