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The Korea Now Podcast

Interviewing academics, professionals and other experts, Korea Now is a podcast where Jed Lea-Henry digs into historical and current issues relating to the two Koreas.

Jed Lea-Henry's podcast, and other work, can be found at http://www.jedleahenry.org/

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The Korea Now Podcast #123 – Kathryn Weathersby – ‘Moscow’s Fear of Japan and the Division of Korea’ from 2022-06-28T12:19:57

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Kathryn Weathersby. They speak about ‘borderlands’ as places of fear and confrontation, how this phe...

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The Korea Now Podcast #122 – Robert Winstanley-Chesters – ‘The Armstrong Affair and Questions of Authorship in Korean Studies’ from 2022-04-17T08:38:58

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Robert Winstanley-Chesters. They speak about the plagiarism scandal that surrounded Charles Armstron...

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The Korea Now Podcast #121 – Brad Glosserman – ‘War in Ukraine - Implications for East Asia’ from 2022-03-27T09:23:43

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Brad Glosserman. They speak about Russia’s war in Ukraine and its short-to-long term effects for the...

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The Korea Now Podcast #120 – Meredith Shaw – ‘Antagonisms in South Korean Politics - Anti-Japanism vs. Anti-Communism’ from 2022-03-15T00:06

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Meredith Shaw. They speak about Meredith’s new article Godzilla vs Pulgasari: Anti-Japanism and ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #119 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘The Chinese-North Korean Relationship’ from 2022-02-15T00:32:51

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Balázs Szalontai. They speak about China’s controversial role in North Korea’s economic transformati...

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The Korea Now Podcast #118 – Vladimir Tikhonov – ‘Korea’s Socialist Century’ from 2021-12-15T02:46:16

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Vladimir Tikhonov. They speak about the counter-hegemonic role that socialism has played in South Ko...

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The Korea Now Podcast #117 – Terence Roehrig – ‘South Korea’s Maritime Challenges’ from 2021-12-06T01:54:42

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Terence Roehrig. They speak about the issues and challenges that South Korea faces as a maritime nat...

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The Korea Now Podcast #116 – David Tizzard – ‘Squid Game’ from 2021-10-20T00:33:58

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Tizzard. They speak about the Netflix series Squid Game.

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The Korea Now Podcast #115 – Stephen Nagy – ‘The China Challenge’ from 2021-09-20T02:25:49

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Stephen Nagy. They speak about the challenges and implications of the rise of China, the need to cou...

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The Korea Now Podcast #114 (Literature Series) – Youngju Ryu – ‘Torture, Kim Chiha and South Korea’s Difficult Authoritarian Legacy’ from 2021-09-13T09:46:56

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Youngju Ryu. They speak about how modern Korean literature has dealt with the nation’s difficult leg...

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The Korea Now Podcast #113 (Literature Series) – Chizuko Allen – ‘Choe Nam-son - Youth Magazines and Global Korea’ from 2021-09-07T03:05:57

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Chizuko Allen. They speak about the life of Choe Nam-son, the difficulties of publishing during the ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #112 (Literature Series) – Ksenia Chizhova – ‘Women Calligraphers in Late Choson Korea’ from 2021-08-22T00:06:43

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ksenia Chizhova. They speak about the practice of calligraphy in late Choson Korea, the highly aesth...

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The Korea Now Podcast #111 (Literature Series) – Michael Kim – ‘The Trouble with Christian Publishing in Colonial Korea’ from 2021-08-16T06:43:04

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Michael Kim. They speak about the history of the Christian Publishing Company (Changmunsa),...

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The Korea Now Podcast #110 (Literature Series) – Sixiang Wang – ‘The Politics of Language in Early Choson Korea’ from 2021-08-02T11:21:10

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sixiang Wang. They speak about the exchanges between Choson Korea (1392-1910) and Ming China (1368-1...

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The Korea Now Podcast #109 (Literature Series) – Daniel Pieper– ‘Redemption and Regret in the Writings of James Scarth Gale’ from 2021-07-26T02:56:20

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Daniel Pieper. They speak about James Scarth Gale and the significance of his translation work, the ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #108 (Literature Series) – Ross King – ‘Sinographic Cosmopolis’ from 2021-06-29T10:05:15

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ross King. They speak about the landscape of pre-modern Korean literature, the complex ecology of sp...

