Im very proud to welcome to news asia glad you could join us well known hong kong prodemocracy activist jimmy lie has also supporters to be innovative and patient with their fight for greater freedoms in the city he was granted bail on wednesday days after his arrest under the strict new security no 9 other people including activist agnes cho were arrested on monday by police under the new law after her release on bail on tuesday child 2 vowed to carry on the fight for democracy in hong kong the arrests come at a time when beijing has stepped up the pressure following more than a yard of protests by hong kong demanding a greater say in running their city or lease raiding all this is so precious and such why relations all hong kong. People believe all freedom of speech what i want a media mogul jimmy lai answering questions online on his arrest this week under a new security law for hong kong hes a staunch supporter of the citys prodemocracy Movement China considers him a traitor. When
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The other thing is, democratization that took place in south korea on like north korea. Obviously that really took a form of, again, open societies, south korea. Now, our guarantees, you know, freedom speech, ah, that allows, obviously artistic output to be not restrained by supported even by the government. You know, so i, that has been taken a form of unprecedented cultural and it sounds there. You have now a witnessing in square game parasite, you know, keep up and as such, obeyed, attenuated by criticism was like a huge state subsidy state or power propaganda models. I mean, if the word had gemini comes from my the italian communist graham, she, her, what exactly is hedge a monic mimicry, the title of your book . Well, i am trying to conceptualize how, you know, i mean, yes, theres been charge an accusation of korean. Barbara korean cinema, korean dramas to be largely, you know, parenting or actually copying out the western models. Theres usually an accusation that theres nothing a
You know, certain of a secondary, i think, conceptualization, but i say is the most important criteria when it comes to culture production and how you actually get to obviously had demonic status. That one that actually takes place in an ambivalent kind of a form of a germany is, is how i actually reposition i korean pod, Popular Culture within the global, you know, our village, albeit that were gonna get loads of complaints. As you criticize, cape op and sensation bands like a b t, as for lacking innovation in a global context. And you somehow put that down to these complex her ideas of where korea situates itself. I mean, you even see parallels between france fan all the retro to the earth and his or martinique versus france, korea versus japan. And of course, iris, sick, american, british occupation, what 20 percent of korea killed by the korean war . So there are couple of things. One korean colonial experiences a lot different uh from you know, the kind of a colonial experience. T
Author of hedge, a monic mimicry, korean Popular Culture of the 21st century. Thank you so much, professor farrah, coming on the show to korea, arguably on show at the beginning of 2022 weve got came jargon, overseeing successful hypersonic miss aisles that can reach your new c, irvine. So there in about 25 minutes, who knows . At the same time we see o young to winning a golden globe for a squid game. What is behind the ag, global, cultural rise of south korea . Well, you can probably sum it up as, as 2 things as, as korea, like north korea has had enormous success economically over the, you know, past for the case of 1st he was called a miracle on the river han that has given an impetus, right to turn yourself around, im in the global, i dont know, a village as Popular Culture. I think you know, power house as you put it. And then the other thing is, democratization that took place in south korea on like north korea. Obviously, that really took a form of, again, open societies, south