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What to make of North Korea’s historic week of missile tests – Ep. 261
The NK News team breaks down growing hostility on the peninsula that has pushed tensions to highest level in years
What North Korea can learn from Southeast Asia – Ep. 260
Economist Halin Han discusses how Vietnam and others’ transition to capitalism can serve as a model for the DPRK
Africa to North Korea: Growing up under Kim Il Sung’s fatherly care – Ep. 259
Monique Macias shares her experience growing up in Pyongyang under the guardianship of North Korea’s founding leader
Rollerblading through Kim Il Sung Square – Ep. 258
Charles Thirlwall discusses the explosion of international business interest in North Korea at the turn of the century
Are North Korea’s missile tests building up to something big? – Ep. 257
The NK News team discusses DPRK state media’s weapons reveals, a missile over Japan, US-ROK responses and more
A peace-first, pro-diplomacy approach to North Korea – Ep. 256
Christine Ahn and Colleen Moore discuss how women across the world are working to formally end the Korean War
What the CIA knows (and doesn’t know) about North Korea – Ep. 255
Soo Kim explains how analysts interpret information coming out of Pyongyang and find signals in the noise
Unplugging from the North Korean matrix – Ep. 254
Seohyun Lee discusses her life in an elite DPRK family and how her view of the country radically changed while abroad
How nuclear weapons help North Korea punch above its weight – Ep. 253
Sung-Yoon Lee discusses grim realities of the Kim Jong Un regime and why denuclearization summit talks are pointless
North Korea declares COVID victory and lashes out at US-ROK drills – Ep. 252
The NK News team discusses the biggest events in August, from DPRK’s COVID ‘victory’ to an attack on a defector-activist
