#OpenAccess from our new issue - The Incurious Approach to East Asian Populism: Why Studies on Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are Often Overlooked in Political Science - cup.org/46r8oRY - @apklein.bsky.social, Frédéric Krumbein & @hannes-mosler.bsky.social

My comments at SBS News Videomug on Lee Jae-myung's victory in the 21st presidential election in South Korea news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage...

My comments at NDR Info on Lee Jae-myung's victory in the 21st presidential election in South Korea www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

My comments at DLF Nova on Lee Jae-myung's victory in the 21st presidential election in South Korea www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/frue...

My comments at Tageschau on Lee Jae-myung's victory in the 21st presidential election in South Korea www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/s...

New opinion piece in The Hankyoreh "2300여년 전, 고대 아테네 시민들은 시내 한복판에 두개의 비석을 세웠다. 비석 윗부분에 민주주의를 의인화한 데모크라티아가 시민을 의인화한 데모스에게 왕관을 씌우는 장면이 장식되어 있었다. 이는 주권은 시민에게 있고, 모든 권력은 시민으로부터 나온다는 고대 아테네 민주주의의 핵심 원칙을 단번에 드러낸다..." www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

in his first ever appearance, superman beats up spousal abusers, halts an unjust execution and exposes government corruption. i love how people think they *just now* made superheroes woke superman, woke since 1938

The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.

New article out: Rewriting history, undermining democracy I examine the evolution of the South Korean New Right over the past two decades in its revisionist assaults on mainstream historiography, and I point out its serious risks to the country’s democratic integrity.

Interview with Germany's Kabel 1 network on removal of Yoon Suk-yeol www.joyn.de/play/serien/...

I was the only foreign media reporter allowed inside South Korea’s Constitutional Court for the verdict today to remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. Here’s what it was like:

축! 윤석열 파면! (...천만다행;;) 👏👏👏 slownews.kr/132817 '숫자'로 본 파면 5:0 탄핵 사유 모두 인정 8:0 헌법재판관 만장일치 6.3 차기 대선일은 6월3일 유력(선례 비추면, 60일 뒤) 123 12.3 계엄에서 4.4 파면까지 123일(시작일 포함) 1059 대통령실 봉황기가 내려갔다. 취임 1059일 만이다. 8 윤석열 8대 의혹, 이제 내란 말고도 형사소추할 수 있다. 1 대한민국 민주주의, 이제 다시 새출발이다. #슬로우리포트

This nightmare is over! amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...

“To remove [Yoon] from office is to protect universal values.” (Han Kang) This is a truth beyond facts that no one can deny. www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

The Korean novel “We Do Not Part,” by the 2024 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang, turns a pet-sitting mission into a haunting reflection on grief and memory.

Vietnamese woman gives birth in ambulance after 13 hospitals refuse care

윤석열은 돌아올 수 없다. 👋👋 slownews.kr/131165 다섯 가지 이유. 1. 중도층 여론: 탄핵 찬성 69 vs. 반대 26 2. 헌재 재판관: 개개인 성향 이전에 재판관 3. 계엄 면허증: 기각하면 윤석열 계엄면허증 주는 셈 4. 내란죄 재판: 검찰 특수본 해체하고 공소 취소 명령 5. 민란: 감당하실 수 있습니까? + 바이든의 뒤통수, 한국 '민감 국가' 지정. - 주로 미국 적성 국가들...윤석열 자랑했던 한미 동맹? - "한국에 모욕적인 조치" (브루스 베넷) #슬로우레터

Latest Gallup Korea poll: - 58% support President Yoon's impeachment, 37% oppose - Support by demographics: progressives 93%, moderates 69%, conservatives 24% Support by age: 40s (73%), 18-20s (68%), 50s (63%), 30s (59%), 60s (48%), 70+ (31%) www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

Spotted at Anguk Station: Seoul Metro already posting notices to close station near Constitutional Court on "President's impeachment trial verdict day", but with blank dates. They are preparing for "citizen disaster safety management" on the big day. Court yet to announce date.

Join the conversation this Thursday! Register here 👇 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Quite concerning -- this new documentary by German public broadcaster ARD pretty much uncritically repeats conspiracy theories of widespread election fraud through Chinese and North Korean operations in South Korea, Yoon's defense for declaring martial law. www.ardmediathek.de/tv-programm/...

