Samsung Electronics' 2028 operating profit is projected to be significantly greater than the operating profit of the top 100 listed companies of Japan combined. Korea is richer than Japan. By a lot. Korea won the race and it's not close.

My man Kang gets it exactly right.

A resignation letter: "We all saw it. We all saw, with our own two eyes, people getting dragged like dogs and killed. But we could not write one line about it on the newspaper. In shame, we put down our pens. May 20, 1980 All Journalists of Jeonnam Maeil Shinmun"

Serious question: If you agree that Takaichi and other Japanese politicians hold revisionist views of WWII, why is it false that they want to revive Imperial Japan's expansionism? Approving something means you want that something to happen.

CS Lewis was exactly right for this. Imagine a food equivalent of gooners somehow. (BTW gooners themselves use food analogies!) What would be our response be? Wouldn't we think this whole thing is totally fucked?

"Religious leader," eh? What religion would that be, Mike?

Remember this when North Korea becomes the topic.

I see we're starting with this bullshit again. You can set a clock to it.

Plenty more where this came from.

Taps sign.

There are several countries in the world that need to shut the fuck up forever about how other countries vote and UK is the LeBron James of that list.

What Koreans did with the old Imperial Japan's HQ was pretty tasteful IMO. First they blew it up in a spectacular fashion, then kept just the rooftop decoration as a trophy to be displayed at the Independence Hall. It is on the west side of the Hall ("where the sun sets") ...

Obviously I agree with the overall point of my man @dieworkwear.bsky.social but this might be the first time in a generation that Seoul housing cost is described as affordable.

All this talk about manufacturing jobs reminded me of this cartoon, "Southeastern Industrial Complex," based on the true story of the author's experience of working at a factory in Incheon. Spoiler: There is nothing romantic about the job.

I revisited CSIS's absolute hackery over the April 2024 General Election that turned out to be spectacularly wrong. Imagine my cackling when I found out they pulled the article because one of the authors, Sue Mi Terry, was indicted for taking money from the Yoon admin! www.csis.org/events/unpac...

@junotane.com argues that US (under Trump) negotiating directly with North Korea may lead to a crisis of legitimacy within South Korean conservatives because such a detente would crack their core internal logic. Allow me to offer a counter-argument via two photos: