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The Korea File
Exploring Korean society, culture and politics and highlighting critical, independent voices you won’t find anywhere else since 2014. Hosted by Andre Goulet with assistant producer Gennie Kim Pimentel. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/thekoreafile
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112 EpisodenContemporary Literature and Translation in South Korea
On episode 110 hosts Andre Goulet and Gennie Pimentel welcome Shanna Tan, translator of the smash hit book WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP by Hwan...
Motherhood, Revolution and Fairytales in North Korea
On episode 109 Dr. Theresa Hyun, a York University professor and the author of “Writing Women in Korea: Translation and Feminism in the Colonial Perio...
Migrant Workers and Immigration in South Korea
On episode 108 Seoul National University master's student An HaKyeng's joins hosts Andre Goulet in Montreal and Gennie Pimentel in Toronto for a conve...
North Korea's Revolutionary Opera and Cold War Diplomacy
On episode 107 Cambridge PhD candidate Alexandra Leonzini joins Andre Goulet and co-host Gennie Pimentel for a conversation exploring how music builds...
The Evolving Role of Women in North Korea
On ep106 Korea University PhD candidate Elizabeth Campbell joins host Andre Goulet and associate producer Gennie Pimentel for a conversation exploring...
Ethical Travel in Korea
On episode 105 Toronto podcasters Erin Hynes and Kattie Laur, host and producer of the ethical travel show 'Alpaca My Bags', sit down with Montreal as...
K-Words Enter the English Language Lexicon
Widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary is the unsurpassed guide of its meaning, history, and...
The Rise of Contemporary Feminism
On a new episode scholar Mikayla Neyens joins host Andre Goulet to discuss the cultural events that have inspired and defined contemporary feminism in...
Understanding Korean Political Ideology (w/ Michael Breen)
Michael Breen, CEO of Seoul-based PR firm Insight Communications Consultants and author of the outstanding 2017 book ‘The New Koreans: The Story of a...
Unpacking the Origins of Seoulbox
Seoulbox has been bringing a taste of Korea through snacks, magazines, and K-pop merch to subscribers around the world since 2019 with a focus on auth...
Squid Game, Parasite & Late Capitalism
On a celebratory 100th episode host Andre Goulet welcomes Harbinger Media Network podcast pals Paris Marx of leftist tech worldview critique show Tech...
Towards a Neutral South Korea
On the 99th episode of The Korea File podcast diplomatic studies scholar Jeffrey Robertson joins host Andre Goulet to argue that foreign policy option...
The Hidden History of Korean Anarchism
Armed with theory set out in the "Korean Revolution Manifesto" and practical experience drawn from the March 1st Independence Movement, in 1925 worker...
Alternative Education (Contemporary Rebellions: South Korean Social Movements Today Ep5)
What is alternative education in Korea? To answer this question, Contemporary Rebellions welcomes Tae Wook Ha, an activist and professor of Alternativ...
Ghost Stories, Hauntings and the Spooky Side of Seoul
On a very special Halloween episode of The Korea File hear a haunting and horrific conversation between guest Joe McPherson (The Wall Street Journal,...
Sexuality, Relationships and a History of Queer Korea
Since the end of the nineteenth century, Korea has faced waves of foreign domination, authoritarian regimes and divided development and, throughout th...
Banned Book Club: Youth Against Fascism (w/ co-author Ryan Estrada)
In the charged political climate of '80s South Korea, university freshman Kim Hyun-sook finds refuge in the comfort of literature as the youngest memb...
Fans, Idols and the Evolution of K-pop
How has K-pop evolved and changed over the last decade? Is right-wing political paranoia about Tiktok teens and BTS Army activism exaggerated? And is...
Redevelopment Resistance (Contemporary Rebellions: South Korean Social Movements Today Ep4)
Introducing a special presentation of the March episode of Contemporary Rebellions:
Yonsan. Never again everyone said. Yet in February, 2020 hi...
Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir (w/ author Paul Courtright)
A powerful new memoir ‘Witnessing Gwangju’ was released this month to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising. The book’s...
