South Korea’s Bernie Sanders Just Won. Now What?

Lee Jae-myung, the candidate who just decisively won South Korea’s presidency, is not exactly Bernie Sanders. Nobody is. But within South Korea’s political landscape, Lee Jae-myung (LJM) is progressive, and among the more populist elite politicians.¹ So the comparison is not unreasonable.

I’ve already been asked by several media outlets what I think about his victory, aside from having a slight sense of relief.²

Below the fold:

• The Far-Right, Progressive Left Dialectic

• Women Versus Young Men in Korea

• Economic Populism in An “Asian Tiger?”

• Progressive Foreign Policy with Korean Characteristics