On today’s Making Contact, we head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone from quietly farming to organizing daily protests and blockades to stop THAAD. THAAD is part of a missile defense system that gives the U.S. the ability to carry out a nuclear first strike.

The region has historically been Korea’s conservative stronghold, but with the deployment of THAAD, people are re-evaluating the history they’ve been taught their entire lives.

Featuring:  

Shin Dong Ok, Head of Soseongri Elders Group

Credits:

Host: Marie Choi

Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada

Executive Director: Lisa Rudman

Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin

Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Voiceover for Shin Dong Ok – David Jang Jae Rhee

Archival audio is from the U.S. National Archives, AP Archives, U.S. State Department, and U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.

Special Thanks to Io Sunwoo, Juyeon Rhee, and Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans.

Music Credits:

Photo Credit

Stop THAAD Alliance

Resources:

ZoomIn Korea’s Stop THAAD Coverage

http://www.zoominkorea.org/category/peace-and-militarism/stop-thaad/

Science at MIT: From Cold War to Climate Crisis

https://radius.mit.edu/programs/science-mit-cold-war-climate-crisis 

Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea

http://stopthaad.org/

MULTIMEDIA: Still Present Pasts

http://stillpresentpasts.org/ 

Memory of Forgotten War

http://www.mufilms.org/films/memory-of-forgotten-war/

BOOK: Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War by Grace Cho

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/haunting-the-korean-diaspora

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