Robert Kelly (political analyst)

Robert E. Kelly

Kelly in April 2013
Residence Busan, South Korea
Education Miami University (BA, History and Political Science 1994)
Ohio State University (MA, International Relations 2002)
Ohio State University (Ph.D., International Relations 2005)
Occupation Political science professor, political analyst on inter-Korean affairs
Known for Gatecrashed BBC interview (2017)
Home town Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse(s) Jung-a Kim

Robert E. Kelly is an American political analyst on inter-Korean affairs and associate professor in political science at Pusan National University. In March 2017, he and his family rose to fame when his live interview on BBC was sequentially gatecrashed by his children and wife.[1]

Early life and education

Originally from Cuyahoga County, Ohio,[2][3] Kelly in 1994 graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Miami University with a BA in history and political science, before graduating from Ohio State University with a MA in international relations in 2002, and Ph.D. in international relations in 2005 from a dissertation titled The Impact of Non-Governmental Organizations on the Bretton Woods Institutions.[4]

Career

Kelly is an associate professor of international relations in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea.[6] As a political analyst on inter-Korean affairs, he contributes to print and televised media,[4] and has been referred to as a "damn good Korea analyst" by one of his peers.[7] He has made media appearances on the BBC, CCTV[6] and Al Jazeera[8] and has written for several publications including The Diplomat[6] and Foreign Affairs.[9] He has also provided expert opinion for The Washington Post and The New York Times.[10][11] Kelly is furthermore a prolific contributor to The Interpreter published by the Australian think tank Lowy Institute.[12]

BBC interview (2017)

On March 10th, 2017, he and his family rose to fame when his live interview on the impeachment of Park Geun-hye for the BBC from his home office was sequentially gatecrashed by his four-year-old daughter and nine-month-old son entering the room, then his wife, Jung-a Kim,[13] sliding in to drag them out while knocking books off an air-mattress, before closing the door on her knees. The interview continued as normal, with the BBC hailing the video as their favorite live TV moment of the week[14] which became a Twitter Moment. It quickly went viral with all four becoming individual memes.[15][16][17] In just one day, the video had over 6 million views on YouTube and became the #1 trending video on YouTube.[18]

Many viewers and journalists incorrectly assumed the woman in the video was his nanny instead of his wife.[19]

Kelly and his family returned to television on 14 March for an interview about the incident.[20]

Variety Shows

Year Network Title Role Notes
2017 KBS2 The Return of Superman Guest Ep. 184 (with his children, Marion & James)

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References

  1. ↑ Vonow, Brittany (March 10, 2017). "Mum of ‘embarrassed’ BBC World News guest interrupted live on air by his KIDS says tots thought it was their grandparents on Skype". The Sun.
  2. ↑ Derr, Arius (March 2017). "Ep. 1 – Robert Kelly on Northeast Asian Security, International Relations, and the Koreas". Settlers of Seoul. Retrieved 27 March 2017. I'm from Cleveland.
  3. ↑ "Robert Kelly – political science and diplomacy professor (Interview)". The Korean Observer. March 19, 2015. Cleveland
  4. 1 2 Kelly, Robert. "C.V. – Robert Kelly". Asian Security Blog.
  5. ↑ Snyder, Scott (4 April 2013). "North Korea's rising tensions: Wikinews interviews Scott Snyder and Dr Robert Kelly". Wikinews. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Robert E. Kelly". The Diplomat. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Connelly, Aaron (March 10, 2017). "Since this video is doing the rounds, it is worth noting @Robert_E_Kelly is a damn good Korea analyst".
  8. ↑ "Robert Kelly, Al Jazeera, July 8 2016, THAAD".
  9. ↑ Kelly, Robert E. (18 December 2012). "Park's Recreation: How South Korea's Conservative Candidate Saved Her Party". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Fifield, Anna (25 November 2016). "As the South Korean assembly prepares to impeach the president, paralysis looms". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Reuters (9 March 2017). "Instant View: South Korea's Court Upholds President Park's Impeachment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Robert E Kelly". Lowy Institute.
  13. ↑ Johnston, Chris (14 March 2017). "Robert Kelly: my minor mistake turned family into YouTube stars". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "BBC Tweet: Our favourite live TV moment of the week by far". BBC. March 10, 2017.
  15. ↑ Itzkoff, David (March 10, 2017). "David Itzkoff Tweet: Coming into the office on a Friday like". Twitter.
  16. ↑ "SportsPickle Tweet: Who did it better?". SportsPickle. March 10, 2017.
  17. ↑ "The Ugly Game Tweet: SportsPickle Reply". The Ugly Game. March 10, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Children interrupt BBC News interview – BBC News". BBC YouTube. March 10, 2017.
  19. ↑ Roy, Jessica (March 10, 2017). "That Asian mom is not the nanny. Why do so many people assume she is?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "Prof Robert Kelly and the interrupted interview – take two". BBC News. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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