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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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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.
Yoon’s impeachment verdict: Another circus passing through Seoul
Every take you hear this Friday will be a feckless rehash. Regardless of the outcome, the damage is already done.
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.
Sisyphus the North Korea Watcher
Is every North Korea Watcher pushing a cursed boulder up a hill for eternity?
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South Korea to China and America: I choose not to choose
In balancing its military alliance with the U.S. and its trade interests with China, South Korea has perfected the George Costanza strategic option
South Korea’s Gen-Z and the turn to extreme politics
When you take away the social contract, you cannot expect attitudes to the international to stay the same.
Analysis: South Korea faces significant challenges after Yoon removed
South Korea's constitutional court's decision is less a victory for democracy and more a sign of challenges ahead.
The abrupt end to 75 years of U.S. policy on South Korea?
South Korea is not your grandfather’s country. It’s time to rethink the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea’s deeper democratic crisis lies in economic inequality
Disillusionment is setting in—not with a particular administration, but with the democratic process itself.
Koreans cautious about U.S. strategic flexibility
To many Koreans strategic flexibility doesn’t mean mobility, it means vulnerability.
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Trump, South Korea, and political chaos
Trump will eventually turn his attention to South Korea. Seoul won't be ready.
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