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I feel like I'd seen absolutely nothing about South Korea in the news for a long time, and then suddenly woke up to this, with zero context. Do folks have any

I feel like I'd seen absolutely nothing about South Korea in the news for a long time, and then suddenly woke up to this, with zero context. Do folks have any recommendations for how to keep up with global news at a high level so that you're not completely clueless when something like this happens? Like I mean some sort of "international edition" of an aggregator like Google News, I guess.

nullhole 2y ago
I read reuters on a regular basis, and I was surprised
fx18011 2y ago
You are not alone. Even South Koreans are clueless.
AnimalMuppet 2y ago
I use Reuters to keep a non-US eye on the news. I didn't see this coming from there either, though...
tosh 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
croisillon 2y ago
i look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events once a day, it gives a good overview of the world news
kevstev 2y ago
I don't read it regularly, but The Economist is a great source that covers pretty much every corner of the world. In fact I don't subscribe because its just a firehose, and I just can't keep up with the internal squabbling of parties all over the world. I went to check to see if its available online- even via my local library, but it seems The Economist was pulled from major online sites around 2023 due to their pricing model. So I can't verify if this was covered. That said, what information has trickled out points to this being a big surprise, so there may not have been storm clouds brewing that could have foretold this. Edit: Got past the paywall on the site and did a search and there appears to be no articles published that would have predicted an issue like this: https://www.economist.com/search?q=south+korea&sort=date&page=1 https://www.economist.com/search?q=south+korea&sort=date&pag...
- carabiner 2y ago
  Related: 'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-month-to-let-reade-1819572565/ https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-mo... I can't imagine reading every issue cover to cover unless it's really relevant to your work.
  - lenocinor 2y ago
    I’ve been reading most articles in The Economist every week for 20 years. It’s not really relevant to my work. I don’t read every article thoroughly, though. There are some I don’t mind skimming, some I usually skip that are speculation about the future, and also when you’re up to date sometimes articles contain redundant info to bring relative newcomers up to speed. It certainly has issues in the depth of its coverage, the simplistic endings of its articles, occasional culture war snipes, and lots of other stuff. It’s far from perfect. But for my money it’s still the best general world news source out there, and I check most of them out regularly. I have so many conversations with coworkers and people I meet about their home countries that I just couldn’t without reading The Economist.
rickcarlino 2y ago
For Korea specifically, I listen to KBS world radio news. Over the last few weeks I’ve seen an increasing number of stories about interparty scuffles and investigations of certain politicians.
rpicard 2y ago
I recently found Rest of World and I like it, they seem to be high quality: https://restofworld.org/ https://restofworld.org/
- phist_mcgee 2y ago
  What a weird name: "rest of the world". I live in the "rest of the world" and never thought of myself like that.
  - 4gotunameagain 2y ago
    Two clicks away: About our name Why “Rest of World”? It’s a corporate catchall term used in the West to designate “everyone else.” Companies use it to lump together people and markets outside wealthy Western countries. We like the term because it encapsulates the problems we fight head-on: a casual disregard for billions of people, and a Western-centric worldview that leaves an unthinkable number of insights, opportunities, and nuances out of the global conversation.
  - EasyMark 2y ago
    Don’t you think “there’s my county $MY_COUNTRY, and then there’s the rest of the world” ? I figured every one did, I don’t really consider anyone a “citizen of the world”
    - TeaBrain 2y ago
      I'm not sure whether it is as simple as every country being the same in this regard. On the average, I'd assume the average citizen of a non-US country to be more informed about the US political landscape, than vice versa.
maxace 2y ago
I don't think this particular issue was covered in advance, but The World Next Week is an excellent program https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/world-next-week https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/world-next-week

nullhole 2y ago

I read reuters on a regular basis, and I was surprised

fx18011 2y ago

You are not alone. Even South Koreans are clueless.

AnimalMuppet 2y ago

I use Reuters to keep a non-US eye on the news. I didn't see this coming from there either, though...

tosh 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events

croisillon 2y ago

i look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events once a day, it gives a good overview of the world news

kevstev 2y ago

I don't read it regularly, but The Economist is a great source that covers pretty much every corner of the world. In fact I don't subscribe because its just a firehose, and I just can't keep up with the internal squabbling of parties all over the world. I went to check to see if its available online- even via my local library, but it seems The Economist was pulled from major online sites around 2023 due to their pricing model. So I can't verify if this was covered. That said, what information has trickled out points to this being a big surprise, so there may not have been storm clouds brewing that could have foretold this. Edit: Got past the paywall on the site and did a search and there appears to be no articles published that would have predicted an issue like this: https://www.economist.com/search?q=south+korea&sort=date&page=1 https://www.economist.com/search?q=south+korea&sort=date&pag...

carabiner 2y ago
Related: 'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-month-to-let-reade-1819572565/ https://theonion.com/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-mo... I can't imagine reading every issue cover to cover unless it's really relevant to your work.
- lenocinor 2y ago
  I’ve been reading most articles in The Economist every week for 20 years. It’s not really relevant to my work. I don’t read every article thoroughly, though. There are some I don’t mind skimming, some I usually skip that are speculation about the future, and also when you’re up to date sometimes articles contain redundant info to bring relative newcomers up to speed. It certainly has issues in the depth of its coverage, the simplistic endings of its articles, occasional culture war snipes, and lots of other stuff. It’s far from perfect. But for my money it’s still the best general world news source out there, and I check most of them out regularly. I have so many conversations with coworkers and people I meet about their home countries that I just couldn’t without reading The Economist.

rickcarlino 2y ago

For Korea specifically, I listen to KBS world radio news. Over the last few weeks I’ve seen an increasing number of stories about interparty scuffles and investigations of certain politicians.

rpicard 2y ago

I recently found Rest of World and I like it, they seem to be high quality: https://restofworld.org/ https://restofworld.org/

phist_mcgee 2y ago
What a weird name: "rest of the world". I live in the "rest of the world" and never thought of myself like that.
- 4gotunameagain 2y ago
  Two clicks away: About our name Why “Rest of World”? It’s a corporate catchall term used in the West to designate “everyone else.” Companies use it to lump together people and markets outside wealthy Western countries. We like the term because it encapsulates the problems we fight head-on: a casual disregard for billions of people, and a Western-centric worldview that leaves an unthinkable number of insights, opportunities, and nuances out of the global conversation.
- EasyMark 2y ago
  Don’t you think “there’s my county $MY_COUNTRY, and then there’s the rest of the world” ? I figured every one did, I don’t really consider anyone a “citizen of the world”
  - TeaBrain 2y ago
    I'm not sure whether it is as simple as every country being the same in this regard. On the average, I'd assume the average citizen of a non-US country to be more informed about the US political landscape, than vice versa.

maxace 2y ago

I don't think this particular issue was covered in advance, but The World Next Week is an excellent program https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/world-next-week https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/world-next-week