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2022 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula

KEI’s 2022 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov from September 1st to September 12th, 2022. The…

Defying United Nations Sanctions: Three Reasons for African Engagement with North Korea

The United Nations (UN) sanctions against North Korea are weakened by structural evasion techniques and weak enforcement. The African continent is a crucial node in the global illicit networks of…

June 15, 2022

Inter-Korean Reconciliation and the Role of the U.S.: Facilitator or Spoiler?

Although the Korean Peninsula has been divided for over 70 years, North and South have not been able to make lasting progress in terms of reconciliation. While there are multiple…

April 20, 2022

Will Artificial Intelligence Hone North Korea's Cyber “All-Purpose Sword”?

How is the increasing spread of artificial intelligence (AI) likely to shape the cyber capabilities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK; North Korea) in the coming years? Over…

March 1, 2022

Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Scott Harold, Jenny Jun, Diana Myers

Podcasts

Prospects for the Future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex

On April 8, North Korea withdrew all of its workers from the Kaesong Industrial Complex, temporarily placing on hold the last form of cooperation between North and South…

September 20, 2013

North Korea’s Satellite Launch: Mark Fitzpatrick - IISS

With North Korea announcing to the world that it will be attempting to launch a second satellite for 2012, many analysts have been speculating as to why Pyongyang is so…

December 7, 2012

B.R. Myers - The Cleanest Race

In this episode we spoke to B.R. Myers, author of “The Cleanest Race” and regular contributor to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. Having been raised…

September 24, 2012

Jennifer Lind: Dartmouth College

In this interview Korea Kontext speaks with Dr. Jennifer Lind, assistant professor at the Department of Government, Dartmouth College. Well known for her work on North Korea and N.E. Asia…

September 4, 2012

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By Troy Stangarone After years of deteriorating relations between North Korea and China, Kim Jong-un recently made his first visit abroad to China. The surprise summit meeting between Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes ahead of highly anticipated summit meetings by Kim Jong-un with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald…

March 28, 2018

Troy Stangarone

South Korea’s Not Out of the Woods Yet on U.S. Trade Actions

By Phil Eskeland While many have expressed relief over reaching a tentative deal on limiting steel imports from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to the U.S. and modifying the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) with respect to maintaining the alliance, South Korea still could get caught in the cross-fire between China and the United…

March 27, 2018

Phil Eskeland

How is Pyongyang Controlling its Won?

By William B. Brown Like many North Korea questions, we don’t know but we have some ideas. All of them regarding finance must be worrisome to Kim Jong-un and his cabinet as they try to deal with a near Chinese embargo on their exports that is likely causing an outflow of reserve dollars needed for…

March 26, 2018

William Brown

Summit Announcements Encourage Cautious Optimism Among South Koreans

By Juni Kim On March 8th, a special delegation from South Korea announced on the White House lawn that U.S. President Donald Trump had accepted an invitation from North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un to meet. The surprise announcement followed an earlier proposal for an inter-Korean summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Both summit declarations…