NK News casts doubt on story that North Korea executed a smuggler for distributing Squid Game. NK News is probably right. When there's a rumor that makes North Korea look bad or irrational, the corporate media runs with it even if it can't be confirmed. nknews.org/2021/11/expert…

Just in time for the spring semester! The paperback version of Winning the Third World is now available! To celebrate, I will randomly select one person who retweets this by the New Year to receive a free copy of the paperback!

The Asian Studies MA Program at the Elliott School is accepting students for the Spring 2023 semester! Some fellowship aid is available including a number of special fellowships for students working on Korea! Applications due 10/1! elliott.gwu.edu/asian-studies

Gregg Brazinsky 裴斗虎 writes that creating a durable sense of goodwill between #Japan and #SouthKorea will require the two countries to listen to dissident voices, look at their history in new ways, and convince the United States to play a productive role. 7/ usip.org/publications/2…

My op-ed on the possibilities of Japan-ROK rapprochement has been published by U.S. Institute of Peace Achieving a More Durable Japan-South Korea Rapprochement usip.org/publications/2…

Don't miss the Sigur Center's event on the CCP 20th Party Congress including Iza Ding Patricia M. Kim David Dollar Jeffrey Ding Stephen B. Kaplan and Bruce Dickson among others.

The deadline for applications for the Elliott School Asian Studies MA Program that will be considered for fellowships is 1/7! -Only school in DC with its own Korea Institute! -Most faculty working on China and Korea in DC! -Over 93% job placement record! elliott.gwu.edu/asian-studies

Examples of policy failures that might have been averted had specialists with linguistic and area studies knowledge had greater input abound in American diplomatic history.

USIP: Asia has once again emerged as a major venue of Sino-American rivalry. But pressuring Asian countries to choose between the U.S. and #China can have disastrous consequences for Washington today, writes GW Sigur Center for Asian Studies’s Gregg Brazinsky 裴斗虎. usip.org/publications/2…

The Asian Studies MA Program at the Elliott School is still accepting applications on a rolling basis. We already have an outstanding class coming in next fall. Very limited fellowship may be available for exceptional students. elliott.gwu.edu/asian-studies

This Thursday the distinguished anthropologist Sonia_Ryang will be delivering the Gaston Sigur Memorial Lecture. Very excited!! RSVP below.

The Sigur Center and GW Institute of Korean Studies are hiring a program associate. Work with the strongest East Asia Program in the DC area! Financial/ accounting skills are a must for this position. Apply Here: gwu.jobs/postings/102823