Major Czech news outlet Novinky.cz has published a feature article and a 30-minute history podcast discussing the exhibition Hand in Hand with Korea: (Post)War Years. The episode includes a conversation with Miriam Löwensteinováand Karolína Šamánková, who present the historical background behind the project.
The discussion focuses on relations between Czechoslovakia and North Korea after the Korean War, when Czechoslovakia became involved in a range of aid activities. These included medical assistance, reconstruction efforts, and the reception of North Korean children affected by the war—an important subject of our ongoing research on Korean war orphans in Czechoslovakia.
The article and podcast also introduce the exhibition at Kampus Hybernská, which presents archival photographs, documents, and personal testimonies that shed light on this little-known chapter of Cold War history. Through the interview, the speakers discuss both the historical context and the motivations behind presenting these materials to the public.
Coverage by Novinky.cz, one of the most widely read Czech media platforms, helps bring broader public attention to the exhibition and to the research project exploring the history of Korean war orphans and Czechoslovakia’s post-war connections with the Korean Peninsula.
Read and listen to the full feature here:
https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/podcasty-historie-podcasty-pomoc-kldr-byla-za-komunistu-velka-ale-do-jiste-miry-i-spontanni-40560272