“Though South Korea projects a modern, diverse image through its gay-friendly global entertainment industry,” @koryodynasty writes, “as a nation it has long tolerated homophobia and other forms of discrimination.” Now, youth rights are under attack. Read:

This essay may be short, but it represents four years of research, interviews, and analysis. It's a small attempt to document and expose the depth of the problem at face value and contribute to a conversation that I believe needs to be had.

뉴욕타임스에 한국 성소수자를 탄압하는 보수 기독교 단체에 대한 기고문을 썼습니다. 이들이 어떻게 한국 사회에 시대착오적이고 혐오가 가득한 견해를 주입하고, 어떻게 조직적으로 차별금지법 제정을 방해하고 학생인권조례 폐지 운동을 전개하고 있는지까지 다루었습니다.

My guest essay for the New York Times on South Korea's radical Christian lobby and their homophobic agenda. This piece has been years in the making, and it all started with a disturbing incident I witnessed in 2018.

A small group in South Korea has a big homophobic agenda. Read:

“In a country of hidden agendas, historical and current events foreshadow her purpose and fate,” Chun Su-jin says of Kim Jong-un’s daughter Ju-ae.

In Opinion “A favorite debate among North Korea watchers: Is she the heir apparent?” Chun Su-jin, a journalist, writes of Kim Jong-un’s daughter in a guest essay. “Some signs point to yes.” https://t.co/jJgkBSxxsz

North Korea’s state media has released daddy-daughter images on more than a dozen occasions since November, assuredly choreographed from curls to gloves, writes Chun Su-jin.

“The birth strike is women’s revenge on a society that puts impossible burdens on us.”: I wrote for @nytimes about how sexism & gender violence are driving many S.Korean women to shun marriage/childbirth & how the current govt's antifeminist policies could make things even worse.

In Opinion South Korea has recorded the world's lowest fertility rate for the past three years. "Women in particular are fed up with this traditionalist society’s impossible expectations of mothers. So they’re quitting," Hawon Jung writes in a guest essay. https://t.co/Xa6aaeyemu

For three years in a row, South Korea has recorded the lowest fertility rate in the world, writes @allyjung. Now, day care centers and kindergartens are being converted into nursing homes.

“Making life fairer and safer for women would work wonders toward reducing the country’s existential threat,” writes @allyjung. “Yet this feminist dream seems increasingly far-fetched.”

.@allyjung has spent several years reporting on the #MeToo movement in South Korea. Join me on Instagram — soon! — for a chat with her about the country’s new wave of feminism, Monday at 10 a.m. ET / 11 p.m. KST. Usernames: nytopinion and allyhawonjung.

In Opinion "Many South Korean women refuse to return to antiquated ideals of unquestioning, uncomplaining mothers and caregivers," says Hawon Jung, a writer, in a guest essay. "Our feminist awakening has given us the language to redefine our lives."

I wrote for @nytimes about how young men in South Korea weaponized an universal hand gesture🤏 for the antifeminist backlash in its most bizarre form -- and what that means to the country's women.

Why men in South Korea are furious over the depiction of pinched fingers and a sausage ... and a can of Starbucks espresso ... and a Covid-19 vaccine.

In Opinion “QAnon has found believers in more than 70 countries,” writes Matt Alt, a Japan-based writer. “But it flopped in Japan, a country that’s no stranger to conspiracy theories.” https://t.co/Yf79Cgkh6V

QAnon is to America as J-Anon is to Japan. Except, it really isn't.

Great article from @TamsynBurgmann “Bhumika Can Speak For Herself” using AI technology | J-Source

Fascinating use of AI tech to tell an important story. @TamsynBurgmann explains