South Korea'sdecade-longexperiment in economic diplomacy with North Korea has proved to be a failure.

South Korean president Kim Dae-jung’s administration has made the separation of business and politics in North-South trade a fundamental objective of its North Korean policy. Proponents assert that the policy has already achieved major accomplishments, while critics charge it is beset by international contradictions and unlikely to advance its...

Scholars gathered at AEI to consider inter-Koran trade policy and its implications.

While the recent round of six-party talks and the inter-Korean summit provide a hopeful vision for resolving the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, serious questions remain as to whether or not Pyongyang will ever dismantle its nuclear program or undertake fundamental reform. In his recent book, Red Rogue: The Persistent...

Nicholas Eberstadt explains the state of the North Korean economy in response to a series of seven questions.

Koreans have particularly welcome the U.S.-Korea relationship because they see the United States as an extra-regional power that has no territorial ambitions in Northeast Asia.

Korean president Kim Dae Jung addressed the progress to date in improving relations between North and South Korea, the keys to further progress, and the role of the United States.

With the U.S.-ROK Alliance in question, the United States must assert its military posture, maintain relations with Japan, defend sea lines of communication, and maintain a role in Asia.