May 08, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Tizzard

David Tizzard

David A. Tizzard has a Ph.D. in Korean Studies and lectures at Seoul Women's University and Hanyang University. He is a social and cultural commentator who has lived in Korea for nearly two decades. He is also the host of the Korea Deconstructed podcast.

Opinion

Ignorance is bliss: Fewer and fewer South Koreans study the North

What we lose when there are fewer people studying the enemy is something computers can’t replace

David TizzardDavid TizzardApril 1, 2016
Opinion

Sanctions or sense: How to make North Korea listen

One cannot expect Pyongyang to stop weapons proliferation when that's what they're doing

David TizzardDavid TizzardMarch 18, 2016
Opinion

Does Kim Jong Un believe Republicans want to ‘take him out?’

What does the future hold for U.S.-NK relations when candidates openly talk of assassination?

David TizzardDavid TizzardMarch 4, 2016
Opinion

Believing North Korea – when it’s convenient

Those who say 'take Pyongyang at its word' don’t do so regarding its satellite launches

David TizzardDavid TizzardFebruary 19, 2016
Opinion

The quest for a hangover cure: N.Koreans are just as human as us

Can Northerners stop hangovers with ginseng? Probably not, but the claim tells us a lot

David TizzardDavid TizzardFebruary 5, 2016
Opinion

S.Korea lowers itself with loudspeaker propaganda

Temperatures drop, tensions rise, and Seoul joins in the Orwellian chorus

David TizzardDavid TizzardJanuary 22, 2016
Opinion

Athletics and operatings systems: A future with two Koreas?

Why do all talks about the future of the Korean peninsula revolve around reunification?

David TizzardDavid TizzardJanuary 11, 2016