CNA Correspondent Podcast: Spotlight on North Korea as it reopens to a post-pandemic world
The "hermit kingdom" continues to grab headlines for its belligerent threats, cross border drama and secrecy. CNA's Lim Yun Suk speaks to Teresa Tang on what its post-pandemic reopening is like.
It’s a reclusive country which regularly makes the headlines, but North Korea is now reopening to a post-pandemic world.
Teresa Tang talks to correspondent Lim Yun Suk about the country’s defectors, Kim Jong Un’s young daughter and the potential for families separated by the Korean War to be reunited.Â
North Korean defectors who crossed into China are waiting for the chance to come to South Korea or other countries ... (to be) considered as refugees. But the Chinese government considers them as illegal economic immigrants.
Jump to these key moments:
- 5:26 Kim Jong Un's fear of flying
- 10:28 Defectors who ended up in China
- 12:29 Families reunited
- 14:29 Is Kim's young daughter an heir?
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