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On Her Majesty’s diplomatic service in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.107
John Everard discusses his time as the UK's top diplomat to the DPRK and his thoughts on prospects for the future
DPRK history and plagiarism in Korean Studies – NKNews Podcast Ep.106
Professor Balázs Szalontai discusses his scholarly work on North Korea and the controversy surrounding Charles Armstrong
Fire, fury, and summitry: reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.105
Before she leaves the NK News team, senior correspondent Dagyum Ji sits down to discuss her thoughts on all things DPRK
Going back and forth to Pyongyang as a secret negotiator – NKNews Podcast Ep.104
Park Chul-un discusses his multiple clandestine trips across the DMZ during a turbulent period in inter-Korean relations
Bringing Slovenian avant-garde rock to the DPRK – NKNews Podcast Ep.103
Morten Traavik and Mary Sun Kim discuss Laibach's 2015 concert in Pyongyang and navigating North Korean censorship
The UN COI report on North Korea, five years later – NKNews Podcast Ep.102
Michael Kirby discusses what has and hasn't changed in DPRK human rights since the landmark document in 2014
What Presidents Moon and Trump get wrong about the DPRK – NKNews Podcast Ep.101
Former diplomat David Straub discusses why current ROK-U.S. policy towards North Korea is failing — and how to change it
The 100th episode bonanza – NKNews Podcast Ep.100
Professor Andrei Lankov, host Jacco Zwetsloot, and the NK News team come together for a special roundtable discussion
The last voyage of the Pong Su – an NKNews Podcast special episode
The Age's Richard Baker discusses the DPRK's role in one of the biggest drug smuggling cases in Australian history
Storm clouds over Stockholm: DPRK-U.S. talks fall apart – NKNews Podcast Ep.99
The NK News team discusses how and why working-level negotiations failed — and what happens next