March 6, 2020 Victor Cha Victor Cha Dr. Victor Cha is a Senior Advisor to Teneo. In addition to his role at Teneo, Dr. Cha (Ph.D. Columbia, M.A. Oxford, B.A. Columbia) holds the D.S. Song-KF Chaired Professorship in Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University, where he... Read More...
Asia July 6, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: North Korea admits to Covid-19 transmission in country Politics Victor Cha North Korean leader’s statements at Politburo meeting last week are the first public admittance of the Covid-19 virus inside of the country. The regime does not have a public health system to contain the virus and large numbers of the... Read More...
Asia March 3, 2021 NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang could expand cyber attacks as economic crisis continues North Korea, Politics cyber, editorial Tobias Harris, Victor Cha The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in February that it was indicting three members of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), a clandestine agency that manages cyber warfare activities, for attempts to steal more than USD 1.3bn in... Read More...
Asia May 24, 2021 SOUTH KOREA/US: Biden-Moon summit produces deliverables Politics, South Korea Victor Cha The US-South Korea summit between presidents Biden and Moon on 21 May produced a series of agreements that invest in new dimensions of the alliance, including vaccine production. South Korean conglomerates announced major investment plans (semiconductor chips, lithium batteries and... Read More...
Asia April 7, 2021 SOUTH KOREA: Parties look to next year as Moon suffers by-election defeats Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha The opposition People Power Party (PPP) won landslide victories in mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan, as well as other local races, on Wednesday, 7 April. These results mark the first major victories by conservative forces after a wilderness... Read More...
Asia March 25, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: New administration works to strengthen cooperation with Seoul North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles – possibly its solid-fueled KN-23, which it tested multiple times in 2019 – on Thursday, 25 March. The test launches, the first since US President Joe Biden... Read More...
Asia March 18, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: New administration works to strengthen cooperation with Seoul North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Seoul on Wednesday, 17 March for meetings with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Defense Minister Suh Wook, including a 2+2 meeting with all... Read More...
Asia February 4, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: North Korea’s domestic woes could mean opportunity for Biden North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha North Korea’s economy continues to struggle due to border closures even as the country remains highly vulnerable to Covid-19. Domestic conditions could mean Pyongyang refrains from missile or nuclear tests in the near term, creating an... Read More...
Asia January 20, 2021 KOREAN PENINSULA: Biden will likely face early challenge from North Korea North Korea, Politics, South Korea Tobias Harris, Victor Cha Kim Jong Un, speaking on the final day of the eighth congress of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party on 12 January, warned, “We must further strengthen the nuclear war deterrent while doing our best to build up... Read More...
Asia October 13, 2020 KOREAN PENINSULA: Pyongyang Parades New Weapons but Will Still Exercise Caution Emerging Markets, Politics, South Korea editorial Tobias Harris, Victor Cha North Korea, at a dawn parade on Saturday, 10 October celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), unveiled two new ballistic missiles, highlighting the extent to which Pyongyang has upgraded its arsenal... Read More...
