Robin Brehm

I recently moved over to Bluesky, followed the masses. Time will tell if we all end up back here. Maybe. But really, it's refreshing to spend some time on a social media platform without the constant ads, bots, and "relevant" recommendation push notifications.

@koryodynasty Almost as subtle as Pres. Yoon picking up golf practice again.

South Korea foreign ministry's not-so-subtle message to Trump following his election victory: We've already been pulling our weight and then some.

The recent tropical storm "Kristine" caused terrifying flooding in many parts of the Philippines. My friends in the Bikol region are heavily affected. Seeing the outcome is heartbreaking. They all prepared but it came much worse than expected.

"This significant research gap has long puzzled the discipline..."

@fr Estimates by the Bank of Korea are not sufficient to diagnose an economic boom in North Korea. Numbers are most likely higher compared to lockdown years. But we have too little data to make strong claims. fr.de/wirtschaft/tro…

@fr reports an economic boom in North Korea based on estimates from the Bank of Korea. A bit more caution and skepticism about what those numbers mean and where they come from would be desirable. fr.de/wirtschaft/tro…

Perhaps availability bias plays a role, but I have been reading about (alleged) espionage cases quite often lately, especially in Central Europe. Are authorities looking more closely than they used to? Or has espionage become a trendy media topic in the emerging Cold War 2? Both?

Ok, but why?

@martyn_williams Do they just ignore your questions?

An interesting report, although I continue to wonder how they separate traffic from North Korean users and foreigners in the country. That is never explained, and it is quite important to consider in the analysis. I've never had that answered.

Later this month, @hcsteinhardt and I will present via @NUSingapore on new ways to measure national identity with results from experiments in 🇰🇷 and 🇹🇼. All interested are free to join. 📅Fri., 19 July. 3:30-5:00pm (Singapore Time) 📍Zoom (register here: research.nus.edu.sg/eai/2020/11/19…)

And in case you were wondering: Of course there are posters.

A variety of oil paintings also appear in the book. This one certainly has a story.

I finally scored this art book for a really good price. The quality is phenomenal! It was produced as part of an art exhibition in Vienna in 2010, hosted by the Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna) in cooperation with the Korean Art Gallery and Paektusan Academy of Architecture.