Issues and Analyses published in May

■ Sejong Policy Briefs

“China’s Strategy for its Rising as a Great Power and Challenges for South Korea” | Jaehung Chung

	“Evaluation of the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 7th WPKCC and the First Session of the 14th SPA” | Seong-Chang Cheong
	“Can the Authority of the “Head of State” of the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly be Yielded to the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission?” | Seong-Chang Cheong
	“The Replacement of North Korea’s Line-up of Denuclearization Negotiation and Tasks of South Korea: Necessity of Presenting a Draft of DPRK-U.S. Nuclear Agreement through the Formation of Task Force” | Seong-Chang Cheong
	“Interim Assessment and Future Challenges of the Moon Jae-in Government Policy for Peace and Prosperity: From Building Confidence among South and North Korea and the U.S., to Realizing Denuclearization” | Seong-Chang Cheong

  Sejong in News

	“[Expert] North Korea Tests New Weapon, State News Agency Says” | Jung-Yeop Woo	[The New York Times]
	“[Expert] North Korea Seeks Pompeo’s Removal From Talks, Tests New Weapon” | Jung-Yeop Woo	[Bloomberg]
	“[Expert] North Korea rejects Pompeo’s role in nuclear talks, asks for more ‘mature’ U.S. envoy” | Jong-Seok Lee	[The Washington Post]
	“[Expert] North Korea’s New Strategy: Be Passive-Aggressive” | Jung-Yeop Woo	[The Wall Street Journal]
	“[Expert] Japan drops ‘maximum pressure’ on North Korea from foreign policy playbook, wants to normalise ties with Kim regime” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[The New York Times]
	“[Article] Where is Washington? The Missing Mediator between Seoul and Tokyo” | Seong-hyon Lee	[The Washington Quarterly]
	“[Expert] North Korean media show signs of change” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[The Korea Herald]
	“[Expert] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russian port city ahead of first meeting with Putin” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[Fox News]
	“[Expert] Stalled nuclear talks put brakes on implementation of inter-Korean agreement” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[The Korea Herald]
	“[Expert] North Korea's top negotiator sidelined as US talks stall” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[Nikkei Asian Review]
	“[Expert] Replacement of North Korea’s top envoy for nuclear talks with US a ‘positive signal’, analysts say” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[South China Morning Post]
	“[Expert] Pyongyang may turn to diplomats for nuclear talks, say observers” | Seong-Chang Cheong	[The Strait Times]
	“[Expert] Kim Jong-un's move to replace hardline spy chief creates fresh uncertainty in nuke talks” | Haksoon Paik	[The Washington Times]
	“[Expert] North Korea fires short-range projectiles, rattling South Korea” | Seong-hyon Lee	[The Straits Times]
	“[Expert] New North Korea Weapons Test Threatens Trump’s Diplomatic Achievement” | Jung-yeop Woo	[The New York Times]
	“[Opinion] N. Korea’s strategy shift and the US’ miscalculation” | Jong-seok Lee	[Hankyoreh]

On April 23, the Sejong Institute held the ninth colloquium of the year on the topic of the “Perceptions of American and Chinese Media Regarding South Korea’s Role as a “Mediator” for North Korean Nuclear Issue and Their Implications.” Research Fellow Lee Seong-hyon presented his thoughts on the subject, and Cho Changwan, executive director of Southwest Coast Enterprise City Development, joined to discuss about the topic. The colloquium was moderated by Senior Research Fellow Yang Un-Chul.  

On May 8, the Sejong Institute held the Fourth Sejong Policy Forum for the year 2019 on the topic of “Changes in Political Landscape after Chairman Kim Jong-un’s Administration Address and Prospects of the Inter-Korean Summit.” Professor Yu-hwan Koh (Dongguk University), Director of the North Korean Research Division Min Hong (Korea Institute for National Unification, KINU), Active Duty Officer Sangmin Lee (Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, KIDA), Young Jun Kim (the Institute for National Security Strategy, INSS) presented their thoughts on the topic.