Mitch Lerner is an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for Korean Studies at the Ohio State University. He is an authority on American and East Asian diplomatic relations. Dr. Lerner has been writing during the pandemic and zooms into the podcast to talk about a couple of articles he has written and a book he has been working on. Check out the links to the articles we discuss in the podcast below.

Dr. Lerner gives his take on the pandemic citing instances from past history in relation to opening the economy, racism against Asian-Americans and the impact of relations with China moving forward. He also makes a few comments on North Korean and KJUs health.

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