{"id":3082,"date":"2025-04-29T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/korea\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2025-04-29T17:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:57:03","slug":"prof-james-kim-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/korea\/news\/prof-james-kim-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. James Kim in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. James Kim of Political Science on South Korean youth&#8217;s attitude to nuclear weapons in and article which was published by CSIS.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"headline-lg mb-lg text-high-contrast\">Why Young South Koreans Are Cooling on the Bomb<\/h4>\n<div class=\"byline-block ts-unfriendly\" data-block-plugin-id=\"byline-block\">\n<article class=\"ts-bg-white\">\n<div class=\"contributors credit text-high-contrast\">\n<p class=\"mt-xs\">Published April 28, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"downloads-block ts-unfriendly\" data-block-plugin-id=\"downloads-block\">While many older South Koreans support nuclear armament, younger generations, the ones who will actually live with the consequences, do not share that view. Older South Koreans, shaped by memories of the Korean War and national vulnerability in the decades that followed, view nuclear weapons as essential and defensive. Young generations, raised in a globally integrated Korea with clear superiority over the North, see them as optional and potentially counterproductive.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3083 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/04\/5DongjinKim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/04\/5DongjinKim.jpg 135w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/04\/5DongjinKim-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. James D. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington and a 2024\u20132025 CSIS-USC U.S.-Korea NextGen Scholar.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. James Kim of Political Science on South Korean youth&#8217;s attitude to nuclear weapons in and article which was published by CSIS. 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