Aug 31, 2011

Human Resources and Korean Reunification

By Nicholas Eberstadt

Much has been written over the years on the geopolitical, security, legal, institutional, economic, and policy requisites for success in a hypothetical Korean reunification. One...

Aug 31, 2011

Korea-China Economic Partnership: The Third China Rush

By Cheong Young-rok, Lee Chang-kyu

The year 2010, which is when the Korean economy recovered from the 2008 global financial crisis, seems to have been the turning point to rerecognize...

Aug 31, 2011

Increasing Dependency: North Korea’s Economic Relations with China

By Dick K. Nanto

As the economy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea becomes increasingly isolated, it depends more and more on the People’s Republic of China for...

Aug 31, 2011

A New Phase in China–North Korea Relations

By Gordon G. Chang

Fundamental changes to the nature of politics inside China’s Communist Party are occurring at the same time Beijing and Pyongyang work out a new relationship....

Aug 31, 2011

U.S.-Korea Economic Relations: A View from Seoul

By Kim Won-kyong

Incredible change in the global economy over the past decade has shattered virtually everyone's expectations of what the next fifty years will look like, and...

Aug 31, 2011

Korea-Africa: Emerging Opportunities

By James Clifton Francis, Philippe de Pontet

Just a few decades ago, South Korea had much in common with many African states as they were emerging from colonialism. At the time of...

Aug 31, 2011

Economic Implications for South Korea of the Current Transformation in the Middle East

By Han Baran

In this article, I focus on the impacts on South Korea of the current transformation in the Middle East. South Korea is the world’s fifth-largest...

Aug 31, 2011

Korea’s Green Energy Policies and Prospects

By Whang Jooho

The global energy environment affecting Korea at home and from abroad increases the necessity for green growth that can be achieved by environment-friendly energy technology...

Aug 31, 2011

Africa and South Korea’s Leadership of the G-20

By Mwangi S. Kimenyi

The expansion of the Group of Eight (G-8) to the Group of 20 (G-20) was received by developing countries with high expectations and optimism. The...

Aug 31, 2011

The G-20: Achievements and Challenges

By SaKong Il

Just as the world economy was about to be thrown into another Great Depression in late 2008, leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) and...

Aug 31, 2011

A Reflection on the Seoul Summit

By Paul Volcker

The world of the twenty-first century is not the world in which I grew up. Then, influence and power were centered in the so-called industrialized...

Aug 31, 2011

Korea’s Green Growth Strategy: A Washington Perspective

By Haeyoung Kim

When the global financial crisis tore through world economies, national budgets around the world were immediately funneled to stabilize and revive the energy-intensive industries impacted...