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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

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

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

The Global Crisis and Korea's International Financial Policies

The global crisis that was ignited by the meltdown in the U.S. subprime mortgage market is a dramatic illustration of just how interdependent our economic and financial systems have become.…

May 25, 2011

Thomas D. Willett

Korea in Asia: Korea's Development, Asian Regionalism, and U.S.-Korea Economic Relations

The goal of this study is to explore the current state of U.S.-Korea trade and economic relations, with special emphasis on the impact of the rise of Asian regionalism and…

May 25, 2011

Claude Barfield

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Peninsula Blog

Inter-Korean Cooperation on North Korean Reforestation

By Troy Stangarone Since the first summit meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in April, efforts by North and South Korea to repair and reconnect road and rail lines on the Korean Peninsula have received significant attention, including the recent announcement that they will be holding a groundbreaking…

December 13, 2018

Troy Stangarone

Kim Jong-un’s 2018 Summit Tour

By Juni Kim It’s been quite a year for North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. After a tense 2017 with multiple ICBM (inter-continental ballistic missile) tests, threatening rhetoric, and North Korea’s largest nuclear demonstration, Kim Jong-un embarked on a very different approach in 2018. Fashioning himself as an open and reasonable statesmen, he has gone on…

December 11, 2018

Juni Kim

Ending Gender Inequality for Economic Recovery

By Liberty Smith It is no secret that societal expectations of Korean women are exceedingly burdensome. Approximately 50% of Korean women in their 20’s have had plastic surgery, citing job candidacy and marriage potential as equally strong motivations. Women bear the brunt of unpaid household chores and child-rearing, dedicating more than three times the hours…

December 7, 2018

U.S.-Korea Trade Imbalance Continues to Dramatically Decline

By Phil Eskeland The Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau recently released the latest set of monthly trade statistics for October 2018 that includes data on 3rd Quarter services trade.[1] In terms of merchandise goods, while the U.S. trade deficit through October with the world expanded by 11 percent, the Republic of Korea…