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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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South Korean Millennials’ Attitudes About the Future
Jenna Gibson
June 13, 2016
While millennials around the world have generally optimistic views of their future, Korean youth are more cynical.
May 2016: Party Congress Meets, but Two Koreas Do Not
Nicholas Hamisevicz
June 8, 2016
While looking for possible changes to emerge from the Kim Jong-un regime, the stalemate in inter-Korean relations continues.
New Financial Sanctions on North Korea: What Will They Mean In Practice
Troy Stangarone
June 7, 2016
What are the practical implications of the U.S. Treasury Department designating North Korea a primary money laundering concern?
And Then There Were Two: What Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have said about Korea
June 7, 2016
With the Democratic and Republican presumptive nominees now identified, here is our comprehensive list of what the two candidates have said about the Korean peninsula since the beginning of the race.
Will the New Treasury Financial Sanctions Against North Korea Work?
Phil Eskeland
June 6, 2016
Will last week’s action by the U.S. Treasury Department to designate North Korea as a primary money laundering concern join the list of failures of unilateral sanctions?
The Korean-American Vote: Looking to the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond
Juni Kim
June 3, 2016
A recent survey published by three Asian American NGOs provided new insights into the voting preferences of Korean-Americans for the 2016 presidential election.
The Welfare State: The Differences in Healthcare in the United States and South Korea
June 2, 2016
The welfare state is a concept of government in which the state or a well-established network of social institutions plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of citizens.
China’s April Trade with North Korea—Are Sanctions Starting to Bite?
William Brown
May 24, 2016
China’s Customs Bureau on Tuesday released its global trade report for April that includes details of the country’s trade with North Korea.
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