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THE KOREA SOCIETY is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
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Ballads,Marches,SynthPop and other bizarre music straight out of PyongYang North Korea
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Risky Business is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews with industry luminaries. Launched in February 2007, Risky Business is a must-listen digest for information security pros. With a running time of approximately 50-60 minutes, Risky Business is pacy; a security podcast without the waffle.
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KEI Live is the official podcast feed for the Korea Economic Institute of America’s live panels and events. Hear panels and discussions covering Korean policy, economics, culture, and more, directly from our public events. [KEI is registered under the FARA as an agent of the KIEP, a public corporation established by the government of the Republic of Korea. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.]
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'My Mate Went on Holiday to North Korea' tells the story of exactly what its like to visit the so-called Hermit Kingdom - everything from booking your trip in the first place, through getting on the train in Beijing, to creaking across the boarder, an Alcatraz-like hotel and seeing the embalmed corpses of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il - as seen through the eyes of Luke Pearce, who travelled there on vacation in 2016. The interviewer is @Dave___Smith
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Unlike every other security podcast, we don’t get stuck down in the technical weeds. Our remit is to speak with experts around the globe at the strategic level – how security technology can improve the experience and risk optimisation for every organisation. The Voice of Cyber® - In Partnership with Vanta
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A weekly podcast discussing all things North Korea, produced by NK News
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Join our sassy host discussing everything related to Kpop from music, gossips, variety shows, make fun other biases and more.
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News and analysis podcast from a Marxist perspective hosted by Alexander Mckay
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Learn about the latest threat and cybersecurity trends on The Defender’s Advantage Podcast! Hear from experts in the field as Host Luke McNamara, from Google Threat Intelligence Group, interviews analysts, researchers and other guests on the frontlines of the latest attacks. Episodes dive deep into various topics, including nation-state activity, cybercrime, malware and tradecraft, incident response, defensive guidance, and more. Don't forget to subscribe!
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Episode 348 Deep Dive: Alex Tilley | DPRK IT Workers Go Global
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42:55In this episode, we sit down with Alex Tilley, Global Threat Research Coordinator at Okta, as he unpacks the evolving threat landscape posed by North Korean IT workers infiltrating global organizations. Alex shares insights from his recent research, emphasizing that this is not just a US big tech problem but a widespread issue affecting various ind…
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This week’s podcast starts by discussing the U.N. General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights abuses for the 21st consecutive year. NK News correspondent Jooheon Kim explains the implications of the resolution and Seoul’s support, before talking about messages to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung from the fa…
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Episode 349 Deep Dive: Mike Worth | Why Legal SMBs Overlook Cybersecurity
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35:26In this episode, we sit down with Mike Worth, Founder of Indi-tech Consultancy, as he unpacks the unique cybersecurity challenges facing small and medium-sized legal firms. Mike highlights a major misconception in the industry—treating cybersecurity solely as an IT problem rather than a broader business risk—and explains why investing in the human …
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Yong Ja Hong: How sports and athletics play into North Korean statecraft
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56:30Yong Ja Hong, a PhD candidate studying North Korean society, culture and media at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, joins the podcast to discuss the history of sports in North Korea, even before the peninsula was separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. She recalls North Korean athletes who competed on the international […]…
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Yong Ja Hong, a PhD candidate studying North Korean society, culture and media at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, joins the podcast to discuss the history of sports in North Korea, even before the peninsula was separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. She recalls North Korean athletes who competed on the international […]…
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This week, Korea Risk Group Executive Director Jeongmin Kim kicks off the podcast by discussing North Korea’s upcoming plans for New Year’s Day, including the possibility of a special message from leader Kim Jong Un. NK News’ Kim discusses how the DPRK leader has retreated from the tradition of delivering a dedicated New Year’s Day […]…
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New Year’s in North Korea and a ‘nuclear’ submarine on Christmas Day
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17:40This week, Korea Risk Group Executive Director Jeongmin Kim kicks off the podcast by discussing North Korea’s upcoming plans for New Year’s Day, including the possibility of a special message from leader Kim Jong Un.NK News’ Kim discusses how the DPRK leader has retreated from the tradition of delivering a dedicated New Year’s Day speech over the y…
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2025 was packed with news from the Korean Peninsula: new presidents assumed office in South Korea and the United States, North Korea expanded its cooperation with Russia and Pyongyang finally opened its long-awaited beach resort. In this special year-end episode, the NK News team joins the podcast to revisit their most compelling stories of the […]…
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Year-end special: A look back at the most compelling North Korea stories of 2025
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55:382025 was packed with news from the Korean Peninsula: new presidents assumed office in South Korea and the United States, North Korea expanded its cooperation with Russia and Pyongyang finally opened its long-awaited beach resort. In this special year-end episode, the NK News team joins the podcast to revisit their most compelling stories of the […]…
