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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 dramaColumnists
    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

    11 Dec 2024 6:32 PM

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

    15 Oct 2024 6:42 PM

    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)Opinion
    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

    2 Jun 2024 7:33 PM

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

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

    16 April 2024 7:01 PM

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

    29 Aug 2023 6:30 PM

    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)Opinion
    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...

    10 Aug 2023 6:33 PM

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

    18 April 2023 7:08 PM

    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)Opinion
    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...

    20 Sept 2022 9:24 PM

    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)Opinion
    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 2:03 AM

    South Koreas new leader Yoon Suk Yeol. (Twitter)Opinion
    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...

    8 May 2022 6:43 PM

    Hyundai is Indias second biggest car makers. (Twitter)Opinion
    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

    10 Feb 2022 8:21 PM

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

    5 Jan 2022 10:01 PM

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