Since his election to the South Korean presidency in May of 2017, Moon Jae-in has steadfastly remained committed to a policy of engagement with North Korea. His administration’s emphasis on dialogue and reconciliation has evoked […]
On March 7th, 2021, the Indian Student’s Society at the University of Toronto hosted “India’s COVID-19 Battle,” a panel discussion that sought to take an intersectional approach to analyze the impacts of Covid-19. The event […]
Section 1 “Talk about caste system, bring reservation in the private sector. Raise these questions, then I will believe that you have faith in this country.”[1] Just by asking for change through his words, Kanhaiya […]
Keywords: Indonesian coup, psychological warfare, Cold War in Asia-Pacific, reconciliation, documentary methodology Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary/docufiction The Act of Killing provided a provocative and troubling account of the Indonesian massacre of alleged PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) […]
After being imprisoned and tortured for eleven months,[1] human rights lawyer Chang Weiping was only granted ten minutes to briefly speak to his parents in a police station. “I plead to you and mother to […]
On February 3rd, 2021, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, in cooperation with the Centre for the Study of Korea and the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, […]
Note: This event is based on an article that will be published in the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies in August 2021. University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral fellow Jinsook Kim delivered a talk on new […]
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