Seven years since the Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea, ACLED Research Analyst Josh Satre and East Asia Assistant Research Manager Hangyu Lee chart the increase in demonstrations against the government’s response to the crisis.
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Josh Satre is a Research Analyst at ACLED. He holds a BA in Political Science from Swarthmore College and an MA in Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration with a concentration in quantitative methods from the Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver. His research interests include nonviolent protest and social movements, conflict mapping, and political economy.
Hangyu is an East Asia Pacific Research Manager at ACLED. He holds a BA in Global Communication and Culture and an MA in Global Studies from Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg and Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. His research interests include political polarization in South Korea and the role of social media in politics. He is fluent in Korean, English, and Spanish.
