US-Korea Investment and Diplomacy Ledger: Q1, 2025
The first quarter of 2025 marked the transition into what will likely be seen as a new global economic reordering.
South Korea Scrambles to Adjust to a Trump Economy
President Yoon Suk-yeol, like many of his peers, try to disentangle likely changes in US economic policies by the second Trump administration.
Economic Issues for Korea in the Next US Administration
With a host of pending initiatives, here are some of the top economic issues for the US-Korea relationship in the next US administration.
Lessons from the IMF Annual Meeting for South Korea
There were four main themes in this year’s meeting: moderating inflation, low growth, fiscal stress, and geopolitical risk.
Harris and Trump Debate America’s Economic Vision
Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump helped narrow down the key economic issues on the docket.
Korea’s Drive for Developed Market Reclassification
The findings will determine what next steps Korea needs to focus on to move from the index of emerging markets to that of a developed one.
Korea’s Economic Growth Projected to Accelerate in 2024
The OECD projects a GDP growth rate of 2.6 percent for Korea in 2024, which is substantially higher than the February 2024 outlook.
10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2024
South Korea’s rapprochement with Japan and North Korea’s embrace of Russia significantly shaped events on the Korean Peninsula in 2023. Both promise to have a…
2023 in Review: North Korea Slowly Begins to Reopen to the World
Some North Korean pandemic restrictions continue to remain in place despite the rest of the world having returned to normal.
Economic Allies: Highlights of the Past Seventy Years of U.S.-Korea Economic Relations
No reflection of 70 years of the U.S.-Korea alliance would be complete without examining exactly what it means to be an economic ally.