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Andrew Salmon, MBE, is the Seoul-based Asia editor of Washington Times, where he specializes in regional security, geopolitics and macro. He is the author of five books, including the award-winning Korean War combat histories, "To the Last Round" and "Scorched Earth, Black Snow." Those works have won awards from the ROK and UK governments, and have been translated into both Korean and Chinese.
Andrew's Books
To The Last Round: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Round-British-Stand-Imjin/dp/1845135334
Scorched Earth, Black Snow: https://www.amazon.com/Scorched-Earth-Black-Snow-Australia/dp/1845136195
The Washington Times: https://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/andrew-salmon/
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introduction
2:25 The Psychological Effects of War on Individuals
15:00 The Forgotten War
19:30 Soldiers' First Impressions of Korea
26:40 Difficult Questions
30:45 The North Korean Offensive
38:10 General Douglas MacArthur
47:20 The Chinese Dragon Awakes
1:00:00 An Ideological War?
1:10:00 Prisoners of War
1:14:55 Derek Kinne: Churchill's Bulldog
1:20:50 The End of the War
1:28:00 Current Military Capabilities
1:36:25 China in the 21st Century
1:44:20 Vladimir Putin
1:49:35 Lessons on War and Human Nature
1:57:35 Recommendations
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Music: Stranger Danger - Francis Preve Pictures:
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David Kim is many things but is perhaps best known for his Korean content on Youtube. He has been a huge part of three popular programs over the last seven years: DKDKTV, Ramyun and Chill, and, now, Korean Pizza Club. His content has reached millions and is driven by his positive and generous outlook on life, something even more evident when meeting him in person.
We spoke about how hallyu has changed, whether K-pop is still cool, Korean dating culture, and life here in Seoul. We even got political at the end, exploring the challenges of democracy and communism and what hope young people have for the future.
Check out David's work online
Korean Pizza Club: https://www.youtube.com/@UCVqkbppiAXuI4Kp3AQmauTw
DKDKTV: https://www.youtube.com/c/dkdktv
Biroso: https://biroso.net/
We are also joined by Seoul Women's University student Soyoon Kim
Insta: @celinesoyoon
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introduction
10:24 Positivity in the Korean Space
15:42 Culture and Korea
27:47 Is Hallyu Still Popular?
37:20 Streaming Culture and Manipulation
46:48 Dating Culture
52:04 Being Cancelled
1:03:00 Misperceptions of Korea
1:14:20 Education and Competition in Korea
1:23:00 Korean democracy
1:35:20 Recommendations
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Park Nohae emerged as a powerful literary voice in South Korea during the tumultuous 1980s, though at the time few knew who he actually was. He was the faceless poet. The voice of the many. Working various manual labor jobs which exposed him to the harsh realities faced by the working class, he became a champion of labor rights and social justice. His collection of poems "노동의 새벽( Dawn of Labor)" published in 1984 sold over a million copies. However, his call for change and a new sky over the South Korean people brought him into conflict with the military dictatorship. He was arrested and sentenced to life in prison, though many called for the death penalty. Eventually, after seven long years, much of which was solitary confinement, he was released.
Today he still writes poetry and takes photos, sharing his wisdom and insights with a new generation. You can also visit his photo exhibitions in Seoul, with images captured in Iraq and Palestine. However, Park shuns the limelight, rarely giving interviews and not wanting fame or publicity.
This conversation with Cheehyung Harrison Kim celebrates the first English publication of Dawn of Labor, a book which he worked on with Brother Anthony (An Sonjae). Harrison is an associate professor of Korean history at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. We are also joined by Seoul Women's University student Kim Jiwon.
Dawn of Labor: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/dawn-of-labor/
Park Nohae (twitter): https://x.com/parknohae
Park Nohae (insta): https://www.instagram.com/park_nohae/
Park's latest book (Korean): https://gift.kakao.com/product/9251669?input_channel_id=2630
Nanum Munhwa: https://www.nanum.com/site/
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introduction
7:30 The context:
1980s Korea
20:27 Politics and leftist ideas
28:15 Gender and feminism in Park's work
48:55 Dawn of Labor
53:40 Love by Park Nohae
58:55 How Much? by Park Nohae
1:07:50 Mother by Park Nohae
1:18:15 Arrest and imprisonment
1:24:10 The artwork of Oh Yoon
1:27:10 The color blue
1:31:25 Park Nohae and the world
1:37:50 Reading and translating Park Nohae
2:00:15 Recommendations
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사랑받지 못하는 공화국 (2024) was written by Professor Bryan Myers, a professor of international studies at Dongseo University in Busan. Anyone familiar with North Korean studies will be keenly aware of Myers and his work as he has written some excellent books on that subject, including The Cleanest Race and North Korea's Juche Myth. His latest book reveals two firsts: It’s his first written in Korean and it's his first that deals with South Korean politics. Myers has said that "the book's original thrust is the argument that the right neglected / still neglects the work of state-building, but most young people, being centrist or progressive, are just not interested in that issue." We’ll try and see if he achieved that or not.
