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Podcasts

Steven Yeun: The Walking Dead

In this episode, Korean Kontext spoke to Korean-American actor Steven Yeun. Having acted in several high profile TV shows, Yeun’s interest in acting originated during his freshman year at Kalamazoo College after watching…

April 27, 2012

KORUS FTA: Wendy Cutler and Kim Ghee-wan

By the time you read this, the KORUS FTA will have entered the implementation stage. To celebrate, Korean Kontext caught up with two of the main movers-and-shakers behind the deal…

March 15, 2012

Phillipe Cousteau, JR - USA Pavillion

This episode, Korean Kontext speaks to Phillipe Cousteau JR, chief spokesperson for the USA Pavillion at the 2012 Yeosu Exposition. With the overall theme of the expo named “The Living…

Topic: Security

January 31, 2012

Daniel Dae Kim: Actor

On Friday January 13, the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) celebrated Korean American day at the Newseum, in Washington, DC. As part of the celebration, KEI recognized three Korean-American pioneers in…

January 18, 2012

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Publication

Strategic Abandonment: Alliance Relations in Northeast Asia in the Post-Iraq Era

The security alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is the foundation for the architecture of strategic stability in Northeast Asia that has endured for more…

May 25, 2011

Daniel Sneider

Turning the Six-Party Talks into a Multilateral Security Framework for Northeast Asia

The Cold War in Northeast Asia became irreversible with the outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950. Over the decades partial steps were taken to end it: rapprochement…

May 25, 2011

Gilbert Rozman

Peace in Our Time at What Cost? Possible Financial and Legal Implications of Denuclearizing North korea

On 21 June 2005 the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam flew outside of Blair House, across the street from the White House. Standing still on a windless day,…

May 25, 2011

Scott Rembrandt

A Real Deal or a Political Masquerade? The North Korean Nuclear Question Revisited

In less than a year, the fate of the six-party talks has swung around from the lowest ebb when North Korea conducted its nuclear test to the current high point…

May 25, 2011

Lee Jung-hoon

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Peninsula Blog

Seventh Anniversary of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

By Phil Eskeland Seventh wedding anniversaries are oftentimes overlooked. It is not as glamorous as a 25th silver or 50th golden anniversary. Gifts associated with a seventh year wedding anniversary in the U.S. are items made either out of copper or wool; a far cry from precious stones linked with other momentous anniversaries. Nevertheless, on…

March 15, 2019

Phil Eskeland

How Should the International Community Respond to North Korea’s Request for UN Food Aid?

By Robert R. King The North Korean Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kim Song, last week made an urgent request on behalf of his government to the United Nations and its affiliated humanitarian agencies to provide food assistance to his country. The request said the looming food crisis is the result of a…

March 13, 2019

Robert King

UN Sanctions Continue to Devastate North Korean Trade

By William Brown Some in Washington and elsewhere continue to think sanctions pressures are easing on North Korea, and that Marshal Kim heads into his second summit with President Trump in a strong position. We face a lot of uncertainties when it comes to North Korea, but Kim is probably not going to Vietnam with the…

February 8, 2019

William Brown

The Sharing Economy and Korea’s Fragile Social Safety Net

By Yea Ji Nam In December 2018, close to a hundred thousand taxi drivers took to the streets around the National Assembly to protest against the launch of a mobile ride-sharing service from Kakao Mobility. Amid these rolling protests, two elderly taxi drivers set themselves on fire to bring attention to the challenges facing Korea’s…