Dr. Jiwon Yoon
@jiwonyoon.bsky.social
Exploring the roots of modern Korean society—democracy, education, and culture.
https://yoonjiwon.substack.com/
https://yoonjiwon.substack.com/
Thought I’d pivot to writing the show notes on Substack while waiting... only to get hit with a #NetworkError here too. It refuses to save. 🚫
Nowhere is safe. Opening up a blank Word doc. At least my hard drive won't ghost me (hopefully).
#CloudflareOutage
Nowhere is safe. Opening up a blank Word doc. At least my hard drive won't ghost me (hopefully).
#CloudflareOutage
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thought I’d pivot to writing the show notes on Substack while waiting... only to get hit with a #NetworkError here too. It refuses to save. 🚫
Nowhere is safe. Opening up a blank Word doc. At least my hard drive won't ghost me (hopefully).
#CloudflareOutage
Nowhere is safe. Opening up a blank Word doc. At least my hard drive won't ghost me (hopefully).
#CloudflareOutage
The early bird catches... a #CloudflareOutage? 🫠
Woke up at dawn, coffee in hand, ready to crush this podcast edit on Descript. But the internet had other plans.
This is clearly the universe punishing me for not finishing this yesterday. Lesson learned (maybe).
Woke up at dawn, coffee in hand, ready to crush this podcast edit on Descript. But the internet had other plans.
This is clearly the universe punishing me for not finishing this yesterday. Lesson learned (maybe).
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The early bird catches... a #CloudflareOutage? 🫠
Woke up at dawn, coffee in hand, ready to crush this podcast edit on Descript. But the internet had other plans.
This is clearly the universe punishing me for not finishing this yesterday. Lesson learned (maybe).
Woke up at dawn, coffee in hand, ready to crush this podcast edit on Descript. But the internet had other plans.
This is clearly the universe punishing me for not finishing this yesterday. Lesson learned (maybe).
5/6
"However," Baek continues, "almost no one today believes the citizens of Gwangju truly lost...The will for #democracy heated up university campuses throughout the 1980s. That power finally ended 36 years of #military #dictatorship. Democracy defeated the #oppressors."
"However," Baek continues, "almost no one today believes the citizens of Gwangju truly lost...The will for #democracy heated up university campuses throughout the 1980s. That power finally ended 36 years of #military #dictatorship. Democracy defeated the #oppressors."
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
5/6
"However," Baek continues, "almost no one today believes the citizens of Gwangju truly lost...The will for #democracy heated up university campuses throughout the 1980s. That power finally ended 36 years of #military #dictatorship. Democracy defeated the #oppressors."
"However," Baek continues, "almost no one today believes the citizens of Gwangju truly lost...The will for #democracy heated up university campuses throughout the 1980s. That power finally ended 36 years of #military #dictatorship. Democracy defeated the #oppressors."
3/6
I might not have finished it at all had I not recently read Baek Seung-jong's "Learning the Future from Donghak" ( #백승종 - #동학에서미래를배운다
Baek asks: "The Gwangju Democratization Movement of May 18, 1980: did it succeed, or did it fail?"
I might not have finished it at all had I not recently read Baek Seung-jong's "Learning the Future from Donghak" ( #백승종 - #동학에서미래를배운다
Baek asks: "The Gwangju Democratization Movement of May 18, 1980: did it succeed, or did it fail?"
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
3/6
I might not have finished it at all had I not recently read Baek Seung-jong's "Learning the Future from Donghak" ( #백승종 - #동학에서미래를배운다
Baek asks: "The Gwangju Democratization Movement of May 18, 1980: did it succeed, or did it fail?"
I might not have finished it at all had I not recently read Baek Seung-jong's "Learning the Future from Donghak" ( #백승종 - #동학에서미래를배운다
Baek asks: "The Gwangju Democratization Movement of May 18, 1980: did it succeed, or did it fail?"
2/6
Some books flow easily. Others demand everything from you just to turn the page.
Han Kang's #HumanActs ( #소년이온다 ) was the latter. It took me a long time to finish. The book moves through the 1980 #GwangjuUprising through bodies, voices, wounds that refuse to stay buried.
#한강 #HanKang
Some books flow easily. Others demand everything from you just to turn the page.
