USC KHL 40 Lecture Series #1 Korean Messiah with Jonathan Cheng

Before it became the capital of the world's most closed regime, Pyongyang was known as the "Jerusalem of the East," a center of Protestant Christianity in Korea. Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea, grew up in that world, in a devout Christian family. In Korean Messiah, veteran Wall Street Journal correspondent Jonathan Cheng traces how Kim's Christian upbringing shaped the personality cult that has sustained the Kim dynasty for three generations.

Please join us for the first event in the USC Korean Heritage Library’s 40th Anniversary Lecture Series. Cheng will discuss the book's research, its surprising findings, and what it shows about modern Korean history, religion, and power. A Q&A will follow.