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Rhetoric Vs. Reality: Seoul and Washington’s Strategic Alignment on Taiwan

Seoul has gradually adopted a more outspoken position regarding the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and framed it in increasingly expansive terms—as a regional and global…

January 4, 2024

Korea’s Cultural Wave: The Story Behind the Strength

From K-pop to K-drama and food, Korean culture has taken the globe by storm. Korean artists are topping the Billboard charts, Korean films are winning Oscars, and Korean kimbap at…

December 28, 2023

Kathleen Stephens, Jie-ae Sohn

South Korea: Caught in the Crosshairs of U.S. China Competition Over Semiconductors

Countries with advanced semiconductor industries are caught in the middle of growing U.S.-China competition in technology focused on advanced computing. While some countries with key technology companies in the toolmaking…

December 21, 2023

Clint Work, Paul Triolo

The ROK-U.S. Alliance at 70: Expanding Diplomatic Horizons Through Public Diplomacy

The United States and the Republic of Korea have been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the alliance and the 120th anniversary of Korean immigration to the United States throughout 2023.…

December 14, 2023

Kathleen Stephens, Yuri Kim, Donald Heflin, Maureen Cormack, Jie-ae Sohn, Hyundong Cho

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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

Kent E. Calder, Viktoriya Kim

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

Jaemin Lee

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

Sang-yirl Nam

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

Terence Roehrig

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Peninsula Blog

January 2016: An Even Tougher Start for Inter-Korean Relations

By Nicholas Hamisevicz The new year did not start off well for inter-Korean relations. The momentum was already moving in the wrong direction after a disappointing December. North Korea’s fourth nuclear test will now create an even larger setback for the two sides. The prospects will not get better either. Directly antagonizing one another while…

February 2, 2016

Nicholas Hamisevicz

U.S. Presidential Candidates Comments on the Korean Peninsula

This year will see the election of a new U.S. president. As the primary season for both political parties begins to heat up with the Iowa Caucuses approaching, KEI has gathered comments by contenders for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations on North and South Korea. Republican Candidates Jeb Bush February 18, 2015 - “America…

January 29, 2016

The 2016 Legislative Election and the Role of the National Assembly

By Songyee Jung This April South Korea will hold elections for its legislative body, the National Assembly. Much as in the United States, the National Assembly plays an important role in the process of governance and the result of the 2016 legislative elections have the potential to influence Korea’s future direction as well as its…

January 25, 2016

Troy Stangarone

December 2015: Ending the Year on Two Down Notes in Inter-Korean Relations

By Nicholas Hamisevicz A good stretch of optimism in inter-Korean relations ended in December, even before tensions rose in early January 2016 with North Korea’s fourth nuclear test. In December, the two Koreas had a vice-minister meeting, but couldn’t come to any agreements and did not even set a date for future discussions. Moreover, Kim…