North Korea News Podcast

Nov 20 2024 300 ep. 54 mins 556
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The NK News Podcast is a weekly program covering all things North Korea: Discussion on the latest news, extended interviews with leading specialists, and insight from our own staff. We welcome both generalist and specialist audiences interested in knowing more about the Korean Peninsula.

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Sean King: Why Trump’s reelection could see Kim Jong Un visit the White House

Nov 20 2024 10 mins  
On today’s episode, former U.S. government official and scholar Sean King joins the podcast to discuss what Washington’s foreign policy is likely to look like under President-elect Donald Trump. He’ll also talk about who Trump has picked for his administration so far and their relevance to events on and around the Korean Peninsula, as well as how North Korea’s deployment

How North Korean troops in Russia have changed peninsula dynamics

Nov 19 2024 20 mins  
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Minjung Kim: The Ten Principles that govern the lives of North Koreans

Nov 13 2024 54 mins  
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Fake news about North Korean troops, and a Russian attack on ROK websites

Nov 11 2024 21 mins  
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What Donald Trump’s return means for North Korea and Kim Jong Un

Nov 07 2024 45 mins  
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North Korea’s new missile, fighting in Kursk and the end of the Juche calendar

Nov 04 2024 22 mins  
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Bruce Klingner: What a second Trump presidency would mean for the peninsula

Oct 31 2024 49 mins  
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North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul

Oct 29 2024 19 mins  
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Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state

Oct 24 2024 51 mins  
North Korea is infamously intolerant of religion, harshly cracking down on faith as a potential threat to the regime. But that doesn’t mean the officially atheistic state is completely free of believers. Religious studies scholar Roman Husarski joins the podcast to talk about the different religions that are active in North Korea, how believers practice their faith and the exten

Examining evidence of North Korean troop deployments to the war in Ukraine

Oct 22 2024 22 mins  
North Korea has deployed troops to assist Russian forces in Ukraine, the ROK presidential office asserted last week, with Seoul’s spy agency publishing evidence that Russian naval vessels transported DPRK special forces to the Far East earlier this month. NK News Data Correspondent Anton Sokolin joins the podcast to discuss what we know about the number of troops that have been