Senior Fellow Marcus Noland writes that encouraging a positive evolution in North Korea’s political economy will require careful planning by its negotiating partners, most critically South Korea, while a naïve strategy could enable North Korea to modernize its military rather than shift in a more peaceful direction.

Journalists from the US, Asia and the Pacific are eligble to apply by Feb. 7 for the spring study tour on migration issues, with travel to Honolulu, Seoul, Manila and Sydney. The Jefferson Fellowships program offers journalists unique opportunities to gain on-the-ground perspectives and build international networks. ...more...

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa, one of several newspeople collectively named as Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' was also honored at EWC's 2018 International Media Conference in Singapore as a journalist of courage and impact. Watch video of her presentation on “Undermining Free Press in Asia.”

In early December, EWC hosted an Indo-Pacific Regional Security Dialogue bringing together 22 international scholars and journalists to discuss shared security concerns. Participants hailed from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and the US.

Close to 30 graduates of the US South Pacific Scholarship Program shared how the program changed their lives and helped their communities at a special alumni conference in Fiji in early December commemorating the start of the program’s 25th year. ...more...

As part of an EWC-coordinated US Trade Study Tour for Chinese Journalists, a delegation of eight senior reporters visited soybean farmers in Iowa and a wide variety of other sources in Des Moines, DC and Seattle to learn firsthand about effects of the ongoing US-China trade dispute. ...more...