The Comfort Women Agreement 5 Years On
The agreement between Korea and Japan on the issue of comfort women, announced in 2015, seemed like an amazing breakthrough on a sensitive topic in…
Plight of Small Tech Firms
With the South Korean government focused on achieving balance between employment and innovation, gains for small and medium enterprises (SME) may narrow vis-à-vis their larger competitors.
What Will RCEP Mean for South Korea?
On Sunday November 15 the countries party to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) announced that trade negotiations had successfully concluded after several years of…
Public Support for Corruption Investigation
Legacies of past corruption scandals have elevated South Korean public demand for government accountability, overriding long-standing political opposition.