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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

Lt. General Robert Gard Jr. - Korean War Veteran

62 years ago on this day of June 25, hostilities broke out on the Korean peninsula. It was a conflict that ended only due to what everybody thought would be…

June 25, 2012

Ambassador’s Wolsetenholme and Choo

This episode of Korean Kontext has a distinctly British flavor, featuring interviews with two leading Ambassador’s that work closely on UK and Korea related affairs. While recently in London, Korean…

February 23, 2012

North Korea After Kim Jong-il

Our latest edition of Korean Kontext focuses on the recent death of Kim Jong-il and the prospects for North Korea under the stewardship of his son, Kim Jong-un. In this…

January 5, 2012

Tourism in North Korea: A Special Feature

Ever wondered why someone might be motivated to spend their summer vacation in the DPRK, or interested to learn about the guides that accompany visitors during a stay in North…

November 23, 2011

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Peninsula Blog

The Obama Administration and North Korea in 2009 Part 1: Satellite Launch Hardens Positions

With Joe Biden headed to the White House, North Korea watchers are speculating how the incoming administration will deal with this long-standing foreign policy irritant. One place to look for cues: how Obama’s first year with Kim Jong Il panned out. In doing so, we now have the advantage of several new memoirs—from Susan Rice,…

Stephan Haggard

Challenges and Successes on the Korean Peninsula in 2020

South Korea in 2020 faced difficult challenges both off and on the Korean Peninsula. As in other states, the coronavirus pandemic took center stage by irreversibly changing every aspect of society. And inter-Korean relations remain stalled, as Pyongyang continues to stonewall every entreaty from Seoul. But this year also saw Korea make significant advances in…

December 29, 2020

Terrence Matsuo

UN Security Council Discusses Human Rights in North Korea for the First Time in Three Years

The UN Security Council discussed North Korea’s human rights abuses in a closed session on Friday December 11. Because of the Covid pandemic, it was a virtual (online) meeting rather than an in-person session, and because of Chinese and Russian objections, it was a closed session without the presence of news media to report on…

Robert King

North Korea Human Rights on the UN General Assembly Agenda

In the next few days, the United Nations General Assembly will approve a resolution on “The Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” The text of the 11 page resolution reviews the human rights abuses that the UN Commission of Inquiry on North Korea’s human rights documented (2013-2014), as well as…