Analysis and publications on economic policy, trade relations, business, financial issues, and commercial developments affecting U.S.-Korea relations.
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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...
In this article, I focus on the impacts on South Korea of the current transformation in the Middle East. South Korea is the world’s fifth-largest...
The expansion of the Group of Eight (G-8) to the Group of 20 (G-20) was received by developing countries with high expectations and optimism. The...
Just as the world economy was about to be thrown into another Great Depression in late 2008, leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) and...
The world of the twenty-first century is not the world in which I grew up. Then, influence and power were centered in the so-called industrialized...
Every country is increasingly interested in the green economy and developing green growth. Different principles, strategies, and methods have been announced. Korea has also acknowledged...
Green growth was put into policy actions by the Korean government in January 2009. Having adopted “low carbon, green growth” as the new national vision...
Korea’s V-shaped recovery from the Great Recession that began in early 2009 was among the fastest in the world and gave way to a robust...
It is undeniable that Korea successfully overcame the global financial crisis faster than any other country in the world. Last year, the Financial Times complimented...
The most important single variable for any trade-dependent country like Korea is robust and sustainable growth for the world economy. Korea takes a sharp hit...