Koryo-saram and the Korean Diaspora (with Nathalie M Kwon) #137
Nathalie Marver-Kwon is a visiting researcher at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies who studies inbound immigration from the Korean diaspora. Nathalie's substack: https://nathaliemk.substack.com/ Di...
12 Syys 1h 6min
Jeju Island and the Haenyeo of Korea (Kylie Genter) #136
Korea is a country of skyscrapers and semiconductors, but if you go south, far south, you find a different version of the country. you find Jeju Island and the Haenyeo (해녀). They are women who have ou...
6 Syys 1h 5min
The Goryeo Dynasty and the Samguk Yusa | Dr. Remco Breuker #134
Dr. Remco Breuker, one of the world's leading scholars of pre-modern Korea, joins us to explore the Samguk Yusa, a treasure trove of Korean myth, history, and folklore. We dive into the kingdom of Gor...
10 Elo 1h 19min
South Korea's First Five Presidents Explained | Jihoon Suk
South Korea's first presidents are often remembered as either heroes or villains. But history is rarely that simple. Historian Jihoon Suk joins Korea Deconstructed to explore the country's first five ...
24 Heinä 1h 46min
Why Confucianism Isn't a Religion (And Why That Matters for Korea) | Dr. David Tizzard #132
When we think of Confucianism in the West, we often box it into a category alongside world religions like Christianity or Buddhism: a neat, systematic philosophy created by a single figure. But as I'v...
25 Kesä 37min
Myths, Stories, and the Origins of Korean Civilization and History | Dr. Minsoo Kang #131
Dr. Minsoo Kang is a historian and writer. Currently, he is an associate professor of European intellectual history in the Department of History at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Find Minsoo an...
30 Touko 2h
Who Was Ahn Chang Ho (안창호)? | Conversation with His Grandson Philip Ahn Cuddy (#130)
Who was Ahn Chang-ho, and what is the real legacy of one of Korea's most revered independence activists? In this episode of Korea Deconstructed, we sit down with his grandson, Philip Ahn Cuddy, to exp...
24 Touko 1h 27min
