Korea Digest No. 24, June, 2025

  KOREA DIGEST Korea Digest is a monthly publication of the Korea Centre, School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, that compiles major political, security, economic and diplomatic developments in the Korean Peninsula. Korea Digest aims to track, highlight and provide brief analysis of important developments in the Korean Peninsula.   Korea Digest No. 24, June 2025 Contents Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung sworn in as South Korean…

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Dr Jojin V John, Honorary Director, Korea Centre, and Assistant Professor at SIRP published an article in the Hindustan Times

Dr. Jojin V. John, Honorary Director of the Korea Centre and Assistant Professor at SIRP, published an article in the Hindustan Times on June 18, 2025, titled "In South Korea, continuity with cautious progressivism." In this article, Dr. John analyses Lee Jae-myung’s victory in the recent snap presidential election in South Korea, which brought an end to South Korea’s six-month-long political crisis. He further explores the broader implications of this…

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Korea Digest No. 23, May, 2025

KOREA DIGEST   Korea Digest is a monthly publication of the Korea Centre, School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, that compiles major political, security, economic and diplomatic developments in the Korean Peninsula. Korea Digest aims to track, highlight and provide brief analysis of important developments in the Korean Peninsula.   Korea Digest No. 23, May, 2025   Contents   South Korea Heads to the Polls on June…

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Navigating the Indo-Pacific: Convergences and Divergences in South Korean and Indian Strategies

Devi Chandana.M The author is a PhD Scholar at the School of International Relations and Politics (SIRP), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. This article was an outcome of the ‘Korea Centre Summer Internship Programme.   Abstract India and South Korea are key players in the shaping of the Indo-Pacific, balancing strategic interests under changing regional geopolitics. India's Indo-Pacific policy, driven by the Act East Policy and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative, focuses…

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