June 3 election: Minjoo’s Pyrrhic Victory
Why it matters: Although the ruling Minjoo party secured a sweeping numerical victory in the local elections, its critical failure to capture Seoul and it...
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Whose fates will June 3rd seal?
Who will lead the reinvention of the conservative party? One sentence grabbed my attention as I skimmed the official pamphlets for the June 3rd local electio...
an opined primer on Korean media landscape
I had several opportunities to talk about South Korea’s media landscape and freedom of the press recently. While preparing my talking points, it crossed my m...
The Tyranny of the Overrepresented Few
Why it matters: South Korea’s hyper-connected society offers a warning to the world: mistaking the loudest digital extremes for the national baseline inev...
Is Lee Jae-myung’s dignity phase over?
Why it matters: President Lee Jae-myung’s retreat from statesmanlike pragmatism back to impulsive populism—compounded by his astonishing lack of control o...