Revisiting and revising the Jeju Massacre | Episode #24

On this episode of Me, You & Jeju, Darryl Coote and Alexis Joy discuss what has changed during the podcast’s hiatus, including Darryl’s refund love of jimjilbongs (Korean bathhouses), the decline in the island’s population and more (0:00).

During Jeju Dialect Corner, teacher Ju Young Han and Darryl catch up before she schools him in how to say 숨비소리 (sumbisori), a word for the whistle sound haenyeo make when they exhale following a deep dive (8:26).   

Then Darryl and Alexis discuss the recent publication of an article Darryl wrote concerning the history of “Suni Samchon,” a short story by Jeju author Hyun Ki-young that would crack open decades of silence surround Jeju 4.3 (20:57).

Read the article here: “45 years on, story helped generations face trauma of Korean massacre.” 

And finally, the pair speak with  Jeongmin Kim, lead correspondent with NK News and editorial director at KOREA PRO, about a North Korean defector-cum Seoul lawmaker Tae Yong-ho who recently found himself in hot water for stating Jeju 4.3 was instigated by North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and his communist party (38).

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Read her story here: “Defector lawmaker in hot water over remarks linking North Korea to Jeju massacre.”

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