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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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Five Misconceptions About Recovering the Remains of America’s Korean War Servicemen Missing in North Korea

August 1, 2018
There are 36,574 Americans listed by the Department of Defense as having been killed in the Korean War and approximately 5,300 are still in North Korea. 

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The Significance of North Korea’s Repatriation of American Soldiers' Remains

Robert King
July 30, 2018
On July 27, some 55 sets of human remains were transferred to U.S. military personnel by North Korean military officials in the city of Wonson, North Korea.

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UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Investigation of North Korean Waitresses’ Defection

Robert King
July 13, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea calls for an investigation into defection of 12 North Korean waitresses and their manager.

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Family Reunions Should Be a Priority in Inter-Korea Relations

Jenna Gibson
June 26, 2018
This August, a group of around 100 Koreans from both sides of the DMZ will be able to reunite with family members for the first time since 2015.

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U.S. Withdraws from UN Human Rights Council Which Played a Critical Role in Pressing the DPRK on Human Rights

Robert King
June 22, 2018
The role the Council played in focusing attention on North Korea’s atrocious human rights record is one of the great successes of the Human Rights Council.

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American Citizens Detained in North Korea and their Potential Impact on U.S. Policy

Robert King
May 9, 2018
Beginning with the detention of Euna Lee and Lisa Ling, holding American citizens has become a frequent irritant in America’s relationship with North Korea. 

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The Meaning of the #MeToo Movement in South Korea

May 3, 2018
Women in South Korea have been strongly relating with the Me Too movement that began in the United States and was spawned by the #MeToo.

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A Role for Human Rights at the Inter-Korean Summit?

Robert King
April 17, 2018
While denuclearization will be the focus, the most sensitive and difficult potential agenda item for the inter-Korean summit is human rights. 

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