Check out my latest article, co-authored with Angelos Chryssogelos for BJPIR! doi.org/10.1177/136914…

ten years since the Sewol Ferry disaster. I visited Danwon High School not long after, and classroom after empty classroom was without a doubt that saddest thing I've ever seen.

'Under Mr. Xi, China appears to have left its policy of minimum deterrence behind. If the Biden administration is serious about arms control, it’s time to look for common ground with Beijing to build new agreements for a safer future.' nytimes.com/2024/04/15/opi…

National Museum of Korea is the 6th most visited museum in the world, and the only one in the top ten outside of Europe/North America.

Suggests that this has been a quite carefully calibrated process rather than a 'reckless escalation'. The language we are hearing from politicians could thus be largely for domestic audiences.

📢 If you're in need of citing something that says 'a backsliding leader may destabilize foreign policies by pursuing deals untenable in a democratic society,' I might have recently published a paper. I even discuss Yoon in the conclusion.😉 #SKorea #democratic_backsliding

Liz Truss beaten by a lettuce, Yoon Seok Yeol by a spring onion. I feel an idea for my next research article forming: 'Vegetables and Counter-Hegemony Under Authoritarian Neoliberalism' bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

perhaps it would be easier and save time if the media reported now when there aren't any military exercises taking place around the Korean peninsula/Northeast Asia apnews.com/article/japan-…

this man's ignorance of how international trade works is astounding.

So if Darth Vader is Yoon and Luke Skywalker is Cho Kuk, who is Chewbacca?

Democratic Party not doing so well in Pusan, so perhaps 200 seats not in reach.

Chinese nationalism significantly increased from 2012/13 to 2018, ranked second with a growth rate of 13.7% among 27 selected countries and regions. The intensification of Chinese nationalism will continue as long as heavy state nationalism is maintained. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Frank Aum Kevin Gray

For the 8th year in a row, Sussex Development Studies is ranked No. 1 in the world.

REALLY looking forward to this book coming out in August!

'The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea' by Park Jeong-Mi

ucpress.edu/book/978052039…

Relatedly Kevin Gray, this opinion on #NorthKorea policy is a single, anecdotal, unrepresentative data point—but it’s still interesting to see it expressed in this NYT focus group. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

which suggests that Yoon's foreign policy failures may have played a role in the poor showing for the PPP. Yoon came to power calling for 'peace through strength', and inter-Korean relations and the broader situation in NE Asia are worse then they've ever been.

ANALYSIS: South Korean partisan voters prioritize foreign policy, new study reveals

'Research found that partisan voters ... place significant importance on foreign policy positions,' write Peter Ward, 워드 피터，皮得 and Steven Denney.

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on the other hand, it looks like the left wing/progressive parties have done very poorly

South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party far ahead of the ruling People Power Party, the joint exit polls show. (A screen grab of KBS)

Looking like a TERRIBLE night for Yoon & his party as this election is seen as a midterm referendum on Yoon.