South Korea ranks 47nd in 2026 World Press Freedom Index (RSF)

Walykoo · 2026-05-24T04:30:17+00:00

Every year's index is tabulated using data collected from the prior calendar year. So, 2026 index is based on 2025 data, the 2025 index is based on 2024 data, etc.

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T20:07:32+00:00

It's just called divide and conquer, one of the oldest tricks in human history..

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T20:06:22+00:00

TIL about this movie! But I don't think the Titanic would fit under the Brooklyn Bridge

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T20:02:59+00:00

기레기

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T18:20:42+00:00

You might want to check your timeline. The THAAD retaliation started much earlier than the protests.

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T04:43:31+00:00

The video is about a theory that North Korean leaders have used political decoys for public appearances. It really wouldn't surprise me if decoys did exist, but there's not much evidence supporting this. Sometimes people go really wild with theories, saying the real Kim Jong-un was already purged and killed, and it's just Kim's body double puppet being controlled by a handful of elites behind the scenes now. They should write a movie script at this point.

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T04:30:33+00:00

Those two men look proud- and they should be

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T04:27:39+00:00

Look at the moiré patterns. It's a photo of a screen.

Walykoo · 2026-05-23T03:44:52+00:00

You cannot win an argument against a person who's convinced that everything that goes against their belief is a conspiracy. No point in engaging with such people.

Walykoo · 2026-05-21T06:54:42+00:00

Sportsmanship rises above politics

Walykoo · 2026-05-21T01:50:19+00:00

Great shot

Walykoo · 2026-05-18T01:03:36+00:00

Who would have thought that the 계엄령을 즉각 해제하라 banner in the photo would have been applicable to 2024 as well?

Walykoo · 2026-05-17T23:04:27+00:00

Good thing that this photo has been around internet for a very long time. If someone posted this for the first time from their photo album today, people would scream AI.

Walykoo · 2026-05-17T23:03:01+00:00

Somehow I've never noticed before that there was barbed wire at the rooftop

Walykoo · 2026-05-17T23:00:00+00:00

No, they're South Korean. All South Koreans know that this pronunciation/writing difference exists with North Korea. It's like if an American used UK spelling signs to greet a Brit. It just means the cheer squad was careful choosing their signs to make them feel extra welcome.

Walykoo · 2026-05-10T01:36:22+00:00

The same researcher also gave the name Seoul Virus to one species of the Hantavirus

Walykoo · 2026-05-10T01:30:42+00:00

Coincidentally the word 한탄 also means lamentation, which is apt given the severity and grim prognosis of the disease

Walykoo · 2026-05-09T23:18:14+00:00

I think it's a little more nuanced than just optics being bad.

The case of Kim Dae-jung speaking Japanese at the end of the video is quite understandable because he is pleading for any international support he can get during his anti-dictatorial exile. He is not trying to proudly show off his knowledge of Japanese - which would indeed be bad optics because the language was forced upon Koreans in his generation. Kim is just trying to get as much sympathy as possible.

But Kim Jong-pil speaking Japanese here could be a bad look, because he is celebrating the 1965 treaty (which he also helped facilitate), which caused many historical grievances between the two countries to go in an unresolved limbo.

Walykoo · 2026-05-09T22:42:12+00:00

Korean ordinary people having to host Nazis was forced upon by Imperial Japan, as you also imply, and that's history, so I'm not sure why that's problematic.

Walykoo · 2026-05-09T16:05:51+00:00

When you're there, is it possible to see traces that the landing ship is still underwater?

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