While the recent round of six-party talks and the inter-Korean summit provide a hopeful vision for resolving the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, serious questions remain as to whether or not Pyongyang will ever dismantle its nuclear program or undertake fundamental reform. In his recent book, Red Rogue: The Persistent...

South Korean president-elect Lee Myung-bak will take office on February 25, 2008. A member of the conservative Grand National Party and former executive of the Hyundai Corporation, Lee won the December 2007 contest by the largest margin since the advent of competitive democratic elections in the Republic of Korea (ROK)...

At this AEI event in honor of North Korea Freedom Week, Ambassador Robert King, the Obama administration’s special envoy for North Korean Human Rights, remarked on the impact and meaning of recent events in North Korea.

The North Korean challenge is complex, but by now all too familiar. Nearly two decades of negotiations have failed to resolve the nuclear problem, and North Korea has been carrying out aggression against the South for much longer than that. It is time for the allies to try something new.

As the threats and challenges the United States faces in Asia evolve, we should work with South Korea and Japan's new leaders to launch a trilateral security initiative.