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Policy Recommendations for
the Yoon Administration’s North Korea Policy (I)
Chaesung Chun (Director of the Global NK Zoom & Connect Editorial Board; Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University)
Leif-Eric Easley (Associate Professor of International Studies at Ewha Womans University)
Jihwan Hwang (Professor of International Relations at the University of Seoul)
Yang Gyu Kim (Principal Researcher at the East Asia Institute)
Won Gon Park (Professor of North Korea Studies at Ewha Womans University)
Amid North Korea’s continued provocations, South Korea not only lies under external threats emerging from Pyongyang’s weapons proliferation, but also from domestic factors such as political polarization. Vowed to open an era of national unity, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, set to inaugurate on May 10th, faces a myriad of challenges in building a solid foundation for peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula. In this commentary, the Global NK Editorial Board provides policy recommendations for the Yoon administration’s North Korea policy in the areas of missile defense, humanitarian assistance, the U.S.-ROK alliance, ideological orientation, and maintaining strategic balance between the U.S. and China.
As of April 2022, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) has become more aggressive in all areas, including ideology, economy, foreign policy, and nuclear strategy. As President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is inaugurated next week, he faces serious challenges in navigating inter-Korean and U.S.-DPRK relations under these conditions while avoiding both overreaction and passivity to get denuclearization back on the table. In this commentary, Won Gon Park, Professor at Ewha Womans University, evaluates the Moon and Biden administration’s North Korea Policy and provides policy recommendations for the Yoon administration. This commentary was co-published by 38 North and Global NK.
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