United States of America Archives - Korea Economic Institute of America

Podcasts

[Rebroadcast] Steven Yeun: The Walking Dead

With the recent season finale of The Walking Dead and the broadcast of his visit to South Korea with talk show host Conan O'Brien this past weekend, we look back at our…

April 14, 2016

A Conversation with TV Host and Chef Marja Vongerichten

When Marja Vongerichten was 19, she met her birth mother for the first time since being adopted at age three. The first thing they bonded over, Marja says, was…

February 18, 2016

Korean American Day 2016: Chef Edward Lee

Born in Brooklyn, Chef Edward Lee always loved cooking. And after graduating from college with an English literature degree, he returned to that love and became an award-winning chef. Not…

February 12, 2016

Korean American Day 2016: Chef Rachel Yang

Every year on January 13, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) sponsors a luncheon in Washington, DC to mark Korean American Day and recognize the local and national Korean…

January 28, 2016

« Previous
1
…
7
8
9
10
11
…
16
Next »

The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks shocked the world twice: first, their unimaginable method of attack and, second, the U.S. response in their wake. Doctrines, policies, and actions that emerged…

May 25, 2011

Kwon Man-hak

Economic Issues of Natural Gas Trade in Northeast Asia: Political Bridges and Economic Advantages

Protracted talks—the so-called six-party talks—among the United States, South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK), North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; DPRK), Russia, China, and Japan over the standoff on…

May 25, 2011

Amy Myers Jaffe, Kenneth Medlock, Peter Hartley

« Previous
1
…
24
25
26
27
28
…
30
Next »

Peninsula Blog

With Trump’s Tariff Policies, Time is a Flat Circle

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign position to implement tariffs of up to 10 percent—or even 20 percent as his pronouncements have suggested—has grabbed the attention of the international business community. It was also featured prominently in the first and possibly only debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Already, analysts are concerned about the…

September 18, 2024

Tom Ramage

Ambassadors’ Dialogue in Texas

Ambassadors Philip Goldberg and Cho Hyundong continued their KEI-sponsored tour of the United States by visiting Austin, Texas, a metropolitan area that strives to be an innovation hub for industry clusters in information technology, clean technology, defense, and advanced technologies. According to Opportunity Austin, the Austin region is rated as the seventh-best city in the…

September 18, 2024

Scott Snyder

Ambassadors’ Dialogue in Michigan

As part of KEI’s signature Ambassadors’ Dialogue tour, US Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Philip Goldberg and Korean Ambassador to the United States Cho Hyundong visited the state of Michigan for site visits to Korean-invested factories, meetings with state leaders, and engagements with students and educators at the University of Michigan. The East-West Center…

September 17, 2024

Scott Snyder

Harris and Trump Debate America’s Economic Vision

While Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump affirmed what we already know about the candidates’ stances on economic policy, it also helped narrow down the key economic issues on the docket. From the outset, both candidates offered their own respective visions to stabilize economic unpredictability. The Harris…