Professor of International Studies, Dongseo University
B.R. Myers is professor of international studies at Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea, best known for his work on North Korean propaganda. He is a contributing editor for The Atlantic and an opinion columnist for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Myers is the author of Han Sǒrya and North Korean Literature (Cornell, 1994), A Reader's Manifesto (Melville House, 2002), The Cleanest Race (Melville House, 2010), and North Korea's Juche Myth (Sthele Press, 2015).
What the West gets wrong about North Korea's motives, and why some South Koreans admire the North
Sep 08, 2017 07:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
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