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Two biggest surprises: Korean in the Philippines and Malaysia, and Swedish in Sweden.

Ai Weiwei: 'China has no political environment. There's no ecosystem in the political situation.' youtube.com/watch?v=b47Ub9…

I wrote a short blog post about the H Mart on 32nd Street globalasianculture.com/blog/we-are-wh…

FIFA World Cup schedule for South Korea: Thu 11/24 vs. Uruguay at 8am ET, Mon 11/28 at 8am ET (Ghana), Fri 12/2 at 10 am ET (Portugal). South Korea beat Portugal in 2002, but it's going to be a tough game

A #photo I took in Hong Kong in 2019 during pro-democracy protests there. #photo graphy #photo journalism

This resonates -- and it hasn't even started yet. Byung-Chul Han: Psychopolitics and The Burnout Society youtube.com/watch?v=BX-FK_…

Two South Korean miners who were rescued after being trapped underground for nine days say they survived on instant coffee powder and water falling from the ceiling of a collapsed shaft. apnews.com/article/busine…

(3rd LD) 2 trapped miners miraculously walk out alive after 9 days en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202211…

Love this ... artists moving ahead of the realities youtube.com/watch?v=1H1Mh5…

CNN is calling the event “crowd surge” or “crowd crush,” and not “stampede.” The latter implies that the crowd was running, which is contrary to the authority’s understanding.

Echoes of the Sewol ferry sinking here. Major policy changes likely to follow. But crowding remains a major issue in public places. A transformation in the quality of social interactions is key, something that has happened in the past decade. More needs to be done, however

Quite a turnout in NYC for the 2022 Korean Festival in Union Square. It's nice to see the city returning to normal but the lines for the food stands were way too long...I ended up not eating anything

Headline is misleading. SKorea is not 'squeezed' between the U.S. and China bc China and SK are not aligned in any way. Most SKoreans understand alliance values. That which is status quo never makes headlines, however. nytimes.com/2022/10/19/wor…

In light of what happened to Hu, I'm leaving this here as a reminder that there is democracy in East Asia, and channels of peaceful protest where no one has to get hurt. Also, I see no foreign press coverage of the rallies in Seoul Saturday. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202210…