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...

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...

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?

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Roller Coaster Ride of Trade Politics – Part II

The House of Representatives is experiencing the topsy-turvy ride otherwise known as trade politics

Capitol Hill | Korea’s Prospects for Joining TPP

Korea and Trade Promotion Authority

What does the looming vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the President have to do with Korea?

Modi to Korea: Enhanced Partnership but Adjustments Needed in Korea – India Ties

Modi’s efforts, along with the meetings and arrangements stemming from this visit, may provide the space and opportunities to move on from past deficiencies and...

Roller Coaster Ride of Trade Politics

Last week saw one of the most interesting weeks in the politics of trade policy on Capitol Hill in many years.

Future of Free Trade in East Asia