2013APR17

Past Events

The Economic Growth of Japan and Korea: The New Administration’s Challenges …

Date/Time: Thursday-Friday, April 18-19, 2013Place: Kei […]

Tags : economic growth, Japan, Keidanren Kaikan, South Korea, Tokyo

2013APR09

Issue Briefs

A Perspective on Korea’s Participation in the Vietnam War

By Glenn Baek

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Korea's involvement in the Vietnam War was a "war of choice."

Tags : Asan Survey, Forgtotten War, Glen Baek, Global Korea, Park Chung Hee, Poll, public opinion, Regional Issue, Vietnam, Vietnam War

2013MAR18

Past Events

The Socio-Psychological Analysis of the Public Insensitivity towards North …

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a conferen […]

Tags : cognitive-psychological models, Lee Na-Kyeung, Lee Young-Ai, North Korea, public insensitivity, risk perception, security threats, signal detection theory, socio-psychological analysis

2013FEB24

Issue Briefs

The Fallout : South Korean Public Opinion Following North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

While North Korea’s non-lethal provocations have a limited effect on the South Korean public, support for nuclear weapons is …

Tags : Economic Sanctions, national security, North Korea, Nuclear, Nuclear Test, nuclear umbrella, public, public opinion, public opinion survey

2013JAN09

Past Events

L. Gordon Flake, "Post-election Prospects for Korea-US-Japan Relations in …

28th Asan Dosirak Series with L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director of The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation.

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, Korea-US-Japan relations, L. Gordon Flake, leadership change, North Korea, policy coordination, post-election, rebalancing, trilateral relations

2012DEC23

Issue Briefs

Right, Wrong, and Ahead : Why Moon Lost, Park Won, and the Road Forward

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

Introduction President-elect Park Geun-Hye had an impre […]

Tags : Ahn Cheol-Soo, Asan Institute Survey, Chaebol, DUP (Democratic United Party), Moon Jae-In, Park Geun-hye, presidential election, public opinion

2012DEC20

Issue Briefs

Korea’s Public Diplomacy: A New Initiative for the Future

By Ma Young Sam, Song Jung-he, Dewey E. Moore

Better coordination across all functions and levels of government is needed to project a clear unified vision of Korea’s future.

Tags : Global Enterprises, Global Korea, MOFAT, NGO, public diplomacy, soft power

2012DEC16

Issue Briefs

‘Bulging Ideas’: Making Korea’s Public Diplomacy Work

By Nicholas CULL

What are the guidelines for developing effective public diplomacy?

Tags : economy, Nicholas Cull, public diplomacy, Smart Power

2012DEC09

Past Events

Press Briefing for the Foreign Correspondents

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a press br […]

Tags : FCC, foreign correspondents, press briefing, Press Center, ROK presidential election

2012NOV29

Issue Briefs

No Hope Without Change: Myanmar’s Reforms and Lessons for North Korea1

By Jonathan T. Chow, Leif-Eric Easley

Does Myanmar provide a viable model for North Korea to follow?

Tags : ASEAN, geopolitics, Myanmar, North Korea, reform, regional security