The book: https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000212218893
Myers' Blog: https://sthelepress.com/
In this conversation we are joined by Jacco Zwetsloot, host of the NK News Podcast, Park Kyunghoon (Charlie) for the third time, and Ko Eunbi from Seoul Women's University.
NK News podcast: https://www.nknews.org/category/north-korea-news-podcast/latest
Jacco's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaccoZed
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introductions
3:10 Do Koreans know when their republic began?
12:15 Is South Korea a republic or a nation?
29:30 The sinking of the ROKS Cheonan
35:15 Who are North Korea?
44:45 Korea as Anti-Japanese
1:05:35 Park Chung-hee as a benevolent dictator?
1:18:10 The American hegemony of Korean Studies
1:21:23 Reading Korean history written by a foreigner
1:30:05 Personal narratives
1:35:35 Does the SK left love North Korea?
1:43:05 Closing thoughts
1:57:15 Tattoos
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Park Chan-wook is a master of movie making. And he's seemingly getting better with age. Leaving the sex and violence of previous hits such as Oldboy, JSA, and The Handmaiden behind him, Decision to Leave / 헤어질 결심 (2022) explores the relationship between a Korean man and a Chinese woman, completely incompatible, seemingly madly in love, and destined to destroy each other. These two roles are played expertly by Tang Wei and Park Hae-il.
"The moment you said you loved me, your love ended. And the moment your love ended, my love began.”
The movie is a piece of art: a poem. It encourages you to watch it multiple times, with each viewing providing greater insight into the layers constructed: through sound, language, visuals, and mis-en-scene.
I sat down with two Korean women, Jimin and Yunsuh, and a Chinese woman, Jessie, to explore this movie from a variety of perspectives: art, beauty, gender, love, and morality. Each of them provided views and insights I would never have found myself. And yet, it still feels like there is so much that went unsaid.
Discussion Outline
0:00 First Impressions
13:40 Park Chan-wook and Gender
18:46 Park Chan-wook’s Style
25:45 Is Decision to Leave Romantic?
34:58 Asian Vibes: The Mountains and the Sea
43:06 Tang Wei
1:08:25 Poetry, Yeokbek, and McGuffins
1:19:30 The Ending of the Movie
1:38:50 Haejoon: The Male Lead
1:59:52 Park Chan Wook and the Oscars
2:08:00 A movie, a Book, a Song
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Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy and another Ph.D. in computer engineering. As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for CERN and Philips Research Laboratories. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is 'Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics.'
This is me listening to Bernardo and asking him questions so as to better understand the world as mind. To do this, we explored what it means to be human. Bernardo explained the work of Nietzsche, Frankl, Schopenhauer, and Jung to me as well as how a bourgeoise has sought to wrest control of our culture away from the church and ultimately leave us stranded, meaningless, and seeking solutions elsewhere.
Bernardo taught me that we should not seek answers or solutions. These will never appear to us and we simply don't have the capability to understand what is going on. Instead, like the apple blossom in his garden, we should just be. We should listen to the noumena, the will inside us. We can describe it as duty, as calling, as fate, or as many other things. But ultimately, we are a violin and we should allow ourselves to be played by nature rather than seeking to force ourselves on the world. We should seek service instead of personal happiness. These ideas will stay with me for a while.
At the end, I asked him to recommend a movie, a book, and a song. The movie he suggested was The Double Life of Véronique (1991) by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski. The song was Song to the Siren by Cocteau Twins vocalist Elizabeth Fraser. The book was Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation.
