Hans Schattle
@hansschattle.bsky.social
Political science professor @ Yonsei University
American in Seoul, South Korea
Democracy, citizenship; media; politics of East Asia, Europe and the United States
American in Seoul, South Korea
Democracy, citizenship; media; politics of East Asia, Europe and the United States
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Hans Schattle
@hansschattle.bsky.social
· Jul 10
South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol rearrested
Yoon is in detention for a second time over his failed martial law declaration last year.
www.bbc.com
Here's how the rule of law works, when it comes to presidents who abuse power and violate the constitution.
South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol already faces criminal charges of insurrection, in connection with his failed martial law decree last year.
South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol already faces criminal charges of insurrection, in connection with his failed martial law decree last year.
"We are immigrants, Black people, Brown people, Asian people, biracial people... all our sweat, effort, and sacrifices made America great. We are a net positive to the economy, commit fewer crimes than native born Americans, and pay our taxes. Literally, we do the exact opposite of Donald Trump."
"Dear Hatemongers, We Aren't Going Back"
Trump, Stephen Miller, & MAGA have already lost. No matter how hard they try to send people of color "back" to our "third world countries," there are just too many of us. We're here & we're winning.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/dear-hatem...
Trump, Stephen Miller, & MAGA have already lost. No matter how hard they try to send people of color "back" to our "third world countries," there are just too many of us. We're here & we're winning.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/dear-hatem...
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"We are immigrants, Black people, Brown people, Asian people, biracial people... all our sweat, effort, and sacrifices made America great. We are a net positive to the economy, commit fewer crimes than native born Americans, and pay our taxes. Literally, we do the exact opposite of Donald Trump."
One major problem at universities in South Korea has been exploitation and human rights abuses by professors of graduate students working as research and teaching assistants. Many schools and faculty have been working to bring about change, but this case at Chonnam National U led to tragedy.
Chonnam grad-student death investigation finds professors abused their power, treated student like personal servant
An internal investigation by Chonnam National University has confirmed that allegations of power abuse by professors — raised after a graduate student’s death in July — were largely true.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
One major problem at universities in South Korea has been exploitation and human rights abuses by professors of graduate students working as research and teaching assistants. Many schools and faculty have been working to bring about change, but this case at Chonnam National U led to tragedy.
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We need to show the full dimension of humanity of immigrants everywhere--as we fight like hell to abolish ICE--video courtesy of Women's March.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We need to show the full dimension of humanity of immigrants everywhere--as we fight like hell to abolish ICE--video courtesy of Women's March.
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It is time to abolish ICE.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is time to abolish ICE.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
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Join V-Dem Institute at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights 2025 for the panel “Democratic resilience in times of autocratization”.
Full program: invitepeople.com/public/event...
📆 December 9, 10:00-11:00
🌍 Stockholm, Kistamässan
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@silindberg.bsky.social @marinanord.bsky.social #Polisky
Full program: invitepeople.com/public/event...
📆 December 9, 10:00-11:00
🌍 Stockholm, Kistamässan
1/3
@silindberg.bsky.social @marinanord.bsky.social #Polisky
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Join V-Dem Institute at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights 2025 for the panel “Democratic resilience in times of autocratization”.
Full program: invitepeople.com/public/event...
📆 December 9, 10:00-11:00
🌍 Stockholm, Kistamässan
1/3
@silindberg.bsky.social @marinanord.bsky.social #Polisky
Full program: invitepeople.com/public/event...
📆 December 9, 10:00-11:00
🌍 Stockholm, Kistamässan
1/3
@silindberg.bsky.social @marinanord.bsky.social #Polisky
Note the escalating cruelty by ICE in breaking up families and casting wider nets in arrests. Now it's abducting spouses of US citizens at their interviews for permanent residency status and green cards. Who will they go after next? This isn't immigration enforcement - it's state terror. (Gift link)
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Note the escalating cruelty by ICE in breaking up families and casting wider nets in arrests. Now it's abducting spouses of US citizens at their interviews for permanent residency status and green cards. Who will they go after next? This isn't immigration enforcement - it's state terror. (Gift link)
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
On the $350 billion Trump has pushed South Korea to invest in the US in exchange for lower tariffs: "With a big stick in one hand and a small stick in the other, he says he’ll only hit us with the small stick if we offer something in return... Mobsters running protection rackets are taking notes."
