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Conservative lawmakers have entered the legislative chambers for the impeachment vote. No boycott this time, it seems.
December 14, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Can we leave behind over on Twitter that thing when people write a bit of Korea analysis and add a single word in 한자/漢字 that doesn’t benefit the reader other than to let them know that the author knows that word?
December 10, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I’m in a hotel and Korea is no longer part of the TV news cycle. Sky News is focused on bad weather, Al Jazeera on fighting in Syria, and CNN on the killing of a CEO.
December 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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Meanwhile, inside the National Assembly compound, there are several cars and buses parked on the grass. The opposition party says it placed them there to prevent any more helicopter landings.
December 7, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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So many people. Having trouble posting. Trying to make my way as close as possible but not easy in this sea of protesters.
December 7, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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Here's an excellent timeline surrounding Yoon's martial law declaration. Thanks to the Korea Risk Group and NK News for putting this together.

koreapro.org/2024/12/time...
Timeline: The swift rise and fall of martial law in South Korea - KOREA PRO
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared nationwide emergency martial law in a late-night livestreamed address on Tuesday at around 10:25 p.m., citing threats from “anti-state forces” attempting ...
koreapro.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:22 AM
“Though, who knows, we still haven’t seen how Threads has reacted to the coup. When users over there learn about it in a day or two maybe they’ll have a good take on it.”
A few interesting thoughts on why X was better than Bluesky to follow the recent coup attempt in South Korea.
But Bluesky may be the next place to be for breaking news.
www.garbageday.email/p/president-...
President Yoon's massive L
Read to the end for a beautiful portrait
www.garbageday.email
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
No joke I was going through an old Korean book of TOEIC vocab this weekend, came across this word and thought “nah I’ll never encounter it enough for it to enter my active vocabulary”
December 5, 2024 at 6:45 AM
“At 11:30PM I put on my coat and trundle off to the subway, a decision that is equal parts soju and commitment to the principles of journalism.” 😊
December 4, 2024 at 12:38 PM
KOSPI barely moved.
December 4, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Thanks everyone, this honestly reminds me of what twitter used to be like when something fast-moving and dramatic happens and you want to both know both what’s happening and what smart people you trust think about it.
December 3, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Is “did not have that on my bingo card” a phrase we’re leaving being or is it still a thing?
December 3, 2024 at 5:01 PM
This was inevitable. maps.app.goo.gl/WzVStre81zPu...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Bluesky eh, cool, very fun very cool.
November 15, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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I cover hacks, leaks and digital espionage at Reuters, but in another life I was our Korea Correspondent, and co-author of North Korea Confidential, a book about the DPRK black market.

I've made this starter pack of journalists, academics, diplomats etc working on North Korea: go.bsky.app/6e6kvUm
November 15, 2024 at 9:51 AM