Blood runs thin in 'Blood Alliance' Many people just take it for granted that China and North Korea have a 'blood alliance and that China has always 'protected North Korea like a l..
Lift from fiscal stimulus, surprise rate cut South Koreas annual growth rate has been stuck at 1.5 percent for the past nine months, well below the economys trend pace of about 4 percent. S..
If I was advisor to Kim Jung-un Last night, my Supreme Commander Kim called me into his office. As usual, he was not really diplomatic and began to ask me pointed questions on the ..
Economics of creative economy The creative economy has grabbed all media attention, hitting the headlines over the last several weeks. Ministers, economists, journalists, pol..
Sino-Korea divergence? At first glance, the recent GDP data was a surprise, while growth in 2013 decelerated in China it picked up in Korea. As China is Koreas largest t..
'It's the economy, stupid' The abnormally rising employment trajectory we saw last year is reversing. Last March, the number of the employed increased by only 249,000, which i..
Constructive labor-management relations How would you categorize labor relations in your company? There have been many examples over the years of times when labor relations have broken dow..
Falling savings weigh down on economy The rate of Korean domestic household savings has rapidly decreased since the early 1990s, leading the country to be one of the most under-saving OE..
Humanities on investors' minds Historically, stock markets have repeated a cycle of bubbles and bursts. In 2000, the Korean stock market saw the burst of the millenium bubble, or ..
Glass ceiling in Korea; can we break it? President Park Geun-hye has smashed through the glass ceiling in Korean politics. A woman has become the President of Korea. The world has been ..
