WPS 09-05: Myanmar-South Korean Economic Cooperation: Prospects and Strategies, by Chang-Yeon Kim (August 2009). Myanmar was the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia until the early 1960s but is now one of the poorest nations in the world. However, given its rich natural resource endowment as well as its key geostrategic position in Asia, Myanmar has the […]

USKI Visiting Scholar, Joel Wit, was quoted in USA Today regarding the implications of former President Clinton’s mission to Pyongyang on future U.S.-DPRK relations: Korea Trip May Smooth Relations

USKI Director, Jae Ku, was featured on Fox 5 Morning News regarding the pardon and release of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Watch the video here Dr. Ku was also quoted in a KCBS interview and in the Malaysian Times.

NORTH KOREA North Korea’s Future As much of North Korean scholarship is a speculative exercise, this working paper series attempts to examine issues that are informing the trajectory of North Korea’s future. WPS 09-04: State Over Society: Science and Technology in North Korea, by Rian Jensen (August 2009). Since the late 1990s, the Kim Jong […]