Bernardo's Website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/
The Essentia Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHKZdDf09_8vVHm102fu0sg
Bernardo's upcoming book: https://www.amazon.com/Analytic-Idealism-Nutshell-straightforward-metaphysics/dp/1803416696
Discussion Outline:
0:00 The importance of service
7:40 The bourgeoisie capture of culture
12:33 Immanent meaning
25:35 Spiritual but not religious
31:00 Carl Jung and our two stages of life
41:58 Introspection as the royal path to knowledge
48:15 Schopenhauer and the will inside us
54:52 Synchronicity 1:05:03 Religion and science
1:16:58 The world as mind
1:26:10 A book, a movie, and a song
1:31:10 The apple blossom
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William S. Gilbert is doing PhD research on Korean Taoism's syncretic qualities at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea. He completed his Master's in Korean Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University in 2024 and was a graduate research assistant for the Korean Academic Expansion Project.
This is a conversation about Taoism, "Eastern" religions and ways of thought, life, death, god, and the poetry of the Korean scholar Yi Gyu-bo (李奎報).
Discussion Outline
0:00 What is Taoism (도교)?
9:10 What is the Yin Yang (음양)?
22:09 What is Wu-wei (무의)?
32:50 Zen Buddhism (선불교) and Taoism
43:05 The Tao Te Ching (도덕경)
53:20 The Zhuangzi (정자)
1:03:11 Is there such thing as Asian thought?
1:15:52 Does Taoism feature in modern life?
1:29:40 Yi Gyu-bo (이규보)’s poem “In Sickness”
1:45:14 The “Creator” in Taoist thought
2:08:40 Closing thoughts
Will's Website: https://sites.google.com/view/williamgilbert/home
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Cho Ye-won and Jeon Yunseo are students at Seoul Women's University while Park Kyung-hoon (Charlie) studies at Hanyang University. They discuss the best and worst things about living in Seoul, from the safety, the beauty standards, the gender differences, the economic challenges, and much more. They also talk about why some young Koreans want to move abroad.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Do Young People Talk about 탈조선?
3:30 What are Traditional Korean Values?
8:45 What Do Koreans Want from Living Abroad?
19:30 The Best Things About Living in Seoul
27:15 Does Gender Affect Your Life in Korea?
34:45 The Social Gaze (남의 시선) in Korea
37:00 How Do You Feel About Foreigners Coming to Korea?
47:00 Appearance and Personal Colour Tests
55:15 Is Comparison Culture Real?
1:05:55 The Economic Reality of Seoul
1:15:40 Using Korean Titles
1:20:45 The Rise of 평어
1:27:20 Message to People Leaving Korea
1:43:36 Being Gay in Korea
1:48:05 Yewon's Last Message
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Jeanie Chang is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Jeanie is also the Founder and CEO of Noona’s Noonchi, LLC, a global company offering social media platforms providing deep dives into K-Content from a mental health perspective. In Korea to promote her tours and her latest book (How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life), we sat down with her to discuss life, culture, society, identity, and, of course, K-Dramas.
Jeanie's Website: https://noonasnoonchi.com/
Her book: https://www.amazon.com/K-Dramas-Mental-Health-Jeanie-Chang/dp/1394210477
Discussion Outline
0:00 Life in Seoul
5:39 Watching K-Dramas
33:23 Self-Care and Dramas
38:55 Mental Health and Gender
43:10 Antifragility
47:47 Generational Change in Korea
53:06 The Korean American Identity
1:16:40 Military Service and BTS
1:25:33 My Mister (나의 아지씨)
1:37:22 Jeong and Nunchi
1:49:20 Collective Society and Titles
2:01:55 Emotions in Korean Society
2:11:39 Shame and Redemption
2:20:47 K-Pop Idols and Karina's Apology
2:28:41 Is Hallyu's Popularity Declining?
2:47:37 Dr. Slump
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▶ Music: Tokyo Cafe by Tvari
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John DiMoia is Associate Professor of Korean History at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is the author of Reconstructing Bodies: Biomedicine, Health, and Nation-Building in South Korea since 1945 (2013)
Discussion Outline
0:00 What is History?
7:20 Korean Medicine
30:30 Plastic Surgery
39:30 Korea and the Pandemic
57:05 Korean Health
1:00:10 The Joseon Dynasty
1:27:30 Japanese Colonization
1:50:00 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2:09:33 The Division of Korea
2:26:55 Seoul National University
2:36:07 The Future of Korea
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing-Bodies-Biomedicine-Nation-Building-Weatherhead/dp/0804784116
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At the age of sixteen, Anton discovered Taekwondo in his native Germany. From there, he began exploring Buddhism only to be told by a visiting monk that if he wanted to truly understand it, he would have to visit Korea. Anton then embarked on a journey of practice and discovery in Korea in 1994, initially intending to stay for just a year. This conversation took place in 2024, thirty years later.
