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February 14, 2022 75 mins

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.

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: Balazs Szalontai | Korea University, Republic of Korea - Academia.edu

*** The Korea Now Podcast #43 – Balázs 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)

*** The Korea Now Podcast #100 – Balázs Szalontai – 'History of the North Korean Socio-Political System' The Korea Now Podcast: The Korea Now Podcast #100 – Balázs Szalontai – 'History of the North Korean Socio-Political System' (libsyn.com)

*** North Korea between China, Japan, and the ROK, 2012-2016 (PDF) North Korea between China, Japan, and the ROK, 2012-2016 | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu

*** "If the Neighborhood Catches Fire, One Will Also Come to Grief": Chinese Attitudes toward North Korea's Confrontational Acts, 2009-2014 (PDF) "If the Neighborhood Catches Fire, One Will Also Come to Grief": Chinese Attitudes toward North Korea's Confrontational Acts, 2009-2014 | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu

*** Whose War Plan Was It? Sino-DPRK Relations and Kim Il Sung's Militant Strategy, 1965-1967 (PDF) Whose War Plan Was It? Sino-DPRK Relations and Kim Il Sung's Militant Strategy, 1965-1967 | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu

*** The Dilemmas of Dependency: China's Controversial Role in North Korea's Economic Transformation (PDF) The Dilemmas of Dependency: China's Controversial Role in North Korea's Economic Transformation | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu

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