Useful Links
South Korea Government
- The Blue House - Chong Wa Dae - http://english.president.go.kr/main.php
- The Embassy of The Republic of Korea in Washington, DC - http://www.koreaembassyusa.org/
- Ministry of Strategy and Finance - http://english.mosf.go.kr/
- Ministry of Knowledge Economy - http://www.mke.go.kr/language/eng/
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade - http://www.mofat.go.kr/english/main/index.jsp
South Korea Trade and Economics
- Korea Institute for International Economic Policy - http://www.kiep.go.kr/eng/index.jsp
- The Bank of Korea - http://www.bok.or.kr/eng/index.jsp
- Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) - http://www.kedo.org/
- Korea International Trade Association - http://www.kita.org/
- Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency - http://english.kotra.or.kr/wps/portal/dken
- American Chamber of Commerce in Korea - http://www.amchamkorea.org/
- Samsung Economic Research Institute - http://www.seriworld.org/
- US-Korea Business Council - http://www.uskoreacouncil.org/portal/uskbc/default
South Korea Miscellaneous
- The Korea Foundation: Korea Focus- http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/design3/index.asp
- Korea Culture and Information Service - http://www.kocis.go.kr/en/web/kocis/kocis_greetings.asp
- Youido Institute – think tank for the Grand National Party - http://ydi.or.kr/en/about/chair_msg.html
South Korean Newspapers
- The Chosun Ilbo - http://english.chosun.com
- Joong-Ang Ilbo - http://joongangdaily.joins.com/
- The Korea Herald - http://www.koreaherald.com/
- The Korea Times - www.koreatimes.co.kr/
- Dong A Ilbo - http://www.donga.com/
- Korea Economic Daily (Korean only) - http://www.hankyung.com/
South Korea Miscellaneous
- Background Notes on South Korea - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2800.htm
- The Korea Society - http://www.koreasociety.org/
- Korea Foundation - http://www.kf.or.kr/
- Click Korea - http://www.clickkorea.org
- Nautilus Institute- www.nautilus.org
- www.realclearworld.com – links to articles about foreign policy issues
North Korea Resources
- Korean Central News Agency (DPRK) - http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (official site) - http://www.korea-dpr.com/
- NK News: Database of North Korean Propaganda - http://www.nk-news.net/index.php
- Daily NK – http://www.dailynk.com/english/
- DRPK Studies website - http://www.dprkstudies.org/
- North Korean Economy Watch - http://www.nkeconwatch.com/
- North Korea Daily - http://www.nkoreadaily.com/
- North Korean Leadership Watch - http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/
- U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea - http://www.hrnk.org/
- North Korea Research Group - http://www.nkrg.org/
Interesting Korea Blogs
- North Korea Economy Watch - http://www.nkeconwatch.com/
- North Korea Leadership Watch - http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/
- 38 North - http://38north.org/
- NK News.org - http://nknews.org/
- Nukes of Hazard: Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation - http://nukesofhazardblog.com/
- Arms Control Wonk – http://armscontrolwonk.com
- Korea Real Time: Wall Street Journal - http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/
Looking for more? Further your research with the links below:
US Government Sites
- The Embassy of the United States of America in Seoul, Korea - http://seoul.usembassy.gov/
- U.S. Trade Representative – http://ustr.gov
- U.S. Export Assistance Center – http://export.gov
- Thomas.gov (source for looking up bills and legislation) - http://thomas.loc.gov/
- GPO - www.fdsys.gov
- USA.gov – http://search.usa.gov/
- White House – http://www.whitehouse.gov/
- Department of State - http://www.state.gov/
- Department of Defense - http://www.defense.gov/
- Department of Treasury - http://www.ustreas.gov/
- U.S. Senate – http://www.senate.gov/
- U.S. House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov/
Sites that are good sources for U.S. government information
- Open Congress - www.opencongress.org
- Open CRS - http://www.opencrs.com/ (Good for finding CRS reports)
- Law Librarians Society of DC - http://llsdc.org/sourcebook/
- Google Government Website Search - www.google.com/unclesam
- GovTrack.us - http://www.govtrack.us/
U.S. National Security
- The National Security Archive - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
- U.S. Pacific Command -(http://www.pacom.mil/)
U.S. Academic Resources
- University of Southern California's Korea Studies Institute - http://dornsife.usc.edu/ksi/home/?CFID=398211&CFTOKEN=94454105
- The North Korean Review - http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/nkr.html
- Journal of Korean Studies - http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/series/journal_of_korean_studies/
Asia Resources
- Asian Development Bank - http://www.adb.org/
- Asia Times Online - http://www.atimes.com/
- Asia Wall Street Journal - http://www.wsj-asia.com/
- Asian Perspective - http://www.asianperspective.org/
- Asia Society - http://www.asiasociety.org/
- Asia Foundation - http://www.asiafoundation.org/
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development - http://www.forum-asia.org/
- World Affairs Journal - http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/index.html
Asian Economy