Han Kang's #HumanActs ( #소년이온다 ) was the latter. It took me a long time to finish. The book moves through the 1980 #GwangjuUprising through bodies, voices, wounds that refuse to stay buried.
#한강 #HanKang
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
2/6
Some books flow easily. Others demand everything from you just to turn the page.
Han Kang's #HumanActs ( #소년이온다 ) was the latter. It took me a long time to finish. The book moves through the 1980 #GwangjuUprising through bodies, voices, wounds that refuse to stay buried.
#한강 #HanKang
Some books flow easily. Others demand everything from you just to turn the page.
Han Kang's #HumanActs ( #소년이온다 ) was the latter. It took me a long time to finish. The book moves through the 1980 #GwangjuUprising through bodies, voices, wounds that refuse to stay buried.
#한강 #HanKang
Proud #voter here: since I became eligible, I never missed an #election: Korea, Korean overseas elections, and now every U.S. election as a citizen.
Today is #ElectionDay. If you haven’t voted yet, please go. Every vote counts.
(Yes, that #skunk covers my info because it’s my 7-year-old’s favorite🦨)
Today is #ElectionDay. If you haven’t voted yet, please go. Every vote counts.
(Yes, that #skunk covers my info because it’s my 7-year-old’s favorite🦨)
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Proud #voter here: since I became eligible, I never missed an #election: Korea, Korean overseas elections, and now every U.S. election as a citizen.
Today is #ElectionDay. If you haven’t voted yet, please go. Every vote counts.
(Yes, that #skunk covers my info because it’s my 7-year-old’s favorite🦨)
Today is #ElectionDay. If you haven’t voted yet, please go. Every vote counts.
(Yes, that #skunk covers my info because it’s my 7-year-old’s favorite🦨)
Sunday #pediatrics → Seattle Children’s ER for suspected appendicitis.
Thankfully, not appendicitis; likely viral.
First #ER visit ever for our 7-year-old. Last year my husband, this year our kid. Next year I’m breaking the cycle. 🙏
Thankfully, not appendicitis; likely viral.
First #ER visit ever for our 7-year-old. Last year my husband, this year our kid. Next year I’m breaking the cycle. 🙏
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Sunday #pediatrics → Seattle Children’s ER for suspected appendicitis.
Thankfully, not appendicitis; likely viral.
First #ER visit ever for our 7-year-old. Last year my husband, this year our kid. Next year I’m breaking the cycle. 🙏
Thankfully, not appendicitis; likely viral.
First #ER visit ever for our 7-year-old. Last year my husband, this year our kid. Next year I’m breaking the cycle. 🙏
#Korea’s quiet #superpower is #uri (우리), the “we.”
History could have produced cynicism, yet people kept building. “Try anyway” is learned from patterns: rebuild after war, win back #democracy, recover from the 1997 crisis.
History could have produced cynicism, yet people kept building. “Try anyway” is learned from patterns: rebuild after war, win back #democracy, recover from the 1997 crisis.
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#Korea’s quiet #superpower is #uri (우리), the “we.”
History could have produced cynicism, yet people kept building. “Try anyway” is learned from patterns: rebuild after war, win back #democracy, recover from the 1997 crisis.
History could have produced cynicism, yet people kept building. “Try anyway” is learned from patterns: rebuild after war, win back #democracy, recover from the 1997 crisis.
Korea has removed presidents who didn’t serve the people.
America can too.
My husband is Korean and I’m American.
He kept saying, “we have a president that we can be proud of.”
I want to be able to say that about mine too.
#NoKings #PeoplePower #DemocracyInAction
America can too.
My husband is Korean and I’m American.
He kept saying, “we have a president that we can be proud of.”
I want to be able to say that about mine too.
#NoKings #PeoplePower #DemocracyInAction
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Korea has removed presidents who didn’t serve the people.
America can too.
My husband is Korean and I’m American.
He kept saying, “we have a president that we can be proud of.”
I want to be able to say that about mine too.
#NoKings #PeoplePower #DemocracyInAction
America can too.
My husband is Korean and I’m American.
He kept saying, “we have a president that we can be proud of.”
I want to be able to say that about mine too.
#NoKings #PeoplePower #DemocracyInAction
Turnout note: it was packed. No overhead shot, so these look fragmented—but the crowd was huge.
