Korea's Three Revolutions #046
Philip Turner was appointed New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in March 2018. He is concurrently Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He ha...
4 Feb 20231h 50min
On Korean Civilization #045
Colin Marshall's essays on on cities, language, and culture have appeared in publications like the New Yorker, the Guardian, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, whose Korea Blog he wrote for six year...
24 Jan 20232h 45min
Do You Like K-Pop? #044
Haley Yang is a reporter at the Korea JoongAng Daily where she writes about culture, society, K-pop, and hallyu. This is a long conversation about Korean culture, society, and the people who live and ...
18 Jan 20232h 44min
Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim: Cross-Cultural Psychology and Korean Behavior | Korea Deconstructed #043
This is a conversation about behavioral patterns passed down over generations which then produce real-life manifestations of cultural concepts. We explore the symbiotic relationship between values, be...
27 Dec 20221h 2min
Peter Bint: Being Famous in Korea | Korea Deconstructed #042
Peter Bint is a television and radio personality. With a Korean mother and a British father, he successfully navigates two cultures, building bridges and making friends along the way. He currently hos...
20 Dec 20222h 27min
Dr. Henry Em: When Did Koreans Become Korean? | Korea Deconstructed #041
When did Koreans become Korean? That is the question Dr. Henry Em, Associate Professor of History at Yonsei University, and I started exploring. It wasn't planned. And it was difficult. But by then en...
14 Dec 20222h 34min
Jeon Seoyeon: Education, Feminism, and Kindness | Korea Deconstructed #040
Jeon Seoyeon is a South Korean woman working towards becoming a landscape architect and focused on helping social minorities. We talk about the importance of kindness and how it can affect our lives. ...
21 Nov 20221h 35min
Dr. Mark Peterson: Slavery, Confucianism, and Korean History | Korea Deconstructed #039
Mark Peterson first arrived in Korea in 1965. He then completed a PhD at Harvard University. He is professor emeritus of Korean, Asian and Near Eastern languages at Brigham Young University in Utah. H...
12 Nov 20223h 12min