- Chinese Global Investment Tracker - http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wp052609a.cfm
- Xinhua Business - http://www.chinaview.cn/china/business.htm
- The Economic Times - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Indicators/articlelist/344531568.cms
Economy Trade and Statistics information
- U.S. Census Bureau – Foreign Trade Statistics - http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html
- World Trade Organization Stats - http://stat.wto.org
- ASEAN statistics - http://www.aseansec.org/22122.htm
- Millennium Challenge Corporation (Millennium Challenge Account) - http://www.mcc.gov/
- Trademap.org - http://www.trademap.org/tradestat/Bilateral_TS.aspx
Japan
- Observing Japan – blog by Tobias Harris - http://www.observingjapan.com/
- The Japan Times - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
- Yomiuri Shimbun (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/)
- Asahi Shimbun (http://www.asahi.com/english/)
- Nikkei Shimbun (http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/)
- Japan Focus (Asia Pacific policy peer-reviewed E-journal) (http://japanfocus.org/)
- Japan Institute for International Affairs (http://www.jiia.or.jp/en/)
- National Institute for Defense Studies (http://www.nids.go.jp/english/index.html)
- Japan Ministry of Defense (http://www.mod.go.jp/e/index.html)
- Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.mofa.go.jp/)
ASEAN
- ASEAN Secretariat - http://www.aseansec.org/
- US-ASEAN Business Council - http://www.us-asean.org/
Election Analysis and Observation
- Asian Network for Free Elections - http://www.anfrel.org/
- International Republican Institute - http://www.iri.org/
- National Democratic Institute – http://www.ndi.org/
- IFES – http://www.electionguide.org/calendar.php
- Washington Post World Election Watch - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2006/04/05/LI2006040501695.html
Human Rights Organizations
- Human Rights Watch - http://www.hrw.org/
- Asian Human Rights Commission - http://www.ahrchk.net/index.php
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development - http://www.forum-asia.org/
- The National Committee on North Korea – www.ncnk.org
- The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea – www.hrnk.org
Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication
- Public Diplomacy Alumni Association - http://www.publicdiplomacy.org/
- USC Center on Public Diplomacy - http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/
- Consortium for Strategic Communication (initiative of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University) - http://comops.org/
- Broadcasting Board of Governors - http://www.bbg.gov/
Public Opinion and Polling websites
- World Public Opinion - http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/
- Mansfield Asian Opinion Poll Database - http://www.mansfieldfdn.org/polls/polls_listing.htm
- Pew Research Center for People and the Press - http://people-press.org/
- President approval rating poll tracker by USA today - http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/presidential-approval-tracker.htm
- Quinnipiac - http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1277.xml?What=&strArea=&strTime=
- CBS News Polls - http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/opinion/polls/main500160.shtml
Other Think Tanks
- National Bureau of Asian Research - http://www.nbr.org/
- East-West Center - http://www.eastwestcenter.org/
- Mansfield Foundation - http://www.mansfieldfdn.org/
- Chatham House - http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/
- Institute for the Study of War - http://www.understandingwar.org/
- RAND Corporation - http://www.rand.org/
- International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) - http://www.iiss.org/
- Transparency International - http://www.transparency.org/
- Jamestown Foundation - http://www.jamestown.org/
- Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) - (http://www.memri.org/)
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - http://www.sipri.org/
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies - http://cns.miis.edu/
- Monterey Institute for International Studies - http://www.miis.edu/
- Institute for Energy Research - http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/
- Foreign Policy Research Institute - http://www.fpri.org/
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis - http://www.ifpa.org/home.htm
- American Enterprise Institute – http://www.aei.org/
- CATO Institute - http://www.cato.org/
- Brookings Institution – http://www.brookings.edu/
- Center for American Progress - http://www.americanprogress.org/
- Center for New American Security - http://www.cnas.org/
- Woodrow Wilson Center - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/
- New America Foundation - http://www.newamerica.net/
- Hudson Institute - http://www.hudson.org/
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - http://www.csis.org/
- Stimson Center - http://www.stimson.org/home.cfm
- Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics - http://www.iie.com/
- Competitive Enterprise Institute – http://cei.org/
- Center for International Private Enterprise - http://www.cipe.org/
International Organizations Websites
- United Nations – http://www.un.org
- International Energy Agency - http://www.iea.org/
- OpenCourseWare Consortium - http://www.ocwconsortium.org/use/use-dynamic.html
