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Korean Kontext

The Korean Kontext

Korean Kontext is a podcast series by the Korea Economic Institute of America in Washington, D.C. Its aim is to provide listeners with a source for broad-based, substantive information about the U.S.-Korean relationship from all angles: political, cultural, economic, and social. Tackling major topics using current and historical context, interviews with prominent policy leaders, scholars,and artists, and in-depth analysis, Korean Kontext is crafted to inform the newcomer and the Korea guru alike. The views expressed here are the interviewees’ alone.

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New US, UN Sanctions Up Pressure on North Korea

March 4, 2016
Foreign Relations, Security, Human Rights

On February 18, President Barack Obama signed into law a new round of sanctions designed to further squeeze the North Korean regime. On March 3,…

Asia
Korea, North
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Justice Michael Kirby and the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea

February 25, 2016
Human Rights

Human rights in North Korea remains a divisive issue between the international community and North Korea. In 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council established…

Asia
Korea, South
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A Conversation with TV Host and Chef Marja Vongerichten

February 18, 2016
Culture

  When Marja Vongerichten was 19, she met her birth mother for the first time since being adopted at age three. The first thing they…

Asia
Korea, South, United States of America
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Korean American Day 2016: Chef Edward Lee

February 12, 2016
Culture

Born in Brooklyn, Chef Edward Lee always loved cooking. And after graduating from college with an English literature degree, he returned to that love and…

Asia
Korea, South, United States of America
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North Korea's Abduction Project

February 7, 2016
Human Rights

In the decades following the Korean War, North Korea initiated a top-secret project to kidnap ordinary people from Japan, reeducate them, and turn them into…

Asia
Korea, North, Korea, South, Japan
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Korean American Day 2016: Chef Rachel Yang

January 28, 2016

Every year on January 13, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) sponsors a luncheon in Washington, DC to mark Korean American Day and recognize…

Asia
Korea, South, United States of America
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[Rebroadcast] The Cleanest Race: An Interview with Author B.R. Myers

January 22, 2016
Security

With Washington DC stuck in a snowstorm, please enjoy this episode of Korean Kontext originally published in 2012.   B.R. Myers is the author of…

Asia
Korea, North
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Look Back, Look Forward: Predictions for the Korean Peninsula

January 15, 2016

Every January, KEI publishes its predictions for the 10 issues to watch for on the Korean Peninsula in the coming year. Then, in December, we…

Asia
Korea, North, Korea, South
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