[Column] Another Eulsa Year, another blow to Korea’s sovereignty
No matter how you spin it, Korea got the short end of the stick in its tariff deal with the US
english.hani.co.kr
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
On the $350 billion Trump has pushed South Korea to invest in the US in exchange for lower tariffs: "With a big stick in one hand and a small stick in the other, he says he’ll only hit us with the small stick if we offer something in return... Mobsters running protection rackets are taking notes."
Interesting to learn South Korean ex-president Yoon showed disdain for APEC and G20 summits and several world leaders attending them, even suggesting the PM take his place at future events. And I had the impression Yoon liked the glitz of diplomacy and threw it all away when he declared martial law!
Yoon called foreign leaders ‘leftist populists,’ revealing troubling diplomatic mindset - The Korea Times
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol described several leaders he met at last year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Group of 20 (G20) summi...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Interesting to learn South Korean ex-president Yoon showed disdain for APEC and G20 summits and several world leaders attending them, even suggesting the PM take his place at future events. And I had the impression Yoon liked the glitz of diplomacy and threw it all away when he declared martial law!
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🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
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The photos of the Hong Kong fire are heartbreaking. What makes it even worse is knowing that the lack of press freedom and the absence of democratically elected leaders will only hinder a real investigation and meaningful accountability. 香港平安！香港加油！
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The photos of the Hong Kong fire are heartbreaking. What makes it even worse is knowing that the lack of press freedom and the absence of democratically elected leaders will only hinder a real investigation and meaningful accountability. 香港平安！香港加油！
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The threats against Mark Kelly are the Trump administration in miniature: wildly authoritarian ambitions limited by their own terrible strategic and tactical choices www.vox.com/politics/470...
Why is Trump accusing a former astronaut of treason?
How MAGA’s war on Mark Kelly is a sign of a deeper weakness.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The threats against Mark Kelly are the Trump administration in miniature: wildly authoritarian ambitions limited by their own terrible strategic and tactical choices www.vox.com/politics/470...
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Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him.
Could've been us...
Could've been us...
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him.
Could've been us...
Could've been us...
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"Before they drove him away, Carlos started to tear up. Carreto told him, 'Don’t cry. I don’t know how, but I’ll get you back. Understand?'" www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Before they drove him away, Carlos started to tear up. Carreto told him, 'Don’t cry. I don’t know how, but I’ll get you back. Understand?'" www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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The movement to destroy liberal democracy is international, and so must be its defense
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The movement to destroy liberal democracy is international, and so must be its defense
Here's a sharp takedown by @timothysnyder.bsky.social of the bogus "peace plan" that basically would force Ukraine to cave in to Russia: "It acts to make the United States and Europe and Ukraine much weaker by drawing them to endorse things that are not true and forgetting things that are true."
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here's a sharp takedown by @timothysnyder.bsky.social of the bogus "peace plan" that basically would force Ukraine to cave in to Russia: "It acts to make the United States and Europe and Ukraine much weaker by drawing them to endorse things that are not true and forgetting things that are true."
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A peace that is imposed on Ukraine, that gives Ukraine nothing of what it has been fighting for, is not a just or negotiated peace. Just a surrender to Russia, and loss for global democracy.
Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . Trump's "peace" plan for Ukraine, which he at this very moment trying to force on the country with threats and intimidation, is grotesque. The US president is admitting what too many refused to admit, he wants Putin to win. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine
The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A peace that is imposed on Ukraine, that gives Ukraine nothing of what it has been fighting for, is not a just or negotiated peace. Just a surrender to Russia, and loss for global democracy.
