Martin Savidge hosts Barbara Demick of the LA Times and Leon Sigal of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project. They discuss North Korea's recent currency devaluation, how the state is closing underground markets, the grim economic reality for the North Korean people and the prospects of U.S. economic engagement with this rogue and isolated nation.
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Worldfocus Radio
January 26, 2010
Worldfocus Radio: North Korea’s Economic Catastrophe
Interview
November 19, 2009
In Seoul, Obama takes on North Korea’s nuclear challenge
The Obama administration is dealing with the thorny issue of North Korea's nuclear program. To take a closer look, Leon Sigal of the Social Science Research Council in New York speaks with Daljit Dhaliwal. They discuss Sigal's recent meeting with a North Korean delegation in New York -- and how willing the North Koreans are to negotiate.
Web Original Video
October 6, 2009
100,000 North Koreans dazzle at mass games spectacle
Part 1 of 6 in our Inside the Hermit Kingdom multimedia series. In August, Worldfocus web producer Ben Piven traveled to the 2009 Arirang Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. The socialist mass games performance features 100,000 performers and runs six nights a week for over two months.
Q&A
August 6, 2009
Decoding the North Korean media on Bill Clinton
The homecoming of American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling dominated the news in the U.S. this week, but what's the North Korean media saying about the incident?
Interview (video)
June 8, 2009
North Korea sentences U.S. journalists to 12 years
North Korea has convicted two U.S. journalists of illegal entry and crimes against the nation, sentencing them to 12 years in a labor camp. Leon Sigal of the Social Science Research Council discusses the Obama administration's approach to North Korea and how the journalists factor into the equation.
Interview (Video)
April 6, 2009
U.S. urges strong response to N. Korea rocket launch
The United States said on Monday that it will continue to press the United Nations Security Council for a strong response to this weekend's rocket launch by North Korea, a rocket that President Obama said could be used for long-range missiles. Leon Sigal of the Social Science Research Council discusses the implications of the launch.
Video
January 19, 2009
North Korea renews aggression toward South Korea
Leon Sigal of the Social Science Research Council speaks with Martin Savidge about the motivation for this aggression and its implications for the new Obama administration.
Video
October 13, 2008
North Korea and U.S. build new political relationship
After the U.S. announces the removal of North Korea from its terrorist list, North Korea allows U.N. inspectors to visit nuclear facilities.
Audio / Video
September 24, 2008
South Korea responds to its nuclear neighbor
The Christian Science Monitor's Donald Kirk and nuclear disarmament expert Leon Sigal discuss North Korea's nuclear invigoration.
Video
September 22, 2008
North Korea declares restart of nuclear reactor
North Korean expert Leon Sigal explains the country's decision in the context of the U.S.'s failure to remove North Korea from its list of state-sponsored terrorists.
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