Analysis and publications on economic policy, trade relations, business, financial issues, and commercial developments affecting U.S.-Korea relations.
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By Troy Stangarone Despite the financial crisis of 2008, the global downturn that followed in 2009, and a year of tension between North and South...
Since the Seoul Summit last November, the world has faced growing concerns of a return to recession and a second financial crisis focused in the...
Along with the revolution in the information technology (IT) industry, the world economy has also witnessed a spectacular rise of the financial industry in recent...
Samsung has gone from being a supplier of low-end, unattractive mobile technology, to becoming one of the key players in a highly competitive smart phone...
Following several lost decades of stagnant growth and bad governance after independence in the 1960s, African countries are now resurgent. Whether one looks at gross...
Africa, composed of 54 countries, occupies 20.4percent (30,221,532 square kilometers) of the totalland on earth. It is a huge continent with a populationof approximately one...
While Korea’s efforts in helping Libya are laudable, Korea may also be in a position to help utilize lessons from its own development to help...
Ensuring passage of the KORUS FTA in time for President Lee’s visit is reflective of the strong nature of the alliance.
Troy Stangarone looks at what is ahead for the FTA now it has been submitted to congress.
Domestically, the decision for Korea to take on the presidency of the Group of 20 (G-20) in 2010 was received with both excitement and concern....
The term “reunification” can be defined as a process of forming one united country from two or more countries that had been separated by internal...
The year 2010, which is when the Korean economy recovered from the 2008 global financial crisis, seems to have been the turning point to rerecognize...
As the economy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea becomes increasingly isolated, it depends more and more on the People’s Republic of China for...
Incredible change in the global economy over the past decade has shattered virtually everyone's expectations of what the next fifty years will look like, and...
Just a few decades ago, South Korea had much in common with many African states as they were emerging from colonialism. At the time of...