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The History Hour: Historic Korean summit and goat island

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Historic Korean summit and goat island

02/09/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, Historic Korean summit and goat island

The first inter-Korean summit in 50 years and the Mexican island overrun by goats

The first inter-Korean summit in 50 years, the Rabaa massacre in Egypt's capital, the famous bus boycott in the English city of Bristol, and the Mexican island ravaged by goats.

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Jean H. Lee, an American journalist  who has covered both North and South Korea extensively. Jean is also the co-host of the BBC World Service podcast, The Lazarus Heist. She tells us more about the relationship between the two countries.

The programme begins with the historic meeting between North and South Korea's leaders almost 50 years after the Korean War. We hear from Sameh Elbarky who was in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya Square on the day the army killed hundreds of protestors following a military coup. 

In the second half of the programme, British black activists recount how they protested against racism within the local bus company in Bristol in 1963. One of the first Chinese students to arrive in the US in the early 1980s following the Cultural Revolution shares her experience. Finally, how the Mexican island of Guadalupe was saved from being destroyed by hungry goats. 

Contributors:
Jean H. Lee - American journalist and the co-host of the BBC's The Lazarus Heist podcast.
Professor Chung-in Moon - South Korean special delegate. 
Sameh Elbarky - survivor of the Rabaa massacre.
Paul Stephenson - spokesperson for the Bristol Bus Boycott. 
Roy Hackett - Bristol Bus Boycott protestor. 
Zha Jianying - Chinese American writer. 
Professor Exequiel Ezcurra - conservationist. 

(Photo: North and South Korean leaders meet at the summit in 2000. Credit: Reuters)

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