The Korea File

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Exploring Korean society, culture and politics and highlighting critical, independent voices you won’t find anywhere else since 2014.

Hosted by Andre Goulet with assistant producer Gennie Kim Pimentel. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/thekoreafile

Episode Date
Contemporary Literature and Translation in South Korea
Mar 12, 2024
Motherhood, Revolution and Fairytales in North Korea
Dec 17, 2023
Migrant Workers and Immigration in South Korea
Jul 18, 2023
North Korea's Revolutionary Opera and Cold War Diplomacy
Apr 17, 2023
The Evolving Role of Women in North Korea
Jan 20, 2023
Ethical Travel in Korea
Oct 27, 2022
K-Words Enter the English Language Lexicon
Aug 04, 2022
The Rise of Contemporary Feminism
May 07, 2022
Understanding Korean Political Ideology (w/ Michael Breen)
Mar 03, 2022
Unpacking the Origins of Seoulbox
Jan 16, 2022
Squid Game, Parasite & Late Capitalism
Nov 02, 2021
Towards a Neutral South Korea
Jan 30, 2021
The Hidden History of Korean Anarchism
Dec 27, 2020
Alternative Education (Contemporary Rebellions: South Korean Social Movements Today Ep5)
Nov 27, 2020
Ghost Stories, Hauntings and the Spooky Side of Seoul
Oct 24, 2020
Sexuality, Relationships and a History of Queer Korea
Sep 25, 2020
Banned Book Club: Youth Against Fascism (w/ co-author Ryan Estrada)
Aug 19, 2020
Fans, Idols and the Evolution of K-pop
Jul 26, 2020
Redevelopment Resistance (Contemporary Rebellions: South Korean Social Movements Today Ep4)
Jun 24, 2020
Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir (w/ author Paul Courtright)
May 24, 2020
Parliamentary Populism and the Life and 'Death' of Kim Jong-un
Apr 28, 2020
Radical Transparency and Virus Realpolitik
Mar 29, 2020
Cults, Conspiracies and COVID-19 (w/ World Pirate Radio's Japhy Ryder)
Feb 28, 2020
Music, Dictatorship and the Rise of 60s/70s Youth Culture
Jan 30, 2020
Cuisine, Demographics and New Gendered Realities in South Korea
Nov 29, 2019
The Death and Life of Great Korean Cities
Oct 27, 2019
TKF host Andre Goulet on Singapore's 'The Podcast Show'
Sep 26, 2019
Gentrification and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Seoul
Aug 27, 2019
NEW SHOW: 'Jeju Views' S1, E1 - Vajeju Nights
Jul 29, 2019
The Future of the Royal Asiatic Society in Korea
Jun 27, 2019
Gravel 2020: Korean Identity and the Anti-Imperialist American Left
May 23, 2019
Missionaries and Diplomats: A History of the Royal Asiatic Society in Korea
Apr 27, 2019
Who Killed the Hanoi Summit?
Mar 28, 2019
Waging Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Feb 05, 2019
Militarism, Development and the Mixed Legacy of Seoul's Yongsan Garrison
Dec 11, 2018
Joseonjok: Too Different to be Chinese, 'Not Good Enough' to be Korean
Nov 01, 2018
ROK Military vs Human Rights: Court rules in favor of Conscientious Objectors
Oct 09, 2018
Jeju's Yemeni Asylum Seekers Reveal Korean Xenophobia
Sep 01, 2018
Spycam Porn: Culture of Voyeurism leads to Summer of Protest for Korean Women
Jul 06, 2018
Reality TV Diplomacy: Pageantry Trumps Tension as US-NK Summit Proceeds
Jun 04, 2018
The Promise of Peace vs. The Doomsday Machine
May 03, 2018
Summit Spring: DPRK, ROK, US and PRC in Dialogue
Apr 04, 2018
Peace Olympics Lead to Shock Diplomatic Breakthrough
Mar 08, 2018
Ilbe and the Alt-Right: Fascism and Conservative Politics in South Korea
Feb 02, 2018
2018 a Year of Possibility: Inter-Korean Talks and Pyeongchang Olympics in the Spotlight
Jan 06, 2018
20th Century Diaspora: Korea's Transborder Identity Politics
Nov 30, 2017
U.S. Political Instability and North Korea: Tim Shorrock on Resolving the Nuclear Crisis
Oct 30, 2017
The Commodification of Dokdo Island: Nationalism in the Marketplace
