Research Papers

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2025_003: A Policy Blueprint for Unlocking AI's Potential in South Korea

Danbee Song and Jaehan Cho

2025_002: Economic Security and Technological Sovereignty: Global Policy Trends and Strategic Implications for South Korea

Eun Mi Jung and Sujin Lee

2025_001: Trump 2.0 and the America First Trade Policy: A South Korean Survival Guide

Kyung Heewon, Jun Lee and Sanghoon Kim

2024_011: The EV Chasm and Korea’s Battery Sector: A Deep Dive into the Current Slump

Kyung In Hwang

2024_010: Major Issues in the EV and Battery Industries, with Implications for Korean Policy

Cho Chuel

2024_009: Senior-friendly industries in South Korea today and future policy directions

Sukkyung Kim

2024_008: Supply chain ODA: Current issues and solutions

Soyoung Lim

2024_007: How Far Have We Come in Creating a Low-Carbon Economy? Expert Assessments and Policy Recommendations

Sangwon Lee

2024_006: Closing the Gap: Modernizing South Korea's Defense Acquisition Framework

Won-Joon Jang and Hea Ji Park

2024_005: The Evolving Structure of Korea-China Supply Chains in High-Tech Industries and Korea's Response

Eun Kyo Cho and Woojung Shim

2024_004: The Impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Korean Steel Trade, with Implications for Policy

Jaeyoon Lee, Eun-myeong Tak and Jeong-Hyun Kim

2024_003: Elephant on the Tightrope: The Self-Reliant India Initiative and its Implications for Cooperation with Korea

Byungyul Park

2024_002: Korea in the Tech Crossfire: Strategic Responses to the US-China Decoupling in Batteries and Semiconductors

Kye Hwan Kim, Jooyoung Yang and Eun Kyo Cho

2024_001: From Dependence to Partnership: Korea's Quest for Supply Chain Stability in Critical Mineral Resources

Dongsoo Kim

2023_022: The Hydrogen Industry in Korea Today and Measures to Enhance its Competitiveness

Sul-Ki Lee

2023_021: The End of Petropolitics? The New Middle East and Opportunities for Korea

Hyun Ji Bing

2023_020: Can Korean Steel Forge a Sustainable Future? A Value Chain Analysis with Implications for Policy

Jae Yoon Lee and Go Eun Lee

2023_019: The Israel-Hamas War, Oil Price Volatility, and Anticipated Impacts: Implications for Korean Industries

Sora Lee and Minju Lee

2023_018: Bit by Bit: A Strategic Approach for Korea in the Non-Memory Chip Market

Heewon Kyung and Sanghoon Kim

2023_017: Enabling Data-Driven Growth in the Service Sector through Policy Reform: An Analysis of Korean Enterprise Survey Data

Jin Kyung Goo

2023_016: The Rise of Ev Protectionism: France's New Subsidies, with Implications for Korean Policy

Key Hwan Kim and Ji Hyun Kang

2023_015: Chips in Flux: The Outlook for the Global Semiconductor Market and Implications for the Korean Economy

Yangpaeng Kim

2023_014: Rediscovering the Industrial Competitiveness of Taiwan

Dongsoo Kim and Jeonggil Jeon

2023_013: The End of "Second Globalization" and Implications for the Korean Economy

Duyong Kang

2023_012: Korean Competitiveness in the Global TV Market and Implications for Policy

Woojung Shim

2023_011: Trends in Korean Defense Offsets and Policy Implications: Toward Making Korea One of the Four Largest Defense Exporters

Won-Joon Jang and Hea Ji Park

2023_010: China's Bid for Supremacy in Chips and Batteries: Implications for Korean Policy

Eun Kyo Cho

2023_009: China's Bid for Supremacy in Chips and Batteries: Implications for Korean Policy

Eun Kyo Cho

2023_008: Trends in Korean Defense Offsets and Policy Implications: Toward Making Korea One of the Four Largest Defense Exporters

Won-Joon Jang and Hea Ji Park

2023_007: Korean Competitiveness in the Global TV Market and Implications for Policy

Woojung Shim

2023_006: The End of "Second Globalization" and Implications for the Korean Economy

Duyang Kang

2023_005: Rediscovering the Industrial Competitiveness of Taiwan

Dongsoo Kim and Jeonggil Jeon

2023_004: Korean Electronics Companies in Indonesia and Future Cooperation

Sanguk Nam

2023_003: The Age of Economic Security: The Future of Strategic Industries and Korea's Response

Heekwon Kyung

2023_002: Smart-Green Industrial Complexes: Policy Analysis and Implications

Junseok Choi and Juneyoung Lee

2023_001: The Battle Over Batteries: Chinese Ascendancy and Challenges for Korea

Eun Kyo Cho and Woojung Shim

2022_025: Three Decades of Korea-Vietnam Relations: Challenges and Opportunities in a Key Partnership

Dongsoo Kim

2022_024: An Analysis of the Industrial Robot Sector’s Competitiveness in Each Stage of the Value Chain, and Implications for Policy

Sang Soo Park

2022_023: Development of a Korean Local Extinction Index (K-LEI) and Tasks for Policy: Focusing on a Virtuous Cycle Mechanism of Regional Economies

Mungu Huh

2022_022: The Global Economic Polycrisis and the Korean Economy

Duyong Kang

2022_021: Directions for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in Zimbabwe and the Republic of Korea

Soyoung Lim, Keun Lee, Daniel Ndlela, Kyehwan Kim, Jinkeun Yu and Tichaona Mushayandebvu

2022_020: Reduced Impact and Implications of KRW Exchange Rates on Exports

Sora Lee and Sungwoo Kang

2022_019: The Effect of Economic Crisis on Entrepreneurial Performance in South Korea

So Hyun An

2022_018: The Semiconductor Sector by Value Chain Segment: Analysis of Competitiveness and Policy Directions

Yang Paeng Kim

2022_017: Structural Changes in Korea-China Trade and Policy Implications

Dongsoo Kim and Gahyeon Cheon

2022_016: Paradigm Shift in the Satellite Communications Sector and its Implications for Low-Earth Orbit Communications

Seung Min Kim

2022_015: Impacts and Implications of Online Platforms’ Entry into the Real Estate Brokerage Sector

Younjeong Choi

2022_014: North Korea's Light Industry in the 2000s and Implications for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation

SeogKi Lee

2022_013: Changes in Geopolitics of Semiconductors and Directions for Korea

Heekwon Kyung and Jun Lee

2022_012: The Yoon Suk Yeol Administration's Vision for the Decentralization Era and Tasks for Policy

Mun-Gu Huh