KEI Insight Archives - Korea Economic Institute of America

Despite an historic delay and continued opposition in some quarters, passage of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) looks set to proceed quickly through...

Feb 14, 2012

The New Faces of KEI

By Dr. Abraham Kim, Jack Pritchard

KEI has bid farewell to 6 of its 9 family members this year. The faces and personalities are changing, but KEI’s commitment to excellence remains....

Jan 20, 2012

Pyongyang has an App for That: Sanctions and Luxury Goods in North Korea

By Dr. Abraham Kim

Despite years of sanctions and isolation, foreign goods and modern consumer technologies continue to flow into North Korea providing elites with luxury goods and fueling...

Jan 20, 2012

Gateway to Inter-Korean Summits

By Sarah Yun

Winston Churchill coined the term “summit” in the early 1950s to define meetings between leaders of great powers in the Cold War. While summits have...

Jan 20, 2012

South Korea’s Role in a Post-Fukushima Nuclear Environment

By Nicholas Hamisevicz

While the initial focus may be on the humanitarian and safety needs of Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident, South Korea has a major stake...

Jan 20, 2012

The Strategic Implications of Transformation in the Middle East for Korea

By Greg Scarlatoiu, Troy Stangarone

For much of the past month, the world has sat transfixed as the Arab World has begun to transform before our eyes. Having started in...

Jan 20, 2012

Uncertainty in the Alliance?

By Dr. Abraham Kim, Troy Stangarone

During the last two years ago, U.S.-South Korea relations have strengthened in ways that many Korea watchers did not expect. With a liberal President Barack...

Jan 20, 2012

Volatility and Opportunity in 2011

By Dr. Abraham Kim, Jack Pritchard

Last year was a momentous year for the Korean Peninsula. As the world worked its way out of the global and financial crisis of 2008-2009,...

Jan 20, 2012

North Korea Reveals Uranium Enrichment Facility and Light Water Reactor

By Jack Pritchard, Nicole Finnemann

On November 2-6, KEI President Jack Pritchard and KEI Director Nicole Finneman visited Pyongyang to discuss with North Korean officials the current state of North...

Jan 20, 2012