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Podcasts

K-Pop on the Radio: The Korean Wave in the United States

With the exception of Gangnam Style, few mainstream radio stations have ever even thought to play Korean pop music. But in the last year or so, the United States has…

April 17, 2018

How do South Koreans View Donald Trump?

With President Donald Trump finishing up his first official trip to Asia, including a stop in South Korea last week, this week's episode of Korean Kontext asks: what do South…

November 13, 2017

The Chinese Perspective on THAAD

Ever since last summer, when South Korea and the United States announced they would be deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to the peninsula, China…

March 17, 2017

U.S. Forces Korea: The Big Move to Camp Humphreys

In 2017, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will complete the move of nearly all troops and support staff from Yongsan Garrison in Seoul to Camp Humphreys, 50 miles south of the…

January 13, 2017

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Publication

South Korea and the Six-Party Talks: The Least Bad Option?

The six-party talks have been hindered by political shifts in the states involved, and especially by changing levels of support for the talks in Washington and Seoul. But the talks…

February 15, 2012

U.S.-Russian-Chinese Cooperation for the Security of Korea

The United States, Russia, and China have cooperated to help deter North Korea from again invading the South and thus preventing Korean tensions to become a devastating hot war. While…

February 15, 2012

Tomorrow’s East Asia Today: Regional Security Cooperation for the 21st Century

Security cooperation in East Asia lags behind other forms of regional coopera- tion. The relationship among China, Japan, and the United States—the most powerful security actors in the region—exemplifies this…

February 15, 2012

Andrew L. Oros

The List of State Sponsors of Terrorism (Guide)

The Secretary of State has the responsibility to designate countries as state sponsors of terrorism. This document outlines the legal framework, background, and applications of the State Sponsor of Terrorism…

February 14, 2012

Andrew Selman

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Peninsula Blog

Seventh Anniversary of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

By Phil Eskeland Seventh wedding anniversaries are oftentimes overlooked. It is not as glamorous as a 25th silver or 50th golden anniversary. Gifts associated with a seventh year wedding anniversary in the U.S. are items made either out of copper or wool; a far cry from precious stones linked with other momentous anniversaries. Nevertheless, on…

March 15, 2019

Phil Eskeland

How Should the International Community Respond to North Korea’s Request for UN Food Aid?

By Robert R. King The North Korean Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kim Song, last week made an urgent request on behalf of his government to the United Nations and its affiliated humanitarian agencies to provide food assistance to his country. The request said the looming food crisis is the result of a…

March 13, 2019

Robert King

UN Sanctions Continue to Devastate North Korean Trade

By William Brown Some in Washington and elsewhere continue to think sanctions pressures are easing on North Korea, and that Marshal Kim heads into his second summit with President Trump in a strong position. We face a lot of uncertainties when it comes to North Korea, but Kim is probably not going to Vietnam with the…

February 8, 2019

William Brown

The Sharing Economy and Korea’s Fragile Social Safety Net

By Yea Ji Nam In December 2018, close to a hundred thousand taxi drivers took to the streets around the National Assembly to protest against the launch of a mobile ride-sharing service from Kakao Mobility. Amid these rolling protests, two elderly taxi drivers set themselves on fire to bring attention to the challenges facing Korea’s…