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The Korea Now Podcast #107 (Literature Series) – Ross King – ‘James Scarth Gale - Life, Translations, and Lost Works’ from 2021-06-20T00:29:27

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ross King. They speak about the life of James Scarth Gale, the significance of Gale’s translation wo...

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The Korea Now Podcast #106 – Hyunhee Park – ‘The History of Soju’ from 2021-05-20T11:03:20

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Hyunhee Park. They speak about Hyunhee’s book Soju: A Global History, the Eurasian roots of...

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The Korea Now Podcast #105 – Ben Young – ‘Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader’ from 2021-04-28T00:40:01

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ben Young. They speak about Ben’s new book Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea an...

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The Korea Now Podcast #104 – Donald Baker – ‘Korean Confucianism’ from 2021-04-19T03:23:24

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Donald Baker. They speak about the history of Korean Confucianism, the rise of Confucianism and the ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #103 – Brad Glosserman – ‘The New National Security Economy’ from 2021-03-28T06:38:06

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Brad Glosserman. They speak about Brad’s recent and ongoing work on the new national security ec...

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The Korea Now Podcast #102 – Thomas Duvernay – ‘Sinmiyangyo - The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea’ from 2021-01-31T09:37:48

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Thomas Duvernay. They speak about Thomas’ new book Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the Un...

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The Korea Now Podcast #101 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton – ‘One Left - The Comfort Women Novel’ from 2021-01-12T01:00:20

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton. They speak about Bruce and Ju-Chan’s translation of Kim Soom’s novel O...

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The Korea Now Podcast #100 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘History of the North Korean Socio-Political System’ from 2021-01-03T10:28:19

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Balázs Szalontai. They speak about the origins and the evolution that occurred with in the North Kor...

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The Korea Now Podcast #99 – Michael Kim – ‘Industrial Warriors and Recognizing Religions - Everyday Life in Colonial Korea’ from 2020-12-27T12:10:17

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Michael Kim. They speak about the arrival and place of Western missionaries in Korea before Japanese...

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The Korea Now Podcast #98 – Albert Park – ‘The History and Politics of Agrarian Life in Korea’ from 2020-12-21T02:31:18

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Albert Park. They speak about the history of agriculture in Korea, the important place that farmers ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #97 – Tycho van der Hoog – ‘North Korea’s Presence in Africa’ from 2020-11-22T10:07:33

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Tycho van der Hoog. They speak about the National Heroes’ Acre monuments in Namibia and Zimbabwe, ho...

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The Korea Now Podcast #96 – John Bocskay – ‘A Walking Tour of the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea’ from 2020-11-15T00:38:02

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with John Bocskay. They take a walking tour of the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan while speaki...

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The Korea Now Podcast #95 – Leighanne Yuh – ‘The Opening of the Late-Choson Dynasty – Confucian Traditions, Kabo Reforms, and the Introduction of Western-Style Learning’ from 2020-11-08T09:09:49

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Leighanne Yuh. They speak about the tumult and geopolitical pressures within the Late-Choson dynasty...

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The Korea Now Podcast #94 – Sean King – ‘German Lessons for Korean Reunification - 30 Year Anniversary’ from 2020-10-03T10:00:08

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sean King. They speak about the long running analogy and lessons that are drawn between German reuni...

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The Korea Now Podcast #93 (Literature Series) – Minsoo Kang – ‘Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min’ from 2020-09-27T00:27:03

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Minsoo Kang. They speak about the Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min, the impo...

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The Korea Now Podcast #92 (Literature Series) – Meredith Shaw – ‘Messages in North Korean Literature’ from 2020-09-20T10:37:41

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Meredith Shaw. They speak about how the North Korean regime deals with and re-interprets “messag...

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The Korea Now Podcast #91 (Literature Series) – Ellie Choi – ‘Yi Kwangsu - From Independence Writer to National Traitor’ from 2020-09-12T23:26:51

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ellie Choi. They speak about the author Yi Kwangsu, his place as an independence writer and his infl...