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UN condemns North Korean abuses, POWs in the DPRK and inter-Korean tourism
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18:00This week’s podcast starts by discussing the U.N. General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights abuses for the 21st consecutive year.NK News correspondent Jooheon Kim explains the implications of the resolution and Seoul’s support, before talking about messages to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung from the fam…
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Episode 347 Deep Dive: Rajesh Ganesan | AI Anxiety and the Global Cyber Balancing Act
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40:54In this episode, we sit down with Rajesh Ganesan, CEO of ManageEngine, as he explores the complexities of AI anxiety within organisations and the global challenges of balancing cybersecurity, privacy, and rapid technological change. Rajesh discusses the uneven pace of AI adoption among businesses of different sizes, the critical role of regulation …
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Sweden's Role in Korean Peninsula Diplomacy with Ambassador Peter Semneby
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41:52December 18, 2025 - Join us for a discussion with Ambassador Peter Semneby, the Swedish Government's Special Envoy for the Korean Peninsula. In conversation with policy director Jonathan Corrado, Ambassador Semneby will provide a brief overview history of Sweden's role in Korea, examine Sweden's convening capacity as exhibited in 2018-2019, investi…
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Gabe Segoine, the founder of the first surfing program in North Korea and the Christian nongovernmental organization Love North Korea Ministries, joins the podcast to discuss his experience searching for waves off the isolated country’s coast and providing humanitarian aid for its people. He recalls his experience at the Chinese airport en route to…
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Gabe Segoine: How ‘surfing diplomacy’ made waves in North Korea
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54:12Gabe Segoine, the founder of the first surfing program in North Korea and the Christian nongovernmental organization Love North Korea Ministries, joins the podcast to discuss his experience searching for waves off the isolated country’s coast and providing humanitarian aid for its people. He recalls his experience at the Chinese airport en route to…
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From AWS re:Invent 2025 – KB On The Go | CJ Moses, Hart Rossman, and Mark Ryland
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55:47In this bonus episode, KB sits down with CJ Moses, CISO at Amazon, Hart Rossman, VP of Global Security Services at AWS, and Mark Ryland, Director, AWS Security. Together they discuss the realities of “planetary scale security,” AI-powered defenses, and the shifting mindset that’s driving organizations to adopt automation and agentic technologies fa…
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Risky Business #819 -- Venezuela (credibly?!) blames USA for wiper attack
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54:05In the final show of 2025, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: React2Shell attacks continue, surprising no one The unholy combination of OAuth consent phishing, social engineering and Azure CLI Venezuela’s state oil firm gets ransomware’d, blames US… but what if it really is a US cyber op?! Russian junk-h…
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A North Korean’s murder in St. Petersburg, and a homecoming for DPRK troops
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22:15This week’s podcast kicks off with the 2003 murder case of a North Korean man in St. Petersburg, previously known as the “criminal capital” of Russia, and the unanswered questions surrounding his brutal death at the hands of a neo-Nazi group.NK News data correspondent Anton Sokolin then discusses North Korea’s reaction to Russian Ambassador Alexand…
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This week’s podcast kicks off with the 2003 murder case of a North Korean man in St. Petersburg, previously known as the “criminal capital” of Russia, and the unanswered questions surrounding his brutal death at the hands of a neo-Nazi group. NK News data correspondent Anton Sokolin then discusses North Korea’s reaction to Russian Ambassador […]…
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US-Korea Shipbuilding Cooperation with Jeffrey Voth
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35:31December 11, 2025 - Join us for a conversation on the obstacles and pathways for enhanced US-Korea shipbuilding cooperation with Jeffrey Voth, President of Herren Associates, Inc., an engineering and technology firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. He is author of a recent article, "The US-ROK test case: Can visas and rules unlock American shipbui…
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In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the Risky Business podcast, Patrick Gray chats with Jared Atkinson, CTO of SpecterOps, about BloodHound OpenGraph. OpenGraph enumerates attack paths across platforms and services, not just your primary directories. A compromised GitHub account to on-prem AD compromise attack path? It’s a thing, and OpenGraph wi…
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Former Australian diplomat Jane Hardy joins this episode to discuss how Australia has engaged with North Korea over the past few decades, and what that experience reveals about diplomacy, deterrence and nuclear risk today. Hardy, who spent over 30 years in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, shares insights from her work on […]…
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Jane Hardy: An Australian diplomat’s lessons from 30 years with North Korea
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1:07:44Former Australian diplomat Jane Hardy joins this episode to discuss how Australia has engaged with North Korea over the past few decades, and what that experience reveals about diplomacy, deterrence and nuclear risk today. Hardy, who spent over 30 years in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, shares insights from her work on Kore…
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Gaining Global Perspective: Insights on Workplace Culture
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54:14December 10, 2025 - In the next program of our Young Professionals' Network series, The Korea Society is hosting a panel discussion to explore what it takes to navigate leadership roles in multinational companies, make major career transitions, and think strategically on a global scale. Panel Speakers Melissa Choi: Director, Global Marketing at Eli…
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Episode 346 Deep Dive: Amberley Brady | Everyone is Protecting My Password but Who is Protecting My Toilet Paper?
