Catherine Kim

When I first left for the U.S. almost a decade ago, people generally thought I was leaving for a better place. Now when I tell them America is where I call home, I get quite a few concerned glasses. I decided to report out that change in perception: politico.com/news/magazine/…

.@ck_525 hit the streets with the MAGA youth of South Korea: politico.com/news/magazine/…

@michaelkruse @POLITICOMag @politico Thanks michael!

Here's @ck_525 with this week's @POLITICOMag Friday Read. tinyurl.com/yh3djejx

I need to know if the author knew he was quoting Evangelion in that last line thenewatlantis.com/publications/a…

@sfheuser Congrats Steve!!

Some personal news! vox.com/press-room/482…

youtube.com/playlist?list=… FOLKS… The texts, emails and calls come regularly. At least once a week. Sometimes more. “Jmart, I’m going to [fill-in-the-blank city], where should I eat?” friends, colleagues and sometimes folks I barely know at all will ask. Often, the question in reference is about New Orleans, America’s greatest city and the town my wife, Betsy, and I call home. But just as frequently, it’s about somewhere else, where there’s a conference or wedding or news event. I’ve yet to meet the person who doesn’t want to find a good meal on the road. Which is why this week I’m starting “On the Road with Jonathan Martin.” After over 20 years of covering politics and visiting all 50 states along the way, I’ve eaten a lot of meals with politicians and those around them. Now I want to take you with me, have you watch and listen as I sit down and (quite literally) break bread at local joints with Democrats and Republicans alike. My vision: Anthony Bourdain meets “Lunch with the FT” meets the Almanac of American Politics. We’ll talk food, politics and place, delving into yesterday and tomorrow. It’s the great question at the heart of every political story, and it couldn’t be more relevant in America’s 250th year: How did we get here, and where are we going? We begin at Wright’s BBQ in Little Rock, Arkansas, where I had the ribs (great rub), brisket and mac and cheese last week with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. More on that below. I’m headed to California next, where I’ll dip into some Dungeness crab with California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

📣 Introducing On the Road with @jmart. Follow our political columnist as he talks politics, personal stories and more with political newsmakers around the U.S. — all over some of the best food their home states have to offer. Watch the first episode: politi.co/4suHIrg

I enrolled in Debate University and sat through 89 videos (nearly six hours!) to learn how to become a debate bro: politico.com/news/magazine/…

President Lee's description of Seoul being a "pacemaker" in US-North Korea talks is "a really great way to frame how you get South Korea wedged into this relationship," Council Fellow Karl Friedhoff tells @Politico's @ck_525. brnw.ch/21wVdAC

South Korea's President-elect Lee Jae-myung: was a child laborer lost the last election by less than 1% survived a knife attack led his party to a general election victory live-streamed his rush to parliament during martial law wins election with biggest vote share since 2012

"The average Conservative supporter is not a little more likely to approve of Trump. They’re 25 times more likely." Read @ck_525 on 🇨🇦 polls politico.com/news/magazine/…

Lots of great stuff in this big group project on Congress: 👀👀 Rep. Himes: "“There’s no question that somewhere between six and a dozen of my colleagues are at a point where they’re … I think they don’t have the faculties to do their job.” politico.com/news/magazine/…

Key factor last night was that most liberal politicians in South Korea cut their teeth as democracy activists in their youth and had an instinctive knowledge of what must be done in case of a coup.

I've lived to see it all.... martial law in Korea AND Pop Base posting about Yoon

After the National Assembly voted to end martial law, internet comment sections are being flooded with calls for Yoon's impeachment

Breaking: SOUTH KOREAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO BLOCK PRESIDENT'S MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION

Korean soldiers breaking the glass windows to get into the National Assembly: JTBC anchor says it reminds him of the U.S. Jan. 6 riots, when rioters broke into the Capitol building because their political wishes weren't granted

Martial law in Korea is stunning. I was born in the 80s under Chun Doo Hwan, before the country had its first democratic presidential election. Could not have imagined this development decades later in modern South Korea. White House says it's monitoring this situation closely

Newsreaders on South Korean TV are visibly shaking in their voices while telling viewers that President Yoon has declared martial law

For the first time since the end of military dictatorship in 1987, President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law. Follow this account for live coverage. blueroofpolitics.com/post/breaking-…

I have been struggling to find the right words for this piece because it hits close to home, as you can read from the story. Hopefully it helps you understand why I’ve been sounding the alarms around gender-divide politics for a while now.

Is it radical? Yes. Will it stick in the US? Maybe not! But the anger that prompted some American women to even consider it isn’t going away. Neither is the sense of vulnerability or displacement. And that will change the way women think about their future. Just look at Korea.

I wrote this piece because a lot of people are brushing off chatter about 4B as inconsequential, rather than a sign of a deepening gender divide! politico.com/news/magazine/…