S19-20, Repisode 3: The Core - "Yes, the North Korean Spy Program was (is?) Real" - a podcast by Berkeley Rep

Yes, the events of THE GREAT WAVE really happened. In this Repisode, lead actress Jo Mei (who plays Hanako) talks with Robert S. Boynton, who wrote the authoritative book about the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens, The Invitation-Only Zone.

THE GREAT WAVE runs September 12–October 27 and tickets are available at berkeleyrep.org.

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Robert S. Boynton is the author of The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project (FSG, 2016) and The New New Journalism (Vintage, 2005) He directs NYU's Literary Reportage program, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nation, and elsewhere. https://www.robertboynton.com/

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