Trump, Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung
Rob York is director for regional affairs at Pacific Forum in Honolulu, working on Korean Peninsular security and Indo-Pacific information warfare. He previously worked as production editor at the Sou...
16 Aug 20251h 23min
Ra Jong-yil on Korea: History, Memory, and Presidents
In this episode of Korea Deconstructed, I sit down with Ra Jong-yil, a scholar, diplomat, and influential figure in modern Korean politics. We recorded this conversation in his house in Seoul. Born in...
3 Aug 20251h 40min
Parasocial Love & The Global K-pop Explosion
Italian journalist Marianna Baroli joins me to discuss K-pop, fan culture, parasocial love, and how Korean music is reshaping global identity, especially in Italy. But at what cost? And where do we go...
14 Juli 20251h 18min
Crash Landing on Meaning: Life, Class, and Rediscovery through Korea
Lebanese scholar Rania Hafez joins Korea Deconstructed for a wide-ranging conversation on class, culture, and the search for meaning. Rania reflects on how media pushes culture wars over class solidar...
29 Juni 20251h 55min
Kim Il Sung: The Accidental Tyrant Who Changed Korea Forever
My guest is Fyodor Tertitskiy, a prolific scholar, polyglot, and one of the few who reads the footnotes of history in multiple languages. His new book, Accidental Tyrant, a biography of Kim Il Sung, c...
20 Juni 20251h 57min
Koreans React to the 2025 Presidential Election: What Do Koreans Really Want?
In this episode of Korea Deconstructed, I'm joined by four university students: young people who voted, watched, and waited as South Korea held its most recent presidential election and elected Lee Ja...
8 Juni 20251h 28min
Is Korea Falling Apart? 4 Young Koreans React to "Korea is Over"
A recent viral YouTube video claimed that Korea would soon be extinct. The country transformed negatively by one of the world's lowest birthrates. Change, it suggested, was too late. Four young adults...
18 Maj 20251h 28min
Dividing Korea: Dr. Kornel Chang
Kornel Chang on U.S. Power, Korean Resistance, and the Birth of Division What if Korea's true revolution was never allowed to happen? In this episode, I talk with historian Kornel Chang, author of A F...
10 Maj 20251h 42min
