And what should scare the hell out of the Democratic Party is that despite all of that, *Lee is still outpolling his party by nearly 10%*

The “at least he’s not Yoon” halo is doing a lot to hide the fact that Lee is himself an incredibly unpopular politician. Given how quickly presidential approval ratings tend to drop in Korea, his administration may be facing aggressive headwinds surprisingly soon.

“Bye dh”, you mean.

Now a law firm partner and (despite that) a reasonably well-settled, productive member of society. But the entire path here was basically dumb luck.

Came here in 2013 for law school, started at big NY law firm on OPT, got H1B lottery on literal last day of approval notices (HR was telling me to start thinking of other options). Did not get green card until 2023 (less than a year before I would have had to leave due to H1B time limits).

"Sir, this is a Lotteria."
(Evil grin) "Yes. I know."

I guess the Lotteria part kind of makes sense from an OPSEC perspective. If you were sitting at an Arby's and four old dudes next to you were discussing overthrowing the government over a Beef N' Cheddar, who among us would think they were being serious?

Will never get over this crazy timeline we’re in, where the president attempts a coup and 다만세 is the 임을 위한 행진곡 for our generation.

“ChatGPT please generate a 1000 word speech in the style of Korean right wing YouTube.”

Han’s plan to “Weekend at Bernie’s” Yoon was only viable if Yoon himself was willing to go quietly into the night. He is clearly not.

Worth noting: Korean law explicitly says that the crime of insurrection is an exception from presidential immunity. Never thought that would turn out to be useful but here we are.