• ICAS Winter Symposium

      Institute for Corean-American Studies (aka ICAS) was established in 1973. It is a non-profit, non-partisan, and private educational and research organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ICAS is not an agent of any government and/or a foreign principal, and solely supported by voluntary contributions. Its activities and programs rely on the private donations of the general public, […]

  • North Korean Human Rights and Denuclearization

    The college's Ruth K. and Shepard Broad International Lecture Series, in cooperation with the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) and the Korean Economic Institute of America (KEIA), presents a panel discussion, “Out of Order? Approaching North Korean Human Rights and Denuclearization.” The event will feature: - Roberta Cohen, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy […]

  • North Korea Uncovered: The Crowd-Sourced Mapping of the World’s Most Secret State

    Curtis Melvin, a researcher at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss the crowd-sourced mapping of North Korea, which resulted in one of the most detailed maps of North Korea that has ever been available to the public. Melvin will present "North Korea Uncovered: The Crowd-Sourced Mapping of the World’s Most Secret State" […]

  • Political Forecast 2016: Korea and Its Neighbors

    The United States and Korea see tremendous regional flux in 2016. Tensions in East Asia have grown with China's military activities in the South China Sea and East China Sea and North Korea's January 6 nuclear test and February 7 missile test. South Korea's relations with Japan may warm after the December 28 announcement aimed […]

  • Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations

    How has North Korea managed to experience numerous foreign policy crises without escalation to war?  Why has North Korea been willing to repeatedly engage in small-scale attacks against the United States and its South Korean ally?  And why have U.S. officials in liberal and conservative presidential administrations only rarely taken North Korean threats seriously?  In […]