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Realistic Expectations of the Future Role of the International Financial Institutions on the Korean Peninsula

Recent developments on the Korean peninsula are raising expectations that the DPRK may finally be ready for a new era of political rapprochement and economic opening. This possibility is reflected…

May 25, 2011

Preparing for Change in North Korea: Shifting Out of Neutral

This study was undertaken to assess possible futures for the North Korean regime and the Korean peninsula that could affect U.S. and regional interests, and to consider which U.S. and…

April 1, 2011

Buying into North Korea: Practices and Implications for Foreign Investment into the DPRK

With North Korea becoming increasingly politically isolated, there are few channels through which the international community can remain engaged. Despite the distaste most have for Pyongyang politics, more than 24…

November 25, 2010

Kevin Shepard

Russia and the Koreas: Past Policies and Future Possibilities

Geography alone would give Russia a prominent role in the Korean peninsula. The Russian Federation currently shares a recently demarcated 17-kilometer common border along the Tumen River with the Democratic…

February 25, 2010

Richard Weitz

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Podcasts

Could North Korean nuclear tests trigger an eruption of Mt. Baekdu?

For understandable reasons, the international community has been focused on North Korea's nuclear program, concerned that Pyongyang could have a weapon capable of such massive destruction. But should they also…

March 17, 2016

Prospects for “Vitalizing” NGO Work in North Korea

In the recent agreement between Seoul and Pyeongyang to defuse tensions along the DMZ, the two governments included a promise to "vitalize" non-governmental organization (NGO) exchanges in various fields. …

September 10, 2015

Seismology and Mt. Baekdu: Science Diplomacy in North Korea

Volcanologist Dr. Kayla Iacovino traveled to North Korea in 2013 as part of a team that was collaborating with North Korean scientists to study Mt. Baekdu, one of Korea's most…

September 3, 2015

Making Sense of North Korea’s Re-Defector Press Conferences

Over the past few years, North Korea has been holding press conferences starring so-called re-defectors – people who fled to the South and chose to return. Researchers Steven Denney and…

July 31, 2015

Peninsula Blog

Quiet over the Deportation of North Koreans

This briefing comes from Korea View, a weekly newsletter published by the Korea Economic Institute. Korea View aims to cover developments that reveal trends on the Korean Peninsula but receive little attention in the United States. If you would like to sign up, please find the online form here. What Happened At the start of the month, two men…