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The writer, a retired diplomat, has served as India�??s ambassador to South Korea

Skand Tayal | The consequences for South Korea’s Prez after 6-hour martial law drama

Skand Tayal | The consequences for South Korea’s Prez after 6-hour...

South Korea's President Yoon reverses martial law after swift opposition from National Assembly, media, and citizens

12 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

Skand Tayal | China in the dock at EAS meet for expansionist line in waters of SCS

Skand Tayal | China in the dock at EAS meet for expansionist line in...

The East Asia Summit was hosted by Laos at Vientiane on October 11 with the participation of the 10 Asean...

16 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a business summit with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on May 27, 2024. Top leaders from Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing said on May 27 that they had agreed to boost trilateral cooperation, after they held their first three-way summit in nearly five years in Seoul. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun / POOL / AFP)

Skand Tayal | Will Korea & Japan bail out China amid rising trade...

South Korea, China and Japan hold 9th Trilateral Summit in Seoul after four-year iatus

3 Jun 2024 1:03 AM IST

South Koreas ruling People Power Partys leader Han Dong-hoon speaks during a press conference on the parliamentary election at the partys headquarters in Seoul on April 11, 2024. The leader of South Koreas ruling party resigned on April 11 after the party was trounced by the opposition in parliamentary elections, leaving President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for the remainder of his term. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Skand Tayal | Amid tensions in Korea, Opposition win in Parliament...

Opposition gains ground as President Yoon faces domestic discontent and foreign policy complexities

17 April 2024 12:31 AM IST

From Left to right: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. (File Image: AFP)

Skand Tayal | Will Camp David summit lead to a strategic shift in the...

The Camp David trilateral summit is a concrete move for strategic rebalancing in the Indo-Pacific triggered by Chinese...

30 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

In a rather unfortunate coincidence, India became the host in 2023 of both the G-20, with a global outreach, and the SCO, a regional body. (Photo: Facebook/Representational)

Skand Tayal | SCO is at the crossroads: Will it remain relevant?

With the admission of Iran and Byelorussia (next year), the SCO is widely perceived as an anti-West grouping led by...

11 Aug 2023 12:03 AM IST

South Korean foreign minister Park Jin. (File Photo: PTI)

Skand Tayal | Investments from South Korea may grow as strategic...

Jin's visit marks the golden jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and South Korea

19 April 2023 12:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others pose for photographs during Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (PTI)

Skand Tayal | From Samarkand to New Delhi 2023: Can SCO become more...

The Indian media speculated endlessly on the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Mr Modi and the Pakistani and...

21 Sept 2022 2:54 AM IST

President Joe Biden, center, meets with South Koreas President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japans Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during the NATO summit in Madrid, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Skand Tayal | A rejuvenated Nato now casts its gaze towards the...

China is against Seoul and Tokyo joining Nato's plans to strengthen its foothold in the Indo-Pacific region

6 July 2022 7:33 AM IST

South Koreas new leader Yoon Suk Yeol. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | New Prez wants closer Seoul ties with US & India, and to...

Yoon Suk Yeol is considered rather unfamiliar with global affairs and is likely to rely on his trusted advisers to frame...

9 May 2022 12:13 AM IST

Hyundai is Indias second biggest car makers. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Pak drags in MNCs to push propaganda over Kashmir

On the social media, Hyundai Motors faced calls for a boycott of its cars in India along with demands of an apology

11 Feb 2022 1:51 AM IST

President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Korean lessons: Pardon politics, prosecutors, big...

This year, rather surprisingly, President Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea pardoned his predecessor, former...

6 Jan 2022 3:31 AM IST