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December 8, 2017

South Korea
Korean Won Up, New Taiwan Dollar Flat: An Update on Asian Intervention

Korea didn’t stop the won from appreciating through 1090 (its intervention level in 2016); Taiwan seems to be blocking any move through 30.

Korean Won Up, New Taiwan Dollar Flat: An Update on Asian Intervention

October 30, 2023

China
Global View of U.S.-China Relations

Current ambassadors of Australia, France, and Singapore to the United States, who all have worked in or with Beijing in previous positions, discuss the global view on the U.S.-China relationship, and…

Play China's Vice Premier He Lifeng speaks during his meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Biejing.

May 22, 2015

North Korea
Human Rights Conditions of Overseas Laborers from North Korea

The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) has released a new report entitled Human Rights and North Korea’s Overseas Laborers: Dilemmas and Policy Challenges, by Yoon Yeosang and Lee S…

north korea sinuiju laborer

June 28, 2013

South Korea
Nuclear Power in South Korea’s Green Growth Strategy

Introduction Nuclear power has been an important, if understated, aspect of South Korea's National Strategy for Green Growth, a set of policies reflecting the idea that economic growth and environ…

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July 12, 2013

The World Next Week: Egypt’s Transition Continues, the UN Security Council Discusses Conflicts in Africa and Protection for Journalists, and North and South Korea Resume Talks

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon has the week off, so my good friend and colleague Stewart Patrick pinch hit in his place. We discussed Egypt’s tumultuous transition, the UN Security Co…

Opponents of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi celebrate in Alexandria on July 7 (Louafi Larbi/Courtesy Reuters).