Digital Library

By Jinho Park While North Korea ratchets up the tension in Northeast Asia, Kim Jong-un made the bold—though not surprising—decision of withdrawing all North Korean workers from the Kaesong Industrial Complex. Recently, South Korea and the United States together have called for a dialogue with North Korea. North Korea has dismissed the offer by denouncing…

KEI's President Manzullo was interviewed by Illinois' local television WREX.   To read the full story, please click here.

KEI's President Manzullo was interviewed by Illinoi's  Rockford Register Star. To read the full story, please click here.

The papers in this volume address some of the key issues that impacted Korea in 2012 and some important trends that will influence future policies. In the first year following…

KEI's Troy Stangarone wrote an article for China-U.S. Focus entitled, " South Korea Seeks Its Own Reset with China" To read the full article, please click here.   

KEI's Dr. Abraham Kim was interviewed by the Washington Post in the article titled “S. Koreans downsize hope of unification.” To read the full article, please click here

By Troy Stangarone As often happens with North Korea, there have recently been suggestions that the regime may be interested in engaging in economic reforms. The latest hopes spring from the appointment of Pak Pong-ju, a noted economic reformer, as prime minister and the replacement of most ministers of industry with officials believed to have…

March 2013 – KEI's Nicholas Hamisevicz wrote an article for the Diplomatist magazine entitled, "Forty Years and Beyond: Building the India-South Korea Partnership for the Future." To read the full…