Episode 12: Inside North Korea

Our writer Chris Ayres on the spy fiction-style murder of Kim Jong Nam - half brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un - in Kuala Lumpa airport earlier this year. He cross examines the two young assailants, one of whom became globally famous for wearing a "LOL" t-shirt during the attack, and the bloody politics of North Korea's first family. We are then joined by Dr Jim Hoare, a former diplomat who set up the UK embassy in Pyonyang, who discusses the centuries-old history of dynastic struggle in Korea, and the wider geopolitical context of North Korea in a Trump-era. Lastly we have Jihyun Park, who twice defected from North Korea and made it to Britain. She spent six years as a slave in China and was later interred at a North Korean gulag, before travelling across Eurasia to London. Plus we have Bake-Off winner Candice Brown's latest recipe for Fluffy Chocolate Hazelnut Pear Pancakes. Follow the podcast contributors on Twitter @eleanormills @km_km_km_ @ayreslive @JihyunPark7 @gabriel_pogrund