The Peninsula
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.
Congress Wants to Up the Pressure on North Korean Human Rights Violators
Jenna Gibson
October 19, 2015
Earlier this month, three U.S. senators took on North Korea (DPRK) by introducing a broad sanctions bill aimed at addressing concerns about cyberwarfare and the North’s continued nuclear ambitions.
The Korean and American Presidents Should Discuss Work-Family Balance Issues
October 13, 2015
Earlier this year in state of the nation addresses, both presidents stressed the importance of enhancing the lives of middle class families and their centrality to revitalizing their national economies. The work-family balance is no longer a matter of individual life, but a national (even global) issue that governments and policymakers should pick up and do something about.
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.
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.
Misperceptions of South Korea Lead to Low Approval in the U.S.
Jenna Gibson
September 14, 2015
Is South Korea's love of the United States unrequited?
Building a U.S.-Korea-India Trilateral Dialogue
Linda Butcher
September 11, 2015
How can we move forward with a Korea-India-U.S. trilateral dialogue?
Previewing the Other Rising Asia: Korea and India Illustrate the Challenges for an Asia-Pacific Century
Nicholas Hamisevicz
September 9, 2015
This week KEI is hosting an event examining India and Korea as increasingly important countries in a rising Asia.
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