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The Vision Group on U.S.-ROK Relations: Insights and Recommendations

The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), with the generous support of the Korea Foundation, organized six “Vision Group” roundtable conversations with leading American scholars and commentators to discuss the…

January 11, 2021

Full Book | Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2020

At the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), we foster connections to advance United States-Republic of Korea ties. Through bringing together people with an interest in topics of importance to…

June 24, 2020

ROK-U.S. Exercises and Denuclearizing North Korea: Diplomacy or Readiness?

In the press conference that followed the Singapore summit in June 2018, President Trump announced that he would stop the “war games” since they were costly and provocative. Subsequent large-scale…

April 23, 2020

Terence Roehrig

Economic Relations between Russia and South Korea in the New Northern Policy

The New Northern Policy, proclaimed by the South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Vladivostok in September 2017, is designed to boost economic cooperation between Russia and South Korea. However, two…

December 10, 2019

Liudmila Zakharova

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Podcasts

2017 on the Korean Peninsula

For the first Korean Kontext podcast of 2017, five members of the KEI staff sat down with host Jenna Gibson for a chat about the volitility of 2016 and what…

January 9, 2017

Will UN Sanctions Finally Stop North Korea?

The last several rounds of UN sanctions against the DPRK have been called the "strongest ever," and the new sanctions passed on November 30 are no different. There are some…

December 16, 2016

President Donald Trump and His Impact on Korea

More than 100 million Americans cast their ballots on November 8, and we have a new president-elect. The Trump victory came as a surprise to most, with polls and pundits…

November 11, 2016

[Rebroadcast] Escaping North Korea - Mike Kim

In this episode, which originally aired in 2011, we hear from author Mike Kim, who speaks with Korean Kontext about his experiences living and working with North Korean refugees on…

October 28, 2016

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Peninsula Blog

10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2023

A video version of the 10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2023 with the blog's authors is available on KEI's YouTube channel. The most significant event to impact the Korean Peninsula in 2022 was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As in much of the world, the war had the effect of furthering…

January 31, 2023

Troy Stangarone, Sang Kim, Robert King, Mark Tokola, Mai Anna Pressley, Hae Kyung Ahn

President Biden Nominates Julie Turner as Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights

On January 23, President Joe Biden officially notified the United States Senate that he was nominating Julie Turner as “Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights Issues with Rank of Ambassador.” Ms. Turner is currently serving as Director of the Office of East Asia and the Pacific in the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human…

January 27, 2023

Robert King

Congressional Disfunction and the Prospect for Legislation on North Korean Human Rights

Political Junkies and anxious U.S. citizens watched in awe last week as the United States House of Representatives put on a five-day spectacle of electing the new Speaker of the House. This surrealistic extravaganza finally concluded with the 15th vote which took place after midnight on January 7th. The election of the Speaker is usually…

January 12, 2023

Robert King

The Lessons North Korea Might Learn from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

The year 2022, when the world hoped to be free from COVID-19, had a grim start due to the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Every country in the world is being influenced and taught lessons by the Ukrainian war. North Korea is no exception. What lessons did Kim Jong-un learn from the Ukraine case? ∙ Domestic…