Preserving Jeju’s history with writer Robert Neff | Episode #18

In this special episode of Me, You and Jeju, Darryl Coote and Alexis Joy sit down with historian and writer Robert Neff to talk about his recent series of articles in The Korea Times about the experiences of foreign visitors to the island more than 100 years ago.

Robert also talks about the late Fred Dustin, a longtime foreign resident of Jeju whose had a tremendous impact not only on Jeju but on South Korea.  

In the Jeju Dialect Corner, Teach Ju Young Han schools Darryl on how to greet the New Year and say goodbye to the old one.

Links to his series:

Views of Jeju from the past: Part 1 

Views of Jeju from the Past: Part 2

The Haenyeo: Views of Jeju from the Past Part 3

Sharks and Dogs: Views of Jeju from the Past Part 4

Views of Jeju from the Past: An Island of Stones: Part 5

Views of Jeju from the Past: Challenging the Mountain Spirit: Part 6

Robert Neff's article on Fred Dustin:

Jeju's renaissance man

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