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THE KOREA SOCIETY is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
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News and analysis of issues affecting the Korean Peninsula. Discussions on culture, politics, human rights, economics, and more.
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Ballads,Marches,SynthPop and other bizarre music straight out of PyongYang North Korea
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Counterbalance is a Hudson Institute podcast hosted by Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Peter Rough. As America's unipolar moment fades, Rough and Doran explore the emerging global order.
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Conversations about contemporary warfare and what it means for the future of fighting. Each episode will look at how wars are being fought around the world today, whether (and why) this is important, and what it all might mean for militaries and national security in the coming decades.
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'My Mate Went on Holiday to North Korea' tells the story of exactly what its like to visit the so-called Hermit Kingdom - everything from booking your trip in the first place, through getting on the train in Beijing, to creaking across the boarder, an Alcatraz-like hotel and seeing the embalmed corpses of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il - as seen through the eyes of Luke Pearce, who travelled there on vacation in 2016. The interviewer is @Dave___Smith
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Three fully-grown British men who should know better bringing you news, facts, truths, lies, jingles, self-help, witty repartee, nonsense, laughably ill-informed discussions, amateur production values and everything in between. You're going to love Show Yourself Mr. Jasmine!
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Truth, Transparency & a Dose of Rebellion. This is The Unspoken Truth podcast, where we boldly challenge mainstream narratives and expose the lies that have been fed to you. In an era of misinformation, deception, and lies we aim to provide you with an alternative perspective on current events and issues, and unveil the hidden truths that the mainstream media doesn't want you to know. We'll empower you with the knowledge and understanding you need to challenge the status quo and make informe ...
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North Korea is the Impossible State. Each week join the people who know the most about North Korea—The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Victor Cha, Mike Green, and Sue Mi Terry—for an insider's discussion with host H. Andrew Schwartz about the United States’ top national security priority. Email your questions to ImpossibleState@csis.org.
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Join our sassy host discussing everything related to Kpop from music, gossips, variety shows, make fun other biases and more.
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News and analysis podcast from a Marxist perspective hosted by Alexander Mckay
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Welcome to the Edge Dwellers Café, a fortnightly interview-based podcast featuring conversations about politics, environment and mental health in a world on edge, hosted by Dr Ben Habib.
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The United States has become synonymous with empire and endless war, American troops sit in 70% of the world's countries, and yet, most Americans don't know that. The military is joined disproportionately by a 'warrior caste’ whom carry this enormous burden, making a less diverse force and ensuring most of society doesn't see their sacrifice. And American tax dollars, funding hundreds of billions in unnecessary spending on global hegemony, are robbed from the domestic needs of ordinary Ameri ...
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Hello all! Welcome to the Pivot! The purpose of this podcast is to discuss in detail the geopolitical implications of the 21st century as we gravitate from a definite American unipolar international order to a nascent multi-faceted, multi-polar international system. This podcast looks to extensively address the question "how did we get to where we are now?" and the question, "where do we go from now?" In order to do this, we must understand the powers of history, civilization development, te ...
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Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in released a lengthy memoir this week focusing on his foreign and defense policies and diplomacy with North Korea. NK News News Trainee Joe Smith shares what Moon revealed in his new book, as well as why two more World Cup qualifiers have been relocated from Pyongyang and North Korea’s […]…
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Episode 79 - A Road Trip, Hooves, and Fun at the McMenemy Suite
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Oh yeah! The three scoundrels are back with talk of surprise birthday parties, Chris' daily life, koala cubs, a man with hooves (clip clop!), cans, Minty B being in touch about Pancake(s) Day, Robocop, the Vatican, ancient carvings, Wagamama's, Grimsby Town FC's facilities, our favourite listener, the good people of Grant (NB), high winds, diapers,…
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The DELIBERATE DESTRUCTION of our society continues UNABATED
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The NWO and OWG continue to push us to the very edge of nuclear war, but it's not just the threat of nuclear war that is eroding our freedom in society. Join Ed and I as we discuss the madness of this week's crazy events.❌ Follow me on X: https://twitter.com/robnbrus --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unspokentruth…
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Hallyu! The Korean Wave - The Curatorial Roundtable
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May 16, 2024 - Today, South Korea is a cultural superpower—a global trendsetter producing award-winning films like Parasite, riveting dramas like Squid Game, and chart-topping music by K-pop groups such as BTS and BLACKPINK. But behind the country’s meteoric rise to the world stage, a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave, or hallyu, is the story of …
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held his first comprehensive press conference in 21 months last week, during which he discussed Seoul’s relationship with Moscow despite Russia’s burgeoning ties with North Korea. NK News Lead Correspondent Jeongmin Kim (@jeongminnkim) joins the podcast to discuss more of what Yoon had to say, as well as a ballo…
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June Hur: A Crane Among Wolves with Ellen Oh
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May 13, 2024 - To save her sister, a teen girl becomes entangled in a political conspiracy with an enigmatic prince in this fiery new YA novel. June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, returns with a devastating and pulse-pounding tale based on a true story from Korean history. A Crane Among Wolves is set in 1506 Joseon, where people suffer …
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NATO isn’t perfect (but it isn’t going badly either)
