Lee: “The recent controversy over the removal of USFK missile batteries and air defense weapons is growing. We voiced an opposing view, but it is also the undeniable reality that we cannot fully have our way.” koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03...
I was there in Seongju when THAAD was deployed to South Korea and there is a repeated pattern by the US. Part of the deployment happened during Moon Jae-in’s admin, however, the then president wasn’t even given prior knowledge the missile-launchers were entering the country. It was done in secret
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung: “While we have expressed opposition to the US relocating some of their air defense weapons according to their own military needs, it is an undeniable reality that our stance cannot be fully implemented” www.chosun.com/english/nati...
I wrote about how the reading crisis can only be understood within the context of class warfare, and how culture and capitalism continues to be intertwined
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Fighting fascism requires a realistic analysis of power and force. The right-wing shouldn't feel they can reward their killers and motivate others to kill for them without any consequences. I wrote about the importance of unrelenting actions for @prismreports.org.
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“The document contradicts claims by the agency that all 475 people arrested during the raid were working illegally or violating their visas” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.”
My latest in @thenation
The ICE raids in Georgia is not an isolated incident. It is a continuation of the utter disregard the US has for South Korea and the lives of South Koreans
Regardless of the confidence a state might have in its ability to carry out a successful mission, what cannot be ignored is the utter disregard the US had for South Korea as an ally and for the lives of ordinary South Koreans
Over the weekend I spoke with people in the Korean intelligence community about the secret infiltration into North Korea and they told me if Seoul had prior knowledge about the mission, they would have adamantly opposed it because it would have triggered a North Korean attack on South Korea
from Have You Been Feeling Blue These Days? Poems by Kim Eon Hee, translated by Eunsong Kim & Sung-Gi Kim Have you been feeling blue these days? Are you struggling because of money? Did you watch the viral videos? Is this your castle in the sky? Do your enemies appear as your parents? Are you afraid of becoming an arsonist? Do you want to suffer more from your sense of guilt? Are you anxious you might step on a dead person’s foot, somewhere? Even though you’re alone are you really not alone? Do even dogs or cows belittle you? Is your eye twitching and pus pouring Out of your gums? Is smoke coming out from your asshole or ear hole? Do your words come out like mushed rotten strawberries? Are both your hands fool’s gold, one holding amnesia and the other delirium? Are you boundless and trapped? Suffocating and In pitch-black? You’ll likely go crazy soon But like, only like Are you like that? Then please do click Here
posting our @terpsicoreans.bsky.social translation of Kim Eon Hee's poem for no reason what so ever
www.2009-2019.poetryproject.org/from-have-yo...
"Since Oct. 7, 2023, the war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan combined"
“In the end, the people have won”
Sisa IN Magazine:
Park Geun-hye’s ousting 2017
Yoon Suk Yeol’s removal 2025
“When Yoon Suk Yeol was elected as president in 2022, South Korean voters never expected him to meet a fate similar to that of the previous conservative leader Park Geun-hye.” m.koreaherald.com/article/1045...
NEW This may be one of the most important cases.
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
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Having someone tell you the issue is not just about race and much more “nuance” is always very telling
Lmao MBC made an infographic about Kendrick for its Korean viewers with commentators saying, “He’s really good at writing lyrics”
For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about how Silicon Valley’s right-wing politics go back to the dotcom mania of the 1990s — and how they’re far more central to the tech industry than we’ve previously thought
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They’re shortselling on our destruction.
“The launch of the KBO [baseball] is political. After slaughtering civilians in Kwangju, Chun Doo-hwan had to find a way to nullify the people’s anger. Music festivals and sports were introduced to divert the public’s attention from politics. Dictatorship effectively used culture to control people.”
Prosecutors indicted Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading a rebellion with his short-lived martial law decree—a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Yoon has become South Korea’s first president to be indicted under detention apnews.com/article/sout...
I wrote about the importance of not getting caught up in useless conflicts. Some fights are so big and decisive that they demand our focus and participation. So, choosing what's worth our time and what isn't will make all the difference in these moments. prismreports.org/2025/01/23/f...
“Yoon, who had been wearing a suit throughout his initial arrest period, had to change into the uniform given to inmates, which bears an inmate number, and had mugshots taken for his official record.“
“President-turned-prisoner Yoon swaps suit for prison uniform, takes mugshot” english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
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I know the media has been using arrest and detain interchangeably but there’s a difference. In Korean, detain and arrest are the same word. When they first apprehended Yoon, investigators only had him for questioning for 48 hours. Now he will essentially be in custody until his trial starts
Yoon’s been arrested
