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Seeing past North Korean propaganda – NKNews Podcast Ep. 214
CNN correspondent Will Ripley discusses his interviews with prisoners, officials, locals and more on trips to the DPRK
North Korea praises new food factories, but construction often dragged for years
Kim Jong Un pushed dog meat restaurant while border province built factories during year of acute food shortages
Longtime head of influential North Korea abductee group dies at 83
Shigeo Iizuka fought for the return of Japanese nationals taken to the DPRK after his sister was abducted in 1970s
North Korea reports no COVID cases as Omicron looms large in state media
DPRK says it screened additional 1,464 people over two-week period as total tested nears 50,000
10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?
Experts weigh the different options for the US as Kim Jong Un enters his second decade in power
Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it
Ten more years of Kim means more missiles and more oppression, all at the expense of the North Korean people
71 years later, prisoners of war in North Korea are still waiting to return home
POWs have long been an afterthought in Seoul’s inter-Korean policy, and those still alive are running out of time
Holding to account: UN resolutions on DPRK human rights are not dead letters
While promoting reform is difficult, the UN can pressure North Korea to cooperate by documenting human rights concerns
Enhanced border controls hurtle North Korea into a new information dark age
The COVID crisis has helped authorities justify harsher measures that will likely persist even after the pandemic ends
10 years of Kim Jong Un: Where will North Korea be 10 years from now?
Experts vote on a range of potential scenarios, from crisis and ongoing COVID-19 isolation to economic growth and more
