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Unpacking APEC 2025
Oct 21, 2025
What is the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC? What is happening during this year’s APEC, and what does it mean for Korea to be hosting it?
This moderated panel features Dae Han Song (International Strategy Center and KPI), Atul Chandra (Tricontinental), and Nima (International League of People’s Struggle). Their presentations provide analysis on the history and significance of APEC, this year’s focus on AI and aging populations, and the people’s response to APEC from organizations in Korea and around the world.
National Liberation Day: a national day of action for the US Out of Korea campaign in six U.S. cities
This weekend will mark 80 years since the end of Japanese colonialism. This is a date we wish we could celebrate with the joy it deserves. But the reality is we still can’t say Korea is liberated, because Japanese colonialism was simply replaced by U.S. imperialism, which brought division, occupation, and permanent war to Korea.
We’re marking the 80th anniversary of National Liberation Day with a national day of action for the US Out of Korea campaign in six U.S. cities: D.C., Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Join us in building the national liberation struggle of the Korean people—use this map to find a protest near you.
Missing/Disappearing Bodies and Forgotten Geographies: A Korean Argentine Diasporic Viewing of Im Heung-soon's Good Light, Good Air
KPI Associate Junyoung Verónica Kim @ UC Santa Cruz
Book Talk: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 3:30-5:00pm | HUM 1 RM 202
Reading Seminar: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 12:30-2:00pm | HUM 1 RM 408
This talk explores the linkages between the Dirty War in Argentina and the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea that have been obfuscated and erased by disciplinary borders. Dr. Kim examines the connections and intimacies between the overlapping histories of these two cities demonstrating the ways in which Global South countries were violently conscripted into dirty wars against communism.
Featured Project
The online, open-access Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective syllabus is a political education platform serving as an anti-imperialist tool against permanent war. The syllabus is organized into thematic modules designed for scholars, educators, and activists alike.
KPI Board Chair Paul Liem and Associate Dae-Han Song
On Deals, Dilemmas, and Diplomacy: Analyzing the Lee-Trump Summit
KPI Associate Dae-Han Song
On Why Trump’s Golden Dome must be opposed
KPI Associate Dae-Han Song
On It’s time for the US to end the Korean War
KPI Projects
The Korea Policy Institute readers are free downloadable resources for classrooms, study groups, and individuals seeking critical context to the unfolding situation on the Korean peninsula.
KPI is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021 Voices of Peace contest. The winners are “Obangsaek” by Andy Seungu Choi (essay), Untitled essay by Quynh-May Nguyen (essay), Untitled Poem by Sydney Gil (poetry), and “Silhouette Video” by Joan Gwak (visual). Click here to view submissions.
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