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The Korea Now Podcast #90 (Literature Series) – Daniel Pieper– ‘Hangul - The History, Evolution and Nationalism of the Korean Language’ from 2020-09-06T05:19:23

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Daniel Pieper. They speak about the Korean script ‘Hangul’, its history and development, th...

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The Korea Now Podcast #89 (Literature Series) – Kim Sunghee – ‘The Narrative of Martyrdom - North Korean Literature in the Early Military-First Age’ from 2020-08-30T12:52:23

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Kim Sunghee. They speak about North Korea’s ‘military-first’ ideology, the historical period from wh...

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The Korea Now Podcast #88 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton – ‘What Is Korean Literature? Part 2’ from 2020-08-23T08:04:43

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Bruce Fulton. They speak about the history of Korean literature, its origins as performative and ora...

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The Korea Now Podcast #87 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton – ‘What Is Korean Literature? Part 1’ from 2020-08-22T02:01:24

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Bruce Fulton. They speak about the history of Korean literature, its origins as performative and ora...

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The Korea Now Podcast #86 (Literature Series) – Janet Lee – ‘The Tale of Chunhyang - Translated by Western Missionaries’ from 2020-08-16T11:39:03

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Janet Yoon-sun Lee. They speak about the Chosŏn-era's ‘Tale of Chunhyang,’ why this story was so pop...

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The Korea Now Podcast #85 (Literature Series) – Brother Anthony of Taizé – ‘Korean Poetry’ from 2020-08-08T12:58:20

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Brother Anthony of Taizé. They speak about the history and origins of Korean poetry, the imagery tha...

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The Korea Now Podcast #84 (Literature Series) – Franklin Rausch – ‘Korean Cinderella - The Story of Changhwa and Hongnyon’ from 2020-07-31T22:30:43

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Franklin Rausch. They speak about the Choson dynasty classic tale ‘The Story of Changhwa and Listen

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The Korea Now Podcast #83 (Literature Series) – Immanuel Kim – ‘Friend - A Novel from North Korea’ from 2020-07-28T02:44:07

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Immanuel Kim. They speak about his translation and analysis of Nam-Nyong Paek’s Friend, the...

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The Korea Now Podcast #82 (Literature Series) – Jerome de Wit – ‘Writing during the Korean War, North and South’ from 2020-07-18T23:23:52

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jerome de Wit. They speak about literature during the Korean War period, the writers that worked on ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #81 (Literature Series) – Janet Poole – ‘Literature in Late Colonial Korea’ from 2020-07-12T08:15:20

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Janet Poole. They speak about Korean literature in the late-colonial period, the unique group of wri...

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The Korea Now Podcast #80 (Literature Series) – Ross King – ‘Korean-to-English Literary Translation - A Critical Examination’ from 2020-07-05T00:11:10

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ross King. They speak about the landscape of Korean-to-English literary translation, the rise in int...

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The Korea Now Podcast #79 (Literature Series) – Ayse Naz Bulamur – ‘Love as a Contact Zone - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee’ from 2020-06-28T12:23:42

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ayse Naz Bulamur. They speak about Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee, the different analytical...

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The Korea Now Podcast #78 (Literature Series) – Minsoo Kang – ‘The Story of Hong Gildong’ from 2020-06-21T08:48:36

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Minsoo Kang. They speak about The Story of Hong Gildong, the importance of this story in bo...

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The Korea Now Podcast #77 – Ben Young – ‘The 1976 DMZ Axe Murder Incident - Emotion, Anger and Fear in American-North Korean Relations’ from 2020-06-14T02:48:32

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ben Young. They speak about the 1976 Axe Murder Incident inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the ge...

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The Korea Now Podcast #76 – Jay Song – ‘North Korean Defector Activists’ from 2020-06-08T01:59:04

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jay Song. They speak about the North Korean defector community, the importance of their voices and a...

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The Korea Now Podcast #75 – Stephen Nagy – ‘Coronavirus and East Asia - Investigations, Coercion and Middle Power Alliances’ from 2020-05-31T11:35:23

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Stephen Nagy. They speak about the impact of coronavirus on East Asia, how the crisis has affected r...

