Chaewon Chung

Chaewon Chung

Columbia Fellow

Chaewon is a former multimedia journalist with Coda Story. She graduated with a Master’s in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and has also reported with SCMP, BUST, Korea Exposé, and others.

Disinformation
North Korea prepares to drop propaganda leaflets in South Korea, raising tensions
Disinformation
How K-pop information warfare outmaneuvered the far right
Authoritarian Tech
Zoom caves to Beijing
War on Science
The TV hosts spreading bizarre Covid-19 theories around the world
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Pro-Beijing trolls target Hong Kong
Rewriting History
Conspiracy theories fly decades after South Korean pro-democracy massacre
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‘A political virus’: China’s aid diplomacy and crackdown on Hong Kong protests
Authoritarian Tech
Cambodian prime minister unleashes social media crackdown to seal grip on country
Disinformation
Chinese citizens fight coronavirus censorship with emojis and ancient languages
War on Science
The shadowy cult at the center of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak