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North Korea Watchers are just different
North Korea watching quietly accommodates the eccentric, the introverted, and the neurologically offbeat.
Call for speculative fiction on Korea
Call for contributions! Imagine and create a different Korea!
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South Korea's turn from NATO
South Korea’s NATO moment was not the beginning of a new global role. It was the final stage of an export strategy.
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South Korea's coming chaebol turn to unification
North Korea is a chaebol's wet dream: a terrain where state power and private profit align with minimal public accountability.
The star North Korean defector: Formulaic narratives undermining human rights
North Korean defectors who make it onto the global stage don’t just tell their stories—they tell the right kind of stories.
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Why the U.S., NATO, and Europe failed to secure South Korea's support for Ukraine
It wasn’t because South Korea doesn’t care. It’s because the U.S., NATO, and Europe made the wrong pitch.
The American left’s misguided crush on Lee Jae-myung
Like watching porn in tracksuit pants, America’s left-leaning commentators can’t hide their fondness for Lee Jae-myung.
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Throwing out the Daily NK baby with the USAID/NED bathwater?
Daily NK’s reporting is difficult to dismiss even if it follows a script - researchers and analysts can read between the lines.
Trump, Iran, and Korea’s steady silent turn to greater self-reliance
U.S. soft power is disappearing faster than a bouffant comb-over on a windy day - and in Seoul the winds are blowing hard.
South Korea’s next president desperately needs a new foreign media strategy
The next Korean president needs to impress Trump—or more precisely, the Trump media orbit.
Analysis: Electoral politics in South Korea’s presidential election
It's a mistake to assess South Korea’s foreign policy trajectory based on campaign rhetoric and election-period positioning. A mistake many outside…
Analysis: SK Telecom cyberattack implications remain unclear
The breach not only threatens individual privacy and financial security but also has broader implications for national security and international trust.
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