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Gi-Wook Shin
South Korean men standing up, wearing face masks, holding hands and cheering
Commentary Elections South Korea

Gi-Wook Shin Discusses South Korean Ruling Party’s Local Election Losses on CNBC

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Gi-Wook Shin Discusses South Korean Ruling Party’s Local Election Losses on CNBC

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“The South Korean people gave the Moon administration a red card,” says APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin, predicting that containing soaring housing prices and other domestic challenges will be the deciding issues in next year’s presidential election.

Commentary Elections South Korea
Demonstrators in South Korea sitting on the ground and carrying signs in Korean
Q&As Inclusion and Exclusion Inequality Race Culture Discrimination Ethnicity Gender South Korea

Gi-Wook Shin on Racism in South Korea

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Gi-Wook Shin on Racism in South Korea

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Protections against gender and sexual discrimination are increasing in South Korea, but addressing longstanding racial discriminations based in nationalism and building a multicultural identity still has a long way to go, says Gi-Wook Shin in a new interview with Asia Experts Forum.

Q&As Inclusion and Exclusion Inequality Race Culture Discrimination Ethnicity Gender South Korea
[Left] The Impossible State by CSIS; [Right] Director Gi-Wook Shin
Commentary Governance Democracy Elections Society South Korea

Democratic Erosion in South Korea

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Democratic Erosion in South Korea

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Gi-Wook Shin discusses the state of democracy in South Korea, and how democratic backsliding there fits into larger patterns of democratic decline underway across the globe.

Commentary Governance Democracy Elections Society South Korea
The Japanese delegation onboard the USS Missouri during the surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945.
Q&As International Relations Foreign Policy Society The Americas Asia-Pacific

How WWII Continues to Shape Regional and International Relations in Asia

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How WWII Continues to Shape Regional and International Relations in Asia

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In an interview with Stanford News, Gi-Wook Shin, the director of APARC and the Korea Program, describes how divergent perspectives on the legacies of WWII continue to shape different understandings of history and impact inter-Asia and U.S.-Asia relations.

Q&As International Relations Foreign Policy Society The Americas Asia-Pacific
Show attendees watch a flat-screen television display at the Samsung booth during a convention
News Trade Technology Entrepreneurship Culture South Korea

A Closer Look at Samsung Offers Insights into South Korean Society

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A Closer Look at Samsung Offers Insights into South Korean Society

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On the Business Insider's podcast "Brought to You By. . .", APARC and the Korea Program Director Gi-Wook Shin discusses how Samsung Electronics became so entwined with the history and identity of modern South Korea, and what the internal politics of the company indicate about broader Korean society.

News Trade Technology Entrepreneurship Culture South Korea
President Moon Jae In of South Korea during his inauguration proceedings.
Commentary Governance Democracy Elections Society South Korea

Democracy in South Korea is Crumbling from Within

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Democracy in South Korea is Crumbling from Within

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South Korea is following global trends as it slides toward a “democratic depression,” warns APARC’s Gi-Wook Shin. But the dismantling of South Korean democracy by chauvinistic populism and political polarization is the work of a leftist government, Shin argues in a ‘Journal of Democracy’ article.

Commentary Governance Democracy Elections Society South Korea
A Zoom panel of Jonathan Corrado, Gi-Wook Shin, and Stephen Noerper
Commentary Governance Elections Society South Korea

Gi-Wook Shin Offers Analysis of 2020 Korean National Election

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Gi-Wook Shin Offers Analysis of 2020 Korean National Election

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The Korea Society hosts APARC's director for a timely discussion of the recent South Korean national election.

Commentary Governance Elections Society South Korea
Opposing political rallies converge in South Korea
Commentary Governance Democracy Society United States Brazil South Korea

Korean Democracy Is Sinking Under the Guise of the Rule of Law

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Korean Democracy Is Sinking Under the Guise of the Rule of Law

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Commentary Governance Democracy Society United States Brazil South Korea
South Koreans hold anti-Japanese rally In Seoul.
Commentary Conflict Society Ethnicity Japan South Korea

On Korean Nationalism and Its Role in the Escalating Japan-South Korea Friction

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On Korean Nationalism and Its Role in the Escalating Japan-South Korea Friction

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Commentary Conflict Society Ethnicity Japan South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) pose for photographs
Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Arms Control Nuclear policy Missiles Nuclear Safety Nuclear policy Nuclear Safety North Korea South Korea

How to Keep the Ball Rolling on North Korean Negotiations

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How to Keep the Ball Rolling on North Korean Negotiations

