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Fascinating interview. Thanks.

Who paid you guys

In the USA, we can’t even greet a stranger without initiating suffering controversy. We are polarized into two warring factions!

I recognize you, “ordinary dud” and I’m in the USA! Keep up your extraordinary channel! You’re so engaging and informative.

Armys are so immature. Whatever it was that was said, it was not worth all that nonsense.

Eventually all philosophers and scientists will come to the same final conclusion, namely that we never will be able to understand, find, know or derive the meaning of life. We aren´t even able to answer the question whether or not there is one at all. We don´t know what we are, where we come from and where we go and we never will. 6000 years of known civilization with far better minds than live today haven´t lead us one inch closer to the answer of these questions. So the meaning of life, if you must insist that there is one, is this: live and look for it but don´t find it and then die.

Go further in depth on this topic! It’s interesting. 😮

I started watching My Mister after watching the first part of this video. Now my mom, step dad, and I watched 6 episodes on our day off and we are all very involved and love the show. Which is a miracle my step dad likes it cause he is extremely ridged about what he likes and doesn't like. I love it cause I find it relatable to the main male and his scenario. It is top 5 of drama's I've seen already. Thanks for making this podcast episode.

I was listening to podcast in the background, dear god, who was the person dying coughing? I hope they are ok.

Exactly we should take good parts of all systems and conbindd them for a better societies 😊

Since the US is a pluralistic society, presenting sterotypes as definative is weird to me.

This was a great discussion😊 and having David Kim as a guest was a smart move. I’ve watched his content since way back and he is still the same intelligent and easy going guy he’s always been. Yes, he’s an experienced content creator but above all he is incredibly humble.

Morning vs evening showers is an ongoing debate in the US 😂. Personally, I’m a morning shower person. And I don’t know anyone who changes their clothes when they get home!

I have a friend who taught English in Korea for a couple years. She did have one experience that she reported and the police did nothing. I think foreigners would feel safer in Korea if the police were more effective. We suspect the crime rate is so low because police aren't taking reported crimes seriously, especially if it is a woman who is reporting it.

oof northern european countries... huge taxes on the people, low corporate taxes... also very homogenous...

@1:23:47 oof that take is good, but it's so wrong.. the Communists countries aren't captialistic (they are exploiting the capitalistic countries, China is so called still classified as a developing country, so they are abusing that status, Korea and America are propping them up), they look like they are excelling, come on David, you know how asians are, we want to look good on the outside at all costs, even if we have to sacrifice whats on the inside, and no one embodies that more than the CCP. They are corrupt as can be, they prop up their electric cars by buying millions of them, and then trashing them. They have corporate espionage, I mean, the Chinese market stole LCD tech from Korea, and now they are trying to steal OLED tech... You are right that they can execute decisions fast, but man they are horrible, the ghosts cities... So many poor people out in the countryside... China unemployment rate hitting 50%... Yea... Democracy isn't the way either, democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb deciding what they will eat. That's why America came up with a representative democracy, and 3 branches of government, so that government would be slow, and small... but government US gov has gotten too big, and it's starting to eatup the rights of the citizens...

Nice to see David interviewed for a change. It's been truly interesting discovering his thought and reasonings. Quite impressive, David!

Excellent talk. I learned so much here. Thank you to you all. I agree so much with Anton and all of you. So impressed about Anton’s Korean language level too! Such an inspiration. But if there is something I disagree with Anton on is his criticism of Korean Gen z. I think it’s slightly unfair. I’m a teacher myself and, although I don’t teach Korean youth, I know that young people’s resilience is not something that should be automatically expected, but encouraged and nurtured. Yes, the old generation of Koreans are resilient, but they are also inflexible, intolerant and patriarchal. Gen Z is not like that. They have other influences and they should be given the opportunity to flourish, speak and create. They have gone through that gruelling education system in Korea and they have been exposed to such contradictory messages from East and West… I think these guys need time to breathe, travel, explore… Gen Z women have opportunities that their mothers could not have dream of: Isn’t it a bit unfair blaming these young people for being “too soft” when in reality we want them soft enough to make those educational changes in South Korea that prioritise wellbeing and compassion over gruelling prescriptive memorising and inflexible mindset?

