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Ri Sol Ju and Kim Jong-un
September 21
On September 20, KEI Senior Director Troy Stangarone’s April 2018 interview with CNN was quoted in an MSN Indonesia article about Ri Sol-ju, the wife of Kim Jong-un. Troy’s comment that “in North Korea, nothing is accidental” was used to support the article’s argument that the selection of Ri Sol-ju…
Read MoreDPRK-China Trade Plummiting
September 17
On September 16, KEI Senior Director Troy Stangarone was quoted in a Radio Free Asia article about the low trade volume between North Korea and China in the first half of 2021. Troy stated that there are some signs that trade will begin to increase…
Read MoreIOC gets it wrong on North Korea
September 16
On September 16, KEI Senior Director Troy Stagnarone published an editorial with The Korea Times questioning the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to suspend North Korea from competing in the Olympics until the end of 2022. The IOC’s decision followed Pyongyang’s decision not to send athletes to…
Read MoreContinuing Sanctions on North Korea
September 15
On September 14, Radio Free Asia quoted KEI Senior Director Troy Stangarone’s remarks on North Korea’s resistance to complete denuclearization and how sanctions relief is not an effective tool to entice Pyongyang to change its behavior. The article discussed the decision by the U.S. State Department…
Read MoreSouth Korea Becomes Mongolia’s 6th Strategic Partner
September 14
On September 13, The Diplomat cited a KEI report on Korea-Mongolia economic relations by Lee Jae Young in Volume 31 of Korea’s Economy. In light of Korea becoming Mongolia’s 6th strategic partner on September 10th, the article analyzed the relationship between Mongolia and South Korea,…
Read MoreNorth Korea's non-participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
September 13
On September 9, KEI Senior Director Troy Stangarone told Radio Free Asia that there is a high probability that North Korea will not participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to COVID-19, even if it is not subject to disciplinary action by the International…
Read MoreSouth Korea Moves Closer to Launching Its First Lunar Orbiter
September 9
On September 4, KEI Senior Director Troy Stagnarone published a column with The Diplomat that explored South Korea’s growing ambitions in space. He placed special emphasis on the country’s Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) program, which will not only support the resurgent U.S. space program but…
Read MoreAfghanistan, Korea and America
September 9
On September 2, KEI President and CEO Kathleen Stephens penned a column for the JoongAng Daily that drew attention to South Korea’s evolution as a middle power during the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan. She underscored how Afghanistan was an early and important recipient of South…
Read MoreMay 2021 KEI-YouGov Polling Highlighted in Media
September 7
On September 3, WorldYan’s and Newswire Korea covered KEI Senior Director Troy Stangarone’s presentation at the Jeju Peace Institute’s 2021 Korea-US Think Tank Joint Seminar. The articles highlighted the 2021 joint KEI-YouGov polling that showed that 61% of U.S. respondents had a “very favorable” or “favorable” view…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Countering China’s National Economic Tactics
April 22
Directly addressing the question of how the U.S. government should respond to China’s hostile economic behaviors, KEI Vice President Mark Tokola published an op-ed on National Interest that outlines how an economic alliance could strengthen global norms. He writes: The point is that dealing with…
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