And if you’re interested in the nuclear angle, here’s another piece from January 2023. Among other things, I note that South Korean support for nuclear armament dipped when the US and South Korea were talking with the DPRK www.usip.org/publications...

Lee’s election offers an opening not only for peace but also for restoring democracy and advancing women’s rights in the country, says @cathichoi.bsky.social of @womencrossdmz.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/sout...

BREAKING: South Korean court unanimously removes Yoon from office — a huge win for the Korean peoples’ democracy movement! We look now to lasting changes: ending the 75+ year war and “permanent emergency state.” Read more context from Executive Director Cathi Choi below ⬇️⬇️

We honor the life of K.W. Lee, a pioneering Korean American journalist who wrote over 100 articles exposing problems with the conviction of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant on California death row in the 70s. www.latimes.com/california/s...

It also recently surfaced that over 3,000 body bags were pre-ordered in December during the month that Yoon declared martial law. When I contemplate what was and is anticipated, it is terrifying, but not more terrifying than oppression itself.

My latest for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social “How MAGA Made Its Way to South Korea”

While Yoon was barricaded inside his home, his supporters waved U.S. flags and adopted Trump’s “Stop the Steal” slogan to protest his impeachment.

THURSDAY! The Stories We Bring to Bear: Flipping the Scripts on Adoption What exists beyond, around, and throughout the lives of adopted people and their various families and communities? Join us to hear from Deann Borshay Liem and Meejin Seol, moderated by Anna Kook. RSVP at bit.ly/kpngyopo

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been indicted for insurrection. @cathichoi.bsky.social explains the lead-up to Yoon's charges—and the role of the U.S. in "Korea’s dark history of authoritarian crackdowns."

An appeals court has held up a ruling ordering the Korean government to pay compensation to a Vietnamese victim of a massacre by Korean troops during the Vietnam War. 1/ n.news.naver.com/article/003/...

A massive crowd celebrates South Korea’s National Assembly voting to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol by singing ‘Into The New World’ by Girls’ Generation.

Not sure if anybody's surprised at anything anymore. But MBC reports that Def. Min. ordered to strike N. Korea for sending the 'trash balloon' about one week before the coup attempt. The chairman of the joint chief of staff refused it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggr3...

Yoon declared martial law & attempted a coup. South Koreans took the streets, parliament overturned it & tomorrow Yoon could be impeached. Cathi Choi explains the history & authoritarian context underpinning the moment. @WomenCrossDMZ @inthesetimesmag inthesetimes.com/article/yoon...

Amazing conversation, not to be missed. youtu.be/6GvHs0ycE34?...

definitely not helped by the fact that your basic US education does not cover modern korean history At All outside of framing the korean war as “saving south korea from the commies” which means americans have never learned abt why korea was split in the first place or abt us-backed korean dictators

i think like the rise of kpop and the ~korean wave~ means that non-koreans only see korea as this like bastion of a capitalist democracy and they fail to consider what it took for koreans to get to an actual democracy