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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

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Publication

Building on the Middle: Diversifying South Korea’s Foreign Policy Narrative and Economic Ties

The rivalry between the United States and China is affecting countries in its midst. This particularly applies to South Korea. The country is a strong economic player with a successful…

November 4, 2021

2021 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula

KEI’s 2021 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov on August 30th to September 7th, 2021. The…

October 7, 2021

Full Book | Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2021

At the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), we foster connections to advance United States-Republic of Korea ties. Through bringing together people with an interest in topics of importance to…

July 30, 2021

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific: A View from the United States

The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant geopolitical challenges and presents opportunities for the United States in the Indo-Pacific. The Trump administration bungled the crisis, damaging the U.S.’s standing as a paragon…

July 30, 2021

Jacques deLisle

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Peninsula Blog

What Would a Fed Rate Rise Mean for South Korea?

By Kyle Ferrier Last Friday the Bank of Korea (BOK) Monetary Policy Board held interest rates at 1.5% to top off a busy month that saw a decline in exports and a fluctuating won. The BOK decision to uphold its benchmark interest rate – the seven day repurchase rate – at record low levels is…

September 16, 2015

Kyle Ferrier

Is China’s Slowdown Responsible for South Korea’s Drop in Exports?

By Troy Stangarone South Korea saw the largest drop in exports since the global recession in 2009 in August with exports falling 14.7 percent year-on-year. One sited cause of the decline is slowing economic growth in China, which now accounts for about 25 percent of South Korea’s exports. With China now South Korea’s most significant…

September 15, 2015

Troy Stangarone

Building a U.S.-Korea-India Trilateral Dialogue

By Linda Butcher How can we move forward with a Korea-India-U.S. trilateral dialogue? Yesterday, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) held a program with top experts to discuss just that. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in India, is optimistic, stating that the…

September 11, 2015

Linda Butcher

Previewing the Other Rising Asia: Korea and India Illustrate the Challenges for an Asia-Pacific Century

By Nicholas Hamisevicz This week KEI is hosting an event examining India and Korea as increasingly important countries in a rising Asia. Even though much attention has been placed on China this month as some world leaders recently visited Beijing for its military parade celebrating the end of World War II and with Xi Jinping’s upcoming…