Jeju's Osaka Diaspora: K-Pop and Code Switching in Tsuruhashi - a podcast by The Korea File

On this episode, UCLA PhD candidate in Asian Languages and Cultures Tommy Tran talks about his research concerning Japan’s Korean diaspora, with a focus on Osaka’s 80,000 residents with roots on Jeju Island.

Join us as we discuss dialect code-switching, Halla Mountain botany and shamanic deity worship in a metropolis of 19,000,000 people. This is the 2nd of a two part conversation.

Music on this episode: Hwan Keum-sim's 1989 performance of 'Aldeulhan Dangsin' ( 황금심 - 알뜰한 당신 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D329zrb_P-0

Photo Credit: https://traveldreamscapes.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/japan-osaka-tsuruhashi-koreatown/

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