In this episode, NK News Deputy Managing Editor Alannah Hill dives into the latest evidence of North Korea’s military involvement in the war in Ukraine, focusing on recently recovered handwritten notes detailing Kim Jong Un’s message to North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces. She also talks about how Kyiv’s decision to reveal the identities of captured DPRK soldiers has raised ethnical concerns.

Then, she discusses North Korean state media’s coverage of impeached ROK President Yoon Suk-yeol’s arrest last week and the first statement by the leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong in some two months, rejecting the Belarusian leader’s assertion that Pyongyang reached out to request a top-level summit. 

About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Jacco Zwetsloot exclusively for NK News, covering all things DPRK — from news to extended interviews with leading experts and analysts in the field, along with insight from our very own journalists.