To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, we discuss three short stories from a collection of works by celebrated Korean women authors in a special books episode of The Korea Herald podcast.

“The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women” is a collection of nine short stories that span five decades from the 1970s to 2010s, edited and translated by Ju-chan and Bruce Fulton. In this episode, copy editors Beth Eunhee Hong and Naomi Ng discuss Park Wan-suh’s “Identical Apartments” (1974), Oh Jung-hee’s “Wayfarer” (1983) and Kim Chi-won’s “Almaden” (1988). Beth and Naomi discuss how the stories reflect broader themes in Korean society today, and our own lives as third culture kids and young women currently based in South Korea.

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Full article: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220224000105

Intro: ♪ Onion (Prod. by Lukrembo)

Outro: ♪ Wine (Prod. by Lukrembo)