United States of America Archives - Korea Economic Institute of America

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What We Know and Don't Know about North Korea

The recent war in Ukraine, Russia’s overtures towards North Korea, and North Korea’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic all signal a sea-change for the DPRK’s place in the international system.…

December 7, 2023

From K-Pop to K-Beauty: KEI at KCON

In 2023, KEI has set out on its “Rethinking Korea initiative,” which explores the evolution of U.S.-Korea relations, Korea’s place in the world, and rapid changes in Korean society itself.…

October 26, 2023

Building Trilateral Momentum: The U.S.-Korea-Japan Summit

With relations between Korea and Japan improving over the last year the leaders of the United States, Korea, and Japan met in Washington on August 18 to discuss a common…

August 31, 2023

Kathleen Stephens, Marc Knapper

A Conversation with Amb. Marc Knapper on U.S.-Korea-Vietnam Cooperation

On May 1, 2023, KEI hosted a conversation between Ambassador Marc Knapper and Ambassador (ret.) Kathleen Stephens on potential new and expanded areas of trilateral cooperation between the United States,…

May 11, 2023

Kathleen Stephens, Marc Knapper

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Ambassadors Connect with America

In a speaking tour to seven major U.S. cities during May 3 through May 11, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States and the Ambassador of…

May 25, 2011

James Lister

Can I Play, Too? Korean Athletes in U.S. Sports: Jim Paek, the First Korean to Hoist the Stanley Cup

For the over 1.5 million Korean-Americans living in the United States today, what part do sports play in the American experience? For that matter, what role do sports have in…

May 25, 2011

Arthur N. Taylor

Moving the KORUS FTA Forward in a Time of Economic Uncertainty

Despite the clear benefits of KORUS FTA for the United States and Korea, it has been stalled for nearly 18 months due to disputes over U.S. beef and the sale…

May 25, 2011

Troy Stangarone

Summary of Proceedings

In important respects this conference reflected two somewhat contrasting perspectives on the just completed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Those two perspectives, the one dealing principally with specifically economic…

May 25, 2011

Bernard K. Gordon

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Peninsula Blog

Should the Proposed New Cyber Norms Address North Korea?

By Troy Stangarone Recent news reports have indicated that the United States and China hope to announce an initial code of conduct governing the use of cyber weapons in advance of President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Barack Obama, while President Xi in Seattle stated that he was willing to work with the United…

September 23, 2015

Troy Stangarone

What Would a Fed Rate Rise Mean for South Korea?

By Kyle Ferrier Last Friday the Bank of Korea (BOK) Monetary Policy Board held interest rates at 1.5% to top off a busy month that saw a decline in exports and a fluctuating won. The BOK decision to uphold its benchmark interest rate – the seven day repurchase rate – at record low levels is…

September 16, 2015

Kyle Ferrier

Is China’s Slowdown Responsible for South Korea’s Drop in Exports?

By Troy Stangarone South Korea saw the largest drop in exports since the global recession in 2009 in August with exports falling 14.7 percent year-on-year. One sited cause of the decline is slowing economic growth in China, which now accounts for about 25 percent of South Korea’s exports. With China now South Korea’s most significant…

September 15, 2015

Troy Stangarone

Building a U.S.-Korea-India Trilateral Dialogue

By Linda Butcher How can we move forward with a Korea-India-U.S. trilateral dialogue? Yesterday, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) held a program with top experts to discuss just that. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in India, is optimistic, stating that the…