In Rumor We Trust: Proliferating Fake News in South Korea
South Koreans are used to hearing sentences that end in hadeora, a verb meaning “it is said that….” This particular… …
Goodbye, Mr. Half
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is no longer trying to be the next South Korean president. He has only himself …
A Candlelight Effect: Kim Jong-un Bows to His People
Unprecedentedly, Kim Jong-un apologized to the people of North Korea for his failures. I have a theory: Pyongyang is watching …
Ethics Be Damned: South Korean Journalism Fails
I get visibly tense when I see my name in South Korean media or a local reporter contacts me. Ethics …
Fines Won’t Change Discrimination in Job Search
Discrimination is rampant in the job search process for many applicants. A law levying fines on companies for asking certain …
“Nobody Likes It”: The Price of Researching North Korean Human Rights
If you want to be accuse of being a CIA and NIS tool, research on North Korean human rights is …
Religion and Politics in South Korea: Very Comfortable Bedfellows
Watching the archival video of Park Geun-hye and Choi Tae-min, I was struck by how familiar the whole scene seemed. …
The Choi Soon-sil Gate: The Saddest Political Drama Ever Told
The Choi Soon-sil scandal has been more riveting than most TV dramas. And dramas will be my source of enlightenment …