Asia, East by North: Interview with former high-level DPRK official, Ri Jong Ho

Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham interviewed a high-level North Korean defector, Ri Jong Ho last week. Ho covered a lot of ground:  including the Moon visit with Biden, North Korean perspectives on South Korean leftists and Kim’s objectives for the peninsula, and also North Korean attitudes towards the PRC, among other topics.

Video of the interview can be viewed below.

[한글자막] Asia, East by North: Interview with Former High-Level DPRK Official, Ri Jong Ho (Part 1)

Ri Jong Ho is a former senior North Korean economic official and former special advisor to the Workers’ Party on economic development policy and foreign investment. He was the former Director of the Daehung General Bureau of Office 39, a clandestine organization under direct control of the ruling Kim family.

[한글자막] Asia, East by North: Interview with Former High-Level DPRK Official, Ri Jong Ho (Part 2)

Ri Jong Ho is a former senior North Korean economic official and former special advisor to the Workers’ Party on economic development policy and foreign investment. He was the former Director of the Daehung General Bureau of Office 39, a clandestine organization under direct control of the ruling Kim family.