Oh, Yoon Ah (오 윤 아)

Associate Professor,  Southeast Asian Studies

Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS)

Seoul National University, South Korea

Fields of Interests

Political economy of Southeast Asian development

China-Southeast Asia relations; South Korea-Southeast Asia relations

International relations of Southeast Asia; ASEAN regional integration

Recent Publications

2025 "Reassessing China’s Economic Power in Southeast Asia during the 2010s: Insights from the Nexus of FDI-driven Manufacturing and GVC Trade." Asia Europe Journal. [Link to Article]

2025. "Types of Geoeconomic Power and Competition over Myanmar Before and During the Reform Era of the 2010s." The Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60(1): 324-339. [Link to Article]

2024. “A Key Partner Only Now? The Present-Centredness in Korea’s Views of its Economic Relations with Southeast Asia.” Asian Affairs 55(2): 243–262. [Link to Article]

2024. “Assessing Myanmar’s Trade Dependence on China during the Reform Period of the 2010s: A Sectoral Value Chain Approach” The Pacific Review 37(2): 277-300. [Link to Article] Online Appendix 

2023. "The Philippines in 2022: The Power of Dynastic Politics" Asian Survey 63(2): 301–310. [Link to Article]

2023. “Change or Continuity? Seoul’s Approach to Southeast Asia under the New Southern Policy” Korea Observer 54(1):103-126.  [Link to Article]

2023. “Vietnam’s Economic Dependence on China: Understanding Vulnerability through a Typology of Trade Shocks.” In The Dragon’s Underbelly: Dynamics and Dilemmas in Vietnam’s Economy and Politics, , eds. Nhu Truong and Tuong Vu. Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. [Link to Book]

2022. "The Vulnerability Effect That Wasn’t: Trade Dependence on China and Decisions on Entry Ban at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic" Asian Survey 62(4): 721–750. [Link to Article] Online Appendix