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Where in the world is Kim Jong-un? The dictator of North Korea who appears so fond of being filmed and photographed has disappeared from sight – and there are rumors…
On January 27, the South Korean government in concert with private biotech companies went into overdrive to produce effective testing kits for the coronavirus. There were at the time 4…
KEI’s Vice President, Mark Tokola, joined the newly created Georgia State University Korea Task Force External Advisory Board. In this new role, Mr. Tokola will provide his expertise and counsel to…
On October 29, KEI hosted a panel discussion at the University of North Georgia (UNG) titled “US, Korea, and Security Concerns for Northeast Asia.” KEI was privileged to have the…
KEI's Mark Tokola was featured on the Voice of America video and article titled "KEI 부소장 '파울 석방과 미-북 관계 연계해선 안 돼'" Please click here to read the full…
Please find below articles on KEI's new Vice President Mark Tokola, who began his position on Monday, October 6. Yonhap News: Ex-US diplomat takes office as vice president of KEI…
Does the forty-fifth president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, have a foreign policy, not least of all inclusive of the vital Northeast Asian region? The question is not…
With an outbreak of diplomacy under way for the Korean Peninsula, a review of North Korea’s approach to negotiations is timely. A summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and…
For the proverbial visitor from Mars, the political situation in Northeast Asia is inexplicable. Sitting amidst a group of relatively stable, wealthy, and powerful countries, is a small, poor, belligerent…
Today’s relationship between the United States and China is more varied, complex, and cooperative than the accumulation of headlines would lead one to believe. The news media and commentators spotlight…
Doctors’ strikes have made headlines and become a domestic political flash point in Korea, but they are only part of a global problem regarding medical training. In 2024, junior doctors and interns went on strike in the United Kingdom and Kenya, while China’s Xinhua News Agency highlighted the need for medical education reform due to…
With a possible second Trump Administration less than a year away, it is worth reviewing the roots of Donald Trump’s foreign policy and seeing what lessons might be learned from his Presidency. President Trump’s approach to foreign affairs was neither unprecedented nor incomprehensible. Its roots are in American history, and its principles are discernible. The…
For seventy years, one of the few things that North Korea, South Korea, and the United States agreed upon was the goal of reunifying the Korean Peninsula. No more, at least for now. During a January 2024 speech, Kim Jung-un announced, “The reunification of Korea can never be achieved with the Republic of Korea.” He…
South Korea’s rapprochement with Japan and North Korea’s embrace of Russia significantly shaped events on the Korean Peninsula in 2023. Both promise to have a substantial impact on events in the coming year. After years of declining relations, South Korea took the initiative to mend ties with Japan by proposing a path for resolving the…
Please join KEI and Park Won-ho for a discussion on what South Korean politics look like at a sub-national level.