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ICYMI | Capital Cable #139 @victordcha.bsky.social, @evanramstad.bsky.social, and @philuck.bsky.social joined @csis.org host Mark Lippert to discuss the latest tech & trade updates in Korea. Don't miss it! 🎙️: buff.ly/dydcNnA

@sydseiler.bsky.social assesses North Korea's diplomatic reengagement in an interview with VOA News Korea, describing it as a "post-pandemic, post-denuclearization strategy" that paid off most with Russia and only partly with China, with friction still in Europe.

[심층: 북한 외교망 재편] 외교채널 복원 본격화…비핵화·제재 이행 요구는 그대로

북한이 코로나 국경 봉쇄로 위축됐던 외교망을 유럽과 동남아시아, 중남미에서 다시 잇고 있습니다. 새 대사 부임과 공관 재가동이 이어지는 가운데, 각국은 외교채널의 필요성을 강조하면서도 비핵화와 인권, 제재 이행 요구를 유지하고 있습니다.

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August 4, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula 🇧🇩 Bangladesh CEPA: buff.ly/SXhrBD0 🤝 Michelle Steel: buff.ly/lnOzJBw 🖥️ DPRK IT Workers: buff.ly/vxwwd7w

Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear @victordcha.bsky.social & @kristigovella.bsky.social argue on @foreignaffairs.com that despite the fever pitch of the debate, worries that South Korea and Japan are on the brink of nuclearization is exaggerated. 📖 : buff.ly/4wKsHOI 📺 : buff.ly/ur7NwTo

🇰🇷🇦🇺 The G7’s Indo-Pacific Gap and Trump’s 2027 Opportunity @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social argues that South Korea and Australia outperform several G7 members across 300+ indicators, but remain outside the room where those issues get decided. Read @thediplomat.com: buff.ly/iRct3NJ

The G7’s Indo-Pacific Gap and Trump’s 2027 Opportunity

Two of the countries best positioned to contribute to the G7’s expanded agenda remain outside the group’s permanent membership.

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Strategic Clarity: Reassessing China's Value to Korea @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @yesunkim.bsky.social write that as China-ROK ties continue to shift from complementary to competitive, Seoul should drop strategic ambiguity for strategic clarity. 🔗 @geopolitics.csis.org:

Strategic Clarity: Reassessing the Value of China to Korea

As Xi visits North Korea, South Korea should reassess its China strategy, recognizing a shift from complementarity to competition and Beijing’s unhelpful role on North Korea, and pursue strategic…

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The Case for a Cold Peace | @foreignaffairs.com After 3 decades of the same denuclearization framework, the DPRK's arsenal has only grown. @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org argues it's time to stop pretending the old framework works and instead build a "cold peace" Read: buff.ly/Y1XYbNU

📢 ICYMI | The Impossible State Poisoning the Well? U.S.-Korea Trade Tension On July 29, @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social was joined by Adam Farrar, Eunjoong Kim, and Wonchul Kim to unpack the U.S. House Judiciary Committee report, Korean investment deals, and more. 📺: buff.ly/M5MF9Tq

AI Moment for the U.S.-ROK Alliance As former ROK NSA Sung-han Kim writes on @csis.org, winning the AI race is no longer about making better models, but about turning AI into national power. As such, South Korea is a country that can connect American innovation with deployment.

AI Moment for the U.S.-ROK Alliance

Winning the AI race is no longer about inventing better models. It is about turning AI into national power. South Korea is emerging as a pivotal country capable of connecting American innovation with…

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August 3, 2026 | News from the Korean Peninsula 🚀 Cheongung-II Battery: buff.ly/QbnEhMi 🤝 Cho Hyun: buff.ly/MUgGFs6 🛡️ DCC: buff.ly/QBD1TNF

Korea: A New History of South and North, the bestseller on modern Korea history by @victordcha.bsky.social and Ramon Pacheco Pardo from @yalepress.bsky.social, is now available in 10 languages, with Ukrainian arriving Nov. 2026 Get your #pinkbook today! #korea 📚 English Edition: shorturl.at/x8iP3

Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear @victordcha.bsky.social & @kristigovella.bsky.social argue on @foreignaffairs.com that despite the fever pitch of the debate, worries that South Korea and Japan are on the brink of nuclearization is exaggerated. 📖 : buff.ly/4wKsHOI 📺 : buff.ly/ur7NwTo

@sydseiler.bsky.social assesses North Korea's diplomatic reengagement in an interview with VOA News Korea, describing it as a "post-pandemic, post-denuclearization strategy" that paid off most with Russia and only partly with China, with friction still in Europe.

