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DPRK ambassador denounces US for seeking ‘hemonic, unipolar order,’ while South Korea says Pyongyang’s nukes unlawful
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Why sanctioning Tornado Cash may do little to curtail North Korean cyber crime
By removing human operators, the software-based crypto mixer creates new headaches for authorities and sanctions regime
God save the Kims: How North Korea’s ruling regime came to love royal families
North Korea has criticized hereditary succession but is the only communist country to have done it twice
Unplugging from the North Korean matrix - Ep. 254
Seohyun Lee discusses her life in an elite DPRK family and how her view of the country radically changed while abroad
How nuclear weapons help North Korea punch above its weight - Ep. 253
Sung-Yoon Lee discusses grim realities of the Kim Jong Un regime and why denuclearization summit talks are pointless
North Korea declares COVID victory and lashes out at US-ROK drills - Ep. 252
The NK News team discusses the biggest events in August, from DPRK’s COVID ‘victory’ to an attack on a defector-activist
Why it’s in America’s interest to withdraw troops from Korea - Ep. 251
Doug Bandow discusses the limits of US power on the peninsula and why Seoul can effectively defend against North Korea
Why North Korean comic books don’t have superheroes - Ep. 250
Host Jacco Zwetsloot joins the show as a guest for the first time to discuss DPRK graphic novels, the podcast and more
When North Korea invited East German secret police to Pyongyang - Ep. 249
Bernd Schaefer discusses how the Stasi helped the DPRK host a massive festival just months before the Berlin Wall fell
Get Behind The Headlines
North Korea’s new nuclear law makes the world a more dangerous place
US will find it harder to sell arms control to the public after DPRK says it will never give up its nukes
Giant new campus in Pyongyang is military institute, exclusive images suggest
Propaganda and architecture show facility next to Kim Il Sung University may support aerospace or missile development
State media review: North Korea blames Japan for 20 years of frozen ties
An in-depth analysis of the DPRK-Japan summit anniversary, warnings against the flu, strange accents and more
Ask a North Korean: What it’s like to be a boxer in the North Korean military
DPRK regards military athletes as akin to combatants in war, and the results can be fatal
Exclusive photos show signs of economic rebound in North Korean capital
Locally made goods and imported products fill some store shelves in images taken earlier this year
Suh Dae-sook, pioneering biographer of North Korea’s Kim Il Sung, dies at 90
A major figure in DPRK studies, Suh bridged gaps with scholarship in English and shed light on regime during Cold War
Evaluating the troubled legacy of Japan’s first summit with North Korea
Tokyo secured historic if fleeting breakthrough in Pyongyang 20 years ago, only for it to be derailed by public opinion
UN report underscores unprecedented ‘intensity’ of North Korean weapons testing
New Panel of Experts report probes DPRK claims about tactical nuclear missile, says nuke test site ready at short notice
