Sung-Yoon Lee
@SungYoonLee1
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Principal Fellow@Sejong Institute 50 Best Bios All Time @panmacmillan exuberant prose @TheEconomist remarkable @WSJ esp good @nytimes riveting @TheTLS Booklist★
Seoul: [email protected]
Joined June 2018
#DPRKProblem #Primer 2019 @UN Food Security Report Undernourishment/pop. CAR 59.6% ZI 51.3 HT 49.3 #DPRK 47.8 ZM 46.7 MD 44.4 UG 41.0 CG 40.3 TD 37.5 LR 37.2 #WHY is NK only industrialized/literate state w nukes/ICBMs on list? Bc of perverse priorities. https://t.co/zoAna5faGK
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Post-mil parade & lunch, Kim Jong Un & Putin held bilat talks. KJU & Kim Yo Jong rode in back seat of Putin's limo w. Putin on R, KJU in middle & Sis L (see video clip). Putin speaks some English, while KJU none, so Ms Kim must have served as interpreter.
chosun.com
푸틴 북한군 절대 잊지 않을 것 김정은 형제의 의무
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See what I mean? Daddy loves daughter as heir.
Imagine the hoopla if Kim Jong Un brought his daughter to Beijing for the Sept 3 mil. parade? The world may crow the N Korean leader is a loving family man. Advantage Kim. How North Korea promotes Kim’s ‘Dear Daughter’ as a worthy heir - The Japan Times
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I said to @straits_times: Kim seeks to remind Putin he still has many men/missiles for him. “The long train ride brings more media attention by enhancing his mysterious aura, while driving up expectations in the days leading up to his arrival in Beijing."
straitstimes.com
Analysts say his attendance, among other things, is a show of solidarity against the US. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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"When a reclusive [N] Korean dictator makes his lumbering way to Russia on a luxurious armor-plated train, the world cannot help but watch" was the opener to my @unherd piece in Sept '23. Now, he's en route to Beijing via train Will he bring his girl & strike a softy daddy pose?
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Thank you for having me on the program.
A majority of South Koreans believe that developing nuclear weapons is the most effective way to deter their northern neighbor. However, @SungYoonLee1 takes a different stance on this issue – and here’s why. Watch the full episode: https://t.co/o0qWjlwyH4
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Imagine the hoopla if Kim Jong Un brought his daughter to Beijing for the Sept 3 mil. parade? The world may crow the N Korean leader is a loving family man. Advantage Kim. How North Korea promotes Kim’s ‘Dear Daughter’ as a worthy heir - The Japan Times
nytimes.com
Kim Jong-un’s daughter is rising in status through increasing state media coverage. Experts say that she is perhaps being groomed to take the reins of the isolated, nuclear-armed regime one day.
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Thank you so much for your most kind review of my humble book.
'The Sister' by Sung-Yoon Lee was an amazing read. It is a chilling vivid effigy of Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sibling. Gazing in via Sung-Yoon Lee's intelligent, insightful decoding of the apparent yet translucent powerful Hand behind Kim Jong Un's 3rd generation dynasty, we
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Great @NYTimes article on meaning of Kim Jong Un's daughter's frequent public photo-op. Thanks for the kicker on meaning of grooming child early as doting dad: "We have all the time in the world, while you are bound by term limits of four to five years."
nytimes.com
Kim Jong-un’s daughter is rising in status through increasing state media coverage. Experts say that she is perhaps being groomed to take the reins of the isolated, nuclear-armed regime one day.
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Absolutely fabulous Korean singer, Ms. Kim Yeji. Totally gripping & unique in that she can do ballads, R&B, heavy metal, sustained high notes & probably anything else. Most versatile, beautiful tone & unique variations. Her band is just superb, too.
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Kim Jong Un must be elated, And Putin exhilarated, Xi Jinping quite satiated; While Ishiba's deflated, Zelensky rather frustrated, Whereas Trump's uninterested.
As South Korea veers leftwards, a Lee government's foreign policy--if based upon Lee's past pledges--is likely to have far-from-positive implications on the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian region, at a time of heightened political threat.
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Ahead of Tuesday's presidential election in South Korea, re-watch our webinar with @SungYoonLee1, @darciedraudt, @crsdavies & @TheEdwardHowell who discuss the election's likely implications for 🇰🇷’s domestic politics and foreign policies towards 🇰🇵🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇳. https://t.co/xGozv79T0E
chathamhouse.org
What are the implications of the upcoming presidential election for South Korea, its foreign policy and global security?
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Good @AJEnglish breakdown of S Korea's June 3 election. Lee Jae-Myung has called the US-ROK-Japan trilateral defensive drills "a defense disaster." Folks in DC, Tokyo or Kyiv, I said, "are not overly jubilant at the prospect of a Lee administration."
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On Tuesday, South Koreans will vote for a new president 🗳️ Re-watch our webinar where our expert panel discuss the election's likely implications for 🇰🇷’s domestic politics and foreign policies towards 🇯🇵🇺🇸🇰🇵🇨🇳. 🔗 https://t.co/xGozv79lb6
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It was a privilege. I learned so much from my fellow panelists and our moderator and the sharp questions from the audience. Thank you.
On Tuesday, South Koreans will vote for a new president 🗳️ Re-watch our webinar where our expert panel discuss the election's likely implications for 🇰🇷’s domestic politics and foreign policies towards 🇯🇵🇺🇸🇰🇵🇨🇳. 🔗 https://t.co/xGozv79lb6
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The Best Bohemian Rhapsody piano rendition I've ever seen. Pure magic. Wow!
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I look forward to our discussion. Thank you for the opportunity to share my views.
Ahead of South Korea's presidential election on 3 June, who are the key candidates and what are the implications for 🇰🇷 and beyond? Join our webinar: 🔹@crsdavies 🔹@darciedraudt 🔹@SungYoonLee1 🔹Chair: @TheEdwardHowell 📅28 May ⏰12:00 BST 📍Online 🔗 https://t.co/6C9VON5DiL
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The boy here is not Jong Un, but Kim Jong Il' eldest son, Jong Nam (born 1971). In Feb 2017 Kim Jong Un had his older half-brother killed with a chemical weapon in Kuala Lumpur Int'l Airport. The Kim dynasty is rife with fratricide, nepoticide & avunculicide. Regicide next?
@jjohnpotter Here’s something that isn’t a secret… here’s a picture of Kim Jung Un with his late father, Kim Jung-il!
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Thank you for the opportunity.
Ahead of South Korea's presidential election on 3 June, who are the key candidates and what are the implications for 🇰🇷 and beyond? Join our webinar: 🔹@crsdavies 🔹@darciedraudt 🔹@SungYoonLee1 🔹Chair: @TheEdwardHowell 📅28 May ⏰12:00 BST 📍Online 🔗 https://t.co/xGozv79lb6
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Thank you @ChannelNewsAsia for the opportunity to remark on Kim Jong Un's legacy after 13 years in power. Grim and unnerving. @committeehrnk
https://t.co/Iicjg7ivim
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NK confirms it's sent troops to help Russia's war v Ukraine Kim Jong Un: dispatch meant to “annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in cooperation with [Russian forces].” Ever get the feeling Kim lies a lot?
apnews.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin is thanking North Korean troops for fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region.
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