A stronger relationship between the US, Korean, and Japanese legislatures will ensure that this critical framework survives and prospers.

The fifth annual KEI/YouGov poll on American attitudes toward Korea coincides with the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election.

From September 17 to 19, 2024, the KEI visited Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of its long-running Future of Korea (FOK) program.

Reforming the country’s espionage law enjoys bipartisan support, and a proposal is now under consideration in the National Assembly.

Ambassadors Philip Goldberg and Cho Hyundong continued their KEI-sponsored tour of the United States by visiting Phoenix, Arizona.

Unfortunately, one of the unfinished agenda items for Congress is reauthorizing the North Korean Human Rights Act.

Amid Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s decision to not run for re-election, the sustainability of improved Korea-Japan relations and the future of bilateral ties is uncertain.

Donald Trump’s campaign position to implement tariffs of up to 10 percent echoes Richard Nixon’s enactment of a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods in 1971.

Ambassadors Philip Goldberg and Cho Hyundong continued their KEI-sponsored tour of the United States by visiting Austin, Texas.

As part of KEI’s signature Ambassadors’ Dialogue tour, US Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Philip Goldberg and Korean Ambassador to the United States Cho Hyundong visited the state of Michigan.