Analysis and publications on economic policy, trade relations, business, financial issues, and commercial developments affecting U.S.-Korea relations.
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The South Korean economy is drifting like a ship which has lost its captain while the ‘Choi Soon-sil Scandal,’ a civilian who has no official...
Not all is easy for Kim Jong-un as he must soon make important and probably irrevocable decisions with respect to how far he will allow...
In 2013, two countries in East Asia launched their respective visions for an East-meets-West integrated region: China pronounced one of the most ambitious foreign economic...
Unlike past U.S. elections, President-elect Donald Trump has made trade a centerpiece of his campaign.
Do claims of the KORUS FTA costing the United States 100,000 jobs hold up?
International trade has become a top-tier political issue during this U.S. election cycle that has come together to create a “perfect storm” for candidates at...
As the Korean economy started growing, its relations with the labor sector also started changing, and so has one of its most basic factors, the...
This study explores the organization of the Korean labor market, systemic faults in it leading to undesirable outcomes and their determinants, and consequences for workers...
These days, college students graduate into a competitive job markets where a high unemployment rate and an oversupply of workers coexist.
Most analysis of the extended nuclear crisis that first broke in 2002 has focused, quite legitimately, on the realm of high politics: the diplomatic and...
China-North Korea trade accounts for the majority of North Korea’s international trade and is considered significant for the economic development and social stability of North...
Much is made in Western circles of North Korea’s economic dependence on China amid questions of whether and how much leverage this gives Beijing. In...
Russia shares a border with the Korean Peninsula, and its declared interest is to maintain peace and stability in the region. During Soviet times, its...
On February 10, 2016, the South Korean government announced the closure of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, a symbol of its engagement policy and inter-Korean rapprochement....
Lately, many questions have been raised about how new currents are reshaping the economic architecture in East Asia, ranging from the Russian Far East to...