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Korean Firms' Sustainability Practices and Their Role in the Green Economy

Companies in industrialized nations have embraced environmental protection and sustainability as part of their international competitive strategies. The trend toward proactive environmental management has also grown in Korean firms, as…

November 16, 2017

Younsung Kim

East Asia's Regional Financial Governance: Assessing Korea's Centrality

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, the multilayered international financial governance regime has been strengthened. In East Asia, this regime includes an ASEAN+3 regional layer designed to complement…

September 12, 2017

Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Full Book | Korea's Economy Vol. 31

Dear Readers, With the 31st edition of Korea’s Economy, we have turned our focus to Northeast Asia where China and Japan represent two of South Korea’s most important trading partners.…

August 3, 2017

Corporate Debt Market in Korea

This report conducts an analysis of the corporate bond market in Korea and the changes in interest rates and term structure since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The potential risks…

April 21, 2017

Paul Moon Sub Choi

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Podcasts

Examining the Korean Economy

In this episode of Korean Kontext, guest host Kyle Ferrier, KEI's director of academic affairs and research, sits down with Korea Society President Tom Byrne. Before joining the Korea Society…

December 11, 2015

Behind the Scenes of South Korea’s Space Program

With the recent retirement by Yi So-yeon, South Korea’s remaining astronaut, many have turned attention to Korea, wondering whether there is a future for its space program. According to Daniel Pinkston of the…

September 16, 2014

Overhauling a Nation: A Discussion on Economic Reforms in North Korea

North Korea has engaged in various forms of economic reforms and marketization attempts such as establishing Special Economic Zones and obtaining Foreign Direct Investment. Yet, many of North…

Topic: Human Rights

August 8, 2014

Income Inequality: Important Economic Lessons Looking at South Korea

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Yiagadeesen Samy of Carleton University on income inequality in South Korea and its affect on Korea’s economy. Dr. Samy is an economist…

July 25, 2014

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Peninsula Blog

Samsung vs. Apple: An Overview of the Ongoing Legal War over Mobile Devices

By Matthew Tranquada On Monday morning, in a federal courtroom in San Jose, lawyers for Samsung and Apple met to pick a panel of 10 jurors to decide a case worth $2.5 billion in damages for patent infringement. At the heart of the case is Apple’s contention that Samsung’s designs of its Galaxy series of…

July 31, 2012

Another Blow For Samsung in Its Legal Battle with Apple

By Chad O'Carroll After last week’s news that Apple had successfully won an injunction to block the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab computers in the United States comes another major legal development also in Apple’s favor. As of close of business on Tuesday, Galaxy case judge Judy Koh effectively banned sales of the Samsung Galaxy…

July 6, 2012

Chad OCarroll

Samsung Galaxy Tab the Latest Casualty in Ongoing Legal War with Apple

By Chad O'Carroll The seemingly perpetual legal fracas between Apple and Samsung took a turn yesterday when U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of California entered an injunction to block the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 computers in the United States. The block of sales of the newest Galaxy tablet, touted by many industry experts…

June 27, 2012

Chad OCarroll

Korea to Halt Imports of Iranian Oil

By Troy Stangarone With sanctions by the United States and the European Union continuing to tighten on Iran, Korea has announced that it will halt imports of Iranian oil as of July 1. Korea’s decision makes it the first of Iran’s major export markets, and a key Asian consumer of Iranian oil, to fully cut…