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The Seoul G-20 Five Years On: Global Financial Safety Nets

By Kyle Ferrier This year’s G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey may best remembered for the inclusion of non-economic issues in response to the terror attacks...

Kyle Ferrier

November 24, 2015

Analysis

U.S. Presidential Debates Enter Rhetorical Overdrive

What clues can we detect in the U.S. presidential debates thus far about how the candidates view foreign policy, international trade, and, more specifically, relations...

Phil Eskeland

November 20, 2015

Analysis

Is K-Beauty the Next Hallyu Superstar?

Amid plunging exports, Korean cosmetics brands are defying the odds.

Jenna Gibson

November 19, 2015

Analysis

The Seoul G-20 Five Years On: Development

Five years have passed since South Korea served as the G-20 host in 2010, yet contributions from its presidency of the multilateral economic forum are...

Kyle Ferrier

November 18, 2015

Analysis

Crisis Averted – For Now

This was a very interesting week in Washington – three seminal events happened (no, the visit of Prince Harry doesn’t count) that were linked in...

Phil Eskeland

October 31, 2015

Analysis

Does the Korean Economy Depend Too Much on Samsung?

KEI is proud to release newest work in its Academic Paper Series, Does the Korean Economy Depend Too Much on Samsung? by Dr. Hyoung Tae...

October 20, 2015

Publication

How a Northeast Asian Development Bank Could Succeed

Still in the nascent stage of planning, a Northeast Asia Development Bank would serve as a multilateral development bank (MDB) to attract investment in Northeast...

Kyle Ferrier

October 9, 2015

Analysis

What Would a Fed Rate Rise Mean for South Korea?

The possibility of an increase of the federal funds rate for the first time since June 2006 has garnered much public attention, with policy heavyweights...

Kyle Ferrier

September 16, 2015

Analysis

Is China’s Slowdown Responsible for South Korea’s Drop in Exports?

With China now South Korea’s most significant export market, how responsible is the economic slowdown in China for the sharp decline in South Korean exports?

Troy Stangarone

September 15, 2015

Analysis

Previewing the Other Rising Asia: Korea and India Illustrate the Challenges for an Asia-Pacific Century

This week KEI is hosting an event examining India and Korea as increasingly important countries in a rising Asia.

Nicholas Hamisevicz

September 9, 2015

Analysis

Korea’s Economy and the China’s Economic Slowdown

On September 1 new trade figures for the month of August indicated that South Korea’s exports had dropped 14.7 year-on-year continuing a trend since January...

Troy Stangarone

September 3, 2015

Analysis

How North and South Korea Have Changed Since the Korean War

With the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II over the weekend, KEI takes a look back at what has changed on the...

Jenna Gibson

August 17, 2015

Analysis

Korean Study Abroad Numbers Drop as Return on Investment Falters

For South Korean children, studying abroad and mastering English used to be the key to success, prompting waves of students to head overseas for their...

Jenna Gibson

August 3, 2015

Analysis

Could a Grexit Impact Korea’s Economy?

For Korea, the potential impact of a Greek default or Grexit would not be so much from Greece itself, which only accounts for 0.2 percent...

Troy Stangarone

June 29, 2015

Analysis

Roller Coaster Ride of Trade Politics – Part III

This has been an incredibly fascinating past several weeks to anyone who has followed the politics of trade policy in the U.S. Congress.

Phil Eskeland

June 26, 2015

Analysis