#Korea

In class today we talked about LGBT representation in Korea. Thread of my thoughts based on an article we read: In Kang Ohreum’s article “LGBT: We Are Living Here Now:
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This is China's nighttime lights intensity from NOAA's VIIRS.The first image is of April 2014 while the second is of April 2019. Brazil in April 2013 versus Brazil in April
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On January 22, 2020, Kim Jong-un acted quickly. North Korea closed its borders with China and Russia to stop a new, mysterious virus from spreading. But more than a year
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Today is the 70th anniversary to the “official” start of the Korean War. Despite agreeing to withdraw troops and sign a peace treaty in the 1953 armistice, the US continues
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A short thread: Comparing the Trump paintings of Jon McNaughton, with state “art” of North Korea worshipping the Kim Dynasty. And one more. (For now, anyway…) Another one in
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A platitude of 2020 was that the coronavirus isolated North Korea in a way that sanctions never could. Bob Woodward quoted Matt Pottinger saying as much in his book [in
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Happy Friday! Our Friday read is a starter kit on how South Koreans earned their right to vote and the logistics of voting in Korea today.https://twitter.com/BluRoofPolitics/status/1332315244065001472 South Korea's fight for
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S. Korea already qualifies for maximum Level 3 which would essentially be its first lockdown (800+ cases daily for 1 week+). Gov. to decide tomorrow whether to raise level. They
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Feeling there’s no way out, many young South Korean women are taking their lives. This is one of the most important stories out of South Korea this year. I’ve summarized
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Nah dude.This is super-duper revisionist and completely unsupported by evidence. If anything, by 1950, US was genuinely weighing the option of not defending South Korea in case of a North
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A hunting map of the Japanese empire (1941), highlighting game locations in Japan, Korea, and Manchuria. A few thoughts: 1) It's hard to ignore the centrality of the Changbai Mountains
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A thread!I believe South Korea might be the first to see real *MASSIVE* mainstream consumer adoption of crypto.There are many things people don't know about crypto in South Korea, and
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1/ Disturbing NDAA elements re: North Korea. In several places, there is a prohibition for providing DPRK with any type of assistance, and a prohibition for anything that helps facilitate
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Right, satellite, yeah.https://twitter.com/STcom/status/1288046499516096512 Right-wing: "Moon Jae-in is a commie who's about to surrender to N Korea!"Tankies: "US imperialism is militarizing S Korea that yearns to be unit
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To be able to look up fashion trends in your country is an immense privilege. I can easily learn about early 20th century trends in America. In Korea, however, there
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Wait, you're telling us there was *another* President who's will as Commander In Chief was sabotaged by unelected bureaucrats? No shit, really? https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/how-the-deep-state-stopped-a-us-president-from-withdrawi
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