Brian Ahn

Dr. Kangkook Lee is Professor of College of Economics at Ritsumeikan University in Japan and Affiliated Research Fellow at CUKPE Since the launch of 'ChatGPT 3.5' in late 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has suddenly become a reality rather than a future. As humanity asks questions to AI that has become smarter than humans and listens to their answers, we have cheered on one hand that a new era has begun, while on the other, we have started to worry about the future. Optimists, including...

Dr. Kangkook Lee is Professor of College of Economics at Ritsumeikan University in Japan and Affiliated Research Fellow at CUKPE I visited Korea for the summer vacation. I met up with friends and seniors for the first time in a while and we discussed economic and political issues between Korea and Japan. Everyone agreed that Korea's economic growth rate is much higher, so the gap with Japan will likely widen further for the time being. However, along with this, the inevitable question that...

Hansin Kim / Attorney, Chairman of the Center for U.S.-Korea Politics and Economy With the U.S. midterm elections approaching this November, voices calling for caution regarding U.S. investment are emerging amidst deepening inflation and mounting policy uncertainty. Kim Han-shin, co-managing partner of LACWKRR (Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter LLP), whom I met recently at the 24th World Korean Business Convention, explained, "Compared to the announced scale of U.S. investment, the...