Anton has regularly appeared on television during his time here. He has also worked as a producer for the German public broadcaster ARD, offered his expertise as a business consultant, taught at a university, and sought to capture the essence of Korean society as a documentary filmmaker. He has also just written a book in Korean, 한국인들의 이상한 행복, which sheds a critical light on many of the country's social problems. This book was what prompted our discussion today.
Anton's Book: https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000001297085
Discussion Outline
0:00 Foundations 1: Taekwondo
11:02 Foundations 2: Buddhism
54:10 The Strange Unhappiness of Korean People
59:17 Education
1:31:27 The Home
1:41:08 Seoul
1:52:22 Korean History
2:23:00 Anton Speaking Korean
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서늘한 여름밤 (Lee Seo-hyun) is a South Korean writer and psychological counseling planner. She received her Master's Degree from the Department of Psychology at Korea University in 2015, and then became a counselor at a large hospital. She soon began drawing and recording her thoughts before then uploading them on the internet. This led to her also starting a popular podcast and authoring 3 different books. In 2017, she established the psychological counseling center ‘Every Mind’. Today, her Instagram and YouTube content reaches countless thousands, providing solace, honesty, and the message for Korean people that, "It's okay".
We spoke with her about her recent appearance on Mark Manson's YouTube video declaring Korean people to be the most depressed in the world. We then spoke about trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, the self, fear of failure, micro aggressions, and much more.
Find her work online
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seobam_breeze/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC7Z6ogmq-3N9KoNACH10Hlg
1-on-1 Coaching: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEruSwPi33wmq9j35_oKaAhg3sfaPC0XoT2siRzQcpwD1ieQ/viewform
Discussion Outline
0:00 Generations of War Trauma
2:05 Is Korea the Most Depressed Country in the World?
8:17 What Does Depression Look Like?
13:40 Who Is Most Susceptible to Depression?
16:10 Why Is Our New Generation More Open to Mental Health?
17:40 Psychotherapy and Trauma
22:25 Minorities and Depression
25:25 Drugs and Mental Health
31:45 Are We Becoming too Fragile?
33:25 서늘한 여름밤's Insta and Online Content
43:10 Ego and the Self
48:10 Perfectionism
52:00 The Steps to Self Compassion
55:30 Our Inner Child
1:00:35 The Public Gaze (남의 시선)
1:04:00 Social Media
1:10:40 Psychological Coaching
1:14:35 Breaking Taboos around Mental Health in SK
1:16:50 AI and Mental Health
1:18:45 Toxic Masculinity
1:24:10 Is it Hard to be a Psychologist?
1:27:33 강박 - Being Obsessive
1:29:53 Childhood
1:35:30 Closing Comments
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In communicating with each other before this conversation, Robert asked me to explain certain aspects of Korean culture to him. If you find yourself frustrated that we sometimes hear more about Korea than his own work, I completely agree with you and apologize. Nevertheless, that was part of what was established. My sense is that he also might have wanted a break from explaining his latest book to everyone. We’ve since realized that we need to look more into the rice production in Korea and I hope that we can find out more of if and how that might have affected Korean culture, particularly in terms of interdependency and human relationships.
I highly recommend his latest book Determined. It genuinely made me rethink much of what I see around me. And, even if you don’t find yourself ultimately convinced by his argument concerning free will, you will still learn lots and be treated to writing that is as comfortable making jokes and never taking itself too seriously as it is explaining the hard science.
Bio: Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery at Stanford University, well-known for his research on stress and behavior in wild baboons, as well as his studies on the physiology of the brain. His approach to understanding the complexities of human behavior has made him a respected figure in both the scientific and popular science communities. His latest book, Determined, argues that it is time for us to remove agency from our behavior and stop attributing praise and blame to people for things over which they often have very little control.
Determined: https://www.amazon.com/Determined-Science-Life-without-Free/dp/0525560971
My favourite lecture from him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRYcSuyLiJk
Discussion Outline
0:00 How Did Korea Get Here?
7:15 Rice Theory of Culture
13:55 Do We Have Free Will?
32:56 Changing Morality
37:00 Birthrates
45:15 Transhumanism?
