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    On April 8, North Korea withdrew all of its workers from the Kaesong Industrial Complex, temporarily placing on hold the last form of cooperation between North and South…

KEI's Troy Stangarone was interviewed for the Voice of America article titled "Koreas Set Date for Reopening Shuttered Industrial Park." The excerpts can be found below: Troy Stangarone, the Senior…

By James W. Fatheree A recent KEI annual seminar provided the U.S. Chamber/U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC) with an opportunity to provide our perspective on the economic priorities of both the Obama and Park administrations--where these priorities line up and ways in which our governments and business communities can work together to support policies that foster…

H.E. Ahn Ho-young, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States and KEI President Donald Manzullo visited Rockford and Rochelle, Illinois on September 3, 2013. Please find below…

This PDF is the full publication and contains all of the following sections: KEI Board of Directors KEI Advisory Council Preface Bilateral Competition and Cooperation Under New Leadership Introduction by…

In the first months of 2013 the leadership transitions in Northeast Asia were completed. After a year in office Kim Jong-un was consolidating his grip on power and clarifying, through…

The countries bordering China are in the forefront in facing the challenge of a widening divide between China and the United States. Others, including those in Parts I and III,…

After more than a decade of energetic pursuit of FTAs, a moment of decision has arrived in 2013. Three far-reaching, multilateral initiatives are simultaneously under negotiation: TPP, Regional Comprehensive Economic…

In April 2013 North Korea was determined to show the world that it was prepared to stop at nothing in order to be accepted as a nuclear power. Instead of…