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The Peninsula blog is a project of the Korea Economic Institute. It is designed to provide a wide ranging forum for discussion of the foreign policy, economic, and social issues that impact the Korean peninsula.
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Samsung's New Investments in Texas Mean Big Things for the United States
By Tom Ramage
April 17, 2024
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The North Korean Human Rights Act Expired in 2022 – No Signs that Congress is Moving to Reauthorize the Law
By Robert King
April 8, 2024
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Digital Trade Wars: What U.S. Policymakers Need To Understand about South Korea’s Tech Regulation
By Haeyoon Kim
March 28, 2024
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Samsung vs. Apple: An Overview of the Ongoing Legal War over Mobile Devices
July 31, 2012
Matthew Tranquada reviews the ongoing legal battle that is taking place between Apple and Samsung.
Looking Back at the Korean War Armistice Agreement
Sarah Yun
July 27, 2012
By Sarah K. Yun July 27, 2012 marks the 59th anniversary of the armistice agreement that put a pause to the three-year Korean War in 1953. Although the armistice is…
South Korea’s Role in International Development
July 24, 2012
By Joy Kim South Korea is currently the world’s 15th largest economy. This fact strikes many as amazing given that Korea’s Gross National Product (GNP) per capita increased by more…
Driving Change in the DPRK
July 19, 2012
How NGOs fill an important gap in policy towards North Korea.
Ri Yong Ho Out: North Korean Leadership in Sickness or in Health?
Nicholas Hamisevicz
July 16, 2012
By Nicholas Hamisevicz The surprise news to start the week is that Vice Marshall Ri Yong Ho, chief of the general staff of North Korea’s army as well as a…
Does South Korea Need a Nuclear Deterrent?
Chad OCarroll
July 11, 2012
KEI's Chad O'Carroll looks at why recent assertions that Sorth Korea needs nuclear weapons may not be correct.
Reunification is Not a Solution for Korea’s Demographic Challenges
July 10, 2012
By Elizabeth Hervey Stephen In a recent piece in the Asia Sentinel, which was re-posted in The Irrawaddy, Philip Bowring correctly noted that South Korea is facing a population crisis with…
Another Blow For Samsung in Its Legal Battle with Apple
Chad OCarroll
July 6, 2012
Judge Judy Koh effectively banned sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus cell phone in the U.S. in a worrisome development for Samsung in its continuing legal battle with Apple,
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