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Final DPRK Travel Ban Regulations Will Cut Humanitarian Help for North

The initial statement on travel to North Korea indicated that there would be exemptions for humanitarian activities and journalists. Those exemptions, however, are limited and...

Robert King

September 18, 2017

Analysis

Scratch North Korea from your Vacation Plans

According to news reports, the State Department will soon publish a new regulation to ban Americans from visiting North Korea for tourism.

Mark Tokola

July 26, 2017

Analysis

Why do Koreans Vote at a Higher Rate in Elections than Americans?

Even prior to this presidential election, South Korea had a track record of high voter turnout relative to other countries.

Patrick Niceforo

May 31, 2017

Analysis

Challenges for the Moon Administration in Addressing Relations with Japan

This year has already seen a dramatic roller-coaster of events in South Korea-Japan relations.

Juni Kim

May 19, 2017

Analysis

Chinese Tourists to South Korea Drop 40 Percent in March Amid THAAD Row

It’s official – new numbers from March confirm that China’s THAAD retaliation has significantly cut into South Korea’s tourism industry.

Jenna Gibson

April 24, 2017

Analysis

Continuity in South Korean Foreign Policy

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched in August 2008 and transformed into a treaty-based inter-governmental organization in October 2012. The GGGI positioned South Korea...

Jeffrey Robertson

April 17, 2017

Publication

Could North Korea be Sent to the International Criminal Court Over Kim Jong-nam?

With it becoming increasingly clear that North Korea had a role in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam some have suggested that North Korea be investigated...

Troy Stangarone

March 2, 2017

Analysis

More than North Korean Diplomats Fled to the South in 2016

In 2016, while Thae Yong-ho’s defection from North Korea’s London embassy was widely covered, a total of 1,418 North Korean refugees entered South Korea.

Patrick Niceforo

February 22, 2017

Analysis

Family Matters: Kim Jong-un’s Siblings

Monday’s assassination of Kim Jong-un’s eldest half-brother Kim Jong-nam has been widely thought to have been carried out on the North Korean regime’s order, perhaps...

Juni Kim

February 16, 2017

Analysis

The Murder of Kim Jong-nam

According to news reports, Kim Jong-un’s brother, Kim Jong-nam, was murdered in Malaysia on February 13.

Mark Tokola

February 14, 2017

Analysis

The South Korean Constitutional Court’s Impeachment Timeline

The Constitutional Court, which began hearings for her impeachment last December, must either uphold or disapprove of the National Assembly’s impeachment motion.

Juni Kim

February 9, 2017

Analysis

U.S. Bilateral Relationships in Asia: Public Perceptions and Uncertainty

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in association with other policy institutes worldwide, recently released a new study examining public opinions in America and Northeast...

Juni Kim

February 3, 2017

Analysis

South Korea’s Concern with Nation Branding Strategies

There are two means that a nation can use to influence the preferences of international audiences: hard power and soft power.

Sungeun Chung

November 22, 2016

Analysis

Samsung’s Troubles Demonstrates How Different North and South Korea Really Are

North Korea and South Korea are different, but sometimes it takes a crisis in each country to draw those differences out.

Troy Stangarone

October 31, 2016

Analysis

The Korean-American Vote: Update on the 2016 Presidential Election

The newly released Fall 2016 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) shows that Clinton has strengthened her support among Korean-American voters since the previous survey.

Juni Kim

October 13, 2016

Analysis