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...
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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...
Too much salmon will kill you: How Minjoo’s crusade to save Lee Jae-myung could backfire
Why it matters: By attempting to shield its leader through legislative attacks on the judiciary, the ruling Democratic Party risks fundamentally destabili...
Undoing Criminal Justice in the Name of Democracy: how a decades-long partisan vendetta is reshaping South Korea’s security apparatus
Why it matters: The ruling Democratic Party’s crusade to dismantle the national prosecution service is not merely a domestic political feud; it is a funda...