Domestic politics shape South Korea defence budget

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Defence Budget

Headline SOUTH KOREA: Domestic politics shape defence budget

Iran can quickly hike oil exports as politics allow

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Market Uncertainty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
Oil Exports ◽  
Slow Progress

Significance Tehran’s more sophisticated sanctions avoidance tactics and greater willingness to test Washington’s enforcement have substantially boosted exports from 2019 lows. The slow progress on a US-Iranian mutual return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has increased market uncertainty. Impacts Before sanctions lifting, limited waivers might add a few hundred thousand b/d of exports to US allies such as India, Japan and South Korea. New foreign oil investment will depend on views of Tehran’s domestic politics after June polls and the durability of a deal with Washington. Post-sanctions, Iran’s efforts to regain market share will create tensions with OPEC+ partners in quota negotiations.

TPP will unsettle East Asia's regional relations

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Trade Bloc ◽  
Japanese Prime Minister

Significance The agreement, once ratified, will create a new trade bloc that encompasses 36% of global GDP. Impacts US congressional politics could quickly undo years of diplomatic work. Malaysian domestic politics could be another stumbling block. South Korea may be the next economy to join; Taiwan's entry will be much slower. The political benefits will probably outweigh the costs for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Systemic obstacles will thwart reforms in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Political Right

Subject Domestic politics in South Korea. Significance The unending North Korea crisis risks distracting attention from South Korea, vital in its own right as the world’s eleventh-largest economy and fifth-largest exporter. Politics in Seoul have stabilised after a fraught period leading to the impeachment last year of President Moon Jae-in’s now jailed predecessor, Park Geun-hye, but the country faces a raft of formidable challenges, old and new. Impacts With five separate centre-left parties, a more united political right will probably make gains in local elections in June. North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics carries risks and has in part backfired already. Seoul's key foreign relationships -- those with Washington, Pyongyang, Beijing and Tokyo -- will pull Moon in different directions.

South Korea approaches political turning point

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
At Home

Subject The outlook for South Korea's domestic politics and international relationships. Significance Like the rest of the world, South Korea worries about how the unpredictable actions of US President Donald Trump's administration might affect it. At home, meanwhile, the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, which she strongly contests, creates a power vacuum and prolongs manifold uncertainties, including when the country's next president will be elected and who it will be. Impacts If the Constitutional Court reinstates Park, hitherto peaceful mass protests could turn violent. Bonhomie with US Defense Secretary James Mattis may not last if Park's successor tries to re-engage Pyongyang. Missile defence has been mishandled, but deployment still looks likely this year. China's blatant bullying over missile defence dashes prospects of Beijing turning anti-US sentiment in South Korea to its advantage.

THAAD will destabilise East Asia geopolitics

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Defence System ◽  
The North ◽  
Nuclear Attack ◽  
Party Support

Subject US missile defence in East Asia. Significance South Korean and US officials announced today that the two countries had reached agreement to deploy an advanced missile defence system (known as THAAD) in South Korea -- a development Beijing has publicly and vociferously opposed. Impacts THAAD will demonstrate to China the need to upgrade its nuclear deterrent capabilities and modify its nuclear doctrine. THAAD has cross-party support in South Korea; domestic politics is unlikely to block deployment. THAAD will not make South Korea immune to nuclear attack from the North.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Urease-Producing Pseudorhodobacter sp. Strain E13, Isolated from the Yellow Sea in Gunsan, South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Si Chul Kim ◽  
Hyo Jung Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Yellow Sea ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
The Yellow Sea ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Coding Sequences ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Content Type

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Pseudorhodobacter sp. strain E13, a Gram-negative, aerobic, nonflagellated, and rod-shaped bacterium which was isolated from the Yellow Sea in South Korea. The assembled genome sequence is 3,878,578 bp long with 3,646 protein-coding sequences in 159 contigs.

Finding beneficiaries: trade adjustment assistance system in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon-heon Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Trade Adjustment ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the essential cause for the policy failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the claims made for the failure of the policy, this paper focuses on the differences in policy preferences among the government ministries and agencies involved in TAA. Findings The failure in the TAA policy, according to this study, was attributed to the conflicts and miscoordination arising from the differences in policy preferences among government ministries and agencies. To rectify this failure, the South Korean government had to revise its laws and regulations several times over a short period. Originality/value Drawing on the analytical framework of the literature on policy failure, this paper examines the causal relationships between outcomes of TAA policy and the conflicts or miscoordination among government bodies at each stage: initiatives and planning, implementation and operation of the policy.

International perspectives on English teaching

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Locke
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a personalised overview of the content of English Teaching: Practice and Critique for the years it was hosted at the Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research (WMIER) at the University of Waikato (2002-2014). Design/methodology/approach – It notes trends in relationship to the context of origin of 335 articles published in this period (excluding editorials), including significant increases in articles originating in the USA and Pacific Rim Asian nations, particularly South Korea and Taiwan. It comments on articles that relate to the original vision of the editors’ founders, especially their emphasis on practice, criticality and social justice. Findings – Prevailing themes across 13 years are mapped and in some cases discussed. Originality/value – A number of reflections are shared in relation to the future of the journal and some challenges currently facing subject English.

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