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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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How a Northeast Asian Development Bank Could Succeed
Kyle Ferrier
October 9, 2015
Still in the nascent stage of planning, a Northeast Asia Development Bank would serve as a multilateral development bank (MDB) to attract investment in Northeast Asia, specifically intending to incentivize the DPRK to denuclearize through access to external capital for development.
Native Korean Religions: The Old and the New
Juni Kim
October 8, 2015
Although hardly a new phenomenon, a number of native religious movements both large and small have attracted scores of devout Korean followers, intermingled with political causes, and in some cases have notoriously landed in news headlines.
September 2015: Tough Rhetoric between Deal and Potential Meetings in Inter-Korean Relations
Nicholas Hamisevicz
October 8, 2015
After the month of August featured shooting, shouting, and a negotiated joint statement, September mainly focused on laying the groundwork necessary to implement the August 25 agreement or to scuttle it.
What to Expect during the Park-Obama Summit
Phil Eskeland
October 7, 2015
With Washington still abuzz from recent visits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and His Holiness the Pope it is important for Washington to focus on the critical upcoming summit meeting between Presidents Obama and Park.
Insights from German Unification: Dealing with Political Prisoners after Unification
Troy Stangarone
October 5, 2015
During East Germany’s 41 years of the existence there were some 250,000 political prisoners.
Insights from German Unification: The Social Challenges of Unification
Troy Stangarone
October 2, 2015
One of the most difficult internal challenges Korea will face after unification is integrating the North Korean population into South Korean society.
Insights from German Unification: Integrating the Bureaucracy and the Military
Troy Stangarone
October 1, 2015
While it is natural for there to be a desire for justice after a regime such as North Korea’s collapses, practical matters often intervene.
Insights from German Unification: Political Integration on the Korean Peninsula
Troy Stangarone
September 30, 2015
In the first and only free elections in the German Democratic Republic’s history East Germans, voted for political parties that ran on a platform of unification.
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