54:40 Death
1:03:45 Closing Questions
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Tanner Rogers is a 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Winner. His research consists of the literary analysis of fictional texts produced during the Park Chung Hee era (1961-1979), particularly focusing on the development of “space” in its various physical and conceptual forms, and how texts engage with the rapid urbanization and industrialization of cities like Seoul and Incheon during this time.
We spoke about books, life, and Korea.
This episode again featuring Jeon Yunseo
Instagram: @y_jeon_s
Discussion Outline
0:00 Tanner's Introduction to Korea
15:55 The Park Chung-hee Era
40:05 Korean Literature
53:44 The Dwarf (난장이가 쏘아 올린 작은 공)
1:11:08 The Concept of Han
1:18:05 Hwang Sok-yong
1:36:34 Changing Korean Traditions
1:55:50 The Concept of Space
2:12:05 The Urbanization of Korean Space
2:25:35 1970s Korea vs 2024 Korea
2:36:25 Book Recommendations
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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▶ Music: Mindstrap by David Tizzard
▶ Recorded at 허브 36.5: https://www.instagram.com/the_story_from_you/
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Can Korean people speak English? That was the question we explored in this discussion. Three young women studying at Seoul Women's University in South Korea talked about their own experiences of learning a foreign language and how it ultimately became something more than just education or study.
Hyun Minjung is a second-year student in the Department of Child Studies
Eo Gyeongin is a first-year student in the Department of Applied Food System
Jeon Yunseo is a first-year student in the Department of Journalism and Media
This episode again featuring Jeon Yunseo
Find them on Instagram
Yunseo: @y_jeon_s
Minjung: @llovnj
Gyeongin: @djurbyrfish
Discussion Outline
0:00 Encountering English for the First Time
7:50 Was English ever hard?
13:35 What kind of English Accent?
25:45 Learning English in Korea
34:15 Is there a Socio-Economic Aspect to English in Korea?
40:50 Having an English Name?
48:14 Korean Celebrities Speaking English
53:30 Interacting with Foreigners
1:01:20 Swearing in English
1:07:13 Is English more Democratic than Korean?
1:14:28 Would you Date Someone Who can't Speak English?
1:23:00 How to Learn English Online?
1:30:50 Advice for Learning English
1:47:40 Changing Korean Identity
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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▶ Music: Fighting by Disorientalz (https://www.instagram.com/disorientalz/)
▶ Recorded at 허브 36.5: https://www.instagram.com/the_story_from_you/
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ID:Earth is a singer, songwriter, and music producer from Seoul, Korea. She sings about human civilization, existence, birth, and the Earth with her music providing a fantastic backdrop for these explorations. Her latest album Space Station was released on December 12, 2023. We sat down with her to learn more about her music, her life, and being an artist in South Korea.
ID:Earth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamidearth/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCVo9uVMP5JWUfXQh_hUDK0g
Her latest album Space Station: https://www.melon.com/artist/song.htm?artistId=2622503
Discussion Outline*
0:00 The Birth of ID: Earth
14:18 “Aliens”
22:18 Finding a Minimalist Sound
27:18 Being an Artist in South Korea
35:23 “Fire”
41:57 Writing Choruses
48:18 Creating OSTs for Dramas and Movies
1:03:21 “Sky Where You Are”
1:06:40 People’s Brains
1:10:37 ID:Earth’s Favourite Song
1:17:25 What ID:Earth is Listening to These Days
1:21:34 ID:Earth’s Plans for 2024
1:26:00 Advice for Young Artists
1:28:22 Message to the Fans
*Due to copyright reasons on audio platforms, we had to remove the audio of the 3 songs we played in the studio. You can find the tracks on YouTube or anywhere else.This episode again featuring Jeon Yunseo
Find her on Instagram: @y_jeon_s
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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▶ Music: Fighting by Disorientalz (https://www.instagram.com/disorientalz/)
▶ Recorded at 허브 36.5: https://www.instagram.com/the_story_from_you/
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Having just finished a semester teaching 9 different classes at Seoul Women’s University and Hanyang University, I thought I’d end the year sharing some of the theories and thoughts I’ve been exploring with my students. This includes David Matsumoto’s work on culture, Han Byung Chul’s explorations of modernity and psychology, and Mark Fisher’s assertion that we are witnessing the slow cancellation of the future. These three frameworks seem to resonate with the students and, whether they agree with them or not, they all seem to have taken them on-board and understood them.
