Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir (w/ author Paul Courtright)

A powerful new memoir ‘Witnessing Gwangju’ was released this month to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising. The book’s author, former American Peace Corps volunteer Paul Courtright, was one of only a handful of foreign witnesses to this pivotal event in modern South Korean history. On episode 93 of The Korea File, he joins host Andre Goulet to explore how his simple rural life of living and treating patients in the South Jeolla leprosy village of Hohyewan in May, 1980 collided with the Korean people’s struggle against dictatorship. Find the book at Listen to ‘A March of the Beloved: The May 18 Democratization Revolution Song’ at Support the show at This conversation was recorded on May 22nd, 2020.

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This episode is 55:40 long.

This episode was published on May 24, 2020.

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