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The Korea Now Podcast

by Jed Lea-Henry

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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  1. The Korea Now Podcast #123 – Kathryn Weathersby – 'Moscow's Fear of Japan and the Division of Korea'

    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 phenomenon impacted Russian involvement in the great power struggle over Korea prior to its seizure by…

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  2. The Korea Now Podcast #122 – Robert Winstanley-Chesters – 'The Armstrong Affair and Questions of Authorship in Korean Studies'

    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 Armstrong and his book 'Tyranny of the Weak', the nature of the plagiarism and academic corruption involved…

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  3. The Korea Now Podcast #121 – Brad Glosserman – 'War in Ukraine - Implications for East Asia'

    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 East Asian region. Brad Glosserman is both the Deputy Director of, and Visiting Professor at, the Tama...

  4. The Korea Now Podcast #120 – Meredith Shaw – 'Antagonisms in South Korean Politics - Anti-Japanism vs. Anti-Communism'

    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 Anti-Communism as Dueling Antagonisms in South Korean Politics Godzilla vs Pulgasari: Anti-Japanism and...

  5. The Korea Now Podcast #119 – Balázs Szalontai – 'The Chinese-North Korean Relationship'

    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 transformation, Chinese involvement in planning for a potential second Korean war (1965-1967), Chinese attitudes...

  6. The Korea Now Podcast #118 – Vladimir Tikhonov – 'Korea's Socialist Century'

    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 Korea, the history of socialism across the Korean peninsula, the often quiet impact that socialism has…

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  7. The Korea Now Podcast #117 – Terence Roehrig – 'South Korea's Maritime Challenges'

    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 nation. Terence Roehrig is a Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, the...

  8. The Korea Now Podcast #116 – David Tizzard – 'Squid Game'

    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. David Tizzard has a Ph.D. in Korean Studies. He is a social/cultural commentator and musician who has lived in Korea for nearly two decades....

  9. The Korea Now Podcast #115 – Stephen Nagy – 'The China Challenge'

    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 counter this with Indo-Pacific strategic planning, the geopolitical issues surrounding trade and…

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  10. The Korea Now Podcast #114 (Literature Series) – Youngju Ryu – 'Torture, Kim Chiha and South Korea's Difficult Authoritarian Legacy'

    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 legacy of authoritarian violence and suppression, how torture and the morality/immorality attached to it…

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  11. The Korea Now Podcast #113 (Literature Series) – Chizuko Allen – 'Choe Nam-son - Youth Magazines and Global Korea'

    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 Japanese colonial era, the youth magazines that he managed to launch and distribute at this time, the...

  12. The Korea Now Podcast #112 (Literature Series) – Ksenia Chizhova – 'Women Calligraphers in Late Choson Korea'

    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 aestheticized craft and the social importance attached to it, the differences between traditionally male and...

  13. The Korea Now Podcast #111 (Literature Series) – Michael Kim – 'The Trouble with Christian Publishing in Colonial Korea'

    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), the difficulties of operating during the Japanese colonial period, the complexities of the colonial publishing...

  14. The Korea Now Podcast #110 (Literature Series) – Sixiang Wang – 'The Politics of Language in Early Choson Korea'

    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 (1368-1644), the Korean envoys and interpreters who mediated between the two dynasties, the need of these...

  15. The Korea Now Podcast #109 (Literature Series) – Daniel Pieper– 'Redemption and Regret in the Writings of James Scarth Gale'

    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 extraordinary upheaval and change that he witnessed as a missionary in late-Choson Korea, how he saw…

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  16. The Korea Now Podcast #108 (Literature Series) – Ross King – 'Sinographic Cosmopolis'

    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 spoken and written language that existed, the broader East Asian cultural formation of which Korea was a...

  17. The Korea Now Podcast #107 (Literature Series) – Ross King – 'James Scarth Gale - Life, Translations, and Lost Works'

    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 work and how it fit-in with his missionary duties, the libraries of Korean literature that he amassed…

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  18. The Korea Now Podcast #106 – Hyunhee Park – 'The History of Soju'

    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 distilled liquors with arak and shaojiu, the Mongol origins of soju and the technology transfers to…

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  19. The Korea Now Podcast #105 – Ben Young – 'Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader'

    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 and the Third World, how and why North Korea sought allies around the Third World during the Cold War period,...

  20. The Korea Now Podcast #104 – Donald Baker – 'Korean Confucianism'

    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 'privatization' of Buddhism in the Chosŏn dynasty, what differentiates Korean from Chinese…

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  21. The Korea Now Podcast #103 – Brad Glosserman – 'The New National Security Economy'

    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 economy, the changing global realities and how countries will need to adapt, the importance that governments...

  22. The Korea Now Podcast #102 – Thomas Duvernay – 'Sinmiyangyo - The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea'

    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 United States and Korea, the historical background and context of the battle, the original misunderstandings...

  23. The Korea Now Podcast #101 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton – 'One Left - The Comfort Women Novel'

    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 One Left, the difficult subject matter of Korean comfort women and how the author deals with this, the...

  24. The Korea Now Podcast #100 – Balázs Szalontai – 'History of the North Korean Socio-Political System'

    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 Korean socio-political system from 1945 to 1994 with the death of Kim Il-sung, the impact of Japanese...

