Economy & Trade - Korea Economic Institute of America

130th Anniversary of Korea’s Economic Relations with Russia

The beginning of Korea-Russia economic relations go back 130 years, however, for most of the last century, the relationship between Korea and Russia has been...

Jeong Yeo-cheon

March 4, 2016

Publication

The Costs of Korean Unification: Realistic Lessons from the German Case

German unification is often used as a preview on what is going to happen in Korea. Such a position is rejected in this article. Not...

Rudiger Frank

March 4, 2016

Publication

President Park Geun-hye’s Unification Vision and Policy

Achieving unification has been one of the most important national goals of all South Korean presidents. President Park is no exception, and clarifies that building...

Jo Dongho

March 4, 2016

Publication

South Korea’s Development Assistance and Economic Outreach Toward Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the region where Japan has been most deeply engaged in the postwar era. Japan has provided over half of its official development...

Kwak Sungil

February 29, 2016

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Korea’s Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP)

Korea’s Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP), launched in 2004, is a policy-oriented development cooperation program in which Korea shares its development experience and knowledge to support...

Lim Wonhyuk

February 29, 2016

Publication

How Korea’s Trade with Its FTA Partners Performed in 2015

Korea has one of the world’s most expansive network of free trade agreements. In this post we explore how U.S.-Korea trade has fared in relations...

Troy Stangarone

February 18, 2016

Analysis

Provoking the Market: North Korea’s Impact on the South Korean Economy

To what extent should financial losses coinciding with North Korean provocations be considered as wholly isolated from market trends or at least marginally interconnected?

Kyle Ferrier

February 17, 2016

Analysis

Global Slowdown Hits U.S.- Korea Trade in 2015

With the global economy slowing as China’s economy cools, many emerging markets saw growth slow or stall, while significant drops in oil prices proved more...

Troy Stangarone

February 11, 2016

Analysis

Navigating Korea’s Labor Market Reforms

Faced with growing youth unemployment and public dissatisfaction with labor market conditions, representatives from South Korean labor, management, and government finalized an agreement to reform...

Chang Hong-geun

January 20, 2016

Publication

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

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