Photo: Investigation room of Park Jong-cheol, a student activist who died under torture in 1987, at the Namyeong-dong Anti-Communist Investigation Office. (Photo taken during my fieldwork in 2025.)

Op-eds and Policy Reports

“Martial Law and Its Aftermath: The Authoritarian Shadows Still Haunting South Korean Democracy.” The Australian Institute of International Affairs, July 31, 2025.

“South Korea shook a presidential power grab – failure to impeach now risks damaging democracy.” (with Sungik Yang). The Conversation, December 12, 2024.

“What South Korea’s short-lived martial law says about nation’s democracy and the autocratic tendencies of President Yoon.” The Conversation, December 3, 2024.

“Bricks in the wall: How North Korean textbooks indoctrinate support for regime.” NK Pro, July 15, 2024.

“President Yoon is lauded in West for embracing Japan, in South Korea it fits a conservative agenda that is proving less popular.” (with Sungik Yang). The Conversation, March 6, 2024.

“Fieldwork.” (with Ezgi Irgil, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Charmaine N. Willis, and Kelebogile Zvobgo). in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond. American Political Science Association. 2022.

“South Korea-EU Global Health Governance.” (with Szymon Zareba). in South Korea-EU Cooperation in Global Governance. KF-VUB Korea Chair Report. 2021.

“Understanding China’s Preventive Repression in Xinjiang.” (with Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Emir Yazici). Lawfare, March 1, 2020.

Media

Quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, “Lee won South Korea elections, but concerns over his integrity narrowed the race,” Jun. 4, 2025.

“South Korea: Successfully Opposing Presidential Overreach,” Interview in the Disrupting Peace Podcast, World Peace Foundation, March 18, 2025.

Television live interview with CNA (Singapore), December 14, 2024.

Television live interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 6, 2024.

Quoted in The National News Desk, “Democracy withstood martial law declaration in South Korea, expert says,” December 4, 2024.

Quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, “They thwarted martial law. But South Koreans say the fight for democracy is not over.” Dec. 9, 2024.

Nordic Asia Podcast NIAS-Korea Series host, 2022-2023.

“Understanding South Korea’s Taegukgi Rallies,” Interview in the Nordic Asia Podcast.