South Korea’s New Southern Policy as an Open Regime: A View from Southeast Asia

Aaron Jed Rabena / World Economy Brief 21-14

There are four ways on how the NSP Plus could be further improved. First, to avoid policy limitations and maximize the room for supply chain resiliency and functional cooperation, the coverage of the NSP countries can be expanded apart from ASEAN and India...

What’s in the New Southern Policy Plus? An ASEAN Perspective on Building Niche-based Pragmatic Cooperation with South Korea

Chiew-Ping HOO / World Economy Brief 21-15

It is clear that the NSP started off with the right messages and many Southeast Asian countries have been receptive to the initiatives. Despite the pandemic bringing a lot more challenges in implementing the policy initiatives, the NSP Plus has envisioned an innovation-oriented cooperation by transforming...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Text Overview and Outlook for the Entry into Force / Soo Hyun Oh

At the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit held on November 15, 2020, Korea, China, Japan, Australia, New Zea-land and 10 ASEAN countries concluded and formally signed the agreement. The RCEP is called a “mega-FTA” because of its large scale involving 15 countries in Asia and the Oceania region, with the economies of RCEP-participating countries accounting for about 30% of the world's production, trade and population....

Call for Papers for East Asian Economic Review

Seminar on “Current Status of International Cooperation and Korea’s Role in the Pandemic Response”

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) held a seminar under the theme of “Current Status of International Cooperation and Korea’s Role in the Pandemic Response” on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. In his opening remarks, KIEP President Heungchong Kim stressed the need to establish global governance that can control the global spread of regional epidemics...

Chinese Minister-Counsellor to Korea Pays Visit to KIEP

Gu Jinsheng (谷金生), Minister-Counsellor of Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office under the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Korea, visited the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) on June 3rd to meet with KIEP President Heungchong Kim and discuss the future direction of economic cooperation between Korea and China together with KIEP experts...

Visiting Scholar Seminar with Clara Gillispie, Senior Advisor from National Bureau of Asian Research, U.S.

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) held a visiting scholar seminar with Clara Gillispie at the KIEP conference room in Sejong on June 2, 2021. Ms. Gillispie is an International Visiting Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and Senior Advisor to the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)...

Visiting Scholars Program for 2022

KIEP invites prominent researchers and academics to join its Visiting Scholars Program. Launched in 2009, the program aims to promote cross-border exchanges of knowledge, information, insights, and expertise among scholars from different backgrounds. If you are interested in applying to the program for 2022, please find further information on eligible fields, qualifications, responsibilities and benefits, etc. on our website.