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The Korea Now Podcast #74 – Sandra Fahy – ‘Dying for Rights in North Korea, Part 2 - The Denials’ from 2020-05-25T00:50:08

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sandra Fahy. They speak about the second half of Sandra’s new book ‘Dying for Rights: Putting North ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #73 – Sandra Fahy – ‘Dying for Rights in North Korea, Part 1 - The Crimes’ from 2020-05-20T04:24:56

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sandra Fahy. They speak about the first half of Sandra’s new book ‘Dying for Rights: Putting North K...

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The Korea Now Podcast #72 – Donald Baker – ‘The Religious Landscape in South Korea’ from 2020-05-12T02:25:16

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Donald Baker. They speak about the history of religion on the Korean peninsula, the rise and place h...

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The Korea Now Podcast #71 – Geoffrey Cain – ‘The Republic of Samsung’ from 2020-04-19T11:09:13

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Geoffrey Cain. They speak about the origins and foundation of Samsung, its expansion into becoming a...

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The Korea Now Podcast #70 – Nianshen Song – ‘Between Choson and Qing - Mt Paektu, the Tumen River, and “No Man’s Land”’ from 2020-04-12T13:26:51

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Nianshen Song. They speak about the history of the border region between Choson Korea and Qing China...

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The Korea Now Podcast #69 – Anders Riel Müller – ‘The Story of Korean Beef - Nationalism, Myth-Building and Anti-Americanism’ from 2020-04-06T02:39:06

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Anders Riel Müller. They speak about the history of beef and cattle on the Korean peninsula, the his...

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The Korea Now Podcast #68 – Erwin Tan – ‘Researching North Korea – Source Triangulation Methodology’ from 2020-03-24T01:46:14

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Erwin Tan. They speak about how to conduct research in the social sciences, the difficulty of conduc...

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The Korea Now Podcast #67 – Kathryn Weathersby – ‘The 1988 Seoul Olympics - Terrorism, Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War’ from 2020-02-26T11:14:17

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Kathryn Weathersby. They speak about the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games, its origins and the bidding proce...

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The Korea Now Podcast #66 – Brad Glosserman – ‘Peak Japan’ from 2020-02-14T01:00:56

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Brad Glosserman. They speak about Brad’s new book ‘Peak Japan: The End of Great Ambitions’,...

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The Korea Now Podcast #65 – Emma Campbell – ‘The New Nationalism of South Korea’ from 2020-02-05T00:30:29

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Emma Campbell. They speak about frameworks and methodologies for understanding national identity, th...

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The Korea Now Podcast #64 – Andrew Logie – ‘Korean Pseudo-history’ from 2020-01-01T22:49:39

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Andrew Logie. They speak about the epidemic of Korean pseudo-history, how Korean history has been co...

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The Korea Now Podcast #63 – Sharon Yoon– ‘Korean Enclaves in China’ from 2019-12-26T13:48:46

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sharon Yoon. They speak about the historical migration of Korean communities into China, how these m...

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The Korea Now Podcast #62 – Merose Hwang – ‘Shamanism in 1920s Korea - Gender, Transgenderism and Colonial Drag’ from 2019-12-21T06:31:11

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Merose Hwang. They speak about the efforts to assimilate Korean Shamanism during the colonial period...

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The Korea Now Podcast #61 – Merose Hwang – ‘Korean Shamanism in the Colonial Period’ from 2019-12-16T11:22:49

*** Correction: In the audio of this podcast I mistakenly referred to Merose Whang as an “Assistant Professor”, it should instead be ‘Associate Professor’; I also mistakenly referred to “Hir...

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The Korea Now Podcast #60 – Vladimir Tikhonov – ‘Korean Ethno-Nationalism’ from 2019-11-20T23:59:36

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Vladimir Tikhonov. They speak about Ethno-nationalism in Korea (Minjok), its origins in the...

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The Korea Now Podcast #59 – Steven Lee – ‘The Korean Armistice and the Making of War, 1953-1976’ from 2019-11-06T23:37:36

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Steven Lee. They speak about the Korean armistice agreement, how the Korean War and its end affected...

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The Korea Now Podcast #58 – Erik Mobrand – ‘South Korea's Democratic Transformation - Limited Pluralism, Party Law, Political Incorporation, and the Shadow of Authoritarianism’ from 2019-10-22T13:58:15

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Erik Mobrand. They speak about the authoritarian origins of Sout...

