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Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions: The Roots of Modern Korean (U Toronto Press, 2026) traces the emergence of vernacular Korean as a distinct subject of study in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Centering on school textbooks... more

Jerome Sauvage served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in North Korea from 2009 to 2013.

In this capacity, he was the most senior UN official in North Korea during one ... more

Not Everything Unfolds as Anticipated: Selections from Yi Kyubo’s Tongguk Yi Sangguk Chip (University of Hawaii Press, 2026) comprises translations of poems, tales, letters, epitaphs, and funeral orations by Yi Kyubo (1168–1241), the foremost writer ... more

n this podcast, North Korean refugees who visited the University of Bradford share their harrowing experiences of life in North Korea, escape, and the challenges of building new lives in freedom. They are supported by Freedom Speakers International (... more

What do the people closest to power really think about the system they serve? That’s perhaps one of the most important questions one could ask about North Korea, still one of the world’s least understood countries.

Today, we’re joined by Jieun Baek,... more

Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive

(Cornell University Press, 2026) by Dr. Edward Goldring delves into one

of the key tactics that autocrats deploy to maintain power: the removal

of individuals from within the regime.

From Kim Jong Un's

exe... more

Today we're looking at a book that fills a gap that has existed for a long time. Korean Buddhism: Selected Readings from Primary Texts (U Hawaii Press, 2026), edited by Jin Park and Sumi Lee and published this year by the University of Hawai'i Press... more

Of the two Koreas, it is the South which appears much the more Christian today, with all major cities dotted with church spires and illuminated crosses. But a century ago it was the northern half of the peninsula that was the more established home fo... more

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Daniel Pieper
Korea Foundation Lecturer in Korean Studies specializing in modern Korean language and literary history
Monash University
Episode: Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions: The Roots of Modern Korean with Daniel Pieper (U Toronto Press, 2026)
Remco E Breuker
Professor of Korean Studies at Leiden University
Leiden University
Episode: Remco E Breuker, "Not Everything Unfolds as Anticipated: Selections from Yi Kyubo’s Tongguk Yi Sangguk Chip" (U Hawaii Press, 2026)
Casey Lartigue
Co-founder of Freedom Speakers International (FSI)
Freedom Speakers International, Seoul
Episode: Voices from North Korea: Refugees Tell Their Stories
Eunkoo Lee
Co-founder of Freedom Speakers International
Freedom Speakers International
Episode: Voices from North Korea: Refugees Tell Their Stories
Yuna Jeong (Yuna)
North Korean defector, public speaker, and TV figure
FSI participant and speaker
Episode: Voices from North Korea: Refugees Tell Their Stories
Jieun Baek
Author of Privileged But Powerless, Scholar of authoritarian governance
Yale University Press / North Korea studies
Episode: Jieun Baek, "Privileged But Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime’s Greatest Weakness" (Yale UP, 2026)
Edward Goldring
Author of Purges, How Dictators Fight to Survive (Cornell University Press, 2026)
University of Melbourne
Episode: Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Jin Park
Editor and scholar of Korean Buddhism
Dongguk University? (mentioned as editor of volume)
Episode: Jin Y. Park and Sumi Lee eds., "Korean Buddhism: Selected Readings from Primary Texts" (U Hawaii Press, 2026)
Sumi Lee
Editor and professor of Korean Buddhism
Ewha Womans University
Episode: Jin Y. Park and Sumi Lee eds., "Korean Buddhism: Selected Readings from Primary Texts" (U Hawaii Press, 2026)

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Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions: The Roots of Modern Korean with Daniel Pieper (U Toronto Press, 2026)
Q: Why are textbooks like these helpful to understand the development of the Korean script?
Textbooks reveal how educators tested and gradually standardized Korean writing, including decisions about which words to write in Hangul or Hanja. Their changing scripts and content document the transition from literary Chinese toward vernacular Korean education.
Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions: The Roots of Modern Korean with Daniel Pieper (U Toronto Press, 2026)
Q: How did the missionaries and the Korean thinkers, their linguistic ideologies coincide or not coincide?
Missionaries brought an educational outlook favoring instruction in students' first language and produced early dictionaries and grammars, partly to support Christian work. Korean reformers promoted Hangul chiefly as a national script. Their different aims intersected as Korean linguists and missionaries increasingly worked alongside one another.
Voices from North Korea: Refugees Tell Their Stories
Q: What inspired Freedom Speakers International to move from tutoring to public speaking as a core activity?
The organization started with English tutoring and realized there was a growing demand for North Korean refugees to share their stories publicly; this led to the creation of a speech contest and a broader public-speaking program to raise awareness and advocate for change.
Jieun Baek, "Privileged But Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime’s Greatest Weakness" (Yale UP, 2026)
Q: Where do you see North Korea headed in the near future?
The regime appears structurally stable with an expanding economy and strong control mechanisms, though there is space for reform and information access initiatives to influence public perception. The future likely involves cautious openings alongside continued repression.
Jinwon Kim, "Koreatown, NYC: The Consumption of a Transnational Brand" (NYU Press, 2026)
Q: To start off with, what made you think I want to explore this research and then how to turn it into a book for you?
The guest discusses her personal connection to Koreatown as a former graduate student near CUNY, the shift in American media attention to Korean culture around 2010, and how her sociological training and ethnographic approach shaped the development of the book.

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This series centers on scholarly discussions of recently published research related to East Asian studies, with a sharp emphasis on Korea, North Korea, Buddhism, history, and related interdisciplinary topics. Episodes typically feature an author or editor paired with another expert who can challenge, contextualize, or extend the work, yielding deep dives into methodological choices, archival sources, and broader regional implications. Listeners can expect rigorous analysis from academics, journalists, and practitioners, plus accessible storytelling around translation, policy, and culture. A standout pattern is the blend of rigorous scholarly interrogation with personal anecdotes from researchers, including translations, fieldwork, and book ... more

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