Analysis and publications on economic policy, trade relations, business, financial issues, and commercial developments affecting U.S.-Korea relations.
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North Korea and South Korea are different, but sometimes it takes a crisis in each country to draw those differences out.
Although the Central Asia is not a major economic and diplomatic partner for South Korea, the countries of Central Asia have the potential to grow...
What are the practical implications of the U.S. Treasury Department designating North Korea a primary money laundering concern?
The welfare state is a concept of government in which the state or a well-established network of social institutions plays a key role in the...
China’s Customs Bureau on Tuesday released its global trade report for April that includes details of the country’s trade with North Korea.
While addressing the North Korean economy’s need for reliable sources of energy would be a key part of any economic revival in North Korea, the...
The Republic of Korea and the State of Israel have a lot in common: both were founded in 1948, both had to fight for their...
While relations with Iran hold significant promise with the removal of economic sanctions, they also have the potential to be extremely complex.
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...
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...
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?
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...