Korea, South

On a frozen day in December, 1950, as the Korean War raged below him, Jesse Brown crash landed on a North Korean mountainside. A few minutes later, Tom Hudner followed…

Starting on October 20, 2015, a group of South Koreans will have the chance to cross the DMZ to meet with brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, and other family members that…

On October 16, 2015, President Park Geun Hye and President Barack Obama will hold a summit meeting, where they are expected to address a range of issues concerning South Korea…

From 1966 to 1981, around 2,000 Peace Corps volunteers lived and worked in South Korea. After returning to the United States, many volunteers wanted a way to share their Korean…

By Lilka Marino On the evening of 23 September, 1.6 billion Muslims all across the globe will begin their yearly observance of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. During this time, Muslims from North Africa to East Asia honor both the sacrifices made by Abraham and the end of the traditional season of…

By Troy Stangarone South Korea saw the largest drop in exports since the global recession in 2009 in August with exports falling 14.7 percent year-on-year. One sited cause of the decline is slowing economic growth in China, which now accounts for about 25 percent of South Korea’s exports. With China now South Korea’s most significant…

By Jenna Gibson A few weeks ago, I published a post here on The Peninsula entitled “Trans-Pacific Love Affair,” describing South Korea’s sky-high approval ratings of the United States. But now it seems that love may be unrequited. According to the latest Pew Research poll released earlier this month, 60 percent of Americans have a…

By Linda Butcher How can we move forward with a Korea-India-U.S. trilateral dialogue? Yesterday, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) held a program with top experts to discuss just that. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in India, is optimistic, stating that the…

Please join KEI and KIEP for a discussion about the first 10 years of KORUS and the future of the U.S.-Korea economic relationship.