[심층: 북한 외교망 재편] 외교채널 복원 본격화…비핵화·제재 이행 요구는 그대로

북한이 코로나 국경 봉쇄로 위축됐던 외교망을 유럽과 동남아시아, 중남미에서 다시 잇고 있습니다. 새 대사 부임과 공관 재가동이 이어지는 가운데, 각국은 외교채널의 필요성을 강조하면서도 비핵화와 인권, 제재 이행 요구를 유지하고 있습니다.

voakorea.com

🇰🇷🇦🇺 The G7’s Indo-Pacific Gap and Trump’s 2027 Opportunity @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social argues that South Korea and Australia outperform several G7 members across 300+ indicators, but remain outside the room where those issues get decided. Read @thediplomat.com: buff.ly/iRct3NJ

The G7’s Indo-Pacific Gap and Trump’s 2027 Opportunity

Two of the countries best positioned to contribute to the G7’s expanded agenda remain outside the group’s permanent membership.

buff.ly

ICYMI | Capital Cable #139 @victordcha.bsky.social, @evanramstad.bsky.social, and @philuck.bsky.social joined @csis.org host Mark Lippert to discuss the latest tech & trade updates in Korea. Don't miss it! 🎙️: buff.ly/dydcNnA

Korea: A New History of South and North, the bestseller on modern Korea history by @victordcha.bsky.social and Ramon Pacheco Pardo from @yalepress.bsky.social, is now available in 10 languages, with Ukrainian arriving Nov. 2026 Get your #pinkbook today! #korea 📚 English Edition: shorturl.at/x8iP3

The Case for a Cold Peace | @foreignaffairs.com After 3 decades of the same denuclearization framework, the DPRK's arsenal has only grown. @victordcha.bsky.social @csis.org argues it's time to stop pretending the old framework works and instead build a "cold peace" Read:

North Korea as It Is

The case for a cold peace.

foreignaffairs.com

Strategic Clarity: Reassessing China's Value to Korea @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & @yesunkim.bsky.social write that as China-ROK ties continue to shift from complementary to competitive, Seoul should drop strategic ambiguity for strategic clarity. 🔗 @geopolitics.csis.org:

Strategic Clarity: Reassessing the Value of China to Korea

As Xi visits North Korea, South Korea should reassess its China strategy, recognizing a shift from complementarity to competition and Beijing’s unhelpful role on North Korea, and pursue strategic…

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Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang last month marks his first visit in seven years. @csis.org Beyond Parallel database documents high-level China–North Korea visits since 1953, all 186 of them, across five Chinese leaders since Mao, and the three Kims. 🔎: buff.ly/snydj7R 🔗: buff.ly/GSLGMoA

South Korea’s Market Boom—and the Bubble Beneath It After surging in the first half of the year, Kospi has since swung repeatedly, wiping out and clawing back billions of dollars in weeks. @evanramstad.bsky.social highlights this volatility in an article with @csis.org. 📖: buff.ly/BRXZTzu

🇰🇷🇦🇺 The G7’s Indo-Pacific Gap and Trump’s 2027 Opportunity @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social argues that South Korea and Australia outperform several G7 members across 300+ indicators, but remain outside the room where those issues get decided. Read @thediplomat.com: buff.ly/iRct3NJ

The G7’s Indo-Pacific Gap and Trump’s 2027 Opportunity

Two of the countries best positioned to contribute to the G7’s expanded agenda remain outside the group’s permanent membership.

buff.ly

@sydseiler.bsky.social assesses North Korea's diplomatic reengagement in an interview with VOA News Korea, describing it as a "post-pandemic, post-denuclearization strategy" that paid off most with Russia and only partly with China, with friction still in Europe.

[심층: 북한 외교망 재편] 외교채널 복원 본격화…비핵화·제재 이행 요구는 그대로

북한이 코로나 국경 봉쇄로 위축됐던 외교망을 유럽과 동남아시아, 중남미에서 다시 잇고 있습니다. 새 대사 부임과 공관 재가동이 이어지는 가운데, 각국은 외교채널의 필요성을 강조하면서도 비핵화와 인권, 제재 이행 요구를 유지하고 있습니다.

voakorea.com

🚨 Kim Jong-un oversaw tests of a cruise missile aboard the destroyer Kang Kon on July 3. KCNA reported the tests were meant to confirm the ability to "apply various kinds of weapon systems on board." @csis.org Beyond Parallel tracked 490+ North Korean provocations since 1958. 📖: shorturl.at/28XnI

Database: North Korean Provocations - Beyond Parallel

The CSIS Beyond Parallel team compiled an original database of all North Korean provocations since the Korean War in 1953, beginning with the first provocation documented in 1958. There has been more…

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