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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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South Korea's Progressives and the U.S.-ROK Alliance

As the reigning consensus has it, the U.S.-ROK alliance is one of the most successful of its kind in history. The alliance not only succeeded in defending South Korea from…

May 25, 2011

U.S. and ROK Strategic Doctrines and the U.S.-ROK Alliance

The year 2006 witnessed increasing concern among both Americans and South Koreans that their alliance of more than 50 years might be in jeopardy. Differences between the two governments over…

May 25, 2011

Economic Interdependence Between Korea and the United States

May 25, 2011

The Matter of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

May 25, 2011

By Troy Stangarone and Christopher Hurst Last season, a record setting five South Koreans made their professional debuts in Major League Baseball (MLB). They joined established stars such as Choi Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers and Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not all of last year’s rookie class transitioned to the majors as…

March 15, 2017

Troy Stangarone

Is Kim Jong-un Rational?

By Mark Tokola When dealing with a country with a leadership that is as singularly top-down as North Korea, it is worthwhile to try to understand what makes their leader tick. If we understood Kim Jong-un’s goals, preferences, and biases, we would be in a better position to understand whether negotiations on denuclearization are possible,…

March 13, 2017

Mark Tokola

Which South Korean Stars from the 2017 Asian Games Might Break Out at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang?

By Jennifer Cho and Patrick Niceforo South Korea finished second overall with 50 medals at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan. In 2018, South Korea will host the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and, according to Gracenote’s sports data, is predicted to place 8th overall with 10 medals. Below, find our list…

March 7, 2017

Sang Kim

Is Renegotiation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on the Horizon?

By Phil Eskeland Last week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the President’s National Trade Policy Agenda for 2017. It should not be unexpected that the Trump Administration seeks a new approach on U.S. trade policy because it was a top tier issue on the presidential campaign trail, particularly for businessman Donald…