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Devastation and Desperation: More Eyewitness Accounts of 1950’s Korea
FromThe Korea File
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In part three of a conversation with conscientious objector, pacifist and 1950s aid worker Joe Smucker, he discusses the paranoia and chaos that he witnessed in a country in the grip of a post-colonial and post-war reality. Plus, more on the Mennonites and their relationship with South Korea.
Also: an e-mail from a listener whose grandparents participated in educational and agricultural efforts in Daejon during the post-war period.
Music on this episode is from ??? with her 1960s trot classic '?????'.
Photo credit: Morning Calm Weekly News on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/imcomkorea/3198333337
Also: an e-mail from a listener whose grandparents participated in educational and agricultural efforts in Daejon during the post-war period.
Music on this episode is from ??? with her 1960s trot classic '?????'.
Photo credit: Morning Calm Weekly News on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/imcomkorea/3198333337
Released:
Sep 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (80)
MICHAEL BREEN: On a Unified Korea: Michael Breen has been working in Korea for more than 30 years as a journalist with The Guardian, The Korea Times and others. He's the author of 'The Koreans: W by The Korea File