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Among the most important issues that will confront the new Trump administration is how to deal with North Korea. Before Mr. Trump leaves office, North Korea may achieve the capability…

This is the full PDF of the 2015 edition of Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies. Please click here to download the individual chapters included in this publication. At the Korea Economic…

This chapter is about how Japan prepares to respond to provocations from North Korea. As background factors, we need to consider how Japan is altering its security policy, how it…

When speaking to a Korean audience, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) invariably inserts the Korean phrase katchi kapshida ( 같이 갑시다), “we go together,” at some point in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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