North Korea News Podcast by NK News

Host Jacco Zwetsloot sits down with NK News staff members Chad O'Carroll, Min Chao Choy and Colin Zwirko to discuss North Korea-China trade, tourism, connecting infrastructure, sanctions, COVID-19 and what 2021 has in store for the two countries.

Read Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O'Carroll's NK Pro analysis on China-DPRK relations 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.

Professor, artist and author B.G. Muhn talks about the "North Koreanness" of contemporary art, what art tells us about the DPRK and artists' social standing in North Korean society. He also discusses working directly with artists at North Korea's famous Mansudae Art Studio.

You can find books written by Muhn mentioned in the show here and articles Muhn has written for NK News here and 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.

Is Korean reunification still a realistic or even a worthwhile goal? We explore both sides of the argument with NK News Director Andrei Lankov and Wang Son-taek, a research associate at Yeosijae (Future Consensus Institute).

The two discuss why North and South Korea will or will not ever reconcile, DPRK denuclearization and what kind of inter-Korean engagement is appropriate.

Andrei Lankov recently wrote a piece for NK News arguing that the two Koreas will never reconcile, which you can read here. Wang Son-taek responded with an NK News piece of his own, which you can find 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.

In this podcast episode, the Hanns Seidel Foundation's Bernhard Seliger joins the show to talk about the mission of the foundation, transforming the former East-West German border into a peaceful green space, North Korea's approach to climate change action, defining 'capacity building' and the foundation's work in South Korea. He also discusses environmental challenges on the Korean Peninsula including forestry, biodiversity, tidal flats and the East Asia/Australasia Flyway.

Dr. Seliger explores the parallels between divided Germany and divided Korea, and additionally explains why South Korea should change its North Korea policies before reunification can or will occur.

You can find the Hanns Seidel Foundation home page and the U.N. report on the state of the environment in the DPRK mentioned in the show here and 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.

Photojournalist Tim Franco’s new book, "Unperson," aims to show the world a new side of North Korean refugees and their incredible journey to freedom.

NK News sat down with Franco and talked about the best way to take photos in North Korea, the parallels and influence of George Orwell's "1984," the difficulties defectors face when assimilating in South Korea and the risks they take in sharing their stories.

Reclaiming The Negative: A short documentary about a North Korean defector's journey to the South and Franco's artistic process.

Tim Franco's "Unperson" is on sale at Ulele.com. Read a condensed version of this podcast interview.

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.

In this week's episode of the NK News podcast, Ambassador Robert R. King sits down with host Jacco Zwetsloot to talk about his seven years of experience as U.S. special envoy for North Korea human rights and the future of human rights issues under President-elect Joe Biden.

King also discusses negotiations in both the Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un eras, the Leap Day Deal, how the South Korean government assists incoming North Korean defectors and Trump's performance on DPRK human rights.

Links mentioned during the show:

Ambassador King's op-ed on Biden 

Michael Kirby's past podcast interview

Satellite imagery of potential North Korean public execution

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.

In this exclusive roundtable discussion, the NK News team talks about COVID-19 in North Korea, forced labor, Pyongyang's reaction to the U.S. elections and more.

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.

A recent report from The Sentry focuses on North Korea's illicit financing, shady business deals and U.N., U.S. and EU sanctions evasions.

Principal authors Hilary Mossberg and John Dell'Osso join the NK News Podcast to talk sanctions and enforcement, cash-funneling programs for the North Korean government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mansudae Overseas Projects and how North Korean statue makers evade sanctions.

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.

Secretary-General Sang-young Hong of the Korean Sharing Movement talks about the role non-government actors and organizations play in inter-Korean relations, efficient distribution of food and other aid, the constraints on NGOs caused by sanctions and the importance of civil society on the Korean Peninsula.

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.

What will Trump 2.0's North Korea policy be? How would North Korea react to a Biden-Harris White House? What would these administrations mean for the future of the U.S.-ROK alliance?

Yonsei University Professor John Delury and Retired Lieutenant General In-Bum Chun join the NK News Podcast and dive into different scenarios that could result from the U.S. 2020 presidential election on Nov. 3.

Topics include balancing a North Korea policy vs. a broader Asia strategy, domestic politics and inter-Korean relations, the South Korean government's approach to alliance management, the Moon-Trump relationship and denuclearization.

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.