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This is the third in a three part series on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. The first part can be found here and the second...
Free trade agreements such as the KORUS FTA certainly aim to expand bilateral trade flows, but the greater contribution of such agreements is in improving...
March 15th marks the third anniversary of the implementation of the KORUS FTA. Since then bilateral trade between Korea and the U.S. has increased by...
What does the new Korea-China FTA mean for inter-Korean economic engagement?
Just a few weeks ago, two sub-agencies within the U.S. Department of Commerce released two important statistics that have gone relatively unnoticed even by keen...
Unwilling to reverse course on its military program, the isolated Kim regime has begun reconsidering its foreign policy position and has made new attempts to...
While the process of internationalizing Kaesong may be slow, production seems to be bouncing back to normal levels.
How does workplace safety compare in Korea with other countries?
Recent meetings were important to quickly connect the Park Geun-hye administration with the new leadership in India under Prime Minister Modi.
According to a recent Bank of Korea (BOK) release, Korea’s household debt reached its historically highest level at the end of the third quarter in...
Since reopening Kaesong last year, the German manufacturer, Groz-Beckert, is the only international firm to invest in the complex. However, a new action by North...
Within the next several hours, President Barack Obama is expected to sign an Executive Order to allow certain undocumented immigrants the right to remain and...
The Asian economic resurgence was first initiated by Japan after the end of World War II. Japan’s economy grew rapidly during the three decades from...
As the rest of the world gets accustomed to seeing Kim Jong-un walk with a cane, we might do well to figure out what, if...