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Korea, North

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In the spring of 2009, North Korea’s second nuclear test, its long-range missile tests, and its provocative rhetoric once again threatened stability in Northeast Asia. Once again, North Korea engaged…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

What impact will a rising China have on the North Pacific security environment? A close examination of recent developments in Beijing’s approach to dealing with North Korea yields insights into…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

The last two years have seen a series of changes affecting regionalism in North- east Asia. One category of changes has been the crises in the areas of economy and…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

North Korean questions can be examined from both traditional and nontraditional security perspectives. North Korea’s use of resources to maintain a large conventional military force continues to pose a traditional…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

    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…

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Region: Asia
Topic: Security

September 20, 2013

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…

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Region: Asia
Topic: Human Rights

December 7, 2012

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…

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Region: Asia

September 24, 2012

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…

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Region: Asia
Topic: Security

September 4, 2012

KEI Communications Director Jenna Gibson, host of the KEI podcast Korean Kontext, recently interviewed Min Jin Lee, author of the critically acclaimed book Pachinko, a novel centered around the struggles of a Korean family living in Japan. The following is a partial transcript of that conversation, which has been edited for space. The rest of…

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Region: Asia

January 26, 2018

By Phil Eskeland On January 22, 2018, the Trump Administration announced its decision to impose “safeguard” tariffs (otherwise known as “Section 201”) on imported large residential washing machines and solar panels.  This specific trade action has only been taken by the U.S. one other time since the transformation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and…

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January 24, 2018

By Troy Stangarone After more than a year of China taking steps to pressure South Korea over its decision to deploy the United States’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, it looked as though China was changing its tactics on the issue. While Beijing continued to maintain its opposition to the deployment of THAAD,…

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Region: Asia

January 16, 2018

By Juni Kim Last week, two minor South Korean political parties, the People’s Party and the Bareun Party, announced an agreement to merge into a new centrist party. Although the agreement has not been finalized, the merger if completed would be a significant test for the viability of an influential third political party in a…

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Region: Asia

January 10, 2018