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Throughline Podcast: The Forgotten War

• President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un are preparing to meet for a second nuclear summit. What has fueled the hostility between these two countries for decades? On this episode, we revisit the tangled history that helps explain how we got to where we are today.
  https://www.npr.org/2019/02/12/694152504/the-forgotten-war

 

C-SPAN3: Korean War Oral History Interviews 

• https://www.c-span.org/series/?oralHistories

 

Voices from the Korean War: Personal Stories of American, Korean, and Chinese Soldiers by Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li

• Unique in gathering war stories from veterans from all sides of the Korean War―American, South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese―this volume creates a vivid and multidimensional portrait of the three-year-long conflict told by those who experienced the ground war firsthand. Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li include a significant introduction that provides a concise history of the Korean conflict, as well as a geographical and a political backdrop for the soldiers' personal stories. 
  https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Korean-War-Personal-American/dp/0813191203

[Tom Mueller]

I just received information on this webinar - Unfinished War, Unfinished Questions: Families Divided by the Korean War 

https://share.hsforms.com/17F-TSCJ4SMCRbY4aasTT2w2ztzy?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=91144781&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9KnX0KnqcaZOtanBgcJk5wvT2dikQvkVMVOMLSjVrqSgG7DoY6Ae9g_ngXiuZqnhXMghbaMhcygfDOONzOzbcc8AQpOQ&utm_content=91144781&utm_source=hs_email

 

[Julie Wakefield]

The Korea Society has had some great webcasts this summer. There is one in August on BTS with the author a new book also out in August. 

https://koreasociety.org/arts-culture/item/1412-bts-blood-sweat-tears-with-tamar-herman

[Tom Mueller]

Excellent - thank you Julie 

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The Girl with Seven Names : Escape from North Korea
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Seven-Names-Korean-Defectors-ebook/dp/B00JD3ZL9U

Her Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/hyeonseo_lee_my_escape_from_north_korea

 

North Korea: Another Country

https://www.amazon.com/North-Korea-Another-Bruce-Cumings/dp/156584940X 

 

Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite
https://www.amazon.com/Without-You-There-No-Undercover/dp/0307720667

 

The Bacchus Lady
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bacchus_Lady

 

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Envy-Ordinary-Lives-North/dp/0385523912

 

 

 

[Jennifer Jung-Kim]

The German scholar whose name I couldn't remember is Rudiger Frank. 

[Jennifer Jung-Kim]

I am sure this is on the forum, but I am posting it here again. Therea re numerous resources that should be more appropraite for your classroom. 

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Shusenjo - The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

https://www.shusenjo.com/

[Julie Wakefield]

The Birth of Korean Cool (2004) https://smile.amazon.com/Birth-Korean-Cool-Conquering-Through/dp/1250045118/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NE81X8H1MBU0&dchild=1&keywords=the+birth+of+korean+cool&qid=1595180920&sprefix=the+birth+of+korean%2Caps%2C216&sr=8-1

If I had Your Face (2020) https://smile.amazon.com/If-Had-Your-Face-Novel/dp/0593129466/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=if+I+had+your+face&qid=1595180968&sr=8-1

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https://www.38north.org/
Informed analysis of events in and around North Korea

[Tom Mueller]

I second this recommendation.  I use 38 North articles in my class. 

[Julie Wakefield]

VICE News has a reputation for being on the liberal side. I use their videos with caution in my classroom, but there are two on North Korea that are interesting.

The Hermit Kingdom (2014) when Dennis Rodman visits for the first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCQh1usdzE

Back in the DPRK (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYd9gd6sNMY

And here's one from DW Documentary which is German public broadcast

Life in North Korea (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StjIv33zJ9c

[Laura Huffman]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/obituaries/charles-jenkins-north-korea-defector.html

 

 

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Jennifer's article on fortune telling in South Korea is below.

The role-playing worksheets will be available later this summer. 

Reacting to the Past project: https://reacting.barnard.edu/

Charles Jenkins obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/obituaries/charles-jenkins-north-korea-defector.html

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