Economy & Trade - Korea Economic Institute of America

China-North Korea Trade in 2015: The Beginning of a Downturn

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...

Li Tingting

October 6, 2016

Publication

The Void in North Korea’s Economic Relationship with Japan: Is Kim Wasting His Abductions Card?

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...

William Brown

October 6, 2016

Publication

Russia-North Korea Economic Relations

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...

Liudmila Zakharova

October 6, 2016

Publication

South Korea’s Economic Engagement toward North Korea

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....

Lee Sangkeun

October 6, 2016

Publication

Introduction | Shaping the Future of Economic Architecture in East Asia

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...

Gilbert Rozman

October 6, 2016

Publication

Shaping the Future of East Asian Economic Architecture: Views from ASEAN

The world has witnessed significant changes in its economic and strategic landscape since the Cold War era. In today’s multipolar system, states have a variety...

Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

October 6, 2016

Publication

China’s Visions of Future East Asian Economic Integration

East Asia has been the fastest growing area in the world in recent decades. Starting with Japan in the 1950s, East Asian countries have consecutively...

Tu Xinquan

October 6, 2016

Publication

Why is East Asian Economic Integration Important to the United States?

East Asian economic integration has rapidly advanced through several mechanisms: the economic dialogue in APEC and ASEAN+3, financial cooperation via the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization...

Euijin Jung

October 6, 2016

Publication

China’s North Korea Trade Surges in August: Are sanctions busted?

Any hopes that last spring’s “toughest ever” UN Security Council sanctions would cripple North Korea’s economy are likely to be dashed by recently released Chinese...

William Brown

October 4, 2016

Analysis

Misconceptions About Trade Dominate the First Presidential Debate

Last night’s debate between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump highlights trade as a top tier political issue in the upcoming...

Phil Eskeland

September 27, 2016

Analysis

Provoking the Market: The Impact of North Korea’s Fifth Nuclear Test on the South Korean Economy

A number of media outlets linked the drop in the KOSPI and the value of the won to North Korea’s nuclear test, but to what...

Kyle Ferrier

September 16, 2016

Analysis

Why Was South Korea Not an Original Member of the Trans Pacific Partnership?

During and after the TPP negotiations, significant debates took place in South Korea on why it did not join the TPP negotiations in the first...

Jiwon Nam

August 11, 2016

Analysis

Counterfeiting: The Other Way North Korea Finances Its Regime

Even though counterfeiting can bring hard currency to the isolated regime, the mass manufacturing of fake notes sponsored by a state is extremely unusual and...

Caleb Cho

August 3, 2016

Analysis

Understanding China’s North Korea Sanctions Enforcement: Metrics and Measures

Have the Chinese implemented, either wholly or partially, the sanctions outlined in UNSCR 2270? There are many metrics and litmus tests by which we can...

Travis Lindsay

July 28, 2016

Analysis

Tourism in Korea Projected to Reach Record High in 2016

After a rough 2015 marred by a major health scare, tourism to South Korea has bounced back and then some.

Jenna Gibson

July 18, 2016

Analysis