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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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November 2014: No Meeting and Few Chances for Inter-Korean Relations
Nicholas Hamisevicz
December 15, 2014
As October faded away, the hopes for an early November high-level meeting as promised after an inter-Korean meeting during the closing of the Asian Games faded as well.
The Growing Challenges of Household Debt in Korea
December 11, 2014
According to a recent Bank of Korea (BOK) release, Korea’s household debt reached its historically highest level at the end of the third quarter in 2014.
UK View: DPRK Human Rights Situation
December 10, 2014
For Human Rights Day Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire, blogs on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Another Setback for Internationalizing the Kaesong Industrial Complex?
Troy Stangarone
December 8, 2014
Since reopening Kaesong last year, the German manufacturer, Groz-Beckert, is the only international firm to invest in the complex. However, a new action by North Korea may further set back the prospects of attracting additional firms.
Northeast Asia’s Odd Couple?: The Implications of a Putin-Kim Summit
Troy Stangarone
December 4, 2014
In light of the current geopolitical environment, would a summit meeting only deepen ties between Moscow and Pyongyang or could it also break North Korea’s diplomatic isolation and change the dynamics in Northeast Asia?
What Does an Immigration Executive Order Have To Do With Trade and What Does It Mean for Korea?
November 20, 2014
Within the next several hours, President Barack Obama is expected to sign an Executive Order to allow certain undocumented immigrants the right to remain and work in the United States. What does this have to do with trade?
October 2014: Hope and Despair with Inter-Korean Relations
Nicholas Hamisevicz
November 13, 2014
October started off well for inter-Korean relations, but ended in disappointment.
Helsinki Accords for Northeast Asia?
November 12, 2014
There is a desire to replicate the Helsinki process in Northeast Asia as a tool to decrease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to improve the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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