North Korea News Podcast

North Korea News Podcast


Latest Episodes

Why the US seeks dialogue with North Korea on human rights – Ep. 344
May 29, 2024

North Korea failed this week to place a spy satellite into orbit for the third time in four attempts since last year, after a carrier rocket exploded shortly after a satellite launch on Monday night.

The surprising similarities between North Korea and Taiwan – Ep. 343
May 22, 2024

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in released a lengthy memoir this week focusing on his foreign and defense policies and diplomacy with North Korea. NK News News Trainee Joe Smith shares what Mo

How North Korea uses feature films as a social weapon – Ep. 342
May 15, 2024

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held his first comprehensive press conference in 21 months last week, during which he discussed Seouls relationship with Moscow despite Russias burgeoning ties w

What Russia has to gain by killing the UN panel on North Korea – Ep. 341
May 08, 2024

In recent weeks, the mandate of the U.N. Panel of Experts tasked with monitoring the implementation of sanctions against North Korea expired. Evidence emerged that the DPRK is phasing out the use of t

Why North Korea has embraced sustainable development – Ep. 340
May 01, 2024

North Korean trade with its top economic partner China rebounded in March to nearly $160 million, in the latest sign of strength in bilateral exchange. NK News Data Correspondent Anton Sokolin joins t

One man’s mission to map all of North Korea – Ep. 339
April 24, 2024

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a salvo missile launch to test the countrys Nuclear Trigger system for the first time this week. NK News Deputy Managing Editor Alannah Hill (@alannahmhill) sit

The ups and downs of negotiating with North Koreans – Ep. 338
April 17, 2024

With the end of the U.N. Panel of Experts on North Korea fast approaching, NK News founder Chad OCarroll (@chadocl) sits down in the studio to discuss the pros and cons of four alternative ways that

North Korea’s impact on the South Korean general election – Ep. 337
April 10, 2024

South Koreans head to the polls on April 10 to cast their votes in the general election to choose their next legislators. The NK News team sits down in the studio to discuss what impact, if any, North

The challenges of archiving North Korea’s volatile media – Ep. 336
April 03, 2024

Russia controversially vetoed a resolution to maintain the U.N. Panel of Experts on North Korea last week. NK News correspondent Shreyas Reddy (@shreyas_k_reddy) and news trainee Joe Smith (@nkjoesmit

How North Korea rinses the dirty proceeds of its cyber heists – Ep. 335
March 26, 2024

North Korea continues to process cargo through a border disinfection facility established during the pandemic despite taking steps to ease COVID-19 controls, according to NK Pro analysis. NK News seni