![[images/z-fiction.png]] Here you'll find articles covering topics that seem as though they belong in the fiction section; articles exploring the importance of fiction and other creative acts in the analysis of international relations; and even a few pieces of fiction. Being an IR academic in Seoul really brings home Mark Twain's observation that truth is stranger than fiction - fiction actually has to make sense, reality often doesn't. Coffee always make sense: [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/junotane) ## Truth Stranger than Fiction - [[Archive/2026/2026-05-22 The North Korea carnival is back.md|2026-05-22 The North Korea carnival is back]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-04-24 "What about North Korea? He’s a madman".md|2026-04-24 "What about North Korea? He’s a madman"]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-04-07 Prediction markets and North Korea.md|2026-04-07 Prediction markets and North Korea]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-09-13 Misunderstanding Seoul in Washington.md|2025-09-13 Misunderstanding Seoul in Washington]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-07-24 Vanity, phishing, and the North Korea watcher.md|2025-07-24 Vanity, phishing, and the North Korea watcher]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-07-22 It’s Groundhog Day again in Seoul.md|2025-07-22 It’s Groundhog Day again in Seoul]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-06-09 The pointlessness of North Korea policy.md|2025-06-09 The pointlessness of North Korea policy]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-06-05 The American left’s misguided crush on Lee Jae-myung.md|2025-06-05 The American left’s misguided crush on Lee Jae-myung]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-06-02 Manufacturing the next generation of North Korea watchers.md|2025-06-02 Manufacturing the next generation of North Korea watchers]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-05-29 North Korea watcher cybersecurity best practice.md|2025-05-29 North Korea watcher cybersecurity best practice]] ## Fictional IR - [[Archive/2026/2026-10-11 Thinking fictionally about middle powers.md|2026-10-11 Thinking fictionally about middle powers]] - [[Archive/2026/2026-05-01 Counterfactual Korea - War or Peace had USFK left?.md|2026-05-01 Counterfactual Korea - War or Peace had USFK left?]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-06-02 Fiction, foreign policy, and the tyranny of the plausible.md|2025-06-02 Fiction, foreign policy, and the tyranny of the plausible]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-05-09 Speculative fiction as a tool for rethinking policy on Korea.md|2025-05-09 Speculative fiction as a tool for rethinking policy on Korea]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-05-01 The narrowness of speculative fiction on Korea.md|2025-05-01 The narrowness of speculative fiction on Korea]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-04-27 Storytelling in international relations.md|2025-04-27 Storytelling in international relations]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-02-12 We are living in a simulation and Korea’s at the center.md|2025-02-12 We are living in a simulation and Korea’s at the center]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-02-04 Humanities in the age of AI.md|2025-02-04 Humanities in the age of AI]] - [[Archive/2025/2025-01-01 The Ugly American and Korea.md|2025-01-01 The Ugly American and Korea]] - [[Archive/2024/2024-12-28 Creativity in diplomatic analysis.md|2024-12-28 Creativity in diplomatic analysis]] ## Fiction - [[Archive/2024/2024-12-20 Manspreading.md|2024-12-20 Manspreading]] - [[Archive/2024/2024-11-07 North Korean balloons filled with money and porn.md|2024-11-07 North Korean balloons filled with money and porn]] - [[Archive/2024/2024-10-04 The old man and the Incheon stream.md|2024-10-04 The old man and the Incheon stream]] - [[Archive/2024/2024-09-12 The Incheon Port Road.md|2024-09-12 The Incheon Port Road]] For older posts, browse the [[Archives]] or use the site's search. Support independent thinking and writing: [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/junotane). ***