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].

Jack Greenberg works as an independent consultant, researcher, and freelance writer. His current focus is on heritage and conservation issues, historical memory debates, truth-seeking and reconciliation, and civilian massacres of the Korean War.

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Jack's Work

False Squid Game Links: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/113_390188.html

Brothers Home Adoption Scandal: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/113_392647.html

Togani Review: https://chajournal.blog/2023/05/29/togani/

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Discussion Outline

0:00 Shamanism

15:30 Shamanism and Politics

21:50 The Minjung Movement

36:15 North Korean Sympathy and the Korean Left

43:30 The Protests of 2025

53:20 Group Confinement Facilities: 형제복지원

1:01:25 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

1:09:45 Japanese Collaboration (친일파)

1:20:25 Civilian Massacres in Korea

1:42:00 American Military Comfort Women

1:50:50 Finding Courage

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