The Korean Peninsula has always stood as one of the most dangerous flashpoints for conflict throughout the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. Today, in what some term the post-post-Cold War era, the specter of war looms even larger. This is primarily due to the entrenched dynamics of zero-sum security competition, namely the unification competition, wherein the two Koreas vie for dominance, each seeking to eliminate the other.
You may have watched grisly Korean thriller Squid Game or dark comedy Parasite. Squid Game - which follows a cast of debt-ridden contestants who play twisted children's games to win a huge cash prize - would not work without its hair-raising soundtrack. A soft, jazzy rendition of Fly Me to the Moon plays as contestants are massacred on-screen.
The Yoon Suk Yeol administration announced its new security strategy, Wednesday, reflecting a determination to strengthen South Korea s alliance with the United States, while departing from the previous Moon Jae-in administration s concentration on rapprochement with Pyongyang in the pursuit of normalized South-North Korea relations.