Dr. Minsoo Kang is a historian and writer. Currently, he is an associate professor of European intellectual history in the Department of History at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Find Minsoo and his work online
Against Han: https://aeon.co/essays/against-han-or-why-koreans-are-not-defined-by-sadness
The Story of Hong Gildong: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Hong-Gildong-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143107690
The Melancholy of Untold History: https://www.amazon.com/Melancholy-Untold-History-Novel/dp/0063337509
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsoo_Kang
This is his second time on the podcast. Find the first conversation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=queE_0_mWeo
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introduction
2:35 The Story of Tangun
8:31 The Truth of Tangun
16:00 Important Korean Myths
19:40 The King From Elsewhere
25:08 5,000 Years of Korean Dynasty
32:00 Chinese Influence on Korea
36:19 Confucianism in East Asia
42:05 Asadal
47:30 Wi Man
52:50 Kim Bu Sik
59:16 Korea-China Relations
1:05:20 When Did Koreannes Begin?
1:16:30 Korean Ethnonationalism
1:32:56 North Korea
1:48:05 National Foundation Day and Daejonggyo
1:54:05 The King's Warden Analysis
Timeline of Korean History
Gojoseon 2333 to 108 BCE
Goguryeo 37 BCE to 668 CE
Baekje 18 BCE to 660 CE
Silla 57 BCE to 935 CE (unified the peninsula in 668)
Balhae 668 to 935 CE
Goryeo 918 to 1392 CE
Joseon 1392 to 1897 CE
Korean Empire 1897 to 1910 CE
ROK 1948 – present
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David A. Tizzard has a PhD in Korean Studies and lectures at Seoul Women's University and Hanyang University. He writes a weekly column in the Korea Times, is a social-cultural commentator, and a musician who has lived in Korea for nearly two decades. He can be reached at [email protected].
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