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Drawing the Line: Japan’s Crackdown on Messenger App Signals Need for International Digital Rules
By Haeyoon Kim
May 17, 2024
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Implications of the South Korean General Elections for the “Sleeping Dragons”
By Joo Young Kim
May 13, 2024
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Bolstering South Korea’s Role in Science and Engineering Research
By Randall S. Jones
May 9, 2024
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Increased Attention on Japanese Citizens Abducted by North Korea
By Robert King
May 7, 2024
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The South Korean Doctors’ Strike and the Global Predicament of Medical Training
By Mark Tokola
May 3, 2024
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Assessing Progress: President Yoon's Global Pivotal State Strategy After Two Years
By Terrence Matsuo
May 1, 2024
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China's Real Estate Ripple Effect and Korea's Brace for Impact
Tom Ramage
October 16, 2023
Analysts note that a spillover effect in the event of a crisis is limited. So far, the effects of the Evergrande crisis on Korea remain mostly psychological and would be contained to fluctuations in confidence on the KOSPI index.
South Korea as a middle power: assumptions and misunderstandings
Jeffrey Robertson
October 13, 2023
Middle powers were framed in a different era. Indeed, there is a strong argument to be made that they only existed in the period 1940-2000.
What Happened this Quarter: Q3 2023
Tom Ramage
October 13, 2023
What happened in U.S.-Korea trade and investment in the third quarter of 2023?
Trump’s Truck Tariff Straw Man
Tom Ramage
October 6, 2023
It is doubtful that Trump’s extension of the protective tariff on Korean pickup trucks had that much of an effect on the American market.
The Kim-Putin Summit’s Impact on the Korean Peninsula
Terrence Matsuo
October 4, 2023
The US and South Korea have raised concerns over the growing confluence of Russia and North Korea in the wake of the Kim-Putin summit.
South Korea and the middle power revival school
Jeffrey Robertson
October 3, 2023
Two decades ago, South Korea was rarely called a middle power. Today, it invites ridicule to suggest South Korea is anything but.
Economic Allies: Highlights of the Past Seventy Years of U.S.-Korea Economic Relations
Tom Ramage
September 29, 2023
No reflection of 70 years of the U.S.-Korea alliance would be complete without examining exactly what it means to be an economic ally.
South Korea and the Study of Middle Powers
Jeffrey Robertson
September 28, 2023
It’s fair to imagine that by this stage, an objective observer would caution against using the middle power term to describe South Korea.
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