There were over 100 #NoKings protest sites across Washington state today!
There were over 100 #NoKings protest sites across Washington state today!
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Turnout note: it was packed. No overhead shot, so these look fragmented—but the crowd was huge.
There were over 100 #NoKings protest sites across Washington state today!
There were over 100 #NoKings protest sites across Washington state today!
#NoKingsDayinBothell,WA
We dropped our daughter at Saturday Korean school and came here.
The whole time we kept saying, ‘We should’ve brought her. This is real education.’
Every sign and chant hit hard, and I just kept tearing up.
#NoKings #PeoplePower
We dropped our daughter at Saturday Korean school and came here.
The whole time we kept saying, ‘We should’ve brought her. This is real education.’
Every sign and chant hit hard, and I just kept tearing up.
#NoKings #PeoplePower
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#NoKingsDayinBothell,WA
We dropped our daughter at Saturday Korean school and came here.
The whole time we kept saying, ‘We should’ve brought her. This is real education.’
Every sign and chant hit hard, and I just kept tearing up.
#NoKings #PeoplePower
We dropped our daughter at Saturday Korean school and came here.
The whole time we kept saying, ‘We should’ve brought her. This is real education.’
Every sign and chant hit hard, and I just kept tearing up.
#NoKings #PeoplePower
And here are screenshots of your post on my other socials 🥹
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
And here are screenshots of your post on my other socials 🥹
Such feedback is pure rocket fuel. 💛
Thanks a lot, @zephtx.bsky.social!
Your encouragement and recognition help me keep going 🥹
If anyone wants the real stories behind #K-dramas and Korea’s #DemocraticDevelopment, I’m sure my writing will be useful (even to #Korean readers too!)
Thanks a lot, @zephtx.bsky.social!
Your encouragement and recognition help me keep going 🥹
If anyone wants the real stories behind #K-dramas and Korea’s #DemocraticDevelopment, I’m sure my writing will be useful (even to #Korean readers too!)
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Such feedback is pure rocket fuel. 💛
Thanks a lot, @zephtx.bsky.social!
Your encouragement and recognition help me keep going 🥹
If anyone wants the real stories behind #K-dramas and Korea’s #DemocraticDevelopment, I’m sure my writing will be useful (even to #Korean readers too!)
Thanks a lot, @zephtx.bsky.social!
Your encouragement and recognition help me keep going 🥹
If anyone wants the real stories behind #K-dramas and Korea’s #DemocraticDevelopment, I’m sure my writing will be useful (even to #Korean readers too!)
Is it okay for me to share your post as a screencaptured image on my other social media? It would be super useful to share the usefulness of my post ❤️let me know🙏
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Is it okay for me to share your post as a screencaptured image on my other social media? It would be super useful to share the usefulness of my post ❤️let me know🙏
Did you know South & North Korea celebrate Hangul (Korean alphabet) on different days?
South: 한글날 = Oct 9, 1446 (official)
North: 조선글날 = Jan 15, 1443 (creation)
If reunified, which date should be kept—or both?
#HangulDay #한글날 #조선글날 #KHistory #KCulture #LearnKorean
South: 한글날 = Oct 9, 1446 (official)
North: 조선글날 = Jan 15, 1443 (creation)
If reunified, which date should be kept—or both?
#HangulDay #한글날 #조선글날 #KHistory #KCulture #LearnKorean
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Did you know South & North Korea celebrate Hangul (Korean alphabet) on different days?
South: 한글날 = Oct 9, 1446 (official)
North: 조선글날 = Jan 15, 1443 (creation)
If reunified, which date should be kept—or both?
#HangulDay #한글날 #조선글날 #KHistory #KCulture #LearnKorean
South: 한글날 = Oct 9, 1446 (official)
North: 조선글날 = Jan 15, 1443 (creation)
If reunified, which date should be kept—or both?
#HangulDay #한글날 #조선글날 #KHistory #KCulture #LearnKorean
More cards (5–6) + the player view.
#LearningKorean isn’t just vocab—it’s context.
If you can follow these terms, you’re reading Korea between the lines.
Even most Koreans don’t know this much history (seriously, quiz your friends).
**How to listen + links in the next post.**👇
#LearningKorean isn’t just vocab—it’s context.
If you can follow these terms, you’re reading Korea between the lines.
