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Seong Hyeon Choi
Reporter, China
Seong Hyeon joined the SCMP in 2022. He is from South Korea and graduated with a bachelor of journalism and master of international and public affairs from the University of Hong Kong. He worked as a research intern for Korea Chair at US foreign policy think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and as a news trainee for NK news.
Seong Hyeon joined the SCMP in 2022. He is from South Korea and graduated with a bachelor of journalism and master of international and public affairs from the University of Hong Kong. He worked as a research intern for Korea Chair at US foreign policy think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and as a news trainee for NK news.
Areas of Expertise:
International affairs, South Korea, North KoreaLanguages Spoken:
English, Korean
The president says his focus is on pragmatic diplomacy that safeguards the public and national interests.
The PLA Navy’s second carrier has become an instrument of Beijing’s long-range power projection past the first island chain.
Observers say US may struggle to match China’s fast-growing naval fleet and commercial shipbuilding, even with the support of Asian allies.
Congress appears to be ‘pushing back’ against the Pentagon’s plans to prioritise the air force’s sixth-gen fighter jet over the navy’s.
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Planned defence system could make it harder for PLA to strike US bases like those in Guam and Okinawa, or warships trying to defend Taiwan.
No-shows by regional leaders at this year’s gathering suggest growing anxiety about US commitments in the region, experts say.
US president dismisses as ‘fake news’ reports that plants had only been partly damaged and that enriched uranium had been removed.
Alliance to ‘reaffirm’ support for Ukraine, pledged ‘ironclad commitment to collective defence’ under Article 5.
Calling conflict ‘crucial’ to European security, he seeks alliance’s help to ‘break every link that connects Russia with its accomplices’.
Mark Rutte says the Americans are ‘with us’ and other bloc members need to focus on their military investment plans.
Its enlarged military presence could draw in Russia and thus European forces into the fray, secretary general warns ahead of summit.
Defence budgets are growing on the continent but military purchases are not just about price and performance, analysts say.
A senior executive at aerospace firm KAI says the country will upgrade its warplanes to match those developed by China, the US and others.
The cutting-edge collaborative combat aircraft on display at the Paris Air Show represent Washington’s ‘biggest bet’ on autonomous craft.
While ‘core mission’ is freedom of navigation, the aircraft’s ‘bread-and-butter’ role is intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Global aerospace supply chain means no country can go it alone, ‘we’re going to have to work together’, senior official said.
China has recently seen a rise in fighter aircraft sales in developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia.
China holds least 600 warheads and the number will ‘keep growing over the coming decade’, latest yearbook from Swedish think tank says.
The Pentagon is taking another look at its security agreement with Australia and the UK, but is not expected to do away with it entirely.
As Beijing restricts critical mineral exports, the US defence sector's reliance on China for these essential inputs increasingly jeopardizes its military readiness and supply chain security.
The drone strikes on airbases suggest similar tactics could be employed by both sides in the event of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
Progressive Lee Jae-myung to take ‘prudent’ Taiwan stance, while balancing Beijing trade ties and US-Japan three-way alliance, analysts say.
Beijing has leveraged its dominance in critical mineral production and refining as a key negotiating point in trade wars.
Lee Jae-myung says Trump’s attempt to engage Kim Jong-un in dialogue is ‘helpful for the peace of the Korean peninsula’.
US-China ties never been ‘more strained’ in the 21st century, report by British think tank and co-organiser of Shangri-La Dialogue says.
America is making progress on a collaborative combat aircraft programme but the technology gap with China is said to be ‘narrowing’.
China is Pakistan’s biggest arms supplier, and its fighter jets and missiles played a key role in last week’s military exchanges with India.
Analysts say a war between India and Pakistan could be rare test of Russian and Chinese arms, with ‘larger ramifications’ for Indo-Pacific.
As costs of Trump’s trade war rise, critical mineral curbs by China and supply chain gaps could disrupt US military programmes, experts say.
