A year after implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Wendy Cutler, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs, and chief negotiator of the FTA, reflects on the newly-discovered opportunities, burgeoning trade, and partnerships, as well as limitations and early challenges. // n_docel))) n_result = n_docel; return… MORE

  TRANSCRIPT   The Korea Society welcomes Yonsei University President Jeong Kap-young for a luncheon discussion on Building a Creative Korean Economy: The Role of Higher Education on March 13th at noon. A specialist in industrial organization, public policy and economics, President Jeong propelled Yonsei to the top of the Joongang rankings… MORE

Experts reflect on President Park Geun-hye inauguration, promises of greater “economic democracy” at home and a new trustpolitik with the North, and relations with the U.S. Stanford University’s David Straub, The Council on Foreign Relations’ Scott Snyder, and Yonsei University’s John Delury address these issues, with an eye toward evolving… MORE

On Monday, February 25, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of The Korea Society, and Ambassador Mark Minton, President of The Korea Society, attended the Inauguration of South Korean President Park Guen-hye, the country's 18th-term president. Ambassador Minton reflects on President Park's Inaugural speech and a presidential banquet ceremony held at the Blue House.  … MORE

Tom Byrne, Senior VP, and Asia-Pacific Manager of Moody's Sovereign Risk Group, examines Korea’s sovereign credit rating on the eve of a new administration in Seoul. Mr. Byrne analyzes Korea's economic and fiscal fundamentals, the government's balance sheet, as well as levels of debt and the overall impact on Korea's… MORE

On February 12, 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in a show of defiance to the international community and the nuclear non-proliferation regime. President of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), David Albright; Executive Director of the Ploughshares Fund, Phillip Yun; and the Senior Director of… MORE