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The NIS reported to the National Assembly on Monday that Ju-ae was being groomed to succeed her father, though the selection was not final, and he could ultimately choose someone else.
Defence ministers from South Korea, the United States and Japan have signed a landmark agreement to formalise their trilateral security cooperation, but analysts warn that politics and historical tensions between Seoul and Tokyo could undermine it.
“If a second Trump administration acts on its stated commitments to ramp up tariffs on allies and adversaries alike and slash development assistance, the US will have fewer carrots in its toolkit when engaging prospective partners,” said Alice Nason, a senior research associate in foreign policy and defence programme at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre.
In a swift response to Trump’s boasts about his rapport with Kim, North Korean state media made it clear that Pyongyang’s position remains unchanged, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office.
Kim Joon-hyung, interim head of the Rebuilding Korea Party, told This Week in Asia in an exclusive interview that his party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea planned to jointly introduce the bill to parliament soon.
In an interview with the South’s Chosun newspaper, the 52-year-old described the firing-squad execution in February 2019 of Han Song-ryol, a former foreign vice-minister in charge of American affairs.
Analysts say South Korea is driven by a pragmatic calculus that prioritises preserving its diplomatic rapport with Russia, given Moscow’s critical role in the security landscape of the Korean peninsula, which shares a border with Russia’s far eastern region.
At the summit, Stoltenberg said Nato would enhance cooperation in “flagship projects” on Ukraine and new technologies, and discuss defence industry partnerships with South Korea, the Yonhap news agency said.