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Filmmaker Michael Kang

In this episode we hear from Korean-American filmmaker Michael Kang, who made his directorial debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with The Motel, which was awarded the Humanitas Prize…

March 14, 2011

U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens

We bring the Korean Kontext studio to the U.S. Department of State to speak with Kathleen Stephens, current U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Ambassador Stephens shares with us her personal…

February 18, 2011

Hawon Lee, D.C. Bureau Chief of Chosun Ilbo Newspaper

Hello again after the holiday break! Just before the holidays I spoke with Hawon Lee, who was just wrapping up his nearly four years as Washington D.C. Bureau Chief of…

January 21, 2011

Manufacturing and the KORUS FTA with Doug Goudie

In this episode we speak with Doug Goudie, Director of International Trade Policy at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Mr. Goudie draws from his experiences to share his perspective…

November 2, 2010

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KEI recently completed its sixteenth annual Ambassadors’ Dialogue program (previously called the Korea Caravan), featuring Lee Tae-sik, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States, and Alexander Vershbow, United…

May 25, 2011

James H. Alvis

Rulings, New Agreements, and Advisory Committee Assessments Alter the Course for the KORUS FTA

May brought several significant developments for the KORUS FTA. On May 10, the Bush Administration and Congress announced an agreement on a new trade policy, focusing in particular on labor…

May 25, 2011

Troy Stangarone

Six Party Talks Resume, No Progress Reported

83/751. At press time, 83 days have passed since North Korea tested a nuclear device on October 9, 2006 and 751 days remain in the Bush Presidency. If the stalemate…

May 25, 2011

Scott Rembrandt

Anatomy of a Deal: The KORUS FTA

With negotiations running down to the wire, Korean and American negotiators announced that they reached a deal just before President George W. Bush’s trade promotion authority expired at 11:59 pm…

May 25, 2011

Troy Stangarone

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Peninsula Blog

Housing Relief as a Vehicle for Moon’s Broader Visions

This briefing comes from Korea View, a weekly newsletter published by the Korea Economic Institute. Korea View aims to cover developments that reveal trends on the Korean Peninsula but receive little attention in the United States. If you would like to sign up, please find the online form here What Happened The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation…

May 14, 2019

Yong Kwon

Fine Dust Impedes South Korea’s Economic Growth

By Yeaji Nam South Koreans are suffering from record-setting air pollution. Among the OECD member countries, South Korea recorded the second highest ultra-fine dust levels in 2018. In addition, Seoul was ranked first on poor air quality among the major capital cities around the world. This level of air pollution is a major threat to…

April 26, 2019

Overall U.S. Trade Deficit with Korea Drops below Pre-KORUS Levels

By Phil Eskeland The U.S. Department of Commerce released its monthly trade data for January, which encompassed 4th Quarter 2018 statistics on trade in services with 15 individual countries, including South Korea. Once again, the U.S. maintained its bilateral trade surplus in services with Korea because of yet another record-level of U.S. service exports to…

March 27, 2019

Phil Eskeland

What Could be Saved by U.S. Trade Safeguards?

By Haram Chung The World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized South Korea to levy $85 million in tariffs on U.S. products as compensation for the improper way the U.S. calculated higher anti-dumping duties on Korean-made large residential washing machines. Apart from this, however, there was a controversy over the U.S.'s safeguard, which imposed another tariff on…