David Tizzard

PhD in Korean Studies
Weekly Column in the Korea Times
Check out the podcast: Korea Deconstructed

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How old is Korean civilization? And when did it begin? Historian Minsoo Kamg reveals all...

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Did China create Korea?

Dr Minsoo Kang
Korea Deconstructed #131
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@donkihotei4018 이거 오늘 딱 11년 전 오늘 올렸던 글이라 추억 피드로 뜬 건데요

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Metallica standing in a Korean market
Holding a pig's head

#namdaemun

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@harshacoach Great shout! I made a mixtape of Korean music not too long ago. Love putting these together and sharing them with people

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@bluexmas47 Many moons ago, I was asked to eat one on Korean television...

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Why is modern South Korea so special?

Because even though Buddhism has had a huge influence on East Asia, it is only here in South Korea that we have Buddha's Birthday as a national holiday while in China, Japan, North Korea, and Vietnam, people still have to go to work🪷🇰🇷

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@irenejiyoon Thank you too. Flip shared some pictures with me today. Here's him meeting Park Chung-hee in 1973 at the opening of his grandfather's park in Gangnam

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When your grandfather is one of Korea's most important independence activists, your mum created firsts in the Navy, and your uncle has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, it's amazing to be as chill as Philip Ahn Cuddy

Learn more about Korea here 🇰🇷

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I love and value stories like these. Proud of my korean history…. 🫰🫰🫰

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Today is May 18

Koreans remember this as the day their journey towards democracy took a tragic turn. Having been under a military dictatorship for two decades, the people of Gwangju rose up in 1980 and demanded civilian rule. They were murdered in the streets by their government

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#Cannes jury president Park Chan-wook says "I don’t think politics and art should be divided."

" I think it’s a strange concept to think that they’re in conflict with each other. Just because a work of art has a political statement, it should not be considered an enemy of art. At the same time, just because a film is not making a political statement, that film should not be ignored. Even if we are to make a brilliant political statement, if it’s not expressed artfully enough, it would just be propaganda. So what I want to say is that art and politics are not concepts that are in conflict with each other, as long as they are artistically expressed, they are valuable."

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If you watch K-pop, you're consuming K-content. Stuff designed for international audiences

If you speak Korean and watch/listen to stuff here, you're consuming Korean content

Both are valid. But you shouldn't use K-content to understand Korean culture

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@SoveyX I've lived in Korea 21 years, eat a banana every day, and I've never seen these haha

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Andong
South Korea

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Do you know why there are two Koreas?

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@ADoN_kor 감사합니다~

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Andong
South Korea
대한민국, 안동

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@Intjetty Beautiful part of the world

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@YourAlwaysHobin Absolutely!! 🤣

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Why is Korea Different from America?

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