Parliamentary Populism and the Life and 'Death' of Kim Jong-un
On episode 92 sociologist Jacob Reidhead and host Andre Goulet discuss the origins of the Democratic Party’s unprecedented victory in April’s parliame...
Radical Transparency and Virus Realpolitik
On episode 91 of The Korea File visual sociologist, street photographer and Korea National University of the Arts cultural theory lecturer Michael Hur...
Cults, Conspiracies and COVID-19 (w/ World Pirate Radio's Japhy Ryder)
On episode 90 of The Korea File it's a conversation on cults, conspiracies and the peninsula's very viral winter as host Andre Goulet welcomes freelan...
Music, Dictatorship and the Rise of 60s/70s Youth Culture
On episode 89 of The Korea File: 'Campus Music' and martial law, the K-Pop precedent of the USFK's factory band system and some of the best music of a...
Cuisine, Demographics and New Gendered Realities in South Korea
On episode 88 of The Korea File podcast, cultural and culinary anthropologist Jennifer Flinn joins host Andre Goulet to explain how factors like the d...
The Death and Life of Great Korean Cities
Why does Gangnam, and so much of Korea, feel artificial and improvised? How are urban apartment complexes like undemocratic military bases? And will...
TKF host Andre Goulet on Singapore's 'The Podcast Show'
In a break month for content, The Korea File is proud to present Singapore-based Shida Osman in conversation with TKF's Andre Goulet on 'The Podcast...
Gentrification and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Seoul
Traditional Korean homes have become a victim of recent waves of gentrification in Ikseon-dong and Bukchon. But as these old residential neighbourhood...
NEW SHOW: 'Jeju Views' S1, E1 - Vajeju Nights
Introducing Jeju Views, a biweekly snapshot of the global microcosm that is Jeju Island. Join host Ann Bush and guests in conversation as they discuss...
The Future of the Royal Asiatic Society in Korea
On episode 85 of The Korea File,‘Transactions’ journal General Editor Jon Dunbar joins host Andre Goulet to discuss Urban Exploration and Bong Joon-ho...
Gravel 2020: Korean Identity and the Anti-Imperialist American Left
.....how engagement with radical anti-imperialist politics create the intellectual space to better understand the personal struggle of defining Korean...
Missionaries and Diplomats: A History of the Royal Asiatic Society in Korea
The Royal Asiatic Society- Korea Branch has been enhancing an understanding of Korean arts, customs, history and social trends through lectures, cultu...
Who Killed the Hanoi Summit?
Despite the high hopes many were feeling in the lead up to second Trump-Kim meeting, the Summit was probably dead before it even began late last month...
Waging Peace on the Korean Peninsula
In May 2015, on the 70th anniversary of Korea’s national division, thirty international women peacemakers from around the world walked with thousands...
Militarism, Development and the Mixed Legacy of Seoul's Yongsan Garrison
The American military is gradually leaving Yongsan, a major garrison located in the heart of Seoul. But how are the dynamics of military spatial reor...
Joseonjok: Too Different to be Chinese, 'Not Good Enough' to be Korean
With a unique cultural and geographical history going back centuries, the ‘Joseonjok’ are considered too different to be fully Chinese in China while...
ROK Military vs Human Rights: Court rules in favor of Conscientious Objectors
Is there room for freedom of conscience in the South Korean military?
Amnesty International says that there are more than 230 conscient...
Jeju's Yemeni Asylum Seekers Reveal Korean Xenophobia
South Korean society has long been intolerant of outsiders, but the outrage sparked this summer by a thousand Yemeni asylum seekers on Jeju Island ill...
Spycam Porn: Culture of Voyeurism leads to Summer of Protest for Korean Women
This is 'ké cast' Season 2, Episode 1. Produced in collaboration with Korea Exposé, an independent media organization that speaks to a global audienc...
Reality TV Diplomacy: Pageantry Trumps Tension as US-NK Summit Proceeds
Former U.S. diplomat, speechwriter, and commentator on U.S. foreign policy in Asia Mintaro Oba joins host Andre Goulet to discuss this month’s on agai...