North Korea News Podcast by NK News

Lt. Col. Steve Tharp, who is now retired, discusses the history of joint U.S.-ROK exercises, inter-operability and why he's not buying North Korea's claims that military drills are provocative.

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.

Koen de Ceuster, a lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, explores the role of art in North Korean society, the Mansudae Art Studio and the art 'business,' and why it is not possible to separate propaganda from the 'real' North Korea.

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.

Host Jacco Zwetsloot joins NK News's Chad O'Carroll, Jeongmin Kim, Min Chao Choy and Won-Gi Jung to discuss the surreal evacuation of Russian diplomats from North Korea by rail trolley, a flipper-wearing defector that swam across the inter-Korean border, the new NK Pro Delegation Tracker and much more.

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.

The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) is the only privately funded, Christianity-linked university in North Korea. PUST Chancellor Chan-Mo Park tells us how the school came to be, its reputation among North Koreans and how it navigates around U.S. and international sanctions. Park also discusses the impact of journalist Suki Kim's book, "Without You, There Is No Us," which chronicles her time teaching at PUST.

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.

Author Simon Kuper joins the NK News podcast to discuss his new book, "The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake."

Blake was the first SIS/MI6 agent on the Korean Peninsula that North Korea captured during the Korean War. He soon became one of the KGB's most infamous double agents.

Kuper shares details of his story with NK News and answers questions from Jacco on a range of related questions.

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.

The NK News team discusses the first phone call between U.S. and South Korean Presidents Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in since the former's election win, COVID-19, a school for the children of North Korean defectors in Seoul, Kim Jong Un's missing wife and his new water slide.

This podcast episode features NK News correspondents Jeongmin Kim, Colin Zwirko and Won-Gi Jung.

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.

Dr. Hoo Chiew Ping discusses the history and political relations between Malaysia and North Korea, as well as broader ASEAN and Southeast Asia relations with the DPRK, rice museums and her new book coming out later this year.

Topics include the assassination of Kim Jong Un's half-brother in Kuala Lumpur in Feb 2017, economics, the arms trade, summitry and the future of DPRK diplomacy in Southeast Asia.

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.

In this episode, Rüdiger Frank discusses parallels between East Germany and North Korea and why a direct comparison of the two divisions doesn't always work. Frank also discusses engagement with the North Korean public, what Kim Jong Un can do to improve his country's economy and why South and North Korea cannot coexist.

About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted exclusively by 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.

South Korean National Assembly member and former DPRK diplomat Thae Yong-ho discusses North Korean nuclear weapons, inter-Korean relations and representing Gangnam as a lawmaker.

Thae has appeared on the podcast before, and you can listen to that interview here.

About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted exclusively by 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.

Following a year-long border closure and the reveal of a new ICBM, the NK News team takes a look at what the Eighth Party Congress means for North Korea's future. This podcast episode features NK Pro analysts Andrei Lankov and Ankit Panda, as well as Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O'Carroll, NK News Correspondent Jeongmin Kim and NK News podcast host Jacco Zwetsloot.

You can watch video footage of the discussion on YouTube here.

About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted exclusively by 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.