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Professors Peter Roberts and Julian Lindley French try and put the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty in perspective: how much of the history of the Alliance remains relevant today? NATO is certainly an impressive organisation on the surface – but it isn’t perfect. What does the future hold? What of Old Europe/New Europe, American isolat…
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Episode 78 - Chickens, Tank Tops, and Words of (un)Wisdom
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Guess who's back!? That's right...the triumphant trio return yet again with talk of supermarkets, embarrassing purchases, vests, service refusal, health checks, shrinking in height (decompression of the spine!), being overweight, liver function, funeral plans, purgatory, cartoons, tank tops, keeping chickens in GRANT, NEBRASKA, a library book amnes…
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A Conversation with Min Jin Lee - Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation Series on Ethics & Common Values
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May 8, 2024 - With the ever-growing need to understand ourselves and humanity as a whole, it is necessary to examine the concepts of morality, ethics and universal values as guiding principles of the human condition. With generous support from Y.T. Hwang Family Foundation, The Korea Society presents a Series on Ethics and Common Values. This series…
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Everything will change on the 15th of May - You need to be ready
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Is the BRICS alliance about to launch their own commodities backed currency? If they are you need to keep an eye out around the 15th of May when their next meeting is.Countries all around the world have been buying up gold. Will this new currency be a gold back one? Whatever is happening you need to get ready by reducing your exposure to the banks,…
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In recent weeks, the mandate of the U.N. Panel of Experts tasked with monitoring the implementation of sanctions against North Korea expired. Evidence emerged that the DPRK is phasing out the use of the term “Day of the Sun” to refer to Kim Il Sung’s birthday. The regime released a new song praising Kim Jong […]…
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Quick Take - Changes in US-Korea-China-Taiwan Relations with Sean King and Dr. Dean Chen
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May 2, 2024 - Given heightened tensions and strategic competition in the Indo Pacific, how is South Korea navigating its diplomatic, economic, and security relationships with the US, China, and Taiwan? In a 2023 Joint Statement, US President Joseph Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “reiterated the importance of preserving peace and sta…
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Breaking Bad: South Korea's Nuclear Option
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This bonus episode is from Breaking Bad: South Korea's Nuclear Option Report Rollout Event on April 29, 2024. Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair, conducted the first U.S. multi-question polling of strategic elites in South Korea on the nuclear question. The new findings of this study “Breaking Bad: South Korea's Nuclear …
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North Korean trade with its top economic partner China rebounded in March to nearly $160 million, in the latest sign of strength in bilateral exchange. NK News Data Correspondent Anton Sokolin joins the podcast to discuss what we can learn from China’s officials trade data, as well as Moscow’s plan to send some 40 zoo […]…
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Welcome to COMMUNIST Australia where you'll be SILENCED
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What a week - In a display profoundly at odds with democratic values, the Australian PM has called for the censorship of X. It appears that the government, unable to maintain control over their narrative, is now attempting to silence dissenting voices. This strategy is right out of Mao's Little Red Book, Putins playbook and Kim Jong Un's every day.…
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Quick Take - North Korea’s New Posture with Dr. Soo Kim
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April 25, 2024 - In 2024, North Korea’s leadership has made a number of striking changes to its foreign policy, including abandoning its goal of unification and declaring South Korea its “principal enemy.” Pyongyang has also doubled down on its relationship with Moscow, shipping artillery and missiles off to Russia for use on the battlefields of Uk…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a salvo missile launch to test the country’s “Nuclear Trigger’ system” for the first time this week. NK News Deputy Managing Editor Alannah Hill (@alannahmhill) sits down in the studio to discuss the test, as well as the release of a new song praising the country’s “friendly father” […]…
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The Illusion of choice will bring about the end of society as we know it.
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The war mongers in the US continue to fund overseas wars without any regard to the American people - this is going to end very badly. We are witnessing the systematic collapse of American society in real time. This is the deliberate destruction of our way of life.FOLLOW US ON X: https://twitter.com/robnbrus --- Send in a voice message: https://podc…
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Quick Take - South Korea’s New Foreign Policy and Public Opinion with Dr. Kuyoun Chung
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April 19, 2024 - This program examines shifts in South Korea’s foreign policy posture, featuring insights and analysis from Dr. Kuyoun Chung, Assistant professor of the Department of Political Science at the Kangwon National University. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration aims to transform Korea into a “Global Pivotal State.” How has Seoul pursued thi…
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Korea: A New History of South and North with Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo
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April 18, 2024 - Join us for a book talk with authors Professor Victor Cha and Professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo, who discuss their new book, Korea: A New History of South and North with policy director Jonathan Corrado. The Korea Society is proud to be a stop on the famous pink book tour! This important new work of history draws on “decades of researc…
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Assessing South Korea's National Assembly Election
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In this episode, Dr. Victor Cha is joined by Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo, professor at King's College London, KF-VUB Korea Chair, and adjunct fellow of Korea Chair at CSIS, to discuss the National Assembly election results, how the election will affect President Yoon's foreign policy, and what the outlook is moving forward.…
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Israel is about to attack Iran - this is the beginning of the END...
