Author Archive

Navigating Powers: A Review of ‘The Other Great Game’, by Sheila Miyoshi Jager

By | March 03, 2026

Study of Joseon and the dynasty’s demise injects agency and nuance into understanding of Korea and its complex place in the region.

Relative Power: A Review of ‘The Sister’, by Sung-Yoon Lee

By | October 24, 2025

First book-length take on Kim Yo-jong, youngest sibling of North Korea’s ruler, examines the sudden rise of Pyongyang’s most powerful woman

Change and Continuity in North Korean Foreign Policy at the Dawn of the Millennium

By | March 10, 2020

Sino-NK’s Yujin Lim bridges the language barrier to provide insight into the view from Seoul over North Korean foreign policy at the turn of the millennium.

Understanding North Korea: Foreign Relations of North Korea in 2000

By | November 04, 2019

In this translation from the original Korean, analyst Yujin Lim offers a glimpse of how Seoul perceived Pyongyang’s program of diplomatic outreach in the year 2000, offering observers a chance to peer into the origins of contemporary North Korean foreign policy.

Small but Indispensable: South Korea as “Jungjaeja”

By | March 01, 2019

Does South Korea have much room to manoeuvre in the aftermath of the failed Hanoi talks? Yujin Lim looks at the small power as mediator.