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Censoring History: Interview with Bruce Cumings
On Oct. 30, 2008, the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology demanded that the authors of six textbooks currently...


October 10, 2008 – Reunification: Building Permanent Peace in Korea, Berkeley CA
In partnership with U.C. Berkeley’s International and Area Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, and Center for Korean Studies, the...


Inside North Korea: Interview with Christine Ahn
At a time when speculation and rumors about events in North Korea are especially active, it should be noted how little of what one reads...


Stories Summoned in the Music: Listening to the New York Philharmonic Perform in Pyongyang
On February 26, 2008, the New York Philharmonic made history as the first American orchestra to ever perform in North Korea. The...


Interview with Ha-Joon Chang, Professor of Economics at Cambridge University, on Free Trade and the
Ha-Joon Chang has taught in the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, since 1990. He has consulted for numerous international...
South Korea’s Beef with America
On June 10, one million South Koreans from all walks of life poured onto the streets of Seoul, the nation’s capital, to protest the newly...
Food Safety on the Butcher’s Block
On April 11, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a report that found that of the national efforts to improve U.S. food safety,...
North Korea and the Supernote Enigma
North Korea, it is often said, is a criminal state. One of the more persistent stories supporting that allegation is that the North...
U.S.-Korean Food Fight
By Christine Ahn | August 23, 2007
The Second Opening of Korea: U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement
On February 2, 2006, the United States and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) announced that they would open talks on a bilateral free...
Policy Brief on the Proposed U.S.-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement
Summary1 The United States is the Republic of Korea’s (South Korea) third-largest trading partner, after China and Japan, and its largest...
Postcard from… Pyongtaek
Just three hours south of the De-Militarized Zone, the South Korean government is waging alarming levels of violence and repression...
KPI Statement on NK Nuclear Test
In September 2005, the parties to the 6-party talks—the United States, North Korea, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia—agreed on a...
Joint Statement from the Congressional Press Conference on the Proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreem
Kang Ki Kap, Member of Parliament from the Korean Democratic Labor Party Whereas, this joint statement is made nearing the conclusion of...
Statement from the Congressional Press Conference on the Proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
Oakland Institute Fellow | Korea Policy Institute Board Member Good morning and thank you for attending this press conference. My name is...
Korean and American Workers, Farmers and Legislators Voice Opposition to U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agree
Anuradha Mittal, 510-469-5228, amittal@oaklandinstitute.org WASHINGTON—June 1—As trade negotiators from the United States and South Korea...
Congressional Briefing on the Reunification of Korea
Congressional Briefing on the Reunification of Korea
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