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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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Global Partnership Through Resource Diplomacy: Korea, the United States, and Central Asia

Globalization is a hallmark of the twenty first-century world. As transportation and telecommunications grow in both efficiency and level of performance and as the ambit of the Internet expands, it…

December 25, 2008

Minimizing the Aftershocks of the Korea-U.S. FTA: How to Manage Disputes Arising from the Two Countries' Discrepant Perspectives and Legal Systems

After the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) is approved by the legislatures of Korea and the United States, it will likely provide a turning point for the countries’ bilateral…

September 25, 2008

Implications of Liberalizing Korea-U.S. Trade in the Automobile Sector: Potential Impact of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

The automobile industry is a dynamic and signiﬁcant sec-tor in most of the major economies in the world. It is closely related to various other manufacturing sectors such as rubber,…

February 25, 2008

Restructuring the U.S.-Military Presence in Korea: Implications for Korean Security and the U.S.-ROK Alliance

During the past few years, the United States has begun three important initiatives that alter its defense commitment to South Korea (Republic of Korea [ROK]). First, Washington started to decrease…

January 25, 2007

By Robert R. King Last Friday (July 27) some 55 sets of human remains were transferred to United States military personnel by North Korean military officials in the city of Wonson, North Korea. These were identified by the North as the remains of American soldiers from the Korean War. With great respect and appropriate formal…

July 30, 2018

Robert King

Kim Turns to Exhortation Economics, What is His Plan B?

By William Brown Can an economy grow by being told to do so? Kim Jong-un is launching his “economy first” messaging, spreading the word inside North Korea that he is sincere in his new emphasis on economic growth and improved living standards. And many Koreans on both sides of the DMZ seem to be buying…

July 26, 2018

William Brown

Is Choo Shin-soo the Second-Best Player Ever from Asia in MLB?

By Troy Stangarone When Choo Shin-soo makes his first All-Star appearance in tonight’s Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game he will become only the third Korean born player to take part in the mid-summer classic. While it will be a career highlight for Choo to join Park Chan-ho and Kim Byung-hyun as the only Korean…

July 17, 2018

Troy Stangarone

An Interview with Ambassador Christopher Hill on the Nuclear Talks with North Korea

KEI Communications Director Jenna Gibson, host of the KEI podcast Korean Kontext, recently interviewed Ambassador Christopher Hill, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The following is a partial transcript of that conversation, which has been edited for space. The rest of the episode can be found here. Gibson: Since…