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The Korea Now Podcast #57 – Liora Sarfati – ‘Public Dissent, Mass Mobilization and Street Protests in South Korea’ from 2019-10-13T13:31:02

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Liora Sarfati. They speak about the protests that arose from the Sewol tragedy, the broader social i...

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The Korea Now Podcast #56 – Joe Phillips – ‘Communities, Rights and Activism - The LGBTQ+ Landscape in South Korea’ from 2019-10-06T10:51:46

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Joe Phillips. They speak about the landscape of LGBTQ rights in South Korea, the absence of legal pr...

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The Korea Now Podcast #55 – Edward Reed – ’25 Years of Food Insecurity - Agricultural Failure in North Korea’ from 2019-09-29T13:39:18

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Edward Reed. They speak about the North Korean famine years in the mid-1990s, the conditions that cl...

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The Korea Now Podcast #54 – Gregg Brazinsky – ‘Nation Building, America, and Cold War Rivalries’ from 2019-09-08T13:40:39

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Gregg Brazinsky. They speak about the Cold War period, the Sino-American rivalry at this time, the c...

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The Korea Now Podcast #53 – Jeffrey Robertson – ‘Watching the Watchers - Analysing Policy Discourse on North Korea’ from 2019-09-04T11:20:48

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jeffrey Robertson. They speak about the North Korea Watcher community, what they do and how they ope...

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The Korea Now Podcast #52 – Brendan Wright – ‘Memory Politics from the Korean Civil War Period (1948-1960)’ from 2019-08-09T01:27:59

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Brendan Wright. They speak about the Korean Civil War period (1948-1960), the government orchestrate...

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The Korea Now Podcast #51 – Albert Park – ‘The Rise of Christianity in Modern Korea’ from 2019-07-30T13:04:42

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Albert Park. They speak about the religious landscape in ancient Korea, the places for Buddhism, Neo...

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The Korea Now Podcast #50 – Alon Levkowitz – ‘The Two Koreas, Israel and the Middle East’ from 2019-07-22T12:55:44

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Alon Levkowitz. They speak about the relationships between the two Koreas and the Middle East, the s...

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The Korea Now Podcast #49 – David Tizzard – ‘Nietzsche, Korea, and Social Change’ from 2019-07-18T02:02:25

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Tizzard. They speak about the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, specific concepts such as the...

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The Korea Now Podcast #48 – Peter Banseok Kwon – ‘Rich Nation, Strong Military - National Development under Park Chung-hee’ from 2019-07-10T01:57:18

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Peter Banseok KWON. They speak about the origins of South Korean “self-reliant national defence<...

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The Korea Now Podcast #47 – Brad Glosserman – ‘The Future of Japan-Korea-America Trilateralism’ from 2019-06-09T07:58:50

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Brad Glosserman. They speak about the history of the South Korea-Japan relationship, how issues of h...

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The Korea Now Podcast #46 – Lee Seong-hyon – ‘China's Strategy on the Korean Peninsula’ from 2019-06-04T01:21:21

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Lee Seong-hyon. They speak about the history of China’s relationship with the Korean peninsula, how ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #45 – George Lopez – ‘The Effectiveness of North Korean Sanctions’ from 2019-05-20T11:48:02

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with George Lopez. They speak about the theory behind the application of sanctions, the history of sancti...

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The Korea Now Podcast #44 – Jamie Doucette&Seung-Ook Lee – ‘Korean Extra-Territoriality - The Kaesong Industrial Complex and Beyond’ from 2019-04-29T00:26:22

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jamie Doucette and Seung-Ook Lee. They speak about the conceptual ideas behind the Kaesong Industria...

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The Korea Now Podcast #43 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘Memory, Responsibility and Reconciliation - From the Korean War to Denuclearization’ from 2019-04-20T05:11:38

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Balázs Szalontai. They speak about how memories of the Korean War have changed – or stayed the same ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #42 – Alexander Dukalskis – ‘From Above and Below - North Korea’s Brand of Authoritarianism’ from 2019-04-12T11:44:39

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Alexander Dukalskis. They spea...

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The Korea Now Podcast #41 – Sean King – ‘From Singapore to Vietnam - The Future of Summit Diplomacy’ from 2019-04-07T09:25:10

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sean King. They speak about th...