  25. The Korea Now Podcast #99 – Michael Kim – 'Industrial Warriors and Recognizing Religions - Everyday Life in Colonial Korea'

    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 colonisation, the confrontations and accommodations that occurred between the missionaries and the...

  26. The Korea Now Podcast #98 – Albert Park – 'The History and Politics of Agrarian Life in Korea'

    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 traditionally held within the economy and the society, what agrarian life in Korea has looked like and...

  27. The Korea Now Podcast #97 – Tycho van der Hoog – 'North Korea's Presence in Africa'

    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, how these North Korean-built monuments ended up there, the history and extent of such North Korean...

  28. The Korea Now Podcast #96 – John Bocskay – 'A Walking Tour of the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea'

    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 speaking about the construction and maintenance of the cemetery, the design and its purpose, the important...

  29. 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'

    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, the growing influence of foreign powers, the forced opening of the country to international trade…

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  30. The Korea Now Podcast #94 – Sean King – 'German Lessons for Korean Reunification - 30 Year Anniversary'

    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 reunification and the hopes of Korean reunification, the origins and causes of each division, the impact and...

  31. The Korea Now Podcast #93 (Literature Series) – Minsoo Kang – 'Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min'

    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 importance of this story in both Korean history and continuing into the present day, the historical context of the...

  32. The Korea Now Podcast #92 (Literature Series) – Meredith Shaw – 'Messages in North Korean Literature'

    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 "messages" from other countries and international institutions, what the state-produced literature that deals with...

  33. The Korea Now Podcast #91 (Literature Series) – Ellie Choi – 'Yi Kwangsu - From Independence Writer to National Traitor'

    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 influence on the March First anti-Japanese demonstrations, the style of writing he employed and the themes...

  34. The Korea Now Podcast #90 (Literature Series) – Daniel Pieper– 'Hangul - The History, Evolution and Nationalism of the Korean Language'

    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, the terminology and influences from Japan and China, the way in which language became a symbol of national pride…

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  35. The Korea Now Podcast #89 (Literature Series) – Kim Sunghee – 'The Narrative of Martyrdom - North Korean Literature in the Early Military-First Age'

    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 which it emerged, what the ideology entails, the transformation that took place in the minds of everyday...

  36. The Korea Now Podcast #88 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton – 'What Is Korean Literature? Part 2'

    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 oral works, the lyrical songs of the Koryo period, an overview of classical Korean literature, how the…

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  37. The Korea Now Podcast #87 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton – 'What Is Korean Literature? Part 1'

    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 oral works, the lyrical songs of the Koryo period, an overview of classical Korean literature, how the…

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  38. The Korea Now Podcast #86 (Literature Series) – Janet Lee – 'The Tale of Chunhyang - Translated by Western Missionaries'

    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 popular at the time and why it remains so today, the portrayal of social stratification within this novel,...

  39. The Korea Now Podcast #85 (Literature Series) – Brother Anthony of Taizé – 'Korean Poetry'

    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 that is often used by Korean poets, the structure and form that Korean poetry follows, the difficulties…

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  40. The Korea Now Podcast #84 (Literature Series) – Franklin Rausch – 'Korean Cinderella - The Story of Changhwa and Hongnyon'

    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 Hongnyon', the origins of this story in the 17th century, its popularity and the subject matter, how the story...

  41. The Korea Now Podcast #83 (Literature Series) – Immanuel Kim – 'Friend - A Novel from North Korea'

    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 context in which the novel was first published in North Korea, the change that literature like this was trying…

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  42. The Korea Now Podcast #82 (Literature Series) – Jerome de Wit – 'Writing during the Korean War, North and South'

    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 both sides of the battlelines, the formation of war ideology, the institutionalisation of the process,...

  43. The Korea Now Podcast #81 (Literature Series) – Janet Poole – 'Literature in Late Colonial Korea'

    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 writers that emerged at this time, how they dealt with both censorship and the feeling of inevitability...

  44. The Korea Now Podcast #80 (Literature Series) – Ross King – 'Korean-to-English Literary Translation - A Critical Examination'

    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 interest over the past few years and support for the practice, how such translation can be taught and the...

  45. The Korea Now Podcast #79 (Literature Series) – Ayse Naz Bulamur – 'Love as a Contact Zone - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee'

    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 interpretations of the novel, the importance of the text and how people have come to understand it over time…

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  46. The Korea Now Podcast #78 (Literature Series) – Minsoo Kang – 'The Story of Hong Gildong'

    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 both Korean history and continuing into the present day, the origins of the Hong Gildong character in the Joseon...

  47. The Korea Now Podcast #77 – Ben Young – 'The 1976 DMZ Axe Murder Incident - Emotion, Anger and Fear in American-North Korean Relations'

    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 geopolitical context in which this happened, the history of conflict between America and North Korea, the...

  48. The Korea Now Podcast #76 – Jay Song – 'North Korean Defector Activists'

    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 activism in applying pressure to the regime in Pyongyang over the country's human rights violations, how...

  49. The Korea Now Podcast #75 – Stephen Nagy – 'Coronavirus and East Asia - Investigations, Coercion and Middle Power Alliances'

    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 relationships in the region, the opportunities that it originally presented for deeper cooperation, the...

  50. The Korea Now Podcast #74 – Sandra Fahy – 'Dying for Rights in North Korea, Part 2 - The Denials'

    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 Korea's Human Rights Abuses on the Record', the response from North Korea to significant human rights...

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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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