The Korea Now Podcast #119 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘The Chinese-North Korean Relationship’

<p>This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Balázs Szalontai. They speak about China’s controversial role in North Korea’s economic transformation, Chinese involvement in planning for a potential second Korean war (1965-1967), Chinese attitudes toward confrontational acts by North Korea, and how North Korea has managed to exploit conflicts between China, Japan, and South Korea, while trying to sabotage trilateral cooperation.</p> <p>Balázs Szalontai is a Professor at Korea University, a former-Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Mongolian International University of Science and Technology, and a former-Research Associate at the Institute for International Education in Seoul. Balázs is the author of ‘Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964’ and ‘North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction’. He is also the author of ‘Captives of the Past: The Questions of Responsibility and Reconciliation in North Korea’s Narratives of the Korean War’, and his academic works can be found at: <a href= "https://korea-kr.academia.edu/BalazsSzalontai">Balazs Szalontai | Korea University, Republic of Korea - Academia.edu</a></p> <p><em>*** The Korea Now Podcast #43 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘Memory, Responsibility and Reconciliation - From the Korean War to Denuclearization’ <a href= "https://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com/the-korea-now-podcast-43-balzs-szalontai-memory-responsibility-and-reconciliation-from-the-korean-war-to-denuclearization"> The Korea Now Podcast: The Korea Now Podcast #43 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘Memory, Responsibility and Reconciliation - From the Korean War to Denuclearization’ (libsyn.com)</a></em></p> <p><em>*** The Korea Now Podcast #100 – Balázs Szalontai – ‘History of the North Korean Socio-Political System’ <a href= "https://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com/the-korea-now-podcast-100-balzs-szalontai-history-of-the-north-korean-socio-political-system"> The Korea Now Podcast: The K