There was much more I wanted to include here, including the rice theory of culture, explorations of cultural appropriation and pronouns in Korea, multiculturalism, the LGBTGQ community and contact hypothesis, but time got the better of me during the finals season. I’ll return to these again at some point in 2024.
I have a lot of fantastic guests already lined-up for the new year so normal service will resume very shortly. This was just a special little way of saying thank you and Merry Christmas.
Discussion Outline
0:00 David Matsumoto
23:00 Han Byung Chul
42:30 Was Korean Modernity Worth it?
52:55 Mark Fisher
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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▶ Recorded at 허브 36.5: https://www.instagram.com/the_story_from_you/
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Koryo Saram refers to the ethnic Koreans who migrated to the Russian Far East and Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The migration was mainly a result of economic opportunities and political instability in the Korean Peninsula during that period. But beyond the political and historical existence, there are people. Daniil and Yona are two of these people both trying to find their way in modern Korean society. Their identities, language skills, and feelings towards their homeland are very different, yet they relate to each other. With the help of Yunseo, we explored what it means to be a Koryo Saram and discovered much along the way.
Find them online/instagram
Pak Yona: @pkyo1
Daniil: @dnlyeux
Yunseo: @y_jeon_s
고려인 Youth Organization: https://www.instagram.com/ks.youthwave/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
대한고려인협회: https://www.instagram.com/koryosaraminkorea/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Overseas Koreans: https://www.okocc.or.kr/portal_en/global/okf_webzine.do
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introducing the Koryo Saram
25:00 Leaving Moscow: War and Politics
33:15 University and Visas
39:42 Language and Culture
45:30 Appearance and Visuals
53:33 Famous Koryo Saram in Pop Culture
59:20 Multicultural Korea
1:05:00 The Geography of Koryo Saram
1:11:30 North Korea
1:22:50 Misconceptions about Koryo Saram
1:42:50 Final Observations
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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Bart van Genugten is a Dutchman with a passion for people, history, stories, and 분위기 (atmosphere). His recent project, Welcome to my Dong, looks to explore all of Seoul's 467 dongs (neighborhoods) and it has proved incredibly successful online, with millions of views, countless stories, and a host of well wishers. Bart is keeping history alive amidst a rapidly changing urban culture and it is no surprise that many of his greatest fans are Koreans themselves.
During his journey, Bart is also discovering himself. Coming to terms with mental health, online identity, his Dutch family, and his place in Korean society. He is also a published author, cowriting a book (직항은 없다) with his wife, 김휘아, describing his experiences in Pyongyang with his father.
Find Bart online
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iGoBart
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/igobart_/
Discussion
0:00 Korean life and drinking culture
18:10 Welcome to my Dong
42:13 The ethics of filming people
45:10 Online success
1:00:45 The people of Seoul
1:13:00 Does Hallyu help?
1:17:26 North Korea
1:35:55 Subtitles and Content
1:41:49 Working with your wife
1:52:28 Fans of the channel
1:55:53 Mental health
2:06:50 The beauty of Korea
Thanks to 전윤서 for some help with this episode
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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Jasmyn Kim is doing a PhD at Yonsei University in the Department of Sport Industry Studies, she is a pole dance instructor at Tara Pole Dance in Jong-ro, and she also teaches a Yoga course at Yonsei University. Her academic research focuses on body image and the gendered nature of pole dance as a modern Korean fitness phenomenon, and the physical and psychological effects it can have on women. In this conversation, we explore how and why pole dance has become so popular in South Korea and, in the process, transcended the reputation it had in the 1990s.
If I spoke a bit too much during this one, please blame it on the coffee. I'm always working hard to become a better listener, host, and conversationalist, so please be patient with me. I'm trying.Jasmyn Online
- Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jazzyxbelle
- Tara Pole Dance: https://www.instagram.com/tarapoledance
- Academic Research:
https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2022.2138511 https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2022.2132252
Discussion Outline
0:00 Pole dancing
10:00 Why did it get popular?
17:00 Who is pole dancing?
32:50 Cultural aspects of pole
37:00 Academia and the pole
43:05 Gender and Pole Dancing
55:40 Identity and Korea
1:17:25 Yoga
1:38:30 Social media and life
1:50:20 Dealing with body image
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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▶ Music: Savage Penguin by David Tizzard
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