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49:05In this episode, we sit down with Amberley Brady, founder at Realfoodprice, as she explores the urgent issue of food security as a national security crisis in Australia. Amberley discusses the four pillars of food security—availability, access, utilization, and stability—emphasising how fragile supply chains, economic shocks, climate events, and cy…
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Risky Business #818 -- React2Shell is a fun one
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58:27In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: There’s a CVSS 10/10 remote code exec in the React javascript server. JS server? U wot mate? China is out popping shells with it Linux adds support for PCIe bus encryption Amnesty International says Intellexa can just TeamViewer into its customers’ s…
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Death of Russian ambassador to DPRK, forgotten detainees and Halifax Forum
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21:17This week’s episode opens with the news of the sudden death of Russia’s ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, who died at 70 on Saturday following decades of diplomatic service on the Korean Peninsula. NK News founder Chad O’Carroll then discusses his recent appearance at a high-profile press conference with South Korean President Lee Jae…
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This week’s episode opens with the news of the sudden death of Russia’s ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, who died at 70 on Saturday following decades of diplomatic service on the Korean Peninsula. NK News founder Chad O’Carroll then discusses his recent appearance at a high-profile press conference with South Korean President Lee Jae…
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Korea-China Relations: A History of Intervention with Dr. Ji-Young Lee
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46:40December 4, 2025 - Join us for a discussion with Dr. Ji-Young Lee for an examination of the circumstances and methods of Chinese military intervention in the Korean Peninsula. Dr. Lee is Associate Professor of International Relations at American University's School of International Service, and author of China's Hegemony: Four Hundred Years of East…
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From Oracle AI World 2025 – KB On The Go | Jenny Tsai-Smith, Rand Waldron, and Arman Ashouriha
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1:08:21In this bonus episode, KB sits down with Jenny Tsai-Smith, SVP, Overall Database Product Management at Oracle, Rand Waldron, VP at Oracle, and Arman Ashouriha, Head of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Modernisation Programme at Vodafone. Together they discuss Oracle’s move towards supporting modern workloads and their AI play, Oracle’s position in the p…
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Joëlle Hivonnet: How the North Korean threat came knocking on the EU’s door
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56:33This week, Dr. Joëlle Hivonnet joins the podcast to discuss her four-year tenure as the EU’s deputy head in Seoul from 2016, a tumultuous era in inter-Korean relations defined by both tensions and diplomacy. Hivonnet talks about how U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea transformed into summit talks between leader Kim Jong Un, […
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This week, Dr. Joëlle Hivonnet joins the podcast to discuss her four-year tenure as the EU’s deputy head in Seoul from 2016, a tumultuous era in inter-Korean relations defined by both tensions and diplomacy. Hivonnet talks about how U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea transformed into summit talks between leader Kim Jong Un, […
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Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared | The Curatorial Roundtable
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50:49December 2, 2025 - The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art presents Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared, the first U.S. exhibition of significant works from the renowned Lee Kun-Hee Collection. On view through February 1, 2026, Korean Treasures features over 200 works, including a dozen National Treasures designated by the Korean …
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Episode 345 Deep Dive: David Bloxham | Changing Face of Work Around AI, Skills and the Future of Employment
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47:36In this episode, we sit down with David Bloxham, CEO of GCS Recruitment Specialist, as he unpacks the impact of AI on the changing face of work and the tech talent landscape. David shares his perspective on how AI-driven disruption differs from previous waves like cloud and mobile transformations, highlighting the rapid decline in traditional softw…
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Risky Business #817 -- Less carnage than your usual Thanksgiving
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1:01:06In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. It’s a quiet week with Thanksgiving in the US, but there’s always some cyber to talk about: Airbus rolls out software updates after a cosmic ray bitflips an A320 into a dive Krebs tracks down a Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters teen through the usual poor opsec… … as W…
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This week, NK News senior analytic correspondent Colin Zwirko joins the podcast to discuss recent developments along the inter-Korean border, as well North Korea’s latest event showcasing new air force weaponry. He begins by sharing what satellite imagery shows about the DPRK’s construction projects within the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, …
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DMZ construction, plans to flood the border and North Korea’s air force showcase
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18:12This week, NK News senior analytic correspondent Colin Zwirko joins the podcast to discuss recent developments along the inter-Korean border, as well North Korea’s latest event showcasing new air force weaponry. He begins by sharing what satellite imagery shows about the DPRK’s construction projects within the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, …
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