South Korea’s Arctic InterestsSouth Korea has been quietly building a serious Arctic profile. These shortfalls highlight why allies like Japan and South Korea could also be indispensable Arctic partners for Washington. Why Arctic Cooperation MattersAgainst this backdrop, the Arctic presents an underexplored but increasingly relevant arena for modernizing the South Korea-U.S. alliance. Backing LNG risks locking South Korea into carbon-intensive dependencies that clash with its 2050 net-zero agenda. The Arctic may seem distant from the Korean Peninsula but it is precisely in this remote frontier that the future shape of the South Korea-U.S. alliance may be decided.