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A diplomat’s life in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.40
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A diplomat’s life in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.40

Martina Aberg Somogyi shares her thoughts on a two-year posting in the DPRK

A diplomat’s life in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.40
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot October 8, 2018
Summits, sanctions, and diplomacy: the past month in the DPRK – NKNews Podcast ep.39
Podcast

Summits, sanctions, and diplomacy: the past month in the DPRK – NKNews Podcast ep.39

Korea Risk Group's managing director Chad O'Carroll breaks down recent developments in the DPRK

Summits, sanctions, and diplomacy: the past month in the DPRK – NKNews Podcast ep.39
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot September 28, 2018
ROK lawmakers seek to penalize unauthorized sending of leaflets to North Korea

ROK lawmakers seek to penalize unauthorized sending of leaflets to North Korea

Activists sending anti-regime leaflets to DPRK could face up to three years in jail under new law

ROK lawmakers seek to penalize unauthorized sending of leaflets to North Korea
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji September 28, 2018
How the North is run: the criminal police
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How the North is run: the criminal police

The DPRK's regular police force have a close relationship with their more clandestine colleagues - though the job is much less risky

How the North is run: the criminal police
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 25, 2018
De facto peace treaty? Unpacking the inter-Korean military agreement

De facto peace treaty? Unpacking the inter-Korean military agreement

If the DPRK follows through on their promises, there is potential for Southern tactical advantages

De facto peace treaty? Unpacking the inter-Korean military agreement
Chun In-bum
Chun In-bum September 23, 2018
Improve human rights education for defectors, unification ministry urged

Improve human rights education for defectors, unification ministry urged

National Human Rights Commission says knowledge of civil rights "necessary for resettlement" in ROK

Improve human rights education for defectors, unification ministry urged
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji September 21, 2018
ROK bills proposing changes to North Korean abduction laws withdrawn

ROK bills proposing changes to North Korean abduction laws withdrawn

Proposed legislative changes made originally to avoid "conflict" with North Korea

ROK bills proposing changes to North Korean abduction laws withdrawn
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald September 13, 2018
Satellite imagery reveals major flooding along Pyongyang-Kaesong highway

Satellite imagery reveals major flooding along Pyongyang-Kaesong highway

Damage to homes and farmland evident following UN report of deaths due to flooding

Satellite imagery reveals major flooding along Pyongyang-Kaesong highway
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko September 4, 2018
Dozens dead, tens of thousands displaced by flooding in North Korea: UN

Dozens dead, tens of thousands displaced by flooding in North Korea: UN

Recent flooding results in the loss of life, infrastructure and agricultural land UN says

Dozens dead, tens of thousands displaced by flooding in North Korea: UN
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald September 3, 2018
Navigating North Korean human rights in Washington – NKNews Podcast Ep.35
Podcast

Navigating North Korean human rights in Washington – NKNews Podcast Ep.35

Greg Scarlatoiu discusses the weaponization of human rights and how things have changed under KJU

Navigating North Korean human rights in Washington – NKNews Podcast Ep.35
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 31, 2018