Ep. 69: Feminism and #MeToo in Korea (ft. E. Tammy Kim)

2019/2/25

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With many Asian Americans only being a generation or two, if at all, removed from Asia, it's important to be informed about political and social movements there. Journalist E. Tammy Kim, who recently wrote the article #KoreaToo for the New York Review of Books, joins Oxford Kondo in talking about the many layers and issues of the burgeoning movement for women's progress in Korea, from workplace equality to domestic violence to spycam pornography to online culture wars.

Intro/Outro Music: "Arirang" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j3IQRGgk2Y)

Intro Voice Track: International Women's Day protest in Seoul, South Korea - Guardian News (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE0ntMvksc8)

TWITTER:

E. Tammy Kim (@etammykim) Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

#KoreaToo (by E. Tammy Kim): https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/03/07/koreatoo/

South Koreans Are Still Hopeful After the Trump-Kim Summit (by E. Tammy Kim): https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/south-koreans-are-still-hopeful-after-the-trump-kim-summit

How South Koreans Are Reckoning With a Changing American Military Presence (by E. Tammy Kim): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/magazine/south-korea-america-military.html

Moon Over Korea (by E. Tammy Kim): https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/08/16/moon-jae-in-korea/

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Ep. 69: Feminism and #MeToo in Korea (ft. E. Tammy Kim)