Deadline is now July 25th! @textvulture.bsky.social @jennargibson.bsky.social @edwardgoldring.bsky.social

"Into the New World", a tribute to the people of South Korea who took to the streets a few months ago (and before). Directed by Nakwon with many other artists. >> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

Excited to announce that my paper with Felicia Istad is now online! We use an analysis of audience responses to former President Moon & BTS' trip to the UN in 2021 to discuss the potential - and limitations - of trying to equate popularity with soft power. online.ucpress.edu/as/article/d...

An NBR essay by @jennargibson.bsky.social outlines four considerations for thinking about when and how to implement a strategy to cultivate #softpower and argues that policymakers should address concerns over soft power at the outset alongside hard-power conversations. nbr.org/publication/...

We at the @propublicaguild.bsky.social prepared this open letter to management. They have refused to allow stewards in performance-related meetings that could lead to discipline. This is in stark contrast from our other fellow unionized newsrooms. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/prop...

Was very excited to participate in NBR's newly published Roundtable for Congressional Affairs! I wrote about the role of soft power in U.S.-Korea relations, trying to take a practical approach acknowledging potential benefits & opportunities but also major limitations. www.nbr.org/publication/...

Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding: The Internet Smartphones DNA analysis MRIs Doppler radar Bar codes And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.

I love this, and need the sequel about photo cards

Those who stood ground throughout the night are being called “chocolate kisses” after wrapping themselves in silver thermal blankets to weather the cold as sweet protectors of democracy, looking similar to a Hersey’s Kiss. The holdout has been dubbed the “Protest of Kisses”

According to the Ganzhi system, 2025 is the Year of the Blue Snake, symbolizing new beginnings, thoughtful transformation, and growth and progress. May the new year bring greater wisdom, perseverance, and liberation to all who strive and fight for love and freedom.

Happy New Year everyone! Here in Korea we've been through a decade's worth of trouble in a month: martial law, impeachment, and then a tragic plane crash. Below is an overview of what is to come politically in Korea in the first half of 2025. www.koreaherald.com/article/1038...

In the woman’s restroom near the protests many women have left snacks, masks, and sanitary pads to help others. Protests in Korea since the authoritarian era have been very communal events. Some who cannot make it to the protest have been paying for coffee and hot packs for hands

PASSED impeachment motion against President Yoon Voting results - 204 yes - 85 no - 3 abstained - 8 invalid Graphic below: 🟡Voting Turnout & What's Next? Resources: 🟢 Timeline of events: shorturl.at/ReGnA 🟣 Koreanists 🇰🇷 to follow: go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX #MartialLaw #SouthKorea #Impeachment Repost🫡

How do impeachments work in South Korea? Ahead of tomorrow's 2nd impeachment vote at 4:00 PM, here are two useful graphics, one by BBC and another by @afpnews.bsky.social

A very large number of South Korean broadcasters are wearing black in protest of Yoon's martial law decree, which attempted to place all media under control of the military. v.daum.net/v/2024121312...

EDAM entertainment confirms #IU has pay in advance for meals and hot packs for protesters at Saturday's Yoon impeachment rallies in Seoul outside the National Assembly. Source: www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2024...

So, as promised, some background on the 2024 Korean trend of Funeral Wreaths As Protest, which first rose to prominence in K-pop and now target Yoon's admin following the martial law attempt and coming amid the protests calling for Yoon's impeachment...

Opposition DP members are no longer calling Yoon "president (대통령)" and only addressing him as "Yoon Suk Yeol-ssi (윤석열씨)" -- an honorific used for someone on equal status.

This grim, but impactful, messaging began earlier this year en masse with a variety of K-Pop issues earlier this year, now we get it in politics.

One thing that stood out to me at the impeachment protests this week in Seoul is how many young women came out. They are one of the main driving forces behind the movement against Yoon. (Filmed on Sunday evening by me)

Han Kang's Nobel lecture is now online. Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.

"Most meetings of fans take place online, where it’s hard to truly get a sense of the connection between one fan and another...But at concerts, there’s a sense of togetherness, and these beautifully-designed lightsticks...become a show of the feelings in the hearts and minds of fans."

