In this episode of “The Korea File,” sociologist Jacob Reidhead and host Andre Goulet discuss the origins of the Democratic Party’s unprecedented victory in April’s parliamentary elections in South Korea. They also contrast South Korea’s patron-client political party system with Japan and Taiwan’s faction-based traditions.
Plus: rumors, America’s failed media ecosystem and the life and “death” of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.
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