Bryan Betts

Writing

Below are selections of my writing for Korea Exposé, The Diplomat, NK News, The State and other publications.

Last Murmurations of a Destroyed Wetland

Korea Exposé | January 2018
South Korea’s Kid Chess Whizzes
The Diplomat | June 2018
The Few, The Quirky: S. Korea’s War Preppers
Korea Exposé | October 2017
Living on the Other Side of the Tracks

The Alamogordo Daily News | June 2015
Climate Change Threatens Millions of North Koreans

NK News | February 2022
Saving North Korea’s Wetlands
The Diplomat | July 2018
Greater than one’s self

Lake Murray Magazine | June 2015
Mt. Seorak cable car raises questions about purpose of national parksYonhap News Agency | September 2019
The Chinese Students Who Come to South Korea
The Diplomat | July 2018
Gov’t’s abandoned housing plan highlights risks to greenbelt
Yonhap News Agency | August 2020
Native-language classes connect multicultural students to their heritage
Yonhap News Agency | September 2019
70th anniversary of atomic bomb detonation
Alamogordo Daily News | April 2015
Image: Tartaric acid (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Family discovers 13 pounds of pot
Alamogordo Daily News | January 2015
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Protecting the streets of Alamogordo
Alamogordo Daily News | February 2015
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Snapshots in time
The State | June 2013
Image: Eastward Gypsy (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The Search for the Perfect Walkout Song
The Paladin | Spring 2014
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The Road to Andalusia
Engage Furman Magazine | Spring 2011
Image: Stephen Matthew Milligan (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Furman Partnership with Christ Church Episcopal School Prompts Questions
The Paladin | February 2012
Image: Matt Bateman (CC BY-ND 2.0)