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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.
How South Korean Investment Brings Latent Capacity to U.S. Naval Power
Andy Hong
June 26, 2025
Where U.S. domestic industrial capacity has withered, foreign investment could intervene to halt further degradation of the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Cuba Opens Embassy in Seoul and North Korea Makes Its Displeasure Known
Robert King
June 23, 2025
The opening of full diplomatic ties between Seoul and Havana is a clear reflection of the current economic and political realities on the Korean Peninsula.
Lee Jae-myung's Centrist Pivot and the Future of U.S.–South Korea Alignment
Arius Derr
June 9, 2025
South Korea’s friends and neighbors are watching not just what Lee says but whether he governs as the centrist he campaigned to be.
Lessons for South Korea From Trump’s First Two Months
Scott Snyder
March 17, 2025
It is now clear that the circumstances and context surrounding Trump 2.0 will be dramatically different from the first Trump administration.
The Prospect for US-Korea-Japan Trilateralism in a Second Trump Administration
Terrence Matsuo
January 9, 2025
Although the US-Korea-Japan trilateral relationship may face new challenges under the incoming Donald Trump administration, cooperation between the three countries will likely persist.
Japan’s Leadership Elections and the Future of Korea-Japan Relations
Daniel Sneider
September 19, 2024
Amid Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s decision to not run for re-election, the sustainability of improved Korea-Japan relations and the future of bilateral ties is uncertain.
Prospects for Growing Cooperation Between South Korea and the G7
Tom Ramage
June 26, 2024
South Korea’s participation was reprised in Japan in 2023, and South Korea’s presence—or absence—is beginning to become more felt.
2024 Korea-Japan-China Trilateral Summit: Disunity on North Korea and Regional Security
Terrence Matsuo
June 25, 2024
The section of the trilateral joint statement focusing on North Korea underlines the distance between Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing.
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