South Korea

The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) has renamed itself the Saenuri Party in a bid to improve its election fortunes ahead of legislative elections in April. Following the emergence... 2012-02-03

BMI View: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's exiled elder half-brother Kim Jong Nam has made comments highly critical of the younger Kim and the system over which he presides. This... 2012-01-24

Stability on the Korean Peninsula has been called into question following the death of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Il. Although his son Kim Jong Un appears to be taking over, the... 2012-01-06

BMI View: Kim Jong Un's appointment as Supreme Commander of the North Korean People's Army (KPA) confirms that he is on track to succeed his late father Kim Jong Il in other formal... 2012-01-03

BMI View: 2012 looks set to be a busy year for the Korean Peninsula, owing to several major politically significant anniversaries in the North, elections in the South and the US,... 2011-11-22

Independent candidate Park Won-soon won Seoul's mayoral election, striking a hard blow to the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) ahead of parliamentary elections in early 2012. Seoul's... 2011-10-28

BMI View: The violent death of former Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi is likely to have sent shockwaves through Pyongyang, and these will only reinforce the regime's hardline policy... 2011-10-21

BMI View: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's visit to Russia in late August 2011 is aimed at reducing his country's dependency on China and decreasing Pyongyang's isolation on the... 2011-08-25

BMI View: Several important political and economic developments are taking place, as North Korea prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung,... 2011-07-29

The South Korean economy cooled in Q211, with real GDP growth coming in at 3.4% quarter-on-quarter annualised, down from 5.3% in Q111. This decline in momentum is in line with our view... 2011-07-29