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In Troubled Waters: South Korea’s Democracy in Crisis

New essay: APARC and Korea Program Director Gi-Wook Shin evaluates the decline of South Korea’s democracy and examines the historic tasks facing the Yoon administration as it prepares to set sail.

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NPR's Beijing Correspondent Emily Feng Wins 2022 Journalism Award

APARC is delighted to recognize NPR's Emily Feng with the 2022 Shorenstein Journalism Award for her compelling and influential reporting on China amid rapidly deteriorating press freedom in the country.

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Korea Program's 20th-Anniversary Conference | May 19-20

The conference will spotlight North Korea’s geopolitics and South Korea’s Hallyu, featuring speakers from the K-pop industry, academia, and government, including Ban Ki-moon, Soo-Man Lee, and EXO's SUHO.

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Patterns of Impunity

Robert R. King

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