Now playing: Korea : A Very Short Introduction

Open Korea : A Very Short Introduction from the public chart in adults, voiced by Paul Heitsch.

Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbors China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons – the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to one of the world’s most repressive regimes, at once both bizarre and menacing.

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