South Korea

8 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Apr 11, 2020 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 121 times in 65 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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2026 39 mentions in 15 episodes 3 per episode
2025 30 mentions in 21 episodes 1 per episode
2024 7 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2023 14 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
2022 7 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
2021 7 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
2020 17 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about South Korea, oldest first

Apr 11, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Countries with elite, well-paid civil services handled COVID-19 better
“It's also true that the countries that had robust civil services filled with people who are at the top of their class also did well. Singapore, South Korea, where it is a stature, it's a point of pride to work for the government, where it's some of the best pa…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 11, 2020 ▶ 27:52 E2: Rebooting economy, understanding corporate debt, avoiding a depression & more with David Sacks
Dec 1, 2023
Assertion Supported
Tucker Carlson states South Korea's reproduction rate has dropped to 0.7
“It happens in South Korea with a .7 replacement, you know, reproduction rate.7.”
Tucker Carlson Dec 1, 2023 ▶ 36:56 Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more
Jan 9, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Lutnick claims foreign stock markets surged following U.S. trade resets
“Korean stock market of 70%. Japan up like twenties or thirties. Europe up more than 15.”
Howard Lutnick Jan 9, 2026 ▶ 59:53 Howard Lutnick: How America Can Hit 6% GDP Growth in 2026
Jan 22, 2026 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Calacanis: South Korea requires social security numbers to post online
“South Korea does require, you have a social security number essentially to post online.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 20:12 Europe's Free Speech Failure and the "Censorship Industrial Complex" with Sarah B. Rogers
Mar 7, 2026
What-if
Pahlavi: Iran would be Middle East's South Korea without 1979 revolution
“Iran should have been, had it not been for the revolution, today's South Korea of the region.”
Prince Reza Pahlavi Mar 7, 2026 ▶ 2:29 Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom
Mar 9, 2026
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Graham Allison: South Korea or Japan may build nuclear arsenals if trends continue
“If things are on the current path, well, maybe South Korea or Japan will have nuclear arsenal in their backyard.”
Graham Allison Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 56:02 “This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War
Jun 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Dreyfus: US cannot build nuclear containment vessels domestically
“And nuclear, you know, we can't really build it. We can't even build the containment vessels in this country. The Koreans can do it, but we can't do that here.”
Dan Dreyfus Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 22:06 Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
Jul 30, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Around 350,000 South Korean leveraged accounts fully liquidated
“Of those 1.2 million levered levered accounts, somewhere around 350,000 of them were fully liquidated already.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 14:33 Chip Stocks Crash, $20B Fund Margin Called, Frontier Labs: SLOW DOWN AI, Mamdani's Grocery Stores
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