A few thoughts on queer participation in the current pro-democracy rallies in South Korea: Queer visibility isn’t new in Korean social justice movements. LGBTQ communities have long been key players, challenging norms while demanding justice, equality, and accountability: 🧵

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke publicly for the first time since the martial law debacle. His statement was short and defiant. He said he won’t evade repercussions, signaled he won’t leave the party or resign (things party members asked him to do so he won’t be impeached). Full text:

This article I wrote has 50 free eprints, in case you're interested in #Kpop #fandom, especially #FanBusinesses (the image is the front of the journal, it must relate to someone else's article) www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3NZW5...

Interesting backstory: it was Park Chung-hee who created this "national stretch" in 1977 and mandated it through schools. It was based on a stretching regimen of the 1950s Japanese self-defense forces.

Footage of a fearless woman grabbing a soldier's gun during martial law has gone viral. BBC Korea has interviewed her: Ahn Gwi-ryeong, 35, a spokesperson for the opposition Democratic Party. “I didn’t think … I just knew we had to stop this.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

It has been a turbulent day in South Korea since President Yoon Suk-yeol imposed martial law, citing alleged "anti-state forces." In my latest for @nknewsorg.bsky.social, I examined Yoon's frequent attempts to target political opponents by labelling them "pro-North." www.nknews.org/2024/12/yoon...

US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell's latest comments on Yoon's martial law attempt:

Nobody protests like a Korean (sound up) 🤣🤣🤣

73.6% of South Koreans support impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol following his martial law mess, according to a Realmeter poll. 69.5% believe it amounts to insurrection. www.khan.co.kr/article/2024...

South Korea's opposition says the vote to impeach Yoon will happen at 7pm on Saturday, reports the Chosun Ilbo. Yoon's ruling party says it will fight against the impeachment, though it isn't clear whether they can prevent enough defections to stop it.

Sharing a new post just up with @carnegieendow.bsky.social on the foreign policy implications of this week's martial law crisis in Korea: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

This report provides some details of the meeting of Yoon’s Cabinet before martial law was declared. Even provides a list of who was present and notes the Foreign Minister and head of National Intel Service opposed decision. 1/ www.joongang.co.kr/article/2529...

In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday. goodauthority.org/news/martial...

Well that was an...interesting way to spend my last night in Seoul for this trip (a trip that also included a once in a century snowstorm). Crazy times. I'll probably have more thoughts when I'm back in the States, but for now thank god for democracy and the fast reflexes that protected it.

Yoon’s Chief of Staff and Secretary at the Presidential Office have resigned. n.news.naver.com/article/654/...

New Blinken statement just now: "We welcome President Yoon’s statement that he would rescind the order declaring emergency martial law in accordance with the ROK Constitution, after the National Assembly’s unanimous vote to reject the declaration."

South Korea’s president stunned the nation by declaring “emergency martial law” — a risky power play that launched an extraordinary six hours of turmoil and evoked the military dictatorships that many believed had been consigned to history books. Gift link to my big-picture story: wapo.st/4f0N4n7

Had some thoughts on the new NewJeans situation, with the girl group attempting to get their way and change the world while facing an industry behemoth notesonkpop.com/newjeans-nev...

Fifty. Six. Percent. Increase. In. The deaths. Of. Pregnant. People.

The most celebrated resident of Frazee, Minnesota, is 22 feet tall and is known to his friends simply as Big Tom. Big Tom is a turkey — the world’s largest, locals will tell you. nyti.ms/4eQE5Vm

I unfortunately cannot share the direct PDF, but during the pandemic @jennargibson.bsky.social and I teamed up to learn about fan behavior towards online concerts in the time of COVID and the TLDR is that that they do not remotely appear to replace live concerts www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Large #Korea #starterpack for everything Korea-related, including culture, economy, film, politics, history to K-pop. #Koreastarterpack Adding here: go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX

Excited to present a new paper on visual narratives of the Korean peninsula next week! Hit me up if anyone will be attending.

Created a starter pack based on a handful of scholars I could find here working on diplomacy. Hopefully more will join or be active on this space soon. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/L45tvLg

Both @tamarherman.com and my not-on-social-media dad have sent this story to me so I'm feeling pretty solid about my brand. www.kare11.com/article/news...