Understanding Korea, One Story at a Time Podcast · Behind-the-scenes stories and research on growing up in Korean society.

Some personal news and an exciting update

October 23, 2025·12 min·1 clip

North Korean defectors in the U.S. often become statistically invisible, counted merely as South Korean immigrants due to their passports.

This episode details a major update from Jiwon, the author behind the 'Understanding Korea' Substack. It explores how her 24 years of academic research on North Korean defectors informs her creative writing and leads to a new paid series, 'Unlocking Korea's Hidden Library,' which will analyze essential but untranslated Korean books.

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