Back on X after years of break, and got a chance to look through all the videos we used to make at Bloomberg Quicktake and early days of Bloomberg Originals...including reporting during the Covid-19 quarantine and AAPI protests. What a trip down the memory lane!
Great speaking to @ericnamofficial about fighting Asian hate crimes — “Am I being overly sensitive or am I being too petty to point these things out?” No we must 👏🏼 continue 👏🏼 these conversations 👏🏼
“This is completely unacceptable. This is an aberration.” South Korea’s former Foreign Minister Kyung-wha Kang @AsiaSocietyCEO was “stunned” by the president declaring martial law – and that now he must accept parliament’s vote against his “unconstitutional” declaration.
Because the crimes that Taiwan has committed against food can never be enough, a ramen shop in Kaohsiung is now offering durian ramen
https://t.co/V8VzDQOngO
Nearly 90% of North Korean defectors in Seoul said they’ve had trouble settling into their new homes after a decade, according to a 2022 study from the Seoul Institute.
We got to meet some of them earlier this year. Our reporting below ⬇️
North Koreans take a life-threatening 3,000 mile journey to escape from one of the world's most repressive regimes.
Yet now — some want to go back. @rumireports and @ko_stelly speak to defectors https://t.co/UbQmVAQ7fV
“The whole razzmatazz about Art Basel Hong Kong has encouraged some really serious collectors to actually get on a plane.”
The fair's largest edition since 2019 welcomes back wealthy Chinese investors and tests the city’s status as Asia's art hub https://t.co/Ac4ZR0VEEb
Art fairs are bouncing back. 🖼
Step inside Hong Kong's Art Basel with @ko_stelly as she takes us through the largest edition of the fair since 2019 https://t.co/PDXrGZvzlO
"My journey started on a boat. I ended up in a refugee camp ... They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe this is happening to me. This is the American dream!" - Ke Huy Quan #Oscars
“We have now officially entered North Korea.”
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at the highest in years after a record number of missile launches in 2022. @rumireports heads to the front line of the DMZ https://t.co/sZEehNbs0S
One of the key reasons why South Korea has the lowest birthrates in the world, summed up in one survey: when asked by matchmaking agencies to describe the biggest obstacle to marriage, women cited men's views on domestic duty sharing. Men said feminism.
https://t.co/5qaXJtOy5h
"I think the future is going to be very weird."
At the start of 2022, NFT trading volumes hit $17 billion. That fell to $466 million by September. Here's what digital artist @beeple thinks could be in store for NFTs and the art industry
Park Ji-hyun (박지현) has been selected as one of Bloomberg 50, figures in business and politics that deserve global recognition in 2022 🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/GirQnQCP5U
We spoke to her ahead of the election this year. Watch the feature below:
Meet 26-year-old activist and sex-crime fighter, @paarkjihy_20
As a leader of South Korea’s opposition, she's taking on President Yoon Suk Yeol's gender politics. She tells Sangmi Cha about the country’s longstanding gender divide https://t.co/0VRDP8ASHY
"The Communist Party underestimated anger at a grassroot level."
After nearly 3 years of China's Covid Zero policies that sparked widespread social unrest, Xi's left with few good options. @Lucilleliu reports https://t.co/xWSZcLsqYD