Nuclear-powered submarines; NewJeans and Corporate Korea’s crisis management
Welcome back to Korea Kontext. It’s time for me to increase the tempo to bring you more timely analysis. My new format will be two or three ‘rapid fire’ brie...
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Just 100 days in, President Lee’s grip is already loosening
On the surface, President Lee’s first 100 days in office appear to be a resounding success.
South Korea’s strange foreign policy NIMBYism
Just as in any corner of the developed economies, you can see NIMBYs in Korea. If you stroll through the streets of Hongdae, you’ll see placards condemning t...
My neighbor’s become the new President of South Korea, but I’ve never seen him in person.
It started with a police motorcade. A friend who visited us a few days before the election saw one pull into my neighborhood. On the same day my wife saw a g...
A technocrat ends his career as a clown; ROK’s one-party future?
Han Duck-soo: veteran technocrat’s career ends in farce May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju is a shrine of democracy every politician with ambition should...