How North Korea uses feature films as a social weapon – Ep. 342

Benjamin Joinau a été invité dans le podcast en anglais de NK News, animé par Jacco Zwetsloot, sur le thème de ma base de données du cinéma nord-coréen et du livre “Faire du terrain en Corée du Nord” co-édité avec Valérie Gelézeau.

Benjamin Joinau discusses his database of some 800 DPRK movies and what we can learn from the country’s cinema.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held his first comprehensive press conference in 21 months last week, during which he discussed Seoul’s relationship with Moscow despite Russia’s burgeoning ties with North Korea. NK News Lead Correspondent Jeongmin Kim (@jeongminnkim) joins the podcast to discuss more of what Yoon had to say, as well as a balloon launch aimed at sending anti-regime leaflets and USB flash drives loaded with K-pop toward North Korea.

Then, Benjamin Joinau, a French cultural anthropologist specializing in Korean studies, discusses the comprehensive database of North Korean feature films he recently published.