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Best of 2023: South Korea

South Korea's (ROK) role in global politics has evolved significantly in recent years, with the country emerging as a pivotal player in the Indo-Pacific region. Under President Yoon Suk-yeol, it has strengthened its security alliance with the US and pursued a more assertive stance towards North Korea.

We review some of our most-read analyses about South Korea from the last year.

Editor's Picks9DLJanuary 4, 2024Best of 2023: South Korea, South Korea, Seoul’s Indo-Pacific strategy will not make big waves in Southeast Asia, Alessandro Vesprini, Matteo Piasentini, Should South Korea develop nuclear weapons?, yulgok kim, Evaluating South Korea's democratic backsliding, Dr Mi-son Kim, Conservative zealots: evangelical politics in South Korea, Dr Yong Jae Kim, No Country for Asylum-seekers: the Complexity of Refugee Protection in South Korea, Dr Angela Y. McClean, 9dashline

No country for asylum-seekers: The complexity of refugee protection in South Korea

Written by Dr Angela Y. McClean

South Korea’s migration agenda has primarily been utilitarian, prioritising migrant populations that are deemed undisruptive to the Korean social and ethnic makeup, and necessary to the development of the nation, while imposing restrictions on those who are not.