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History in Isolation - Ep 5 - South Korean history and its response to coronavirus
Alex Jones speaks with Dr. Owen Miller, a lecturer in Korean Studies at SOAS, London, to find out why South Korea has dealt with the coronavirus so much better than states in the West. As of 26th April 2020, the virus has killed 242 people in South Korea (population 51m) and 20,319 in the UK (population 66m).
Does the country's history breed a culture of civic engagement? Do South Koreans accept technological surveillance better than citizens in the West? Or, were they just better prepared?
Dr. Miller has lived in South Korea, where he studied Korean language at Yonsei University.
His current research interests include:
- the social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea.
- Korean nationalist and Marxist historiographies
- the economic history of North Korea
- state formation in Northeast Asia.
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Alex Jones speaks with Dr. Owen Miller, a lecturer in Korean Studies at SOAS, London, to find out why South Korea has dealt with the coronavirus so much better than states in the West. As of 26th April 2020, the virus has killed 242 people in South Korea (population 51m) and 20,319 in the UK (population 66m).
Does the country's history breed a culture of civic engagement? Do South Koreans accept technological surveillance better than citizens in the West? Or, were they just better prepared?
Dr. Miller has lived in South Korea, where he studied Korean language at Yonsei University.
His current research interests include:
- the social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea.
- Korean nationalist and Marxist historiographies
- the economic history of North Korea
- state formation in Northeast Asia.