Sunflowers in bloom at my neighborhood park just outside Seoul.

This banner depicting Trump as an ICE agent, displayed by protesters today at the airport in South Korea, greeted workers who returned home a week after ICE raided the Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia. It captures the betrayal felt by Koreans as they saw pictures of their citizens arrested and in chains.

It also shows that men in their 20s voted for the conservative candidates even more heavily than voters in their 70s, who are usually South Korea's most conservative voters. This pattern of young men voting right-wing first surfaced in the 2022 presidential election. Here's a chart from 2022. 2/3

I think the spring azaleas here in Seoul are just as nice as the cherry blossoms!

Peak cherry blossoms along the eastern edge of Seoul!

On this Presidents' Day in the United States, prescient words of warning from George Washington's Farewell Address in 1796:

Merry Christmas! Peace on earth, goodwill toward all.

#Christmas in the air at Gongdeok station in #Seoul

Still little bits of autumn left on the #Yonsei campus in #Seoul this morning, even after all the snow two weeks ago!

Quite a winter wonderland today on the #Yonsei campus in #Seoul. It's unusual for us to have any #snow on campus during the semester, let alone enough to build a snowman. I was tempted to hold my classes outside!

#Snow in #Seoul! We're not quite finished with fall yet, but #winter arrived early this morning here!

Also check out the glorious new library near the KISA conference venue today, at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul. I could read here for hours!

Great to hear from the #EU ambassador to #Korea today at the annual KISA conference. Security, public health and green energy are seen as "pillars" of the EU/ROK partnership going forward. EU engagement around the world now extends well beyond trade. Supporting Ukraine also a top priority.

At the end of a cloudy Sunday in Seoul, a beautiful red full moon