BROTHER ANTHONY: Korea's 20th Century

Brother Anthony (???) is President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Korea, an academic organization which has participated in Korean intellectual and cultural life since 1900 . He`s also a scholar of Korean studies, a translator of Korean poetry and an expert on The Korean Way of Tea. In the 2nd of a two-part conversation he speaks about his work translating poet Ko Un (??), the changes he's witnessed firsthand in Korean society in the last 35 years and the unreality created by the division between the two Koreas. For more on Brother Anthony, visit his website at http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/ For more on The Royal Asiatic Society of Korea visit http://www.raskb.com/ This interview was recorded in Brother Anthony`s Sogang University neighbourhood office in December, 2014. Music on this episode: "Chuitaepyoung", Daegeum Solo, 1928