North Korea News Podcast
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Forced labor, COVID-19 and DPRK silence on US elections – NKNews Podcast Ep. 158
In this exclusive roundtable discussion, the NK News team talks about COVID-19 in North Korea, forced labor, Pyongyang’s reaction to the U.S. elections and more. About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted exclusively by ...
Statues and sanctions: North Korea in Congo – NKNews Podcast Ep. 157
A recent report from The Sentry focuses on North Korea’s illicit financing, shady business deals and U.N., U.S. and EU sanctions evasions. Principal authors Hilary Mossberg and John Dell’Osso join the NK News Podcast to talk sanctions and enforcement,
How South Korean NGOs impact inter-Korean relations – NKNews Podcast Ep. 156
Secretary-General Sang-young Hong of the Korean Sharing Movement talks about the role non-government actors and organizations play in inter-Korean relations, efficient distribution of food and other aid, the constraints on NGOs caused by sanctions and ...
Trump or Biden: Who can solve the North Korea problem? – NKNews Podcast Ep. 155
What will Trump 2.0’s North Korea policy be? How would North Korea react to a Biden-Harris White House? What would these administrations mean for the future of the U.S.-ROK alliance? Yonsei University Professor John Delury and Retired Lieutenant Genera...
Why diplomacy is still the way to go with North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 154
Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry joins the NK News Podcast to talk about his time in the Bill Clinton administration, the problems with Bush’s approach to North Korea and why diplomacy is still the best way to solve the DPRK nuclear problem...
How overseas labor improves ordinary North Korean lives – NKNews Podcast Ep. 153
North Korean workers abroad have been a major controversy and a key target of international sanctions. Often, these individuals are working long hours in poor conditions and with low pay — many liken them to modern-day slave laborers.
US intelligence and strategy on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 152
What exactly is U.S. intelligence and how does America use it to craft strategies to confront or engage North Korea? Former National Intelligence Officer Markus Garlauskas joins the show to talk about the limits and strengths of intelligence,
Interview with ‘The Mole’ director Mads Brügger — NKNews Podcast Ep.151
In 2016, a Danish documentary film director teamed up with two actors who would pretend to be interested in buying weapons and drug components from North Korea. For the next three years, the undercover actors flew around the world to meet with North Ko...
Missiles galore: North Korea’s post-parade prognosis — NKNews Podcast Ep.150
Everything you wanted to know about North Korea’s military parade, with NK News reporters Jeongmin Kim, Colin Zwirko and Min Chao Choy. Topics include the country’s new missiles, TELs, Kim Jong Un’s speech and a special new white horse unit.
North Korea’s rapidly evolving tech scene — NKNews Podcast Ep.149
North Korea is the most isolated nation in the world, and the regime expends large resources to keep it that way by impeding information flows, jamming signals and creating proprietary technology and network access incompatible everywhere else.