[INTERVIEW] Korea must learn lessons from USKI disaster
(WorldNews South Korea)

By Choi Ha-young Kim Dong-suk South Korea should learn lessons from the recent fiasco involving the Washington, D.C.-based U.S.-Korea Institute (USKI) to overhaul its public diplomacy, a prominent Korean-American activist said Tuesday. Kim Dong-suk, executive committee chairman of Korean American Civic Empowerment, called the USKI case demonstrates the plight of the country`s public diplomacy, especially in the United States. The USKI was one of two D.C.-based Korea-related institutes that have received funds from the Korean government via the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy. However, it decided to shut down after Seoul cut off its funding, citing a lack of accounting...