Se-Woong Koo: Grand Narratives, Journalism, and The Korea Exposé | Korea Deconstructed #018
Se-Woong Koo is founder of Korea Exposé. Before joining the media world, Koo earned his PhD from Stanford University for a dissertation examining the intersection of politics and religion in modern Ko...
13 Feb 20222h 9min
Regina Kim: K-Dramas, Netflix, K-Pop, and Anti-Asian Racism | Korea Deconstructed #017
Regina Kim is a Culture and Trends Writer for Netflix. Her articles on the hallyu phenomenon and Korean content have appeared in Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, ELLE, MTV News, Vultur...
5 Feb 20222h 10min
Becky White: The Halfie Project, Korean-ness, and the Modeling Industry | Korea Deconstructed #016
Becky White is a model, a singer, a podcast host, a writer, and countless other things. She is also the daughter of a Korean mother and an American father. Drawing on her own experiences growing up an...
28 Jan 20221h 44min
Lee Taewoong: Korean History, Archival Footage, and KBS Documentaries
Lee Taewoong is a producer for KBS, holding a position in the sports bureau since 2003. After his initial feature lengths explorations of ssiruem, football, and archery, he soon turned to more histori...
15 Jan 20221h 36min
#014 K(Q)ueerness, Soft Masculinity and FanFic in K-pop with Dr. Jungmin Kwon
Dr. Jungmin Kwon is an assistant professor of digital culture and film studies in the School of Film at Portland State University. Her research and teaching interests include digital culture, film and...
8 Jan 20221h 40min
#013 Exploring Sexual Slavery: Memory, Pain, and Compassion with Sylvia Yu Friedman
Growing up, Sylvia rejected her Korean identity and it took her decades to come to terms with it. Her attitude changed when she began writing and researching the tragedy of sexual slavery, particularl...
29 Dec 20211h 6min
#012 The Korean Language, Culture, and Fame with Hyunwoo Sun (TTMIK)
If you've ever tried to learn Korean, there's a really strong chance you did so by listening to Hyunwoo. The founder of Talk To Me In Korean, he has become a leading figure in the language learning co...
14 Dec 202159min
#011 The Hallyu Phenomeon, Economy and Culture, and Korean Identity with Dr. Gyu-tag Lee
Hallyu is not a sudden phenomenon, Dr. Lee says. It's been an international culture since the 1990s. But from about the 2010s, enjoying Korean popular culture for non-Asians has become a new trend in ...
8 Dec 20211h 2min