Even most Koreans don’t know this much history (seriously, quiz your friends).
**How to listen + links in the next post.**👇
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
More cards (5–6) + the player view.
#LearningKorean isn’t just vocab—it’s context.
If you can follow these terms, you’re reading Korea between the lines.
Even most Koreans don’t know this much history (seriously, quiz your friends).
**How to listen + links in the next post.**👇
#LearningKorean isn’t just vocab—it’s context.
If you can follow these terms, you’re reading Korea between the lines.
Even most Koreans don’t know this much history (seriously, quiz your friends).
**How to listen + links in the next post.**👇
Happy #HangulDay! 🎉
I made 9:16 glossary cards for Episode 3 of my podcast #UnderstandingKorea —so you can catch the history behind the words (Joseon, scholar-officials, exams, Sejong).
Timestamps = first mention. Screenshot & study.
Swipe 👉 Save & Repost for later.
(Cards 1–4 of 6 attached)
#한글날
I made 9:16 glossary cards for Episode 3 of my podcast #UnderstandingKorea —so you can catch the history behind the words (Joseon, scholar-officials, exams, Sejong).
Timestamps = first mention. Screenshot & study.
Swipe 👉 Save & Repost for later.
(Cards 1–4 of 6 attached)
#한글날
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy #HangulDay! 🎉
I made 9:16 glossary cards for Episode 3 of my podcast #UnderstandingKorea —so you can catch the history behind the words (Joseon, scholar-officials, exams, Sejong).
Timestamps = first mention. Screenshot & study.
Swipe 👉 Save & Repost for later.
(Cards 1–4 of 6 attached)
#한글날
I made 9:16 glossary cards for Episode 3 of my podcast #UnderstandingKorea —so you can catch the history behind the words (Joseon, scholar-officials, exams, Sejong).
Timestamps = first mention. Screenshot & study.
Swipe 👉 Save & Repost for later.
(Cards 1–4 of 6 attached)
#한글날
In an emergency, Koreans say “Saram sallyeo!” (Save the person), not “Help me.”
One centers the individual voice. The other calls we to act.
#KoreanCulture #LearnKorean #Korea #우리 #Uri
One centers the individual voice. The other calls we to act.
#KoreanCulture #LearnKorean #Korea #우리 #Uri
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In an emergency, Koreans say “Saram sallyeo!” (Save the person), not “Help me.”
One centers the individual voice. The other calls we to act.
#KoreanCulture #LearnKorean #Korea #우리 #Uri
One centers the individual voice. The other calls we to act.
#KoreanCulture #LearnKorean #Korea #우리 #Uri
3/3
(Final part of the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 3 of the carousel series (images 9–10).
Swipe ▶ (9–10)
President Lee Jae-myung as parking marshal—batons in hand.
Hands-on leadership, clearing turbulence, runway ready.
That’s the full story: pride, competence, momentum.
#LeeJaemyung
(Final part of the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 3 of the carousel series (images 9–10).
Swipe ▶ (9–10)
President Lee Jae-myung as parking marshal—batons in hand.
Hands-on leadership, clearing turbulence, runway ready.
That’s the full story: pride, competence, momentum.
#LeeJaemyung
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
3/3
(Final part of the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 3 of the carousel series (images 9–10).
Swipe ▶ (9–10)
President Lee Jae-myung as parking marshal—batons in hand.
Hands-on leadership, clearing turbulence, runway ready.
That’s the full story: pride, competence, momentum.
#LeeJaemyung
(Final part of the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 3 of the carousel series (images 9–10).
Swipe ▶ (9–10)
President Lee Jae-myung as parking marshal—batons in hand.
Hands-on leadership, clearing turbulence, runway ready.
That’s the full story: pride, competence, momentum.
#LeeJaemyung
2/3
(Continuing the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 2 of my carousel series (images 5–8).
Swipe ▶ (5–8)
(Last part coming → 3/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #KCulture #JangWonyoung
(Continuing the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 2 of my carousel series (images 5–8).
Swipe ▶ (5–8)
(Last part coming → 3/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #KCulture #JangWonyoung
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
2/3
(Continuing the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 2 of my carousel series (images 5–8).
Swipe ▶ (5–8)
(Last part coming → 3/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #KCulture #JangWonyoung
(Continuing the APEC promo breakdown 👇)
Part 2 of my carousel series (images 5–8).
