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Publication

East Asia at the Crossroads: A Comparative Study on Taiwan’s and Korea’s Reconciliation with Adversaries

Security and political issues over the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula remain as flashpoints in East Asia since WWII. The authors argue that economic interdependence, together with negotiations and…

November 18, 2013

Yeh-chung Lu, Byung Kwang Park, Tung-chieh Tsai

South Korea’s Defense Industry: Increasing Domestic Capabilities and Global Opportunities

Since the end of the Korean War, the United States has been the largest supplier of defense systems to the Republic of Korea (ROK). The imperative of maintaining military interoperability…

November 11, 2013

Richard Weitz

Assessing Political Stability in Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea

December 4, 2012

Hyung-Gu Lynn

Korea's Economy 2012 - Full Edition PDF

In 2011, the Republic of Korea became one of only a handful of nations to pass the $1 threshold in total trade as Korean trade continued to expand an impressive…

November 30, 2012

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Podcasts

Prospects for “Vitalizing” NGO Work in North Korea

In the recent agreement between Seoul and Pyeongyang to defuse tensions along the DMZ, the two governments included a promise to "vitalize" non-governmental organization (NGO) exchanges in various fields. …

September 10, 2015

Seismology and Mt. Baekdu: Science Diplomacy in North Korea

Volcanologist Dr. Kayla Iacovino traveled to North Korea in 2013 as part of a team that was collaborating with North Korean scientists to study Mt. Baekdu, one of Korea's most…

September 3, 2015

Chinese PLA Media Commentaries on North Korea: Going Rogue or Staying on Script?

Within China, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is a principle stakeholder in Beijing’s policy decision-making. In recent years, PLA officials have penned some of the more interesting, and forceful, articles…

Topic: Security

August 12, 2015

Making Sense of North Korea’s Re-Defector Press Conferences

Over the past few years, North Korea has been holding press conferences starring so-called re-defectors – people who fled to the South and chose to return. Researchers Steven Denney and…

July 31, 2015

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Peninsula Blog

Software Education Contributes to Government’s Response to Coronavirus

This briefing comes from Korea View, a weekly newsletter published by the Korea Economic Institute. Korea View aims to cover developments that reveal trends on the Korean Peninsula but receive little attention in the United States. If you would like to sign up, please find the online form here. What Happened Private citizens are building websites and applications to share information…