Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell 김상훈 金相勳

I've written an opinion column on the JoongAng on the parallels between January 6 and the 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot.

www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...

Some good news for democracy in otherwise bleak times: 73% of all countries with recent autocratization episodes experience a recovery of democracy levels shortly thereafter!

See @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social's thread 👇 for the findings from our most recent article!

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

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A Declaration of Political Scientists of South Korea A Declaration by Political Scientists of South Korea Call for an Immediate Reintroduction and the Passage of the Impeachment Bill to Restore the Constitutional Order The emergency martial law declar...

573 political scientists in and out of Korea have written and signed a declaration calling for Yoon's immediate impeachment. I've translated it into English with Prof. Jeong Hyun Kim at Yonsei:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The latter study is based on data from individual voters, but the increasing polarization can further undermine political elites' capacity to punish copartisan politicians for subverting the democratic process.

This rising polarization is detrimental to democracy regarding punishing undemocratic behavior as shown in Graham and Svolik (2020):

people “will not cross party lines to punish a copartisan for violating democratic principles."

doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Political polarization in Korea This article provides an empirical overview of political polarization in Korea from 2004 to 2021 based on a wealth of longitudinal surveys. We consider elite as well as mass polarization, document ...

Re-reading this important piece on political polarization in S. Korea by Cheong and Haggard. "polarization in the country has increased over time... For both legislators and the voting public, the substantive scope of political polarization is widening."
doi.org/10.1080/1351...

Ideally, it would be nice to collect signatures, but things are changing rapidly and we didn't have time. So it's just the board members.

#AKPS #시국선언

What do aid recipients want? Public attitudes toward foreign aid in developing countries Individuals in developing countries are the ultimate end users of foreign aid. While the international donor community has emphasized the importance o…

First ever Bluesky post, and I'm excited to share our latest research in World Development (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...)! Coauthored with Sung Eun Kim (@sungeunkim.bsky.social), Jong Hee Park (@jongheepark.bsky.social), and Joonseok Yang. 🧵

For the past 15 yrs, @csiskoreachair.bsky.social have hosted a variety of NextGen programs, selecting promising scholar & practitioner in Korean studies, ranging from IR, politics to Korean history, literature, philosophy and of course K-pop.

Adding more as they join @bsky.app! go.bsky.app/CH5EwzS

Building a starter pack on all things #Gender in East Asia.

If you work on OR write about gender issues, LGBTQ+, or women’s rights in East Asia, comment to be added!
go.bsky.app/78FRf9M #Korea #Japan #China #Vietnam #Taiwan

I know @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social and @yesolakweon.bsky.social work on the topic.