The Impeachment of Park Geun-hye: What Comes Next?
After three months of deliberations, the Constitutional Court has unanimously accepted the National Assembly’s impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
The Growth of Anti-corporate Sentiment in Korea
More and more Koreans are saying that they don’t trust Korean companies.
Which South Korean Stars from the 2017 Asian Games Might Break Out at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang?
South Korea finished second overall with 50 medals at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan. Who might be the big South Korean stars of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang?
Trade in Services Data Contributes to More Accurate Picture of the U.S.-Korea Trade Relationship
U.S. services exports to Korea hit a record level of $21.55 billion in 2016, which contributed to producing the highest trade surplus in services ($10.7 billion) for the United States in the history of U.S.-South Korea trade relations.
Is Renegotiation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on the Horizon?
Last week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the President’s National Trade Policy Agenda for 2017.
South Korea and the 2017 World Baseball Classic
What are South Korea’s chances in the 2017 World Baseball Classic?
China’s One-Two Punch: Beijing Targets Korean Tourism and Soaps to Protest THAAD Deployment
After nearly nine months of suspicion and speculation about Chinese economic retaliation for South Korea’s decision to deploy THAAD, it seems Beijing has finally taken its gloves off.
Hollywood, Broadway, and Seoul: Musicals Take Off in South Korea
In a country known for its melodramatic soap operas and glitzy pop groups, Western heart-on-sleeve musicals have proven to be a natural fit for Korean entertainment preferences.
Five K-pop Tropes that Need to Go
As a fan of anything, especially something like k-pop that’s still relatively niche in the United States, it can be very frustrating to read news articles about the genre.
More than North Korean Diplomats Fled to the South in 2016
In 2016, while Thae Yong-ho’s defection from North Korea’s London embassy was widely covered, a total of 1,418 North Korean refugees entered South Korea.