North Korea certainly deserves its title of the Hermit Kingdom of East Asia. Even today, for many that country remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Does North Korea really have no COVID-19 cases? Has Kim Jong-un really executed people with a flamethrower? Is everyone there forced to get a Kim Jong-un haircut? As a North Korea watcher, in this podcast I do my best to provide short but detailed responses to these and other most common questions about this country. The podcast is powered by Anchor. For more details visit - askmeaboutdprk.wordpress.com
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Episode 50 – Why does this podcast have to come to an end? (at least, for now) (00:04:14)
All things have to come to an end, and it applies to this podcast in its current format too. Thank you for staying tuned for more than 50 episodes! In this last episode I talk about why it has to end ...
Episode 49 – What is the role of military in North Korea? (00:10:44)
In this episode, I would like to talk about the Korean People’s Army or KPA – the military of North Korea, which is also the armed wing of the ruling party. Specifically, today we will look at the cur...
Episode 48 – Why are the North Korean-Japanese relations as bad as it can get? (00:14:09)
Today’s episode talks about the complicated historical framework of the North Korean-Japanese relations – including the two biggest conflict points that both countries have had. In that light, I also ...
Episode 47 – How to release North Korean music covers? (Interview with Justin Martell) (00:36:29)
Today’s episode is unusually musical. Our guest today is Justin Martell, an American producer, and a co-founder of Ship to Shore PhonoCo record label. Justin Martell in 2017 also founded YPT’s partner...
Episode 46 – What does North Korea export to the outside world? (00:10:09)
This episode will not be very analytical, but the topic that I will cover provides some important context for the previous episodes and your understanding of the North Korean socio-economic system and...
Episode 45 – What happens if Kim Jong-un dies? (00:12:33)
The notorious leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has disappeared several times from the public eye in the course of 2020 and 2021, with both experts and media watchers wondering whether the North Kor...
Episode 44 – Why will North Korea remain under quarantine for longer than just 2021? (00:08:53)
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, North Korea had a reputation as one of the most if not the most isolated societies on Earth. It was as if North Korea was already living under the conditions of ...
Episode 43 – How does North Korea make money illegally? (00:15:39)
Quite some time ago I’ve received a couple of suggestions to cover the question of how North Korea earns money illicitly. Since this is a massive topic, it took me a while to figure out what kind of e...
The Podcast’s Participation in Annual Podcast Awards: Your Vote is Needed! (00:01:35)
Hello everyone! So, I am coming to you today with another announcement/request. As some of you might have seen, I have recently registered for the annual Podcast Awards competition in the category 'Ne...
Episode 42 — What is it like to be an organizer of tours to North Korea? (00:19:39)
Today’s podcast episode is an interview with an organizer of North Korea tours. Nicolas Platt is a travel guide, who works with the Young Pioneers’ Tours, one of the most renown DPRK tour organizers i...
Episode 41 – What is North Korea’s diplomatic standing in the developing world? (00:14:06)
Back in the Cold War days, North Korea was one of the key players in the non-aligned movement or the so-called Third World. Pyongyang used to position itself as a leader of the opposition to internati...
Episode 40 – What are North Korean cartoons? (00:10:33)
North Korean animation is not really renowned world-wide, but you might have seen some of its products without even realizing it. Indeed, its quality can be surprisingly good! For example, North Korea...
Episode 39 – Did COVID-19 reach Pyongyang: What is North Korea’s ‘grave coronavirus incident’? (00:09:41)
It was quite a sudden bit of news when Kim Jong-un, speaking at a high-level Party meeting at the end of June of 2021, warned of “grave consequences” as a result of senior officials neglecting the cou...
Episode 38 – Why did the Workers’ Party of Korea change its rulebook and why does it matter? (00:12:34)
Today I am discussing one of the most important recent political developments in North Korea. Specifically, I will talk about the revisions to the rules of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). They were...
Season 2 Finale – Podcast Updates, Book Lottery, and June Hiatus (00:03:47)
Today I am coming to you with some updates on the podcast, several messages, and a book lottery announcement. Want to get a copy of Kim Jong-un’s biography? Just spread the word about the podcast.
Episode 37 – Why did Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in meet and what does it mean for North Korea? (00:14:35)
Today I would like to do some news coverage from the past week. If some of you have been following the news on North Korea, South Korea, or the United States, you most likely know that a major meeting...
Episode 36 – What are the challenges and joys of studying North Korea? (00:12:13)
After having produced quite a number of podcast episodes, I wanted to reflect a little bit exactly on the subject of my exploits – North Korean studies. Thus, in this episode, I will be doing what I d...
Episode 35 – What is the history of football in the North Korea? (00:12:22)
There are not that many things that both North and South Korea have in common. Yet football is one of them. Given the love of the game in both countries, football can also be a powerful diplomatic too...
Episode 34 – How bad is the human rights situation in the DPRK and how did it get there? (00:18:41)
While the human rights problem in North Korea is rather well-documented and well-studied, in this episode I wanted to provide you with a quick introduction on the topic; suggest some follow-up reading...
Episode 33 – What is the geopolitical dimension of the Russia-North Korea relations? (00:18:30)
Moscow is often seen, similar to Beijing, as one of the key allies of the North Korean regime. Yet politics and history of the Russia-North Korea relations have vacillated from strategic importance to...
Episode 32 – What is it like to travel to North Korea? (Part 2) (00:19:00)
Today we continue with discussing the impressions of the people, who travelled to North Korea back in the pre-COVID era. In this episode, Mr. Vitaly Konovalov, who went to the DPRK in 2009 for profess...
Episode 31 – Why is the number of North Korean refugees dwindling? (00:17:49)
People fleeing from North Korea are not a new phenomenon. Since the division of Korea after the end of the Korean War, citizens of the DPRK have fled from their country for not only political or ideol...
Episode 30 – What is it like to travel to North Korea? (Part 1) (00:48:47)
For quite some time I have been meaning to talk about how people travel to North Korea – not for diplomatic or political purposes, but just as ordinary tourists or business people. Even though I could...
Episode 29 – Who is Kim Yo-jong and what is her role in North Korea? (00:13:48)
Kim Yo-jong is another member of the Kim dynasty, who has recently been attracting a lot of attention on international social media platforms. Being Kim Jong-un’s sister, she is seen as one of the key...
Episode 28 – Why are Sino-North Korean relations not as good as they seem? (00:20:43)
When browsing some Western media outlets, you might encounter a misplaced stereotype about North Korea being a Chinese puppet. Others argue that these two countries are very close allies, recalling ho...
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