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Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Arms Control Nuclear policy Missiles Nuclear Safety Nuclear policy Nuclear Safety North Korea South Korea
South Koreans watch TV screen reporting on the U.S. President Donald Trump press conference at Seoul Railway Station on February 28, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea
Q&As Diplomacy Foreign Policy Security Arms Control Nuclear Risk Nuclear Safety Nuclear Safety North Korea South Korea

After Hanoi: APARC and CISAC Experts Discuss the Outcome of the Trump-Kim Summit and the Future of U.S.-DPRK Diplomacy

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After Hanoi: APARC and CISAC Experts Discuss the Outcome of the Trump-Kim Summit and the Future of U.S.-DPRK Diplomacy

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Q&As Diplomacy Foreign Policy Security Arms Control Nuclear Risk Nuclear Safety Nuclear Safety North Korea South Korea
President Trump waves to camera at Hanoi Summit
Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Foreign Policy Arms Control Nuclear policy Missiles Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy The Americas North America United States Northeast Asia North Korea Vietnam

Why Walking Away from Kim's Deal May Have Been the Right Move

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Why Walking Away from Kim's Deal May Have Been the Right Move

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Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Foreign Policy Arms Control Nuclear policy Missiles Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy The Americas North America United States Northeast Asia North Korea Vietnam
Banner welcoming Kim and Trump to Vietnam
Commentary International Relations Security United States Asia-Pacific Northeast Asia North Korea Southeast Asia Vietnam

Success of Second Trump-Kim Summit Will Lie in the Details

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Success of Second Trump-Kim Summit Will Lie in the Details

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Commentary International Relations Security United States Asia-Pacific Northeast Asia North Korea Southeast Asia Vietnam
South Koreans watch on a screen reporting on the U.S. President Trump meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Seoul Railway Station on June 12, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea
Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Diplomacy Nuclear policy Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy North Korea South Korea

The Second Trump-Kim Summit Must Settle the Big Questions

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The Second Trump-Kim Summit Must Settle the Big Questions

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Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Diplomacy Nuclear policy Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy North Korea South Korea
Encina Hall Entrance
Commentary Governance Policy Analysis International Relations Foreign Policy Security Nuclear Risk United States North Korea South Korea

Gi-Wook Shin on Korea

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Gi-Wook Shin on Korea

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Commentary Governance Policy Analysis International Relations Foreign Policy Security Nuclear Risk United States North Korea South Korea
Portrait of Gi-Wook Shin
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Gi-Wook Shin Appointed William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea

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Gi-Wook Shin Appointed William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea

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News International Relations Foreign Policy Migration and Citizenship Migration and Citizenship (Society) Culture Ethnicity North Korea South Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jon-un
Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Arms Control Nuclear policy Missiles Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy North America Asia-Pacific Northeast Asia

Looking Past CVID with North Korea

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Looking Past CVID with North Korea

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Commentary Nuclear policy International Relations Arms Control Nuclear policy Missiles Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy North America Asia-Pacific Northeast Asia
Building in Pyongyang
Commentary International Relations Security The Americas North America United States North Korea

Beyond denuclearization, making North Korea a ‘normal state’ should be the end goal

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Beyond denuclearization, making North Korea a ‘normal state’ should be the end goal

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Commentary International Relations Security The Americas North America United States North Korea
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Commentary Military Nuclear policy International Relations Diplomacy Foreign Policy Arms Control Military Conflict Nuclear policy Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy Military The Americas North America Northeast Asia

Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin Says U.S-North Korea Rhetoric "Dangerous"

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Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin Says U.S-North Korea Rhetoric "Dangerous"

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Commentary Military Nuclear policy International Relations Diplomacy Foreign Policy Arms Control Military Conflict Nuclear policy Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy Military The Americas North America Northeast Asia
moon jae in wave
Commentary Governance Democracy Elections Institutions and Organizations Policy Analysis International Relations International Development Society South Korea

High expectations for Moon amid mounting challenges

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High expectations for Moon amid mounting challenges

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Commentary Governance Democracy Elections Institutions and Organizations Policy Analysis International Relations International Development Society South Korea
north korea hydrogen bomb test
Commentary Governance Military Nuclear policy International Relations Diplomacy Foreign Policy International Development Military Conflict Cybersecurity Nuclear policy Nuclear Risk Nuclear policy Society Military North Korea South Korea

Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin comments on North Korea to Yonhap News

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Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin comments on North Korea to Yonhap News

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