Ever since its founding in 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has maintained an aggressive and bellicose international security posture. Today, fully two decades after the end of the Cold War, North Korea's external defense and security policies look arguably more extreme and anomalous than ever.

Korean president Kim Dae Jung discusses inter-Korea relations.

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.

President Kim Dae Jung of the Republic of Korea will be in Washington on March 7 and 8 to meet with President Bush and members of his administration. It will be the first official visit of an Asian head of state since President Bush's inauguration. The American Enterprise Institute...

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...

As the first anniversary of Republic of Korea president Kim Dae-jung’s historical trip to Pyongyang last June draws near, leading members of Korea’s Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) as well as Korean and American public policy experts will gather at AEI to discuss the possible process of unification of the...

Although the South Korean economy has rebounded robustly from its financial crisis of 1997 to 1998, recording 9 percent growth in 1999 and double-digit growth in 2000, concerns persist about the credibility of the South Korean government’s promise to implement reforms that would keep the economy healthy. Ki-ho Lee...