A Cognitive Approach to Ethnic Identity Construction in the Korean Enclave in Beijing
With increasing economic interdependence between South Korea and the PRC since the 1990s, in recent years, over two million South Koreans are reported to cross…
The U.S. Approach to Regional Trade Agreements Involving East Asia
The U.S. government has had a long and convoluted approach to the issue of bilateral or regional trade agreements involving East Asian countries. This paper…
South Korea: Which Way Will it Go on Asian Integration?
Since 1990, Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), including Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Customs Unions, have spread rapidly on the basis of the WTO system that…
Competing Templates in Asia Pacific Economic Integration
Nearly two decades have passed since the last major multilateral trade agreements were concluded in 1993—a gap already longer than any since the GATT/WTO system…
Selling North Korea in New Frontiers: Profit and Revolution in Cyberspace
When the Internet became accessible to the international public in the 1990’s, it forever revolutionized the way people exchange information and communication. Demands for connection…
North Koreans Have Cell Phones – Why cell phones won’t lead to revolution and how they strengthen the regime.
Until the recent passing of Kim Jong-il, the world thought of North Korea as a Stalinist, Hermit Kingdom run by a crazy, nuclear weapon-building, grey…
Nothing to be Afraid of? North Korean Political Economy and Economic Reform
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) President Kim il-Sung explained to his counterpart Erich Honecker, President of the German Democratic Republic, in 1977 that building…
South Korean National Identity and its Strategic Preferences
Natural disasters are known to draw nations closer together. The 2004 tsunami relief efforts of various states, especially the United States, were widely credited with…
The Dollar’s Influence in East Asia: Benevolent or Overbearing? A Comparative Answer in the U.S. Economic Aid and the Dollar Standard
There is no doubt that the United States has been a dominant economic power in the world. U.S. troops are deployed in the various corners…
Another Energy Competition in Northeast Asia Coal Policies of South Korea and Japan in Comparative Perspective
Northeast Asian countries compete against one another in order to procure natural resources from abroad. Moreover, competition surrounding energy-related technologies is getting overheated in this…