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Don't Turn Down a Drink in Pyongyang
Don't Turn Down a Drink in Pyongyang
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Oct 20, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
K-Pop, fancy pianos, and plenty of soju. Despite increased Western sanctions, quality of life for much of North Korea's elite is improving. But during one particularly boozy dinner in Pyongyang last month, New Yorker writer Evan Osnos heard something particularly chilling from one of his handful of minders: Nuclear war with the U.S. would be survivable. It might, the 35 year-old father of two seemed to indicate, be unavoidable.
Released:
Oct 20, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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