Jae Ho Chung
Professor Emeritus, Seoul National UniversityJae Ho Chung is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Seoul National University, the Republic of Korea. He served as Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 2022 to 2025.
Articles by Jae Ho Chung
Politics
South Korea’s ‘pragmatic’ China policy in a vortex of uncertainty
Standing at the crossroads of intense great power politics, South Korea must guard its flanks in the Korea-US alliance, Seoul-Tokyo relations and most tricky of all, Seoul-Beijing relations — all against the background of volatile US-China relations. Can its “pragmatic diplomacy” stand the tests of these trials? South Korean academic Jae Ho Chung explores the issue.
Jae Ho Chung
11 Mar 2026