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 datizzard@swu.ac.kr.
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.
Connect with Jack
Substack: https://ggachi.substack.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/jackwgreenberg
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jackwgreenberg.bsky.social
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jackwgreenberg/
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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Thanks to Patreon members: Hee Ji Jacobs, Bhavya, Roxanne Murrell
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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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Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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