KEI Communications Director Jenna Gibson, host of the KEI podcast Korean Kontext, recently interviewed Major General James Walton, Director for Transformation and Restationing for U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).
As we celebrate Korean-American Day, a look at how Korean-American’s have helped to shape science and technology.
In South Korea the more contagious and deadly N5H6 strain of avian influenza was first diagnosed on November 17th.
One of President-elect Trump’s most talked-about plans is a massive investment in America’s infrastructure, unfortunately America doesn’t have the best record in building efficient public transit.
The issue of trade was raised to a top-tier issue during the election and the hearings will help provide insight into the future direction of policy.
For the purposes of those with a particular interest in Northeast Asia, and Korea in particular, following are questions that we would love to see asked and answered during the upcoming confirmation hearings.
Our annual look at the events that will shape the Korean peninsula in the coming year.
After the U.S. presidential election, many experts were concerned about the policies of the new U.S. administration and how they might affect East Asia and the Korean economy in particular.
Whether it was the British vote to leave the European Union in June or the impeachment of the South Korean President Park Geun-hye in December, 2016 will be remembered for a series of unexpected events and the questions they have raised about how they may shape the future.
On November 14th, Han Min-goo, the Minister of National Defense tentatively signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan.