Lee Byong-chul
Lee Byong-chul is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Cooperation, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee Byong-chul is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Cooperation, Seoul, South Korea.
South Korea's chaebol are a defining issue in this year’s presidential campaign, with the three leading candidates united in vowing reform. The December election could thus mark a turning point for th… read more
South Korean officials have recently realized that the US would try to forbid them from enriching uranium and expanding the country’s missile range. Together, the two countries can improve prospects f… read more
The US is now wrestling with the nuclear fears of two of its close allies, Israel and South Korea. While Israel’s alarm at the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is existential in nature, South Koreans,… read more
The ascension to power of the pudgy 29-year-old Kim Jong-un in North Korea has grabbed headlines around the world, but the most important story involving Korean young people and politics is taking pla… read more
Park Geun-hye could well become South Korea’s first woman president when voters go to the polls in December 2012. Her upbringing as the daughter of the country's feared former dictator, Park Chung-hee… read more
South Korean intelligence institutions have been assessing the old and ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s ability to organize an orderly succession by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un. In particula… read more