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“If accepted, it would reward armed aggression. The principle, sacrosanct since the Second World War, for obvious and very good reasons, that even de facto borders cannot be changed by force, will have been trampled on at the behest of the leader of the free world”
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
Trump peace plan: We could all pay if Europe doesn't step up and guarantee Ukraine's security
World leaders praising Trump for his Gaza ceasefire plan only encouraged him to believe he can solve the world's most complex conflicts with minimal effort.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“If accepted, it would reward armed aggression. The principle, sacrosanct since the Second World War, for obvious and very good reasons, that even de facto borders cannot be changed by force, will have been trampled on at the behest of the leader of the free world”
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
Reminds me of how Trump acted at his summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump knows a TV ratings success when he sees one, plus he and Mamdani - despite all their differences - share common ground as political insurgents who challenged the leadership of their parties and won.
I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Reminds me of how Trump acted at his summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump knows a TV ratings success when he sees one, plus he and Mamdani - despite all their differences - share common ground as political insurgents who challenged the leadership of their parties and won.
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European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
The 28-point proposal would require Kyiv to surrender territory, reduce the size of its army and relinquish some weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.
My two cents on APEC 2025, as part of the "Korea On Point" op-ed series -
"The summit highlighted a new reality: Asia-Pacific economies are increasingly coordinating among themselves as U.S. policy becomes less predictable, signaling both resilience and recalibration within the regional order."
"The summit highlighted a new reality: Asia-Pacific economies are increasingly coordinating among themselves as U.S. policy becomes less predictable, signaling both resilience and recalibration within the regional order."
APEC 2025: Keeping International Cooperation Resilient in Testy and Turbulent Times
Key Takeaways:- South Korea hosted the 2025 APEC summit amid unprecedented political upheaval at home and a disruptive, tariff-driven U.S. trade posture under Trump’s second administration-&nbs
koreaonpoint.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My two cents on APEC 2025, as part of the "Korea On Point" op-ed series -
"The summit highlighted a new reality: Asia-Pacific economies are increasingly coordinating among themselves as U.S. policy becomes less predictable, signaling both resilience and recalibration within the regional order."
"The summit highlighted a new reality: Asia-Pacific economies are increasingly coordinating among themselves as U.S. policy becomes less predictable, signaling both resilience and recalibration within the regional order."
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NEW: Rep Jason Crow (D-CO) and other Democratic veterans in Congress release a joint statement on President Trump’s call for their arrest and sedition trial: “Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence.”
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NEW: Rep Jason Crow (D-CO) and other Democratic veterans in Congress release a joint statement on President Trump’s call for their arrest and sedition trial: “Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence.”
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For the first time, climate models show limiting global warming to 1.5°C will not be feasible
• Under current climate policies, global temperatures could rise by 2.6-3.3°C this century
• Range drops to 2.1-2.9°C if countries meet climate pledges and to 1.8-2.3°C if they hit net-zero around 2050
• Under current climate policies, global temperatures could rise by 2.6-3.3°C this century
• Range drops to 2.1-2.9°C if countries meet climate pledges and to 1.8-2.3°C if they hit net-zero around 2050
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
For the first time, climate models show limiting global warming to 1.5°C will not be feasible
• Under current climate policies, global temperatures could rise by 2.6-3.3°C this century
• Range drops to 2.1-2.9°C if countries meet climate pledges and to 1.8-2.3°C if they hit net-zero around 2050
• Under current climate policies, global temperatures could rise by 2.6-3.3°C this century
• Range drops to 2.1-2.9°C if countries meet climate pledges and to 1.8-2.3°C if they hit net-zero around 2050
Here's a practical way to respond to the climate crisis, lower air pollution, ease traffic congestion, and make public transportation more appealing and convenient. Iowa City's success story with its free buses shows this strategy can work in lots of other places, too. (Gift link)
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Here's a practical way to respond to the climate crisis, lower air pollution, ease traffic congestion, and make public transportation more appealing and convenient. Iowa City's success story with its free buses shows this strategy can work in lots of other places, too. (Gift link)
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“When will the woke left realize the evil of cancel culture”
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“When will the woke left realize the evil of cancel culture”