This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Balázs Szalontai. They speak about how memories of the Korean War have changed – or stayed the same – over time, how South Korea and North Korea have respectively examined their own failings, how both parties have approached the issue of responsibility, the willingness – or not – to look critically at history, the value of reconciliation, how all this relates to the denuclearisation issue, international comparisons for dismantling such weapons programs, the example of South Africa, and importantly how this informs the current moment and the prospects of a diplomatic solution for the North Korean crisis.
Balázs Szalontai is a Professor at Korea University, a former-Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Mongolian International University of Science and Technology, and a former-Research Associate at the Institute for International Education in Seoul. Balázs is the author of ‘Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964’ and ‘North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction’. As referenced in this podcast, he is also the author of ‘Captives of the Past: The Questions of Responsibility and Reconciliation in North Korea’s Narratives of the Korean War’ (https://www.academia.edu/25341526/Captives_of_the_Past_The_Questions_of_Responsibility_and_Reconciliation_in_North_Korea_s_Narratives_of_the_Korean_War), ‘Giving Up the Treasured Sword? The Prospects of North Korea’s Denuclearization in a Comparative Perspective’ (https://www.academia.edu/37118213/Giving_Up_the_Treasured_Sword_The_Prospects_of_North_Koreas_Denuclearization_in_a_Comparative_Perspective), and ‘North Korea's Peace Offensive’ (https://theglobalobservatory.org/2018/04/north-korea-peace-offensive-at-whose-expense/).
Support via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry
Support via PayPal – https://www.paypal.me/jrleahenry
Website – http://www.jedleahenry.org
Libsyn – http://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com
Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA
Twitter – https://twitter.com/jedleahenry
Academia.edu – http://university.academia.edu/JedLeaHenry
Research Gate – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jed_Lea-Henry
The Korea Now Podcast #103 – Brad Glosserman – ‘The New National Security Economy’
The Korea Now Podcast #102 – Thomas Duvernay – ‘Sinmiyangyo - The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea’
The Korea Now Podcast #101 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton – ‘One Left - The Comfort Women Novel’
The Korea Now Podcast #100 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘History of the North Korean Socio-Political System’
The Korea Now Podcast #99 – Michael Kim – ‘Industrial Warriors and Recognizing Religions - Everyday Life in Colonial Korea’
The Korea Now Podcast #98 – Albert Park – ‘The History and Politics of Agrarian Life in Korea’
The Korea Now Podcast #97 – Tycho van der Hoog – ‘North Korea’s Presence in Africa’
The Korea Now Podcast #96 – John Bocskay – ‘A Walking Tour of the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea’
The Korea Now Podcast #95 – Leighanne Yuh – ‘The Opening of the Late-Choson Dynasty – Confucian Traditions, Kabo Reforms, and the Introduction of Western-Style Learning’
The Korea Now Podcast #94 – Sean King – ‘German Lessons for Korean Reunification - 30 Year Anniversary’
The Korea Now Podcast #93 (Literature Series) – Minsoo Kang – ‘Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min’
The Korea Now Podcast #92 (Literature Series) – Meredith Shaw – ‘Messages in North Korean Literature’
The Korea Now Podcast #91 (Literature Series) – Ellie Choi – ‘Yi Kwangsu - From Independence Writer to National Traitor’
The Korea Now Podcast #90 (Literature Series) – Daniel Pieper– ‘Hangul - The History, Evolution and Nationalism of the Korean Language’
The Korea Now Podcast #89 (Literature Series) – Kim Sunghee – ‘The Narrative of Martyrdom - North Korean Literature in the Early Military-First Age’
The Korea Now Podcast #88 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton – ‘What Is Korean Literature? Part 2’
The Korea Now Podcast #87 (Literature Series) – Bruce Fulton – ‘What Is Korean Literature? Part 1’
The Korea Now Podcast #86 (Literature Series) – Janet Lee – ‘The Tale of Chunhyang - Translated by Western Missionaries’
The Korea Now Podcast #85 (Literature Series) – Brother Anthony of Taizé – ‘Korean Poetry’
The Korea Now Podcast #84 (Literature Series) – Franklin Rausch – ‘Korean Cinderella - The Story of Changhwa and Hongnyon’
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Lore