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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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Adhering to the action-for-action framework of the February 13, 2007 agreement, North Korea and the United States traded symbolic actions last week that grabbed the headlines—explosive video footage of North…

May 25, 2011

Nicole Finnemann

It’s All in the Golf Cart: President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, Visits the United States

For Korea watchers—and particularly for those of us who worked closely on events associated with President Lee’s visit to Washington—April was a very rewarding month. After multiple protocol meetings, site…

May 25, 2011

Julia B. Cunico

2008 Ambassadors’ Dialogue Program Reaches Audiences Coast-ToCoast

KEI recently completed its seventeenth annual Ambassadors’ Dialogue program. The tour was the third featuring Lee Tae-sik, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States, and Alexander Vershbow, United…

May 25, 2011

Julia B. Cunico, James H. Alvis

U.S. International Trade Commission Finds FTA Would Substantially Affect U.S.-Korea Trade and Investment, Korea Pushes Ahead

On September 20, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released its report on the KORUS FTA. The ITC study is a required analysis under Trade Promotion Authority that explores the…

May 25, 2011

Troy Stangarone

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Peninsula Blog

How is Pyongyang Controlling its Won?

By William B. Brown Like many North Korea questions, we don’t know but we have some ideas. All of them regarding finance must be worrisome to Kim Jong-un and his cabinet as they try to deal with a near Chinese embargo on their exports that is likely causing an outflow of reserve dollars needed for…

March 26, 2018

William Brown

Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Korea is a White Flag, not a Bargaining Chip

By Kyle Ferrier It may have just been bravado to further his image as a tough negotiator, but President Trump’s comments suggesting that the withdrawal of U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula may be on the table is problematic to say the least. Leaked comments from a private fundraiser on Wednesday revealed the president stated,…

March 16, 2018

Kyle Ferrier

How are South Korean Voters reacting to Newly Created Political Parties?

By Juni Kim On February 13th, South Korean lawmakers from both the center-left People’s Party and the center-right Bareun Party finalized their merger and launched the new Bareun Mirae Party, which translates literally to the Righteous Future Party. National Assemblyman Yoo Seong-min, one of the new party heads and former Bareun Party presidential candidate, boldly…

March 15, 2018

Juni Kim

The Cheeseburger Summit: What Trump Could Say to Kim

By William B. Brown Everything else has been tried, and failed, so why not have Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump meet face-to-face? I’ve advocated for it for more than a year now, and it looks like it might happen. Many details need to be worked out but, given it is a North Korean request, coming on…