Keys to the Kimdom: North Korea’s Economic Heritage and Prospects after Kim Jong-il’s Death
What is North Korea? A threat. A headache. A problem. But not so often an economy. The DPRK is much discussed and fretted over, yet…
Chinese Perspectives on North Korea and Korean Unification
China’s political attitudes toward the Korean peninsula and its role in managing North Korea have been a constant source of intrigue for many Asia watchers…
The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: How Much of a Success?
The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit held in March 2012 was a watershed event for South Korea. It marked by far the largest gathering of world…
Bracing for Low Fertility and a Large Elderly Population in South Korea
For the first time in its history, South Korea is experiencing the challenge of extremely low fertility and a rapidly increasing number of elderly persons….
A Convergence of Interests: Prospects for Rason Special Economic Zone
Rason, North Korea’s Special Economic Zone located in the far Northeast of the country, is undergoing change at a pace unseen in its twenty-year existence….
Proactive Deterrence: The Challenge of Escalation Control on the Korean Peninsula
Since the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty in 1953, the U.S.-ROK alliance has been tremendously successful in deterring a large-scale attack by the DPRK….
Developing an International Financial Center to Modernize the Korean Service Sector
Along with the revolution in the information technology (IT) industry, the world economy has also witnessed a spectacular rise of the financial industry in recent…
2012 Nuclear Security Summit: The Korean Twist
The March 2012 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in Seoul, Korea comes at a critical juncture when the world continues to experience a growing number of…
Reviving the Korean Armistice: Building Future Peace on Historical Precedents
Despite the critical function of the armistice, very little political attention has been paid to the agreement, with few bureaucrats, policymakers, and Korea experts sufficiently…