North Korea News Podcast

North Korea News Podcast


Latest Episodes

Seoul sues North Korea, inter-Korean naval tensions and more – Ep. 294
June 21, 2023

North Korea dramatically destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office near the border in anger over ROK activists leafleting in 2020, and now three years later, Seoul wants Pyongyang to pay, suing the No

Why North Korea barely moves the needle for South Korean voters – Ep. 293
June 14, 2023

North Koreas borders have been closed for more than three years, but that likely hasnt stopped China from rounding up defectors and detaining them for eventual repatriation back to the DPRK. - New N

What went wrong with North Korea’s spy satellite launch – Ep. 292
June 07, 2023

The last several weeks have seen major developments on the Korean Peninsula, most notably North Koreas botched satellite launch that triggered wartime alert warnings in South Korea. A historic seri

What went wrong with North Korea’s spy satellite launch – Ep. 292
June 07, 2023

The last several weeks have seen major developments on the Korean Peninsula, most notably North Korea’s botched satellite launch that triggered “wartime alert” warnings in South Korea. A historic seri

Evacuation warnings in Seoul, North Korean children’s books and more – Ep. 291
May 31, 2023

Seoul residents awoke to the sound of evacuation sirens and shrill emergency text alerts on Wednesday, after North Korea launched a military spy satellite that ultimately failed. The DPRK has expresse

How a US ambassador navigated North Korean tumult – Ep. 290
May 23, 2023

The late 2000s and early 2010s saw a rapid deterioration in inter-Korean ties. The six-party talks broke down, North Korea conducted its second nuclear test and dozens of sailors and South Korean civi

Helping North Koreans by promoting reform from within – Ep. 289
May 16, 2023

North Koreans are subjected to some of the worst human rights abuses on Earth, living under a state that refuses to cooperate with the U.N. and other watchdogs and does whatever it takes to keep the K

The bumpy road ahead for inter-Korean relations – Ep. 288
May 09, 2023

Pyongyang failed to achieve its dream of unifying the Korean Peninsula under the banner of the Kim regime during the Korean War, but that may not mean it has abandoned the goal. - Andrei Lankov, a pro

North Korea’s strategy for coping with the consequences of nukes – Ep. 287
May 02, 2023

From the outside, it appears the Kim Jong Un regime is no closer to giving up its nuclear weapons than it was a decade ago. State media frequently trumpets the newest nuclear strategy or delivery vehi

What the US-ROK summit means for North Korea – Ep. 286
April 27, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol reached a series of agreements during their summit on Wednesday, creating a new nuclear consultation group to manage North Kor