Analysis and publications on economic policy, trade relations, business, financial issues, and commercial developments affecting U.S.-Korea relations.
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Hallyu fans who have always wanted to be able to understand their favorite stars when they speak in Korean now have a new tool –...
Attempting to contest rumors in Seoul that the U.S. would name Korea and/or China a currency manipulator for political reasons, last month I argued against...
Full first quarter data on trade between North Korea and China is not yet available, but data released by China’s General Administration of Customs raises...
Recent statistics released by the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau show an improvement in the trade balance with South Korea in favor...
Late last year, the Bank of Korea (BoK), South Korea’s central bank, announced its plans for a “Cashless Society,” which first and foremost means getting...
Higher interest rates will dampen the effectiveness of his promised stimulus package and, vis-à-vis a stronger dollar, make U.S. exports more expensive. While the latter...
More and more Koreans are saying that they don’t trust Korean companies.
Much like China’s undeclared sanctions against South Korea for the deployment of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), North Korea may be doing the same...
U.S. services exports to Korea hit a record level of $21.55 billion in 2016, which contributed to producing the highest trade surplus in services ($10.7...
Last week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the President’s National Trade Policy Agenda for 2017.
In a country known for its melodramatic soap operas and glitzy pop groups, Western heart-on-sleeve musicals have proven to be a natural fit for Korean...
With the arrest of Lee Jae-yong on charges of bribery, embezzlement, perjury, and the illegal transfer of funds abroad, Samsung faces a period of uncertainty...
Suddenly and unexpectedly, after several decades as Asia’s backwater and basket case of international development, Myanmar was thrust to the center stage of international attention...
While the overall U.S. trade deficit in merchandise goods with the world increased by $1.9 billion or 0.4 percent, the bilateral trade deficit between the...
As the Choi Soon-sil scandal has unfolded over the past several months the Korean public’s dissatisfaction with major Korean conglomerates known as chaebols has become...