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Biden says 'We may be drawn into a war in the Middle East if Iran escalates its attacks'"If Iran succeeds in significantly escalating its assault on Israel, the US could be drawn in." - he says.FOLLOW US ON X: https://twitter.com/robnbrus FOLLOW US ON TELEGRAM: https://t.me/unspokentruthreal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c…
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Day X is finally here. These 2 countries have been threatening eachother for decades and the war has now begun. Today Iran have followed through with thier threats - this is going to escalate quickly into a much wider conflict. Make sure you follow us on Telegram for a wider uncensored discussion of this conflict as it unfolds: https://t.me/unspoke…
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This is the beginning of the end of Israel - we'll be doing more analysis of this as it unfolds in the days and weeks ahead. Be sure to join us over on Telegram for the uncensored versions: https://t.me/unspokentruthreal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unspokentruthofficial/message…
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With the end of the U.N. Panel of Experts on North Korea fast approaching, NK News founder Chad O’Carroll (@chadocl) sits down in the studio to discuss the pros and cons of four alternative ways that like-minded countries could continue to monitor enforcement of the DPRK sanctions regime. Then, retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel […]…
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Rapid Reaction: Unpacking the Korean Election
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April 11, 2024 - Join us for a rapid reaction analysis of the Republic of Korea’s high stakes 2024 legislative election, held in South Korea one day prior on April 10. This election could shift the control of power in the National Assembly, resulting in an emboldened electoral mandate for President Yoon Suk Yeol, or else creating a new challenge fo…
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82 | The Wisdom of the Ancients (feat. Jakub Grygiel)
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What do classical authors have to teach us about the global brawl that is international affairs? Catholic University professor, Jakub Grygiel, joins hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough to provide the historical context behind the show's new exploration into "real-realism."By Hudson Institute
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South Koreans head to the polls on April 10 to cast their votes in the general election to choose their next legislators. The NK News team sits down in the studio to discuss what impact, if any, North Korea has played in the campaigns of those vying for a seat in the National Assembly. They […]By Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News
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Recapturing Lost Ground on North Korean Human Rights, with Ambassador Julie Turner
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April 9, 2024 - Join us for a conversation about recovering lost ground in the international effort to address North Korea’s human rights violations, featuring: Ambassador Julie Turner, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, James Heenan, UN Human Rights Office representative in Seoul, Dr. Katrin Katz, Korea Society Van Fleet Seni…
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April 3, 2024 - Darye–"etiquette for tea" or "tea rite"– has been an integral part of Korean history and culture for over a thousand years. Donghyun Kim, a Korean heritage curator, discusses the history of tea practices and aesthetics in Korea and the landscape of contemporary Korean tea culture. YouTube version with images can be found here: https…
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81 | Exploring Our New Worldview: "Real-Realism"
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After internal dialogues revealed that the team was feeling a bit "strategically rudderless," hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough sit together to launch a new thesis for Counterbalance. Together they explain what's wrong with foreign policy "experts" today and why an interest-based foreign policy is needed over the dominant, but flawed, values-based o…
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Russia controversially vetoed a resolution to maintain the U.N. Panel of Experts on North Korea last week. NK News correspondent Shreyas Reddy (@shreyas_k_reddy) and news trainee Joe Smith (@nkjoesmith) sit down in the studio to discuss what’s next for the key institution monitoring the DPRK sanctions regime, as well as North Korea’s curious censor…
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Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
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April 2, 2024 - Join us for a discussion with the Senior Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg News Saleha Mohsin on her newly released book Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order, in cooperation with the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). As the global order continues to evolve, it seems th…
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80 | Can the US Withstand An Economic Standoff with China? (feat. Jonathan Ward)
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Hudson Senior Fellow Jonathan Ward joins co-host Peter Rough to discuss his new book The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China. In his book, and during the episode, Ward lays out how the US gave up many of its economic advantages while allowing China's rise. Thankfully, according to Ward, it's not too late to reverse cours…
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Starry Field with Margaret Juhae Lee and Grace M. Cho
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March 27, 2024 - In her intimate and touching debut, Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History, journalist Margaret Juhae Lee uncovers her family’s lost history that had been buried in the darkness of Korea’s colonial decades. Growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee was never told about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His memory was submerged in 1936 …
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