Guests of the Dear Leaer: Shin Sang-Ok, Choi Eun-Hee, and North Korea’s Cultural Crisis
On 19 October 1983 in Kim Jong-il’s office at the Central Party Building in Pyongyang, a private conversation took place between Kim and two South…
Lessons from the North Korean Nuclear Issue
The world can only hope the recent U.S.-North Korean bilateral discussions will revive the six-power talks and lead to Pyongyang’s renunciation of its nuclear weapons…
Issues In U.S.-ROK Economic Relations
This paper builds on Kiyota and Stern (2007), in which we analyzed the economic effects of a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement (KORUSFTA). In Section II,…
Strategic Abandonment: Alliance Relations in Northeast Asia in the Post-Iraq Era
The security alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is the foundation for the architecture of strategic stability in Northeast Asia…
Turning the Six-Party Talks into a Multilateral Security Framework for Northeast Asia
The Cold War in Northeast Asia became irreversible with the outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950. Over the decades partial steps were…
Peace in Our Time at What Cost? Possible Financial and Legal Implications of Denuclearizing North korea
On 21 June 2005 the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam flew outside of Blair House, across the street from the White House. Standing…
Remember Me, Remember Us, Remember Korea: Hallyu, Flashbacks, and the Transformation of South Korea into an Unforgettable Nation
Growing up as a Korean-American, I was often asked, “Where are you from?” This question became a kind of standard line that opened or punctuated…
A Real Deal or a Political Masquerade? The North Korean Nuclear Question Revisited
In less than a year, the fate of the six-party talks has swung around from the lowest ebb when North Korea conducted its nuclear test…
Cultural Integration Between the United States and Korea: Looking Beyond the Free Trade Agreement
It may be premature right now to talk about post–free trade agreement (FTA) relations between the United States and Korea. The U.S.-Korea FTA still has…
Korea’s Domestic Base for Alliance with the United States
The past decade in the Korea-U.S. alliance relationship has not been smooth. Since the late 1990s, Koreans have been raising issues related to the past…