In April 2026, South Korea posted $85.9 billion in goods exports, a 48 percent surge from a year earlier, with semiconductors exceeding $30 billion for the...

The Sinan salt farm case reflects deeper governance challenges linking demographic decline, rural labor markets, enforcement capacity, and global supply-chain scrutiny.

From alliance recalibration to the "Korea Discount," KEI experts analyze the critical issues shaping U.S.–South Korea relations in 2026.

The alliance faces a familiar challenge in a more complex environment: maintaining credible deterrence while adapting to evolving threats.

Americans may debate trade, tariffs, and troop deployments, but they agree that more nuclear weapons make the world less secure.