2013AUG11

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Iran’s New Moderate President and Resetting the Relationship

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

Who is Hassan Rouhani and what does his election mean for South Korean interests in the Middle East?

Tags : DPRK-Iran relations, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Iranian nuclear program, Middle East, reformist-centrist faction, Regional Issue, resetting the relationship, ROK-Iran trade relations, sanctions, US Iran policy

2013AUG08

Past Events

“President Park’s Southeast Asia Policy”

Closed workshop with the Asan Institute and the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tags : China, closed workshop, Japan, Lee Sang Ryul, MOFA, President Park Geunhye, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia policy

2013AUG07

Past Events

Harris Mylonas, “The Politics of Diaspora Management in the Republic of …

35th Asan Dosirak Series with Harris Mylonas, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, diaspora management, emigrants, Harris Mylonas, international networks, overseas Korean, ROK, South Korea

2013AUG05

Past Events

“North Korea’s Technical Skills Analysis”

Closed roundtable discussing the current technological status of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles.

Tags : disclosed data, missiles, North Korea, North Korean nuclear weapons, technical skills analysis

2013JUL29

Past Events

2nd KONICOF-KAIST Nuclear Energy Policy Course

Sponsored by the Asan Institute, ROK Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning and the Korean Nuclear Society.

Tags : KAIST, KONICOF, MSIP, nuclear development, nuclear energy policy, nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear governance, nuclear policy, nuclear technology

2013JUL19

Asan Poll

Source of Social Conflct : Ideology

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

THE ASAN PUBLIC OPINION BRIEF Public Opinion on Social […]

2013JUL18

Asan Poll

Source of Social Division: Class

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

THE ASAN PUBLIC OPINION BRIEF Public Opinion on Social […]

Tags : infographics

2013JUL18

Asan Poll

Sources of Social Conflict

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

Koreans see class, partisanship, ideological, and generational divisions to be relatively intense.

Tags : Class Conflict, Generational Conflict, Idealogical Conflict, infographics, Metropolitan-Province Conflict, Partisan Conflict, Regional Conflict, Social conflict

2013JUL04

Issue Briefs

Time to Address North Korea’s Prison Labor Camps

By Roberta Cohen

The U.S. and South Korea must end the exceptionalism accorded North Korea in the human rights area.

Tags : Commission of Inquiry, North Korea, North Korean human rights violation, prison labor camps, Roberta Cohen, The Brookings Institution

2013JUL02

Past Events

“President Park’s Southeast Asia Policy”

Asan-ROK MOFA joint closed workshop.

Tags : ARF, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific, correspondents, Korean Peninsula, MOFA, multilateral security cooperation, workshop