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Devastation and Desperation: Eyewitness Accounts of 1950’s Korea

Category: Society & Culture
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Publish Date: 2016-09-14 19:01:25
Description: In part three of a conversation with conscientious objector, pacifist and 1950s aid worker Joe Smucker, he discusses the paranoia and chaos that he witnessed in a country in the grip of a post-colonial and post-war reality. Plus, more on the Mennonites and their relationship with South Korea. Also: an e-mail from a listener whose grandparents participated in educational and agricultural efforts in Daejon during the post-war period. Music on this episode is from 단장의 with her 1960's trot classic '미아리고개'. Photo credit: Morning Calm Weekly News on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/imcomkorea/3198333337
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