Me and other journalists were just attacked by pro-Yoon supporters outside of Yoon's Hannam residence. Out of the blue a group suddenly turned on us, first pushing us to leave and then trying to take our cameras. Police then intervened eventually and got us away.

Interview with VOX News on tourism im North Korea (in German) plus.rtl.de/video-tv/sho...

New opinion piece in The Hankyoreh "The Korean Peninsula through the eyes of the Bundestag" www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Monday thought:

I am thrilled that this is finally out with CP! We compare the immigration policies across diverse states (and along immigration stages) to observe the consequences of states' selection by "skills" on immigrant trajectories. It is time to question this criterion both for good science & sound policy.

Auch zur #BTW2025 haben wieder viele Kolleginnen und Kollegen vom @ifp-ude.bsky.social der @unidue.bsky.social an den großartigen Parteiprofilen der @bpb.de mitgewirkt. Schaut rein - alle 29 Profile bieten spannende Einblicke! www.bpb.de/themen/parte... #Bundestagswahl

As #SouthKorea's political drama continues, w/ more testimony @ the country's Constitutional Court, it's a pleasure to be able to announce a public roundtable discussion at #Cambridge University, #DarwinCollege this Saturday, Feb 8 with 3 young ROK politicians. www.ames.cam.ac.uk/understandin...

Commentary on the constitutional crisis in South Korea in the Austrian weekly <Die Furche> in German (paywall)

Is the "firewall" breaking in Germany? Maybe. One thing is certain: if it is, its NOT because it "already broke" long ago at the local level. In our working paper, we show between 2019 & 2024, in 79% of cases all other parties still refused to work w /the Afd bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/v24...

Latest from South Korea's transport ministry: Fire on Air Busan flight ABL391 (Busan-Hong Kong) A321 aircraft at Gimhae Airport. Started 22:15 at parking stand, main fire extinguished 23:30. All 176 aboard (169 passengers, 6 crew, 1 engineer) safely evacuated via slides.

Yoon became the first sitting president to be indicted, charged with leading an insurrection.

I finally found the time to realize a project close to my heart. Together with Prof. Hannes Mosler and Dr. Florian Pölking, we organized a workshop for students from the Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Bochum, in which we discussed non-university career paths for Korean Studies graduates.

Webinar on the constitutional crisis in South Korea This Thursday! shorturl.at/HfXb3

New column! "대한민국은 기로에 서 있다. 이제는 민주주의의 적들이 분명한 법의 심판을 받아야 한다. 그들을 악마화할 필요도 없지만, 그들이 보인 행패의 청산과 함께 재앙적 대통령도 사라져야 한다. 조건 없는 특별사면을 향후 삼가야만 하는 이유다."

Court issues warrant to formally arrest Yoon over martial law bid en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

Interview with VOX Nachrichten on the arrest of Yoon Suk-yeol (at 3:48) #Südkorea #YoonSukYeol plus.rtl.de/video-tv/sho...

Interview with ZDF heute on the arrest of Yoon Suk-yeol www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Interview with Deutsche Welle News about Yoon Suk-yeol gaslighting South Korean public (no footage available)

1/ Yoon Suk Yeol's legal team has launched a broad challenge against his impeachment trial proceedings. They filed four separate objections today, including a motion to recuse Constitutional Court Justice Jung Kye-sun.

New article out on #populism in East Asia: The East Asian democracies have received little attention from the international political science community working on populism. By analyzing the last two to three decades of research we look for clues to help us explain why there is so little interest...

"L’image peut surprendre, mais cette "Magafication" du mouvement pro-Yoon représente la dernière itération d’une longue tradition au sein du courant conservateur sud-coréen." tinyurl.com/4nddk2kv

Der suspendierte Präsident Yoon Suk-yeol erscheint nicht vor Gericht und mehrere Festnahmen werden durch Protestierende, Militär und präsidialen Wachdienst verhindert. Wie tief der Konflikt reicht und warum #Südkorea weiterhin tief gespalten bleibt. 👇 www.rosalux.de/news/...