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Podcasts

2017 on the Korean Peninsula

For the first Korean Kontext podcast of 2017, five members of the KEI staff sat down with host Jenna Gibson for a chat about the volitility of 2016 and what…

January 9, 2017

President Donald Trump and His Impact on Korea

More than 100 million Americans cast their ballots on November 8, and we have a new president-elect. The Trump victory came as a surprise to most, with polls and pundits…

November 11, 2016

Economic Cooperation Between South Korea, Japan and the United States

When you hear about trilateral cooperation between the United States, South Korea and Japan in the news, people are usually talking about how these three countries can work together to…

September 14, 2016

Election 2016: Party Politics and Their Implications for Korea

With Election 2016 well underway, KEI's very own Phil Eskeland has been closely following how both the Republican and Democratic parties have been talking about foreign policy and Asia. He…

July 28, 2016

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Publication

Reading Between the Lines: Clinton’s Trip and the Six Party Talks

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s choice of Asia as the destination for her inaugural tour gave recognition to the significance of U.S. alliances and strategic interests in the region. From…

May 25, 2011

What to Do with North Korea Now? No Answers Yet

What Happened On April 5, North Korea delivered on a North Korean promise. It launched a long range missile, also known as a Taepo-dong 2, a 3-stage rocket, in the…

May 25, 2011

2008’s Final Attempt at a Six Party Solution

Eyes and ears were on Beijing earlier this month, as the chief negotiators from China, North Korea, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States met in Beijing for a…

May 25, 2011

U.S. Financial Turmoil And Impact on Korea's Economy

Black September, Meltdown Monday, America’s Financial 9/11, Financial Tsunami, Perfect Storm, worse financial crisis since the Great Depression 1929… Whatever the term used, recent events on Wall Street will certainly…

May 25, 2011

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Peninsula Blog

Another Accident Suggests Public Safety Shortcomings

This briefing comes from Korea View, a weekly newsletter published by the Korea Economic Institute. Korea View aims to cover developments that reveal trends on the Korean Peninsula but receive little attention in the United States. If you would like to sign up, please find the online form here. What Happened On Lunar New Year’s Day, six people died…

February 6, 2020

Korea View

New Prospects for U.S.-Korea-Japan Cooperation

By Emanuel Pastreich The difficulties in promoting cooperation between Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. in response to the rising technological and economic strength of China has been the hot topic of discussion in the United States. The standard answer is to attribute the difficulties to historical issues that have created an emotional gap between these…

January 30, 2020

The China-Russia Security Council Resolution Part 2: Chinese Motives

By Stephan Haggard and Liuya Zhang In the last post on the proposed China-Russia Security Council resolution, we showed that exempting just two product categories—seafood and textiles—would restore as much as 50% of North Korea’s exports. But that does not capture the full extent of China’s ability to keep the regime afloat, even if we…