What Would an American Politician Do? South Korea’s Parliamentary Election Clamps Down on Negative Campaigning
In many ways the Korean election could not be more different than the one currently underway across the United States.
A Look at the Major Political Parties’ Positions in the 2016 National Assembly Election
On April 13, 2016, South Korea will hold elections for the 20th National Assembly.
The Korea International Cooperation Agency Turns 25
Twenty five years ago today, South Korea established the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), officially cementing its unprecedented transition from aid recipient to donor.
Is Trump Right to Suggest that South Korea and Japan Should Go Nuclear?
As Donald Trump beings to lay out more of his thinking on U.S. foreign policy, one issue that is gaining attention is his suggestion that the United States should remove its nuclear umbrella from South Korea and Japan and that these nations should be allowed to develop their own nuclear deterrent.
On International Women’s Day, South Korea Needs to Do More
In The Economist’s recent ranking of the best and worst places to be a working woman, South Korea did not fare well. In fact, it was considered last among OECD countries.
The Story of South Korea’s Record-Breaking Filibuster
The South Korean National Assembly is currently in the middle of its first filibuster in decades, already smashing the world record for longest filibuster and still going strong.
How Korea’s Trade with Its FTA Partners Performed in 2015
Korea has one of the world’s most expansive network of free trade agreements. In this post we explore how U.S.-Korea trade has fared in relations to Korea’s other FTA partners.
Provoking the Market: North Korea’s Impact on the South Korean Economy
To what extent should financial losses coinciding with North Korean provocations be considered as wholly isolated from market trends or at least marginally interconnected?
Is South Korea’s Strategic Gambit Beginning to Pay Early Dividends?
Seoul has chosen to change the international dynamics surrounding North Korea’s nuclear program, and may be beginning to see early dividends in its shift in policy.
For Koreans Its About More Than Valentine’s Day
If the mere thought of Valentine’s Day is more headache-inducing than swoon-worthy, you could consider the wider array of South Korea’s romantically themed holidays.