Meet North Korean Seongmin Lee who defected to the West and he now smuggles USB sticks containing Korean soap operas into North Korea. Intrepid investigative journalist Sean Williams tells the story of his trip to meet the self-proclaimed ‘ King of Bougainville’. On The Year That Made Me we revisit our interview with Matilda’s Media Manager, Ann Odong, as she shares her story and her love of football.

Author and broadcaster Tim Ross reveals some of the Australian designs you have never heard of. Sally Gould take us behind the scenes of life as a new paramedic - and her tips for staying sane and Mary Bosworth takes us behind the scenes of a UK deportation facility. All revealed on Sunday Extra's summer special.

Historian Ann Curthoys takes us on Paul Robeson's tour of Australia back in 1960. What happened to the platypus called Winston Churchill that was sent by boat to the UK in the middle of the 2nd World War. And don't miss a moving Year That Made Me with photographer Julian Kingma. All on Sunday Extra this week.

Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation.

Bagpipes have a long history that doesn't all take place in Scotland. How much truth is there in the CIA's use of George Orwell's book Animal Farm. And why has the Algerian Nutella-like spread El Morjene been banned in Europe? Find out on Sunday Extra.

2005 was a big year for Marcus Zusak and Gill Hicks. For Markus Zusak his best seller The Book Thief was published. For Gill Hicks, 2005 was the year she survived the terrorist bombing of the London Underground. Both events changed their lives. We also investigate the rise of the Banh Mi and Hi Viz in Australia.

The UN is shutting down its mission in Iraq at the end of the year after 22 years. What has it achieved? Evan Ratliff has set up a company staffed entirely by AI. Has it worked? What have researchers learnt about the migration of Monarch butterflies from the airtags on them?

This week on Sunday Extra, does Australia need a 'Castle Law', what happens if Tehran runs out of water,  and the sculpture outside the CIA HQ that may finally reveal its secrets.

Plus, the 'Queen of Sumo', commentator Katrina Watts on the Year that Made Me. 

Phil Gunson, analyst with International Crisis Group, on the reaction of Venezuala's opposition to Trump's attacks on Maduro. Dr Beatriz Grinsztejn, President of the International AIDS Society on the progess of the fight against AIDS.Science communicator and author, Dr Kathryn Harkup on the real life science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Celebrated experimental performance artist, Stelarc, on the year that inspired him to explore the human body as an art experiment. 

This week on Sunday Extra, an investigation reveals how some major cryptocurrency exchanges profit from scams and other cyber crimes, we meet the architect behind Cairo's grand new museum, what is going on with food allergies in Australian, and Google Maps for the Roman Empire.

Plus the Year that Made Me, Tweet of the Week, Background Briefing and Lab Notes.