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The Korea Now Podcast #40 – Andrew Scobell – ‘In the Shadow of a Rising China’ from 2019-03-28T09:49:11

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Andrew Scobell. They speak about the rise of China, its expanding militarism in Southeast Asia, the ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #39 – Stephen Nagy – ‘Regionalism, Failed Summits and the View from Japan’ from 2019-03-16T13:14:51

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Stephen Nagy. They speak about...

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The Korea Now Podcast #38 – Bruce Bennett – ‘Pathways to Korean Reunification’ from 2019-02-23T09:24:07

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Bruce Bennett. They speak about the various pathways to Korean reunification, the likelihood of this...

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The Korea Now Podcast #37 – Boris Kondoch – ‘The Use of Force and North Korea - International Law, Normative Practice and R2P’ from 2019-02-16T08:31:57

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Boris Kondoch. They speak about the legal foundations of the use of force in international law, the ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #36 – Meredith Shaw – ‘The Strong and Prosperous Nation - Understanding North Korea through its Literature’ from 2019-02-10T01:09:13

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Meredith Shaw. They speak about the importance of studying North Korean literature, the insight this...

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The Korea Now Podcast #35 – Terence Roehrig – ‘Nuclear Umbrella - American Military Commitment to the Korean Peninsula’ from 2019-01-04T03:25:35

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Terence Roehrig. They speak about the Cold War origins of America’s nuclear umbrella, how this nucle...

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The Korea Now Podcast #34 – Tim Shorrock – ‘Gwangju Declassified - American Involvement in the Uprising’ from 2018-12-27T04:18:09

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Tim Shorrock. They speak about the atmosphere leading up to the Gwangju Uprising, how the events unf...

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The Korea Now Podcast #33 – Joseph Juhn– ‘Exodus, Identity and Revolution - The History of Koreans in Cuba’ from 2018-12-15T08:13:34

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Joseph Juhn. They speak about ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #32 – Paul Kyumin Lee – ‘Divided Relatives, Defector Communities and Family Reunions’ from 2018-12-06T11:36:38

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Paul Kyumin Lee. They speak ab...

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The Korea Now Podcast #31 – Terence Roehrig – ‘Conflict at Sea - The Korean Northern Limit Line’ from 2018-12-02T03:11:33

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Terence Roehrig. They speak about the history of the Northern Limit Line that delineates the ocean b...

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The Korea Now Podcast #30 – Joseph Wright – ‘The Nature of North Korea’s Autocracy’ from 2018-11-25T11:23:09

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Joseph Wright. They speak about the nature of North Korea’s autocratic regime, its unique longevity,...

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The Korea Now Podcast #29 – Jieun Baek – ‘Information and Change in North Korea’ from 2018-11-20T12:03:40

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jieun Baek. They speak about the information landscape inside North Korea, the limitations and punis...

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The Korea Now Podcast #28 – Clint Work – ‘Operational Control (OPCON), Troop Withdrawals and the Carter Years’ from 2018-11-10T14:53:38

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Clint Work. They speak about the history of Operational Control (OPCON) between South Korean and Ame...

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The Korea Now Podcast #27 – Sam Wells – ‘The Decision for War in Korea - Stalin, Mao and Kim’ from 2018-10-30T03:41:19

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sam Wells. They speak about th...

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The Korea Now Podcast #26 – Daniel Wertz – ‘Talking to North Korea - A History of Nuclear Diplomacy’ from 2018-10-25T04:18:45

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Daniel Wertz. They speak about the history of North Korea’s nuclear program, how this program has ev...

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The Korea Now Podcast #25 – Urs Gerber – ‘Monitoring the Peace inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone’ from 2018-10-20T13:51:51

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with retired Maj...

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The Korea Now Podcast #24 – Ned Forney – ‘Operation Christmas Cargo - The Hungnam Evacuation’ from 2018-10-15T12:58:58

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ned Forney. They speak about t...

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The Korea Now Podcast #23 – Matt VanVolkenburg – ‘1960’s-70’s Youth Culture in South Korea and its Suppression’ from 2018-09-23T11:00:39

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Matt VanVolkenburg. They speak...

