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The Future of U.S. Supply Chains: National Security and the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most significant economic disruption to the international economy since the Great Depression. The IMF estimates that the global economy contracted by 3.5 percent last…

July 30, 2021

Troy Stangarone

The Pandemic’s Impact on Supply Chains from China and their Evolution: The View from South Korea

Today’s global economy is highly interconnected and interdependent. Supply chains across the world are finely tuned to deliver parts just when they are needed, so that companies and industries do…

July 30, 2021

Jin Kyo Suh

The Big Squeeze: Japanese Supply Chains and Great Power Competition

Japan led, and was transformed, by the global supply chain revolution. Facing growing protectionism in industrialized markets and reeling from sharp yen appreciation in the aftermath of the 1985 Plaza…

July 30, 2021

Mireya Solis

Taiwan’s Shifting Role in the Global Supply Chain in the U.S.- China Trade War

The U.S.-China trade war and the pandemic have had a profound impact on cross-border supply chains. In the past few years of U.S.-China tensions, China has been accused of engaging…

July 30, 2021

Jinji Chen, Hong-yu Lin, Yi-ting Lien

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Podcasts

South Korea’s Role in the Chang Mai Initiative and Regional Economic Integration

In 2010, a group of Asian countries made major strides toward economic integration with the launch of the Chang Mai Initiative Multilateralization. This currency swap arrangement has had a major…

April 21, 2016

A Look at the North Korean Economy with Dr. Stephan Haggard

This week our guest is noted scholar and North Korea watcher Dr. Stephan Haggard. Dr. Haggard is a Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies and director of the Korea-Pacific Program at the…

April 8, 2016

Overlap and Divergence in American and European Approaches to the Korean Peninsula

At KEI, we mainly focus on the relationship between the United States and South Korea, and their approaches toward North Korea. This week, we're taking a different look at the…

Topic: Inter-Korean

March 30, 2016

Follow the Money: The Cat and Mouse Game to Cut off North Korea’s Nuclear Program

Last week, we looked at the details of the new US and UN sanctions against North Korea, delving into the new measures to get at Pyongyang's funding. But will they…

March 11, 2016

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Peninsula Blog

Is Apple’s Win a Major Blow Against Samsung?

By Chad 0'Carroll In light of a California jury ruling Friday, Samsung now looks set to have to pay Apple more than $1 billion in damages for violating hardware and software patents following the conclusion of what may well be seen as a landmark case. With the verdict seen as a big win for Apple,…

August 28, 2012

Chad OCarroll

North Korea’s Economic Diplomacy with Southeast Asia

By Sarah K. Yun After the failed April 13 rocket launch, North Korea seemed to be headed towards increased isolation from the international community. The United Nations Security Council tightened the sanctions regime, while the United States canceled the 24,000 metric tons of food aid that had been part of the “Leap Day” Agreement. However,…

August 22, 2012

Sarah Yun

Korea Adjusts Policies as the Economy Hangs in the Balance

By Seongjin James Ahn Uncertain Times Ahead Due to its place in the global economy, it was inevitable that South Korea would feel the pinch of weakening global economic conditions. To say that the country is on the verge of a crisis would be going too far, but issues that have been brewing over…

August 21, 2012

What Another Wage Hike at Kaesong Means

By Troy Stangarone In what is becoming an annual tradition, North and South Korea agreed to raise the wages of workers in the Kaesong Industrial Complex by the maximum 5 percent allowed to $67.05 a month under the established agreements between the two Koreas. While the increase in wages is clearly good the 51,000 or…