Articles

North Korea’s ICBM Launch Worrying – Part I

On 18 November 2022, North Korea successfully test-fired a Hwasong-17 (or Hwasongpho-17) intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM), adding further to the already existing tensions and security threats in the Korean Peninsula. This launch was th....

December 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ICBM , UNSC , Kim Jong-un , Kim Yo Jong , Mike Pompeo , Hwasong-17 , Tae Yong-ho , Join statement , nuclear test preparations , inter-Korean summit

North Korea’s Sabre-Rattling Continues

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

North Korea is not deterred by sanctions and continues to pursue its nuclear and missile development programmes. When the year 2022 dawned and the world’s attention was transfixed with Russia’s military operation in Ukraine on 24 February and, No....

May 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Sabre-rattling , Kim Jong-un , Moon Jae-in , Yoon Suk-yeol , Hwasong-17 , Missile firing , nuclear test

Fresh Challenge from North Korea with ICBM launch

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

On 24 March 2022, North Korea ended a self-imposed moratorium on testing long range missiles and launched a new kind of ICBM for the first time since 2017. The launch was seen as a challenge and to assess South Korea’s Pres....

April 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ICBM , Kim Jong-un , Joe Biden , Kim Yo Jong , EEZ , summit diplomacy , Fumio Kishida , missile launches , Hwasong-17 , nuclear warhead , abductions

Regime Change in South Korea: Speculations for the Region

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

South Korea saw a regime change with the election of the leader of the People Power party Yoon Suk-yeol in the presidential election held on 9 March. Seen as a political novice, the conservative-leaning Yoon rose to the highest office in less than a....

March 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , QUAD , Joe Biden , Moon Jae-in , Indo-Pacific Strategy , Yoon Suk-yeol , Lee Jae-myung , monster missile , ICBM systems , Ahn Cheol-soo , Hwasong-17