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The Korea Now Podcast #22 – Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein – ‘Surveillance, Control and Change - The North Korean Economy’ from 2018-09-09T14:32:27

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein. ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #21 – Michael Kirby – ‘Human Rights in North Korea - Looking Back on the Commission of Inquiry’ from 2018-08-30T03:11:25

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The Korea Now Podcast #20 – Sandra Fahy – ‘The Language of Suffering - Life and Struggle during the North Korean Famine’ from 2018-08-26T07:25:46

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Sandra Fahy. They speak about the North Korean famine of the mid-to-late 1990’s, the stories told ab...

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The Korea Now Podcast #19 – Scott LaFoy – ‘A Silent Conflict - North Korea’s Cyber Warfare’ from 2018-08-20T03:35:41

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Scott LaFoy. They speak about the background of North Korea’s warfighting capabilities, their develo...

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The Korea Now Podcast #18 – William Mako – ‘The IMF in Korea - Crash, Crisis and Recovery’ from 2018-08-11T13:54:01

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with William Mako. They speak about...

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The Korea Now Podcast #17 – Kathryn Weathersby – ‘Dividing Korea - Politics, War and Fear’ from 2018-07-28T10:45:16

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Kathryn Weathersby. They speak...

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The Korea Now Podcast #16 – Alexis Dudden – ‘Dokdo or Takeshima - The Ruse of History’ from 2018-07-15T03:39:12

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Alexis Dudden. They speak about the ongoing island dispute between Korea and Japan over Dokdo/Takesh...

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The Korea Now Podcast #15 – Robert Boynton – ‘State Sponsored Kidnapping - The Story of North Korea’s Abduction Project’ from 2018-07-06T15:46:44

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Robert Boynton. They speak about the North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens beginning in the la...

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The Korea Now Podcast #14 – David Mason – ‘The Origins and Ends of Korean Buddhism’ from 2018-06-30T10:21:12

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Mason. They speak about ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #13 – Laurel Kendall – ‘Korean Shamans – Supernatural Capitalism’ from 2018-06-25T04:13:23

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Laurel Kendall. They speak about Laurel’s anthropological field work since the late 1970’s with Kore...

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The Korea Now Podcast #12 – Jonson Porteux – ‘The Korean Mafia – Violent State Builders’ from 2018-06-22T12:48:20

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jonson Porteux. They speak abo...

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The Korea Now Podcast #11 – Bruce Bennett – ‘Getting Ready for Unification – The Problem of the North Korean Elite’ from 2018-06-02T15:39:45

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Bruce Bennett. They speak about the prospect of Korean reunification, the scenarios under which this...

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The Korea Now Podcast #10 – Ben Young – ‘Friends in Strange Places - Cold War Allies’ from 2018-05-11T14:15:40

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ben Young. ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #9 – David Fields – Activism, Diplomacy and Division - The Early Years of Syngman Rhee (Pre-1945)’ from 2018-05-08T10:28:25

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Fields. Discussing the lesser known, but foundational early period of Syngman Rhee’s life – So...

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The Korea Now Podcast #8 – Daniel Sneider – ‘Summit Talks – A Peace That Leads To War’ from 2018-04-29T05:22:53

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Daniel Sneider. In the wake of the Inter-Korean summit, they speak about the dangers inherent in suc...

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The Korea Now Podcast #7 – Steven Borowiec – ‘The Sewol Disaster – Exposing the Cracks in Korean Society’ from 2018-04-21T12:17:33

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Steven Borowiec. On the four year anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster, they speak about the even...

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The Korea Now Podcast #6 – Leszek Buszynski – ‘Negotiating with North Korea – The Six Party Talks’ from 2018-04-16T12:10:30

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Leszek Buszynski. They speak about the history of North Korea’s nuclear program and the collapse of ...

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The Korea Now Podcast #5 – Steven Denney – ‘Korean Nationalism’ from 2018-04-01T13:40:33

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Steven Denn...

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The Korea Now Podcast #4 – Mitchell Lerner – ‘Capturing the Pueblo’ from 2018-03-16T14:45:18

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Mitchell Lerner. They speak about the 1968 capture of the USS Pueblo, an American spy ship, in inter...

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