Minseon Ku
@minseonku.bsky.social
Diplomacy and international relations; 🐿️ watcher
RSVP (in thread) to attend virtually The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy's Sixth Annual Conference, "Complex Diplomacy in Turbulent Times," on October 23 & 24, 2025 at 9:30-13:30 CDT on both dates.
September 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
RSVP (in thread) to attend virtually The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy's Sixth Annual Conference, "Complex Diplomacy in Turbulent Times," on October 23 & 24, 2025 at 9:30-13:30 CDT on both dates.
Front and center with Xi are Putin and Kim. #victorydayparade
September 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Front and center with Xi are Putin and Kim. #victorydayparade
Did Trump gift the delegation a MAGA hat with his autograph on it? Dispels Korean opposition's doubt that Trump would not endorse/support LJM administration
August 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Did Trump gift the delegation a MAGA hat with his autograph on it? Dispels Korean opposition's doubt that Trump would not endorse/support LJM administration
The season of Western multilateral summitry (G7, NATO) may be over, but the diplomatic show must go on.
In this @ejir.bsky.social piece, I argue that summitry is a performance producing what I call the "social international," or the intl system of state persons
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
In this @ejir.bsky.social piece, I argue that summitry is a performance producing what I call the "social international," or the intl system of state persons
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
July 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The season of Western multilateral summitry (G7, NATO) may be over, but the diplomatic show must go on.
In this @ejir.bsky.social piece, I argue that summitry is a performance producing what I call the "social international," or the intl system of state persons
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
In this @ejir.bsky.social piece, I argue that summitry is a performance producing what I call the "social international," or the intl system of state persons
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The world may be a dumpster fire, which may be the perfect legit reason for summer makgeolli brewing.
June 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The world may be a dumpster fire, which may be the perfect legit reason for summer makgeolli brewing.
Absolutely thrilled to finally own a copy of James Der Derian’s On Diplomacy for $5 from Amazon after waiting and searching high and low for years. 😭
February 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Absolutely thrilled to finally own a copy of James Der Derian’s On Diplomacy for $5 from Amazon after waiting and searching high and low for years. 😭
The car allegedly with Yoon in it entered a covered driveway at the CIO. Bummed.
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The car allegedly with Yoon in it entered a covered driveway at the CIO. Bummed.
TV Chosun speculates Yoon could be in one of these Cadillacs. 🤷🏻♀️
January 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
TV Chosun speculates Yoon could be in one of these Cadillacs. 🤷🏻♀️
A magpie photobombing JTBC’s camera while Yoon dilly-dallies.
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A magpie photobombing JTBC’s camera while Yoon dilly-dallies.
Yoon’s supporters are now lying on the road and blocking the road upon news that he had been “ambushed with an arrest.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
January 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Yoon’s supporters are now lying on the road and blocking the road upon news that he had been “ambushed with an arrest.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Yoon’s security team is reportedly getting ready to escort him.
January 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yoon’s security team is reportedly getting ready to escort him.
The police is approaching the third line of security. Feels like watching a video game.🎮
January 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The police is approaching the third line of security. Feels like watching a video game.🎮
It also comes with a video clip showing the audibility and visibility of test-firing of missiles recorded by us in Gangneung.
December 16, 2024 at 2:33 PM
It also comes with a video clip showing the audibility and visibility of test-firing of missiles recorded by us in Gangneung.
We recorded reactions to the explosion in realtime on Twitter, capturing instances of how latent anxiety induced by securitization could manifest in the form of securitization rhetoric.
December 16, 2024 at 1:50 PM
We recorded reactions to the explosion in realtime on Twitter, capturing instances of how latent anxiety induced by securitization could manifest in the form of securitization rhetoric.
Instance 1: Missiles flew midday overhead but no one flinched.
Instance 2: In the face of little to no information on a major explosion that occurred around midnight near the Gangneung air base, people immediately defaulted to a rhetoric that “North Korea has invaded” or “war as broken out.”
Instance 2: In the face of little to no information on a major explosion that occurred around midnight near the Gangneung air base, people immediately defaulted to a rhetoric that “North Korea has invaded” or “war as broken out.”
December 16, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Instance 1: Missiles flew midday overhead but no one flinched.
Instance 2: In the face of little to no information on a major explosion that occurred around midnight near the Gangneung air base, people immediately defaulted to a rhetoric that “North Korea has invaded” or “war as broken out.”
Instance 2: In the face of little to no information on a major explosion that occurred around midnight near the Gangneung air base, people immediately defaulted to a rhetoric that “North Korea has invaded” or “war as broken out.”
In a piece co-authored w/ @briantfinch.bsky.social forthcoming at @risjnl.bsky.social we conceptualize ontological agency or the prioritization of daily routines in the face of reminders of insecurity. We offer one way of understanding SKoreans’ alleged indifference to security threats.
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 AM
In a piece co-authored w/ @briantfinch.bsky.social forthcoming at @risjnl.bsky.social we conceptualize ontological agency or the prioritization of daily routines in the face of reminders of insecurity. We offer one way of understanding SKoreans’ alleged indifference to security threats.
Natl Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik just made a statement calling for Yoon to lift the decree immediately, and the military and police to stop partaking in an illegal act. Nailed Yoon’s political coffin by adding that the military acted on principle and not politically.
December 3, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Natl Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik just made a statement calling for Yoon to lift the decree immediately, and the military and police to stop partaking in an illegal act. Nailed Yoon’s political coffin by adding that the military acted on principle and not politically.
Kicking off the first day of the last month in 2024 with makgeolli (Korean rice wine) home brewing for the first time in 3 years. Will be experimenting with glutinous rice.
December 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Kicking off the first day of the last month in 2024 with makgeolli (Korean rice wine) home brewing for the first time in 3 years. Will be experimenting with glutinous rice.
No songpyeon, only moon cakes this year. Happy chuseok and mid-autumn festival to those celebrating! 🌝
October 1, 2023 at 12:02 AM
No songpyeon, only moon cakes this year. Happy chuseok and mid-autumn festival to those celebrating! 🌝
Took a break from my research area this weekend reading up on the growing feminist movement in South Korea.
September 24, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Took a break from my research area this weekend reading up on the growing feminist movement in South Korea.
The joy of having to return 66 library books.
August 20, 2023 at 5:09 PM
The joy of having to return 66 library books.