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The Korea Now Podcast

Mar 16, 2018

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Mitchell Lerner. They speak about the 1968 capture of the USS Pueblo, an American spy ship, in international waters by North Korea. Walking through the details of the attack, the North Korean motivations, the failures of...


Mar 14, 2018

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with John Sweeney. They speak about the strange cold war links between the North Korean Regime under Kim Il-sung, and both Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and the socialist branch of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

John...


Mar 14, 2018

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Donald Kirk. They speak about Kim Dae-Jung, the Sunshine Policy, the legacy of inter—Korean diplomacy, the prospects of future summits, and the diplomatic side-shows of the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.

Donald Kirk...


Mar 14, 2018

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Blaine Harden. They speak about Blaine’s three books on North Korea: ‘Escape From Camp 14’, ‘The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot’, and ‘King of Spies’; as well as broader issues concerning human rights and the...