This was a very good Interview. Great questions and a very engaged back and forth. My take on the negative view on korea. I think it is kind of inevitable. For example I liked watching american content as an european student/young adult and got very desillusioned because it wasn't that curated 90's sitcom content but harsh truths and real expieriences from people. And my view on the country changed. And I see the same pattern repeating with korean content. The more you dive into a culture the more uncomfortable things or let's say nuanced viewpoints you will uncover. Were it gets tricky is the fact that bad or scandalous content gets more views because it is so polarizing. So you might get a tinted view because of the algorithmn. But this is just my theory 😅.

Really good conversation. The part about politics and the reason why people are in it…its not for the betterment of people. Happiness, we look for it in others but they all have their own issues.

Love David Kim❤

Film was amazing, so much eye candy and layers to the story telling thru visuals and dialogue. That focus changing in the reflection scene was top shelf, so many cool things like that or the mountain/water dynamics thru out that really kept me engaged the whole way thru the film. My friends can't take endings like that tho they were broken after lol but I'll take a good tearjerker any day. I appreciate that Korea often stick to singular films or seasons too, they'd rather move onto new ideas which is refreshing. Hollywood was kinda disappointing me for a while but older films and Korea have been reinvigorating my love for cinema lately. (or just the international film scene in general)

As a long time fan of both David Kim and Professor Tizzard I really enjoyed this meeting of the two minds. If you have not tuned into KPC please do so. David Kim invites guest from a variety of backgrounds and discusses current topics. Every week I check in with Prof. Tizzard's column in the Korean Times. The pieces vary from light and entertaining to serious and weighty but always thought provoking.

where is this audio from? can you link it?

I came here for David Kim. I'll come back for David Tizzard. Great discussion--thank you!

The HyperMoralism is the age old culture there of avoiding shame for the whole family. Its like they are all on edge and ready to blast anyone so they can feel like they are fully conformed.

Funny he mentioned the NewJeans sound/visual aesthetic, as a former Detroit raver and P.L.U.R. associate that's the first thing I thought of when I saw their outfits or the DnB influence on Get Up.

Listening from across the globe :) Good Job!

Loved this fab discussion

Really liked that. Appreciate more mature tone of discussion and topics from all three of you. Will explore your other content (David's content I already knew even from before DKDKTV news was a thing). Good work and well spent time on my side. Thank you.

Loved this 🥰. Great to see David Kim talking about politics and Korea in a more serious way than in his podcast. Happy to being introduced to David Tizzard and Soyoon Kim. Very interesting discussion and people. Thank you for this.

Changing clothes when you get home it’s not just Korean thing 🫤

Absolutely brilliant podcast! So insightful and one of the best discussions about Korea

If we are like Bernardo says, a product of nature and are "being done" by nature then the thoughts about "my life being about me" is also nature's doing. Or else there's separation. And how would that work.

Yo where's my explaination of E.H. Carr "What is History?"

BTS is great but their fanbase and fandom?? questionable...

There is a reference to big heads. Where can I go to explore that idea?

Is God not the initial disassociation? Would not the mind of God be the father, the first disassociation be the son, and the impetus for the mind to disassociate be the spirit?

I've believed there's only one mind for nearly 50 years.

Can any of you fine folks tell me why this is called Korea Deconstructed?

Kastrup has such a great grasp on the language around describing the underlying truth, the life. I'd love to hear him comment on the Sapolsky's of the world.

It's one of those programs that got out of hand. There was a genuine need during and post-Korean war. Especially with the mixed race kids. And, Korea was dirt poor. Then, a myriad of things happened: - it became a business - it became an illegitimate business - social stigma around single women - saved money by not having to fund state run children homes - (most amusingly) a legitimate military / state geopolitical decision ie having more Korean babies / kids in the Western world and South Korea would get military aid if the North ever attacked Averaged around 500-600 international adoptions until 1967 (feels like these are all legit and needed). 10 years later, it exploded to 6,000. Peaked another 10 years later at 8,800 (1985).

