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Devastation and Desperation: Eyewitness Accounts of 1950’s Korea

15 min • 15 september 2016

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