Interesting discussion with @erikvoeten.bsky.social as a courthouse was smashed and the president was indicted in Korea. Such rollercoaster months since December last year.

🚨Due #tomorrow! Planning to attend @APSAtweets in Vancouver with a paper related to #Korea? please consider clicking #AKPS among the related groups!

Submitting a proposal related to #Korea to @APSAtweets in #Vancouver? Consider “Association of Korean Political Studies (AKPS)” as a “Related Group” when you submit! As program coordinator of AKPS, I will do best to organize excellent panels! Junior scholars highly encouraged!👇

What do political scientists think about democratic crisis in #SouthKorea? 🇰🇷Join us to discuss with Joshua Byun, Yeilim Cheong, Joan E. Cho, Stephan Haggard, Boram Lee, @inbok.bsky.social

🗓️8pm EDT Dec. 19 / 10am Korea Time Dec. 20

✍️Registration: myumi.ch/1b8z2

@goodauth.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @erikvoeten.bsky.social Thank you for amazing teamwork! You are superstars!

- for democratic institutions to work and for democracy to sustain, there should be an agreement that democracy is not just about winning each and every battle, but about agreeing to disagree, and being able to resist powerful individual’s move to ignore or erode institutions.

How strong is South Korea's democracy? The big lesson from the recent tests of democratic resilience in South Korea is that any democracy can be at risk.

Wrote a piece in with Hye Young You

goodauthority.org/news/south-k...

Our main points:

- massage from South Korean politicians and citizens was clear: no return to military rule.

- then, why democratic institutions that should have deterred President’s undemocratic move did not work?

With Yoon Suk Yeol facing impeachment, a new South Korean government could complicate Joe Biden's plan to counter China's rise as a military superpower. www.ft.com/content/6664...

Agree 1000%

Six hours under martial law in South Korea Podcast Episode · On Point | Podcast · 12/09/2024 · 47m

Great podcast on the situation in S Korea with long interview of @jeanhong.bsky.social , really interesting podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

On Point Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and real people about the issues that matter most.

I appeared in wbur radio show (also part of npr podcast) called “On Point” to discuss what happened in South Korea. The show describes the event, background, and the past quite well if you are curious about the bigger picture. @johnskuk.bsky.social was there too!

www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

**We ask political scientists worldwide to please read & sign in support**:

On Dec 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. 600+ political scientists of South Korea condemned this in a joint statement, urging impeachment.

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We’re asking for solidarity from political scientists worldwide: you can read and sign the statement in English, Japanese, Chinese, and French in the below Qualtrics form:

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#politicalscientists who study #democracy, #Constitution and #justice, please read and sign in support: t.co/5Vd1VXcsp8

Near 600 and growing number of political scientists calling for the immediate impeachment of South Korean president

Ruling party has the key now. There will be impeachment voting at the National Assembly in 6 hours. Opposition needs 8 more votes to impeach President Yoon.

A detail in this timeline caught my eye: "The DP had raised concerns over reports of informal meetings among Yoon’s high school alumni in military and ministerial positions." Brings to mind a great article by @jeanhong.bsky.social & Joon Nak Choi on social networks in the S.K. democratic transition:

I did not even think about that!!! I guess I am used to these connections and thought this was natural. Thank you @sonagolder.bsky.social

South Korea's president briefly declared martial law. President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

🇰🇷 S. Korea's president invoked martial law—then revoked it just 6 hours later. What caused this unprecedented move? And what’s next for Yoon Suk Yeol? Read @eunajo.bsky.social's piece on @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/martial... #SouthKorea #Polisky

Institutional, social, and household determinants of reproduction in Northeast China, 1789-1906 This study examined the effects of institutional, social, and household contexts on reproductive outcomes in rural east Liaoning (Liaodong) and Shuangcheng in northeast China from the late 18th to ...

Our former student and current RA Shengbin Wei, has his first publication, in History of the Family. It studies the interaction between institutional context and household organization in shaping fertility in Liaoning, using the CMGPD-LN. Congrats, Shengbin! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Han Kang’s Nobel Prize speech next week is going to be VERY interesting

Yoon Declares Martial Law in South Korea On December 3, 2024, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law in an unannounced televised address, citing threats from "North Korean communist forces" and the need to "rebui...

What do we know about Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law in South Korea today? 🔽

Here are some facts we have been able to pull together so far, but definitely more to come.

Written with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social & Seiyeon Ji

Korean kids don't even get a coup day off

This is it. History will mark it as a most dramatic backsliding event.

Live updates: South Korea president declares martial law; parliament votes it down South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol blamed the opposition party for “unprecedented” impeachment attempts of various government officials.

South Korean military says martial law will remain in place despite parliament’s vote to reject it.

Follow our live coverage.

Wow…. Just speechless

South Korea president declares emergency martial law | CNN South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address Tuesday, accusing the country’s main opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and of anti-sta...

South Korean president just declared emergency martial law and prohibited all political activities as the first order. Last emergency martial law was before my birth under Park Chung-hee regime in 1979. I am speechless and my head is all murky.

www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/a...

Submitting a proposal related to #Korea to @APSAtweets in #Vancouver? Consider “Association of Korean Political Studies (AKPS)” as a “Related Group” when you submit! As program coordinator of AKPS, I will do best to organize excellent panels! Junior scholars highly encouraged!👇

We find that #types of war experience matter. While general (family) war experience of the Korean War reduces refugee acceptance, the (family) experience of forced relocation (from North to South Korea) due to the division and war significantly enhance refugee acceptance.

We contribute to the growing literature on shared war experience (including family experiences) and #refugee acceptance by adding a hard case from #SouthKorea where relatively recent civil war experience of Korean War and high and pervasive hostility toward #refugees coexist.