It's also worth noting here that Korea's total trade with the US for one year is $240 billion.

As a child of the late 80s, can't help but reflect on the idea of "Disney programming....falls short of community values" and then remember it was Fox that brought us In Living Color and Married with Childern.

Especially excited for her to start slaughtering sheep on the White House dias to inspect the livers for bad omens.

And a nut that has been found before. www.vox.com/2015/7/24/90...

The US has treated South Korea like a mere foreign policy instrument for decades. Our political class has almost no interest in learning the details of South Korean society - and that’s a bipartisan problem that politicians never face until some international incident forces them to backtrack.

Find this offensive, honestly: "Landau also told Park that the two allies should try to use the incident as an opportunity to further strengthen their bilateral ties and improve relevant systems where necessary" en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

i’ve seen notre dame have some very dumb half and game finishes over the last 2 decades, but that half ender vs. aggies might take the cake lol

I don't necessarily want to jump to too many conclusions, but Kansas State and Colorado play in the last game of the regular season and that could be a bleak affair.

NEW: Arkansas announced plans for a mega prison in a rural town. Since then, locals are organizing to stop it. At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country. make time for this new feature, you won't regret it

Lee Jae Myung at his 100 Days press conference: “When I watched White House press conferences in the United States, I noticed that no one points to reporters — the person with the loudest voice just asks the question. Let’s not do that here,” he added."

3/ While America retreats from clean energy leadership, China has built end-to-end control of green supply chains: solar, batteries, EVs, wind turbines, green hydrogen. Over 75% of these projects are in Global South countries eager for this industrial capacity.

Disagree with this characterization of Trump's comments during press availability. Korean media didn't even mention it. Even Chosun Ilbo framed summit as success. Instead, this is evidence that foreign and immigration policy is running on two different tracks.

Lee Jae Myung continues his efforts to make symbolic gestures to the conservative establishment in Korea. This time by appointing the son of Roh Tae Woo, the first president of Korea after democratization in 1987 who was dictator Chun Doo Hwan's right-hand man. www.koreaherald.com/article/1057...

I love reading a piece that includes a detail like this: "a renowned rodeo clown". That small detail raises so many questions about a corner of the world I had never thought about, know nothing about, and feel compelled to fall down a rabbit hole to learn about.

President Trump’s recent levying of tariffs has prompted India to reassess its relationship with the US. The Council was pleased to host a roundtable discussion led by @pstaniland.bsky.social and @kfriedhoff.bsky.social on what shifting US-India relations mean for the US, China, and the region.

As Lee Jae-myung nears 100 days in office, here's how he stacks up against previous presidents. 63% approval. Yoon at a similar period was at just 28%. Only region where is underwater is Daegu (36%) , and he is above water in every age cohort.

But but but....Google AI Guy told me AI would cure all human disease within 5-10 years.

Americans Endorse US Commitment to NATO, Though GOP Support Has Dipped. (Dina Smeltz and @ckafura.bsky.social, @global-affairs.bsky.social‬) globalaffairs.org/research/pub...

Amtrak now has a passenger train in service that can match the speed Japan's Shinkansen achieved in 1992. www.amtrak.com/nextgen-acela

This line struck me as Very Wrong too. Trump said all sorts of hawkish stuff during this period - including threatening to “totally destroy” North Korea in a UN speech.

Also find it grotesque. Risk/reward seemed wildly out of proportion. They showed up, killed three innocent people and then stabbed their dead bodies, and then slinked away in the night.

Looks like the conspiring will continue. Putin invites Kim Jong Un to Moscow.

As someone sitting on a patio overlooking Michigan Ave, I am here to tell you Chicago is not a hellhole.

I've gotten work done in Korea and had two experiences. One was highly secretive, as described here. Another shop operated wholly in the open, complete with a neon sign, in the middle of a posh neighborhood south of the river. I still can't explain the difference.

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

Notre Dame offense was curious. Love barely used. Price led team in rushing, got zero carries in 2nd half. Screens on screens on screens. Carr, though, looks like a good one.

No clue what Notre Dame was thinking with the offensive game plan btw, “we’ll use our best player mostly as a decoy” never works as well as “using your best player”

IMHO Prez Lee will have to tell audiences like CSIS things they don't want to hear, hard truths about what progress with the DPRK will have to look like. It's early days, and there's a logic to reassuring the Ally on first trip, esp given the instability in the Alliance.

every day there is some of the worst news imaginable and then we all have to keep sending emails and filing reports like there hasn't been another mass shooting or another deeply reported feature about the horrors of war, technology, and new policies designed to hurt vulnerable people even more

I hate A/B tested headlines. On NYT, the homepage says Trump “plays reality TV host” at his cabinet meeting. Click the article and you get a different headline. Why isn’t there confidence in what the story is? And why isn’t it: Trump forces cabinet to compliment him in dictatorial media spectacle?

Was told that Trump's "Purge or Revolution" re: South Korea post prompted the first use of the hotline that has been established between Lee and Trump's respective chiefs of staff. ROK side felt that conversation helped to defuse the situation.

We all must stop pretending that Trump has some kind of policy agenda, some geopolitical strategy. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...

Impeccable timing with Pres. Lee at the White House.

In new commentary for @global-affairs.bsky.social, I pick up on Lee's framing of South Korea as "pacemaker" in his meeting with Trump. In a time of irregular foreign policy, South Korea can help normalize foreign policy not just with North Korea but with the region.

In all fairness, I watched this entire press availability, and I did not see or hear him ranting on this topic.

I can't even imagine what conversations between Trump and Abe on this issue were like.

Now the press jumps in, and immediately we're off the rails with a question on Russia-Ukraine. A question that has been asked and answered at least 1,000 times.

And we're live with the Trump-Lee summit. www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...

한국이 핵무기 개발에 나서게 될 수도.

When it comes to alliance with South Korea, Trump clearly doesn't understand it, value it, and maybe doesn't even want it. His recent comments make it clear that Pres. Lee's primary task in D.C. is limiting damage to the alliance. He will have to be the adult in the room.

The bar for US-South Korea summit is not very high (for Lee Jae Myung), but the stakes are high for Lee politically. For weeks, I've heard from S.Korean officials worried about a "Zelensky moment," given Trump's views on trade deficit & defense spending. (And he's never been too fond of South Korea)

South Korean president is meeting with Trump today, and it would be a good idea for you to read this to understand Trump's latest drivel. www.blueroofpolitics.com/post/the-glo...

And as ever, it is even dumber than that. As noted by @williamgallo.bsky.social, it is more likely he saw Gordon Chang on Fox News. This could go unsaid, but for those who are unsure, Gordon Chang doesn't know anything about South Korea.

FWIW: Gordon Chang, who has been at the forefront of the Korean "Stop the Steal" campaign to defend Yoon, was scheduled to be on Fox Business this morning to discuss "South Korea issues" ahead of the Lee-Trump summit.

(Yonhap) - ROK Presidential office says it's checking the situation following US President Trump's remarks on a 'purge' in South Korea.

President Lee frantically looking up the lyrics to American Pie

Trump on South Korea's political situation, just hours before his meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. (Lee was elected after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and jailed following his short-lived attempt to impose martial law)

He is literally hearing about it for the first time as his staff briefs him ahead of the summit. Not great omen for the summit itself.

And in the great American tradition, in the middle of nowhere surrounded by parking lots.