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Why North Korean comic books don’t have superheroes – Ep. 250
Host Jacco Zwetsloot joins the show as a guest for the first time to discuss DPRK graphic novels, the podcast and more
How the first North Korean to face charges in US triggered a diplomatic standoff
O Nam Chol was accused of sexual assault in 1982, forcing DPRK and US to negotiate for first time in decades
By backing Russia in Donbas, Kim Jong Un trades self-reliance for puppetry
Recognizing pseudo-states marks radical shift for North Korea, but cuddling up to Moscow could make peninsula safer
How corruption conquered North Korea, and why it’s there to stay
While Kim Il Sung launched campaigns that curbed graft, Kim Jong Un has found corruption beneficial to his regime
When North Korea invited East German secret police to Pyongyang – Ep. 249
Bernd Schaefer discusses how the Stasi helped the DPRK host a massive festival just months before the Berlin Wall fell
Yoon urges South Korea and Japan to move on. But history keeps bubbling up.
Yoon stresses common North Korea threat in Liberation Day speech, but imminent forced labor ruling could derail efforts
With military makeover, Kim Jong Un asserts his own power in face of troubles
North Korean leader donning white military garb is gesture that seeks to diminish symbolic standing of his predecessors
100,000 North Korean soldiers won’t fight in Ukraine. But a few dozen might.
The DPRK has deployed troops to foreign conflicts before, from the Vietnam War to the civil war in Syria
Filming the unfilmable: Director explores cost of Koreas’ ideological struggle
In ‘Soup and Ideology,’ Yang Yong-hi documents her mother’s fading memory of Jeju massacre and tragedy of division
Straight down the middle: Why neutrality could be best option for two Koreas
Historical proposals for a unified Korea to be neutral have renewed relevance as great power competition intensifies
