Episode 7 – What is it like to be gay in North Korea?
Today we will be looking into a question that is not so often raised in discussions about North Korea – but it is, nonetheless, extremely important and interesting. What is it like – being gay in Nort...
23 Jan 20218min
What do Republicans, DPRK, Multilateralism, and Nuclear Weapons have anything to do with each other?
In this episode Prof. Dmitry Ivanovich Pobedash and I are talking about how the U.S. domestic politics can have a broader impact on not only all things North Korean, but the international security sys...
17 Jan 202129min
Blitz Episode 1 — North Korean Elections, Internet, and Dog Executions
In the blitz episodes, I combine different smaller questions that do not require as much elaboration as some broad topics that I normally discuss – like nuclear weapons or economic development. Today ...
16 Jan 202110min
Episode 6 – What is the meaning of the 8th Party Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea?
At the beginning of 2021, Pyongyang went on with its plans to conduct the 8th Party Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The event has attracted a lot of attention fr...
12 Jan 202112min
Episode 5 — Why does North Korea need nukes and why will it not give up on them?
Let me guess what is one of the first things that come up to your mind when you hear about North Korea. Nuclear weapons, right? In this episode we will be looking at one of the most important reasons ...
10 Jan 202120min
Episode 4 — Why is North Korea not a communist country?
Even today a lot of people and media outlets still believe that North Korea is some sort of communist haven of Stalinist dystopia. While it is a very authoritarian country, North Korea is definitely n...
9 Jan 202122min
Episode 3 — Why is North Korea so poor?
North Korea, unlike its Southern neighbor, is not particularly well-known for occupying first lines in various life quality indexes or demonstrating rapid paces of economic development. According to d...
3 Jan 202115min
Episode 2 — Does North Korea really have no COVID-19 cases?
As of January 2021, North Korea maintains that it has not suffered from a single case of the COVID-19 – a claim that was met with a lot of skepticism from the international community. Is it really tru...
2 Jan 20218min
