President Lee is starting to sound like ex-Pres Yoon
Why it matters: As President Lee’s approval sinks toward Yoon Suk-yeol’s, his party is discovering it cannot afford his legal self-defense, and both are r...
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A Chuseok Carol
A cabinet reshuffle is the strongest and clearest signal a government can send. Whom you appoint says more than any glib promise.
Korea is running through its security inheritance
Why it matters: Korea’s security posture still relies on alliance, diplomatic, and military institutions accumulated under more favorable conditions. Cons...
The institutions Korea is spending down: Judiciary and Criminal Justice
Why it matters: Korea’s ruling camp is spending down institutional capital it did not build and cannot quickly rebuild — packing the Supreme Court on a co...
Does Pres Lee dream of Putin? - Weekly Kontext
Why it matters: President Lee’s constitutional-reform feelers look less like a Putin-style bid to entrench himself than like the familiar last resort of a...