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The following policy brief is part of a limited series from the Korea Economic Institute of America inspired by the latest edition of Korea Policy, Volume 3 Issue 2. You can read the author’s full paper by clicking here. Executive Summary This paper examines the Lee Jae-myung administration’s China policy, which seeks to balance relations…

The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. In 2025, security developments on the Korean Peninsula underscored both the durability and the evolution of the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Against the…

The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. December 3, 2025, marked one year since then South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law. The widespread protests and presidential…

The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. Throughout 2025, economic policy and national security became increasingly interconnected, with the United States treating trade deficits and supply chain vulnerabilities as…

Amid North Korea’s ample support for Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine, Beltway punditry has largely seen the revitalized North Korea-Russia partnership as a “marriage of convenience.” Some analysts initially asserted that this was primarily a transactional relationship and a classic case of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” But recent sociocultural events suggest…

The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. 2025 marked a new high for North Korean cybercrime. The unprecedented February 21 theft of USD 1.46 billion in Ethereum tokens from…

The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. 2025 saw remarkable changes underway inside North Korea that have little to do with its relations with China, Russia, South Korea, or…

The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. 2025 saw a paradigm shift in how the United States conducts trade with South Korea. New presidents in both Washington and Seoul…

The following policy brief is part of a limited series from the Korea Economic Institute of America inspired by the latest edition of Korea Policy, Volume 3 Issue 2. You can read the author’s full paper by clicking here. Executive Summary  Energy security cooperation among the United States, South Korea, and Japan has emerged as a central…