The 2026 Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) survey, conducted with YouGov, finds that American support for U.S. alliances, and for the alliance with South...

The one-year mark of the U.S.-South Korean investment memorandum of understanding (MOU) is approaching this fall—without a single investment announcement. By contrast, Japan has announced...

While annual investment funding is capped at USD 20 billion, the full package including $150 billion in shipbuilding must be announced by January 2029.

The deal may not only help Korea avoid higher tariffs, but also lower the cost of capital for strategic investments in the United States.

A major subject for continued U.S.-Korea negotiations has been the structure of the USD 350 billion investment fund.

Deep integration of U.S.-South Korean economic relations may not be enough to avoid significant challenges ahead.