It is easy to be played by life if you have health, security and a save comfortable home with an apple tree in your backyard.

Funnily enough, the president who liberalized that stuff was another dictator, Chun Doo-Hwan. He did it to divert attention away from his many crimes and massacres, which ultimately didn't work out. After he was ousted from power and democracy restored in 1987, he was sentenced to death in 1996.

Yo Professor that fit is crazy

Thank you for having me on - Enjoyed being on the podcast! I urge everyone to read this book, even though it tackles some difficult concepts and issues, it is very accessible and easy to read!

Daehanminguk is the name of ROK in Korean, as Joseon was that of the Joseon Dynasty in the 1700s for the people of Korean Peninsula. Republic is a political system or a ruling type of a country and for the Daehanminguk it is a State up until now in my humble view. Therefore, the Book title should be reconsidered. Otherwise 💭💭💭

As for why he's controversial, he was a sellout to imperial Japan who wrote several poems to encourage colonial Koreans to enlist in the IJA and take part in its imperialist and oppressive agenda. He's a genius, that part is true, but an evil or cowardly one at that.

As a Korean, that's very true. Probably the darkest chapter of our history. Nobi and Noye was a big effort by Koreans to distance themselves from the realities of slavery. I think it mostly got forgotten b/c Koreans enslaved other Koreans and the whole system just collapsed during the Korean War.

Charlie's experience in the ROK army is interesting, as much as the topic itself is. Even though I was born in Seoul, South Korea, I often found myself odd with my fellows in the army. This was because I have a Northerner identity. Of course, it is hard to compare the experience of a self-identified Northerner born in the South to that of a South Korean citizen born in New Delhi when they were doing military service. But still interesting to listen to the story of Charlie who was born and raised in a different cultural background and then forced to join a cult named the Army. On the topic, interestingly, I say "Our republic(우리 공화국)" referring to the Republic of Korea. In English, I prefer saying "I'm from the Republic of Korea," especially when I was in the UK and asked where I came from. (But usually, I had to explain I meant South Korea, often adding the South is the good Korea where Samsung or LG coming from, while the North is the Kim's one.) And I do also do it in Korean, since I believe in republicanism(I'm not talking about the American conservative party, but a political idea). But it is true that saying "our republic" is hardly accepted by my family and friends, partially because republicanism has only a tiny place to stand in the South Korean two-party political system - no one's friends could be everyone's enemy, really. Clearly, the South Korean public is reluctant to talk about the foundation of the Republic, because it has always been a subject of controversy. I support the 1919 theory, which is an idea that the Republic of Korea founded in 1919 as the result of the First March movement. So I often argue that we should call the 1st of March "Independence Day" because we declared it that day, and on the day we must celebrate the newborn of the Republic in Korean history. But this sort of opinion is not so popular. My hardliner conservative father and some of my conservative friends blame me for being an accomplice of pro-North Korea propagandists (I still don't understand their logic). On the other hand, my other friends who are so-called progressive or so-called liberal sometimes oppose my idea because some parts of my argument acknowledge Rhee Seung-man as the first president of the Republic. Oh God. In this sense, the Korean narrative of history seems to be mostly designed to work as a tool for domestic politics. That's why I sometimes insist "History has not yet become history in Korea. It is still a politics." Since I support republicanism, I welcome and support immigrants' rights. So, having an ethno-based national identity is, in my opinion, something we should oppose. And in this context, I see the overall environment has become much more comfortable. But the North Korean issue is a really tricky question. I'm really in favour of the reunification, or I say, "The Third Unification," more precisely. I have been developing five arguments to support it, and one of the arguments is closely linked to national identity. But more and more ethnic-based national identity would be eradicated, more and more Koreans would become less interested in the unification, or even some would oppose the idea. Family ties to those in the North would fade away over time. But cultural, ethnic, and linguistic ties will remain as strong in the future(and it was the argument of Prof. John Delury on his idea of why Korean would want to have unification). So I see there is a potential challenge for South Korea over this issue Here's my question. As a scholar and Korea watcher, what do you think how South Korean society will respond to this challenge?