There is a significant story behind the headlines about Korea applying to be one of the founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), but it is not about whether South Korea likes the United States or China best.
This is the third in a three part series on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. The first part can be found here and the second…
Free trade agreements such as the KORUS FTA certainly aim to expand bilateral trade flows, but the greater contribution of such agreements is in improving the global competitiveness of each partner.
March 15th marks the third anniversary of the implementation of the KORUS FTA. Since then bilateral trade between Korea and the U.S. has increased by 1.1% in 2012, 1.7% in 2013, and 11.6% in 2014.
Reasonable people might wonder if the North Korean may have a valid point when they complain that U.S.-ROK joint military exercises are unnecessarily provocative.
What does the new Korea-China FTA mean for inter-Korean economic engagement?
Just a few weeks ago, two sub-agencies within the U.S. Department of Commerce released two important statistics that have gone relatively unnoticed even by keen observers of Korea.
Are inter-Korean already headed down the path of lost New Years’ Resolution in 2015?
The issues that will be shaping events on the Korean Peninsula in 2015.
How does workplace safety compare in Korea with other countries?