The BBC World Service today announces the launch of season 2 of the internationally-acclaimed true crime podcast, The Lazarus Heist.
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Sky News Daily: What's going on with Kim Jong Un and his daughter? →
On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson explores what it means for the secretive North Korean leader to reveal his daughter in public. Niall is joined by Jean H Lee, who set up the first Associated Press bureau in the country, and James Fretwell, an analyst at the North Korean news monitoring service NK News.
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CNN: New signs Kim Jong Un is placing daughter in line for succession →
Featured prominently in coverage of major events, the North Korean leader's young daughter could be next in line to lead the dictatorship's family dynasty. Jean Lee provides analysis on CNN’s The Situation Room.
Read MoreNPR Morning Edition: Kim Jong Un made another rare public appearance alongside his daughter Kim Ju Ae →
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about North Korea's leader and his nine-year-old daughter appearing at a military banquet. Many believe he's grooming her to be his successor.
Read MoreJulie Mason Mornings on Sirius XM: Spy Balloon →
Jean Lee joins Julie Mason to discuss the Chinese spy balloon flying over the continental U.S. and updates from North Korea.
Read MoreRealClearDefense podcast Hotwash: North Korea's Cyber-Warriors with Jean Lee →
On today's episode, host John Sorensen speaks with Jean Lee, a veteran journalist and Korea expert. Most recently she is co-host of “The Lazarus Heist” a podcast on the BBC, exploring the gripping tale of North Korea’s campaign of cybercrime across the globe.
Read MoreArte: Le dessous des images: Le dictateur fait son cinéma →
Le missile derrière Kim Jong-un est le plus gros jamais construit en Corée du Nord, capable d'atteindre les États-Unis. Avec cette mise en scène, Kim Jong-un renforce sa propagande guerrière. Pour la journaliste Jean Lee, cette photo restera dans l'histoire.
Read MoreBBC World News Impact with Yalda Hakim
Jean Lee joins Yalda Hakim on BBC’s Impact TV program to discuss North Korea’s missile activity.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: North Korea Tests World’s Resolve by Sending Missile Over Japan →
“There is no question Kim Jong Un is trying to drum up the same tension he did in 2017,” said Jean H. Lee, a senior fellow at the Korea program at the Wilson Center, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington. “The tension gives him the pretext to continue testing.”
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Julie Mason Mornings on Sirius XM: Jean Lee on North Korea Threat →
Jean Lee joins Elliot Williams to discuss the possibility of North Korea providing weapons to Russia and how South Koreans have become numb to the threat of North Korea.
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BBC: The Lazarus Heist: Live in New York!
We're recording a live special edition of the Lazarus Heist at The Greene Space in New York on Monday 26 September, 2022.
Jean Lee and Geoff White will be in conversation with special guests, and you'll have the chance to ask your burning questions about the Lazarus Group, or how the podcast was made. Plus, the event will be hosted by musician and writer, Dessa - host of her own fantastic podcast, Deeply Human.
PBS Newshour: North Korea scrambles to contain coronavirus outbreak →
China and Russia on Thursday blocked a U.S. attempt in the United Nations Security Council to punish North Korea for testing missiles that are banned by previous resolutions by the council. North Korea’s tests this week of ballistic missiles, including one that Pyongyang says can reach the east coast of the U.S., coincide with its first major outbreak of COVID-19. Nick Schifrin reports.
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Arirang TV: [NEWS IN-DEPTH] N. Korea's latest missile launches prompt allied show of force, condemnation
Now that North Korea has conducted its 17th provocation so far this year, South Korea and the United States are going to push for more sanctions.
But what's behind the North's choice to launch three missiles, including an ICBM, and at this particular time?
NPR All Things Considered: North Korea is reporting a major disease outbreak, but it's not calling it COVID →
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean Lee, a journalist specializing in North Korea, about the country's report of a major disease outbreak that state media is not calling COVID-19, yet.
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Jean Lee joins Anna Holligan on the BBC World Service’s Weekend show to discuss the COVID outbreak in North Korea.
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Peabody Awards: 82nd Annual Peabody Nominees Announced →
The Lazarus Heist has been nominated for a 2021 Peabody Award!
Read MoreABC: Between the Lines with Tom Switzer →
North Korea's missile tests were big news five years ago, then things went quite for a while. But it seems on the anniversary of his tenth year in power, Kim Jong un is back with renewed vigour. Jean Lee takes stock of the attention seeking dictator’s nuclear ambitions.
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BBC Radio 5 Live: The Trillion Dollar Conman →
Listen to the full podcast series of The Trillion Dollar Conman.
Wall Street Journal: North Korea Launches Suspected Ballistic Missile Off Its East Coast →
But with global attention diverted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea might see this time as a chance to test weapons without as much risk of punishment, said Jean H. Lee, a senior fellow at the Korea program at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington.
“Regardless, I think Kim has his own timeline and goals for new weapons in 2022,” Ms. Lee said. “He wants to have new weapons to unveil this spring. Tests get him closer to perfecting the technology.”
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Gimlet Media: Not Past it Korea's Olympic Dream →
Before Squid Game, BTS, and Parasite, South Korea dazzled the world in a different field… figure skating. All thanks to their queen of the ice, Yuna Kim. On February 25, 2010 she set a new world record at the Winter Olympics. But Yuna’s path to the Olympics was bigger than her — and charts the history of a nation emerging into a new chapter.
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