Professor of Korean Politics and Society, Institute of Political Science (IfP), Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), University of Duisburg-Essen @unidue
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Joined February 2010
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What role do local elections play in times of democratic backsliding and deep political polarization?
In my new paper (in German), I analyze the South Korean local and parliamentary by-elections of June 3, 2026.
shorturl.at/iyDGg
What role does parliamentary diplomacy play in complex geopolitical contexts?
In my new paper, I analyze 60 years of the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group as a "diplomatic meso-actor" (1965–2025). (in German)
Read it here (OA):
shorturl.at/gUF6M
#Diplomacy
How do consolidated democracies crumble from within?
My new paper (in Peace & Democracy) shows how South Korea's People Power Party (PPP) enabled democratic erosion across 3 phases.
Read it here (OA):
peace-democracy.org/board/bb…
#Democracy #SouthKorea #Autocratization
Hannes B. Mosler retweeted
New Research: The far right and democratic backsliding in South Korea: mainstreaming, normalization, and radicalization frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #PoliticalScience
In my new book chapter "Simplistic solutions to complicated problems" I analyze President Yoon's 2023 Forced Labour Agreement with Japan as an example of democratically unrestrained foreign policy.
🔗 shorturl.at/UjZIu
#SouthKorea #Japan #Yoon #ForeignPolicy
My new article traces how the far right eroded Korean democracy from within.
OA @ Frontiers in Political Science
🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2026.19…
#SouthKorea #Democracy #FarRight
Donald Trump orders reduction of joint military exercises with South Korea
Brief comments at Deutsche Welle News
#NorthKorea #Trump #MilitaryExercises
얼마 전 연구실에서 한 ‘평화단체’로부터 전화를 받고 적잖이 당황했다. 신천지 교주 이만희씨의 인권을 위해 목소리를 보태 달라는 요청이었다. 유무죄를 따지자는 것이 아니라, 오로지 구속 수사의 ‘비례성’만을 문제 삼는 것이라고 했다. 그런데 ...
hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/colu…
독일과 한국, 그리고 전세계에서 나타나는 젠더 투표 격차가 던지는 진짜 질문은 청년의 표심이 아니다. 성별로 갈라선 유권자가 서로를 설득할 언어조차 잃은 사회에서, 다음 세대가 물려받을 민주주의는 과연 무엇으로 지탱될 것인가.
hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/colu…
How does democratic backsliding ruin a country's foreign policy?
My new paper looks at South Korea’s controversial agreements with Japan (2015 & 2023) to show how executive overreach leads to volatile, unreliable international commitments. tinyurl.com/emc2knhy
Interview with DW Arabic's News Zoom on the prospects for 'long-term' military cooperation between Russia and North Korea (in Arabic).
youtu.be/O-Hiz32I-JE?list=PL…
K-eauty and K-oft Power
dw.com/de/k-beauty-sch%C3%B6…
군사반란 기념 제주 ‘516로’, 이제 퇴장할 때
My column in tomorrow's Hankyoreh...
hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/colu…
Here are some more of my thoughts on today's verdict, as featured on ZDF heute.
zdfheute.de/politik/ausland/…
Interview with ZDF Morgenmagazin on the court ruling on Yoon (life imprisonment).
zdf.de/.../suedkorea-prozess…
Hannes B. Mosler retweeted
Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
Opening of an Assistant Professorship in the Economy and Business of Korea (tenure track) at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
For information, please refer to the original advertisement in German:
uni-due.de/karriere/stelle.p…
<Democratic Resilience and the Far-Right in South Korea and Japan>
Internationales Symposium des Institutes für Ostasienwissenschaften (IN-EAST) der Univeristät Duisburg-Essen am 10. Dezember 2025.
Mehr Infos unter:
uni-due.de/2025-12-04-sympos…
Hannes B. Mosler retweeted
🎭 South Korean Soft Power & the Korean Wave 🇰🇷
AIA NRW, in cooperation with the Korean Embassy, explored how cultural exports like K-Pop, BTS, K-Food, and media shape diplomacy and international influence.
🎙️ Dong-ho Han – Korean reunification & public diplomacy
🎙️ Dr. Natalia @Grincheva – tool predicting the global impact of the Korean Wave
🎙️ Hannes Mosler (@nadouri) expert commentary
🎙️ Susanne Baumgart – decades of Goethe-Institut experience
The discussion concluded with reflections on the future of soft power with Stuart MacDonald & Brendan Howe.
🔗More insights: aia-nrw.org/en/event-report-…
