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How MAGA-Inspired Politics Are Reshaping Japan and South Korea, by Eleonora Zocca – 4 February 2026

From New Lines Magazine A culture war playbook honed by American conservatives is finding new life in East Asia On Feb. 8, Japan will head

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South Korea’s ‘Willfully Unmarried’ Movement, by Hawon Jung – 29 January 2026

From New Lines Magazine The three-story industrial building in Seoul’s hipster neighborhood of Seongsu was packed with hundreds of women, their chatter and laughter echoing

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Are ‘Hyper-Meritocracy’ and Feminist Backlash Driving South Korean Young Men to the Right?, by Yewon Kang – 10 January 2026

It can be difficult to define what “conservative” or “right-wing populist” means, as the boundaries have blurred with other terms such as “far right” or

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South Korea’s Predicament, by Canan Kus – 25 November 2025

The Lee government is caught between economic dependence on China and security dependence on the US South Korea has opened up its borders a bit

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Three-Finger Salute to Autocracy. Interview with Jeffrey Wasserstrom – 21 June 2025

What can we learn from a decade of protest in Asia? Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, and Taiwan—all are linked by their shared appreciation of milk

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Tea and Solidarity. Interview with Jeffrey Wasserstrom on the Milk Tea Alliance and Pan-Asian Resistance – 12 June 2025

In 2020, an unlikely coalition of activists formed online. It brought together protest movements in Hong Kong and Thailand and, before long, fanned out across

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How MAGA Made Its Way to South Korea, by Cathi Choi – 2 February 2025

While Yoon was barricaded inside his home, his supporters waved U.S. flags and adopted Trump’s “Stop the Steal” slogan to protest Yoon’s impeachment. For the

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On Politics After the 3rd December Insurrection in South Korea, by Hyun Ok Park – 13 December 2024

Quickly ruled an “insurrection,” the rogue invocation of martial law in South Korea on December 3rd was a self-coup by President Yoon Suk Yeol to maintain

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The Coup Attempt in South Korea Shows That the Right Is Getting Radicalized All Over the World, by Tobias Hübinette – 4 December 2024

The dramatic scenes in South Korea, which took place in the night from 2nd to 3rd December Korean time, could have been taken from the

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