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May Lim

May is a third year International Development Studies student minoring in political science and East Asian studies. Her writing interests include the ever-changing political dynamics of the world, international relations, and foreign policies with regards to human rights.

Keeping Up with the Parks: All You Need to Know About Korea’s New Reality Show

May Lim Nov 30, 2016

A whole new bewitching Korean soap opera has completely redefined horizons for many K-drama fans worldwide. With unthinkable plot twists and a cast like never seen before, this scandalous reality series is fast-paced, provocative, and…
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South Korean MPs Break World Record for the Longest Filibuster in History

May Lim Apr 4, 2016

Every March 1st is Independence Movement Day in Korea, which commemorates the historic civil uprising in 1919 against Japanese imperial rule. But this year’s commemoration marked more than a statutory holiday, as hundreds of thousands…
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Charlie Hebdo Un An Après: Right to Offend and Right to Not Be Offended

May Lim Jan 15, 2016

Around this time last year, two radicalized French jihadists attacked the Paris offices of a satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, killing eight of its staff and a dozen people in total. The shooting, claimed by an Al-Qaeda branch in the…
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A Good President Makes History, a Bad One Changes History Books

May Lim Nov 29, 2015

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” Does this sound familiar? As is well known, this is an excerpt from George Orwell’s 1984, a novel about an infamous dystopian future and a…
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From Washington State to Washington DC: Xi Jin Ping’s State Visit

May Lim Sep 25, 2015

Xi Jinping began his seven-day US visit in Seattle on Tuesday. Historically, no state visit by a Chinese president has been an easy visit, but they have generally come in the spirit of cooperation. However, since Hu Jintao's last trip to US…
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From Farmers to Entrepreneurs: China’s “Taobao Village”

May Lim Mar 29, 2015

Alibaba Group's e-commerce subsidiary Taobao, or “treasure hunt” in Chinese, has become increasingly popular and successful over the past two years. In late 2013, there were only 15,000 active merchants on the Taobao site,…
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Threat of Lame Duck Looms over South Korea

May Lim Feb 27, 2015

Whereas the year 2015 marks the 70th year of Korea’s independence, the citizens’ faith in the nation’s government seems to have plummeted to a record low. On January 30th, polling agency Gallup Korea announced that public support for…
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