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South Korea’s Diaspora Engagement

South Korea’s outreach to the broader diaspora community is slowly expanding its focus from cultivating commercial networks to strengthening cultural ties.

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Mask Remittances and Korea’s Sense of Community

The South Korean government’s policies on who can or cannot receive masks shipped by Korean nationals reveal society’s views on the pan-Korean community.

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Two South Korean Companies To Meet in U.S. Court

Both SK and LG support manufacturing jobs in the United States. As such, the IP theft case may attract the attention of the American public.

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The Global History of Korean Independence

March First Movement was not only characterized by global ideas coming to Korea but also defined by Koreans going to the world with a common dream

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Hosting the Proposed Trump-Kim Summit would be “Huge” for Mongolia

Although not without risks, the chance to host the US-North Korea summit is an exceptional chance for a country like Mongolia to raise its global profile.

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The North Korea Human Rights Dimension in the State of the Union

North Korea figured prominently in President Trump’s January 30, 2018, State of the Union message – remarkably so on human rights.

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Korea Regains Spot as Third Largest Sender of Students to the U.S.

Despite the number of South Korean students studying in the United States dropping for the sixth year in a row, South Korea regained its spot as the third largest sender of students to America.

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As Chinese Tourists Continue to Drop, Korea Turns to the Middle East

As several KEI analyses have shown, South Korea’s tourism industry has been one of the main casualties of China’s economic retaliation over deployment of the THAAD missile defense system.

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Is Trump Impacting How South Koreans View the United States?

As President Moon Jae-in meets with President Trump this week to discuss new issues as well as longstanding ones such as the North Korea nuclear problem, his flexibility both in Washington and after his return to Seoul depends on public opinion at home.

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Hallyu Sets its Sights on the Middle East

At the end of May, Korea’s largest media company announced it would be opening a Turkish unit to help create and promote local content for the Turkish market. They already have plans to film Turkish versions of popular Korean movies, and hope to move forward with more Korean-Turkish co-productions in the future.

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