Tag: Geopolitical Affairs

The Perils of Protectionism: Korea’s Foreign Investment Challenge

Headline grabbing rallies against American beef imports last year cast doubt for some observers over the image of South Korea as a dynamic, outward-looking member

China’s Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security

Entrenched relationships are being redefined across the Pacific, with China now South Korea’s number one trading partner and destination for foreign investment and tourism. What

Korea’s Future: The Role of President Lee Myung-Bak’s Administration

Lee Jae Oh is a distinguished politician in South Korea and has devoted his life’s work to the democratization of Korean society. After a short

Lee Myung-bak’s First 100 Days in Office: The Roots of a Summer of Discontent?

The largest demonstrations in decades and political turmoil have beset South Korea since President Lee Myung-bak took office just a few months ago. Lee assumed

President Lee Myung-Bak addresses The Korea Society

On April 15, 2008, His Excellency Lee Myung-Bak, the 17th President of the Republic of Korea, addressed the members, friends and guests of The Korea

New Beginnings: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations

New Beginnings Project: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations During a press conference held in New York at The Korea Society, three members of the New

The Republic of Bloggers

With some of the highest rates of broadband and wireless Internet penetration in the world, Korea and Japan are home to thriving online communities that

The New York Philharmonic

A Panel Discussion When the New York Philharmonic became the first American orchestra to play in North Korea on February 26, 2008, decades worth of

North Korea: Market Opportunity, Poverty and the Provinces

When assessing the impact of the mid-1990s famine on the North Korean population, experts have been working on an assumption: that North Koreans living in

The Secret History of Capitalism

From 18th Century Britain to 20th Century South Korea Over the last two and half decades, most developing countries have experienced slowing growth, rising inequality