The Korean Odyssey

* The Korean Peninsula Peace Symposium is being held in Seoul in June 2022.  We must protect peace on the Korean Peninsula and overcome the economic crisis together.   ⓒ O hMyNews Il Young Jeong Research Professor_Institute of Social Sciences_Sogang University The diplomatic war in Northeast Asia has begun in earnest. This "diplomatic war" began in earnest at the end of China's 20th Party Congress in October 2022 and the end of the U.S. midterm elections in November of the same year. In this article, I analyze what Korea's national interests are in the midst of this volatile situation and whether our government is responding appropriately.   What is the nature of the crisis? The crisis is repeated on the Korean Peninsula. What is the nature of these crises? First, strategic competition between the US and China is raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and making it difficult to leverage multilateral cooperation to solve regional problems. Competition between th...