The rapid expansion of the Korean Wave has significantly increased global demand for Korean food products. Indonesia, as the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, represents a major export opportunity for South Korea. However, halal certification presents both a regulatory requirement and
South Korea has become one of the world’s leading arms exporters. During 2021–25, it accounted for around 3 per cent of global arms exports, marking a major change from the period when it depended heavily on the United States for
In 2025, South Korea’s cosmetics exports reached a record $11.4 billion, making the country the world’s second-largest cosmetics exporter after France and pushing the United States into third place for the first time. This paper examines how the Korean cosmetics
K-pop, once a niche domestic entertainment industry, has become one of South Korea’s most prominent cultural exports. Its economic impact extends beyond music sales to tourism, cosmetics, fashion, food, technology, and other industries associated with the Korean Wave, or Hallyu.
South Korea’s foreign policy has long been shaped by a structural tension that no administration has fully resolved. The tension is known as the imperative of maintaining the US-ROK alliance as the foundation of national security, and the equally pressing
IntroductionOn 6 July 2026, at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) had been named the preferred bidder for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), a program valued at up
Ambassador Eva Marie Russek has served as Austria’s Ambassador to Korea since September 2025. She studied law in Graz, worked as a research assistant at Rutgers University Law School (USA), and graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. She began
In a globalized world with ever-increasing economic interdependence, economic ties have rapidly become yet another tool for states to further their agendas. They have become a source of geopolitical leverage, with states increasingly using trade, investment and access to critical
The political crisis of December 2024 and the subsequent inauguration of President Lee Jae-myung in June 2025 constitute an inflection point in the trajectory of the Republic of Korea’s foreign policy. Under the new administration, Seoul is recalibrating away from
Korea’s Arctic engagement has become increasingly visible in recent years. The passage of the Special Act on the Promotion of Arctic Shipping Routes and Related Industries in May 2026, together with the government’s plan to conduct a pilot container voyage