EPISODE · Sep 4, 2026 · 34 MIN

Christine Kim

from Transpacific Stories · host Helen Leung

“When I started working on the book I realized that everybody has a story about North Korea in some ways.” Christine Kim talks to me about growing up in the working-class Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale, how stories circulate amongst the Korean diaspora, and the inspiration behind her new book Brutal Fantasies: Imagining North Korea in the Long Cold War (Duke UP, 2025). Find out more about Christine's book Brutal Fantasies. Host: Helen Leung Recorded on June 4, 2025 in Vancouver.

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