Swipe ▶ (5–8)
(Last part coming → 3/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #KCulture #JangWonyoung
1/3
(The APEC promo video I posted below 👇)
Here’s Part 1 of my image carousel—a card-by-card breakdown of the symbolism.
English captions + visuals so you can pause, zoom, and catch every beat.
Swipe ▶ (1–4)
(To be continued → 2/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #DJPeggyGou #ParkChanwook #ParkJiSung
(The APEC promo video I posted below 👇)
Here’s Part 1 of my image carousel—a card-by-card breakdown of the symbolism.
English captions + visuals so you can pause, zoom, and catch every beat.
Swipe ▶ (1–4)
(To be continued → 2/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #DJPeggyGou #ParkChanwook #ParkJiSung
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
1/3
(The APEC promo video I posted below 👇)
Here’s Part 1 of my image carousel—a card-by-card breakdown of the symbolism.
English captions + visuals so you can pause, zoom, and catch every beat.
Swipe ▶ (1–4)
(To be continued → 2/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #DJPeggyGou #ParkChanwook #ParkJiSung
(The APEC promo video I posted below 👇)
Here’s Part 1 of my image carousel—a card-by-card breakdown of the symbolism.
English captions + visuals so you can pause, zoom, and catch every beat.
Swipe ▶ (1–4)
(To be continued → 2/3)
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #DJPeggyGou #ParkChanwook #ParkJiSung
(The APEC promo video right below 👇)
I added the English captions myself.
Watch closely: democracy as a plane, lightsticks as citizen power, a president with batons on the tarmac.
What symbolism do you see?
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #Democracy #GDragon #이재명대통령
#LeeJaemyung
I added the English captions myself.
Watch closely: democracy as a plane, lightsticks as citizen power, a president with batons on the tarmac.
What symbolism do you see?
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #Democracy #GDragon #이재명대통령
#LeeJaemyung
October 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
(The APEC promo video right below 👇)
I added the English captions myself.
Watch closely: democracy as a plane, lightsticks as citizen power, a president with batons on the tarmac.
What symbolism do you see?
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #Democracy #GDragon #이재명대통령
#LeeJaemyung
I added the English captions myself.
Watch closely: democracy as a plane, lightsticks as citizen power, a president with batons on the tarmac.
What symbolism do you see?
#APEC2025 #SouthKorea #SoftPower #Democracy #GDragon #이재명대통령
#LeeJaemyung
5/6
And who’s the parking marshal expertly guiding this whole maneuver? 🧑✈️
#PresidentLeeJae-myung.
Many viewers read the symbolism as personally sorting recent turbulence in Korean democracy and putting things back in order so the runway’s clear for a fresh start.
And who’s the parking marshal expertly guiding this whole maneuver? 🧑✈️
#PresidentLeeJae-myung.
Many viewers read the symbolism as personally sorting recent turbulence in Korean democracy and putting things back in order so the runway’s clear for a fresh start.
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
5/6
And who’s the parking marshal expertly guiding this whole maneuver? 🧑✈️
#PresidentLeeJae-myung.
Many viewers read the symbolism as personally sorting recent turbulence in Korean democracy and putting things back in order so the runway’s clear for a fresh start.
And who’s the parking marshal expertly guiding this whole maneuver? 🧑✈️
#PresidentLeeJae-myung.
Many viewers read the symbolism as personally sorting recent turbulence in Korean democracy and putting things back in order so the runway’s clear for a fresh start.
4/6
Then #G-DRAGON re-parks the plane.
A lot of viewers read that as re-parking #democracy —putting it back in the right spot so the runway is clear to go. (Again, audience interpretation.)
Then #G-DRAGON re-parks the plane.
A lot of viewers read that as re-parking #democracy —putting it back in the right spot so the runway is clear to go. (Again, audience interpretation.)
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
4/6
Then #G-DRAGON re-parks the plane.
A lot of viewers read that as re-parking #democracy —putting it back in the right spot so the runway is clear to go. (Again, audience interpretation.)
Then #G-DRAGON re-parks the plane.
A lot of viewers read that as re-parking #democracy —putting it back in the right spot so the runway is clear to go. (Again, audience interpretation.)