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Making sense of North Korea’s messy statistics – NKNews Podcast Ep.97
The AEI's Nicholas Eberstadt discusses getting to grips with the DPRK's unreliable official numbers
Understanding North Korea’s surveillance state – NKNews Podcast Ep.96
UPenn PhD candidate Benjamin Silberstein discusses law, order, and control in the DPRK
The legacy of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.95
Historian August Myrseth discusses the landmark festival's long-term impact
How the U.S. and China could work together on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.94
USC's David Kang discusses how U.S. misunderstanding of Beijing as a threat affects DPRK issues
The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93
Former Pyongyang resident Choi Sung-guk discusses his experiences of the international event
Much ado about North Korea sanctions – NKNews Podcast Ep.92
The Asan Institute's Go Myong-hyun discusses maximum pressure and its impact on the ground
The how and why of travel to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.91
Simon Cockerell discusses the positive impact — and ethical implications — of tourism to the DPRK
What to make of North Korea’s new round of missile tests – NKNews Podcast Ep.90
The NK News team discusses last week's launches and their potential impact on nuclear negotiations
Ambassador Tammam Sulaiman on Syria-North Korea ties – NKNews Podcast Ep.89
Damascus's top diplomat in Pyongyang discusses the two countries' decades-old friendship
How sanctions against North Korea impact humanitarian aid – NKNews Podcast Ep.88
The NCNK's Daniel Wertz discusses the impact of sanctions and the difficulties they can pose to NGOs
