Our final look back at 2015: mainly domestic news stories from South Korea. In the news After 62 years of adultery being a criminal offence in the ROK, the constitutional court decided to decriminalise it by a vote of 7 to 2. Four out of ten married Korean males heaved a sigh of relief and shares … [Read More]
Tag: FTA
Selected publications
- Anthology: Digital Media, Online Activism, and Social Movements in Korea ed Hojeong Lee and Joong-Hwan Oh, Lexington Books 2021
- Jonathan Krieckhaus: Geopolitical Economy: The South Korean FTA Strategy, University of Michigan Press 2018
Looking back at 2015: DPRK and regional news
In our third review of 2015, we look at some of the North Korea related news, and stories which put the peninsula in a wider East Asian context. DPRK Human rights and defectors Shin Dong-hyuk, the most prominent campaigner among the defector community, admitted that some of his testimony (eg, in Escape from Camp 14) … [Read More]
EU-ROK FTA used in pro-EU campaign
Interesting to see how the pro-Europe lobby are targeting Korean interests to support their cause. @lklinks, our Twitter account, was recently tagged by @euromove, who describe themselves as “the biggest grassroots, independent, nationwide organisation making the case for the UK’s membership of the EU”, in the below tweet. Also tagged, somewhat bizarrely, were the London … [Read More]
UK-Korea Relations – A Talk by Thomas Harris KBE
The talk on UK-Korea relations by Sir Thomas Harris KBE CMG, held at Gresham College on Friday 27th of June, was both a stimulating and ultimately uplifting account of the diplomatic and economic interactions between the two countries before and after the Korean War. Amongst his various international posts as a businessman and diplomat, Sir … [Read More]
Clifford Chance to be the first foreign law firm in Korea?
UK law firm Clifford Chance is at the head of the pack as potentially the first foreign firm to get a Korean legal licence from the Ministry of Justice: http://t.co/HcQTKXDz [Read More]
A look back at 2011 – part 3
In the final part of our look back at 2011, we summarise some of the news stories which caught our eye. China This year the region’s biggest economy continued flexing its muscles: it conducted the first test flight of its new stealth fighter, announced that it had deployed stealth missile speedboats in the East China … [Read More]
GNP braves tear gas to pass FTA
Can’t help thinking that this was totally the right thing to do: GNP defy opposition tear gas to vote through FTA http://t.co/MqqFDLkr [Read More]
US Congress approves KORUS FTA
US Congress finally passes the Korea-US FTA. Never thought it would happen. Nice present for President Lee on his visit to USA. But now comes the hard part: will Korea’s DP also say yes? http://t.co/whNpBbPi [Read More]
Tesco to celebrate FTA by bringing kimchi to Koreatown
As the ratification of the US-Korea seems to bumble on interminably, the EU-Korea treaty comes into effect on 1 July. To celebrate, Tesco is running a “Taste of Korea” promotion during July. Tesco is huge in Korea, which is the firm’s second biggest presence after the UK, with £5 billion in revenues and 354 stores: … [Read More]
A last look back at 2010
We’ve digested the albums, films, sporting events and books of the year, and reviewed some of the memorable stories of 2010 in our Quiz of the Year. Here are some of the other things we noted in 2010 which didn’t quite make it into any of those articles. 2010: a year of anniversaries It was … [Read More]
FTA will be signed in October – scotch whisky to benefit
EU-ROK FTA to be signed on 6 October at a Brussels summit, says BBC. Scotch Whisky could be a big winner, with its current 20% import duty phased out over three years. http://bbc.in/9TRQOC # [Read More]
FTA brings new opportunities for British companies in Korea
Monday 15th March 2010 was the first public UK speech of the new ambassador Choo Kyu Ho, which he made before 150 business people at the launch of the UKTI report “South Korea Open for Business – 100 Opportunities for UK Companies in South Korea following the EU–South Korea Free Trade Agreement.” The agreement, though … [Read More]
A belated look back at 2009
For the past 3 years LKL has concocted a quiz of the year as a way of gathering together some of the news stories which have most caught our eye. This year, as I came to draw up the list in mid December I found it hard to think of anything amusing or diverting: most … [Read More]
KORUS links
The show’s not over yet on the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, but while there’s a lull in the proceedings I’m taking the opportunity to post a few links which I’ll update as necessary. 1. The text of the draft agreement The full text – an index of all the pdf documents which make up the … [Read More]
KORUS FTA to benefit some UK law firms?
The surprise milestone reached on 2 April, with what appears to be provisional agreement on the US Free Trade Agreement, could also benefit law firms operating in the UK, but the dust is still settling. As became clear last year, no progress was going to be made on opening up the Korean legal market until … [Read More]
An event for British lawyers eager for a Korean vacation
From this week’s Law Society Gazette The British-Korean Law Association will hold its inaugural meeting at the Law Society on 12 Sepember at 6pm. The bilateral association aims to develop ties between the UK and Korea. The meeting will include a discussion of Korea’s draft Legal Consultants Bill. For information, email fiona dot whittenbury at … [Read More]