{"id":37588,"date":"2012-08-24T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T18:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=37588"},"modified":"2012-08-24T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T20:20:13","slug":"watch-nicholson-baker-sings-about-jeju-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/24\/watch-nicholson-baker-sings-about-jeju-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Nicholson Baker Sings About Jeju Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholson Baker has written a song about Jeju Island. Watch it here:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YhryGfK7Rbw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He writes: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Jeju Island, a Unesco World Heritage site, full of wonders of nature\u2014called the Island of Peace by South Korea&#8217;s former presiden\u2014is now the locus of a large and controversial military construction project. The South Korean government is building a base there, which will be used by the United States to house missiles, submarines, and aircraft carriers, with which to \u201cproject force\u201d against China. Samsung is the contractor. This is folly and should be stopped.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholson Baker has written a song about Jeju Island. 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