Is Free Wi-Fi All the North Korean People Really Need?
From the Hack North Korea contest to smuggling in USBs and launching balloons over the DMZ, there have been many ways people have tried to get outside information to the North Korean people.
Korea and Global Climate Change Negotiations
Korea has begun to play greater role internationally as a rising middle power across a range of issues, including climate change.
5 Important Issues for the New U.S. Ambassador to Korea
Issues for the new U.S. Ambassador to help keep the U.S.-Korea alliance strong and active, both in the Northeast Asia region and around the globe.
After Trouble with Minesweeper Deal South Korea – India Relations Need a Win
For South Korea and India, a new bilateral project will be necessary to propel the South Korea-India strategic partnership to a higher intensity of relations.
Will North Korea Participate in the Ultra-modern Asian Super Grid?
In a future with the Asian Super Grid, renewable energies gathered in the steppes of Mongolia would be transported through an integrated, multi-national power grid to reach energy needy cities in China, Russia, on the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.
The Rationale for a German Firm’s Investment in the Kaesong Industrial Complex
This will make Groz-Beckert the second foreign investment in Kaesong and the first since the complex reopened last fall.
Will Korea Be Able to Join the TPP Talks?
Last November, after many months of consideration, South Korea expressed its interest in joining the 12 other Pacific Rim nations in participating in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
The KORUS FTA and the Debate Over Trade Promotion Authority
By Troy Stangarone In the ongoing debate over granting President Barack Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), previously known as Fast Track, three Democratic members of…
Economic Growth Since the Financial Crisis: Korea and the G-20
Over the last five years, Korea’s economy has outperformed all the advanced economies in the G-20 with the exception of 2012, when the United States and Australia posted higher levels of GDP growth.
Where do Chaebols fit in Park Geun-hye’s “Creative Economy”?
Elected in 2012, President Park Geun-hye promised to rebalance the country’s economy by redistributing wealth through “economic democratization.”