May 04, 2017
North Korea Embraces Changing Economy: Choson Exchange in the DPRK
Apr 19, 2017
Polling, Public Opinion and the Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
Mar 30, 2017
Tributary Twilight: The Qing Dynasty in Late 19th Century Korea
Feb 23, 2017
Nation Interrupted: Literary Exchanges Across the DMZ pt. 2
Feb 08, 2017
Nation Interrupted: Literary Exchanges Across the DMZ pt. 1
Jan 25, 2017
The Capitalist Unconscious: Migration, Unification and Imagination
Nov 28, 2016
Korean Evangelicals: The University Bible Fellowship Saves America
Oct 12, 2016
Devastation and Desperation: Eyewitness Accounts of 1950’s Korea
Sep 15, 2016
Pacifism on the Peninsula: Mennonites in South Korea
Aug 17, 2016
Refugees and Reconstruction: Post-War Korea, 1956
Jun 29, 2016
The Chaebol: The 1997 IMF Financial Crisis and the Neoliberal Era
Jun 15, 2016
Chaebol Undercover: Life Inside Corporate Korea
Jun 01, 2016
Chaebol 101: An Introduction to South Korea’s Corporate Oligarchy
May 11, 2016
Adventures in Korean Archaeology: Royal Tomb Excavations in Gyeongju
Apr 27, 2016
Adventures in Korean Archaeology: Egalitarianism and Inequality in the Pre-Historic Mumun Period
Apr 13, 2016
Prisoners and Propaganda: WW2 POWs in Colonial Seoul
Mar 09, 2016
TKF in Washington, DC: Behind the Mic at the Korean Kontext Podcast
Feb 24, 2016
TKF in Washington, DC: Inside the Korea Economic Institute
Feb 10, 2016
Jeju's Osaka Diaspora: K-Pop and Code Switching in Tsuruhashi
Jan 27, 2016
Korea's Osaka Diaspora: Origins of the Zainichi
Jan 13, 2016
Inside the Potemkin Country: Tourism in North Korea
Dec 09, 2015
USED CASSETTES live show + interview
Oct 27, 2015
Neoliberalism, Imperialism and Urban Development pt. 2
Oct 14, 2015
Neoliberalism, Imperialism and Urban Development pt. 1
Sep 30, 2015
No Naval Base on Jeju
Sep 16, 2015
On Podcasting in Korea
Aug 19, 2015
NICE LEGS, live in Jeju City
Aug 12, 2015
10 Years of The Jeju Peace Forum: From Activism to Cynicism
Aug 05, 2015
Conservation and Exploitation: Jeju and the Environment
Jul 29, 2015
2015 STEPPING STONE Indie Rock Festival
Jul 22, 2015
On Jeju Shamanism pt. 2
Jul 15, 2015
On Jeju Shamanism pt. 1
Jul 08, 2015
Jeju's Back-to-Land Movement
Jul 01, 2015
Globalized Jeju: Tourism and Turmoil
Jun 24, 2015
SAURE GURKEN live show + interview
Jun 17, 2015
Weed, Counterculture and Dictatorship
Jun 10, 2015
Korean Identity and Anti-Americanism
Jun 03, 2015
A History of Korean Social Movements
May 27, 2015
The Sewol Truth Movement, One Year Later
May 20, 2015
HENRY DEMOS live show + interview
May 13, 2015
Peace Corps vs. EPIK
May 06, 2015
Rules for Urban Exploration in Korea
Apr 29, 2015
Jeju's Secret History
Apr 22, 2015
On Korean Cults
Apr 15, 2015
Jeju's 4.3 Massacre Remembered
Apr 08, 2015
Tommy Tran on Jeju's Unregulated Growth
Apr 01, 2015
Ben Spencer: Chuja Exit Interview
Mar 25, 2015
FANCY MAN live show + interview
Mar 18, 2015
MOUNTAINS live show + interview
Feb 24, 2015
TBS 101.3FM journalist Chance Dorland
Feb 17, 2015
Michael Breen on a unified Korea
Feb 11, 2015
Michael Breen: Origins of the Korean War
Feb 08, 2015
The MV Sewol Disaster, 9 Months Later
Jan 20, 2015
RUTH MINNIKIN live show + interview
Jan 14, 2015
THE BARBERETTES live show + interview
Jan 08, 2015
Ben Spencer is alone on Chuja island
Dec 17, 2014
정 신 지's Jeju Oral History Initiative
Dec 11, 2014
Tanner Jones on Jeju's Shamanic Music
Dec 04, 2014
Jeju City Vigil Against Police Violence
Nov 27, 2014
TABLE PEOPLE live show + interview
Nov 19, 2014
Jay Motz Swims With The 해녀
Nov 11, 2014
미내리/MINERI live show + interview
Nov 06, 2014
NICE LEGS live show + interview
Oct 28, 2014
YOURS: unreleased album + interview
Aug 22, 2012