Jul 16, 2020 | Publications
16 July 2020 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEFDr. Sung Kyoo Ahn South Korea has found itself in a difficult position after the US’ announcement of an ‘United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China.’ South Korea has cultivated deep economic...
Jul 9, 2020 | Publications
9 July 2020 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEFDr. Michael Reiterer A decade of a special relationship – the EU only maintains ten strategic partnerships worldwide. As we reach the ten-year point with Korea, now is the moment, not to look back but to look forward and...
Jun 30, 2020 | Publications
30 June 2020 | KOREA CHAIR EXPLAINSDr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo South Korea and the EU held a video conference meeting involving South Korean president Moon Jae-in, European Council president Charles Michel and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. The...
Jun 18, 2020 | Publications
18 June 2020 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEFNagyeong Kang At the height of global recognition for its handling of COVID-19, the Moon Jae-in administration is looking ahead with its New Deal plan, being touted as an innovative economic recovery plan,...
Jun 17, 2020 | Publications
17 June 2020 | KOREA CHAIR EXPLAINSDr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo In recent weeks, North Korea has manufactured a crisis with South Korea. Pyongyang’s words and actions strongly suggest that it would have found any reason to start a crisis in the Korean Peninsula, regardless...
May 28, 2020 | Publications
28 May 2020 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEFRamon Pacheco Pardo, Jeong-ho Lee South Korea has been successful in the containment and management of the spread of the first wave of COVID-19. An early surge in the number of cases in Daegu briefly made South Korea the...