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The guest on this episode of Asia Unscripted is Jisoo Kim, the Director of the Institute for Korean Studies and the Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures at George Washington University. Professor Kim is a specialist in gender and legal history of early modern Korea. Her first book, The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Chosŏn Korea, received the 2017 James B. Palais Book Prize and traces the discourse of emotions in the realm of law and examines how the narrative of wŏn (冤) or the sense of being wronged played a crucial role in seeking and performing justice. In the episode, Professor Kim speaks to Vivien about the debates about the adultery law in Korea, as well as current gender politics in South Korea, including the recent "Nth Room" sex crime scandal. Episode Artwork from Getty ImagesSupport the show (https://www.usasiainstitute.org/support-usai-ch)