Emerging North Korean threats in cyber and outer space - Ep. 246 | NK News - North Korea News

Emerging North Korean threats in cyber and outer space - Ep. 246 | NK News - North Korea News

Painting about space exploration in children's palace, Ryanggang Province, North Korea, Sept. 2016 | Image: NK News

Emerging North Korean threats in cyber and outer space - Ep. 246

Cho Dongyoun talks unmanned aerial vehicles, DPRK battlefield tactics, South Korean defenses and more

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00:0026 Jul 2022 Last updated at 14:19

Tags#cyber
#inter-korean
#military-affairs
#missiles


Threat dynamics on the Korean Peninsula are rapidly evolving. North Korea has proven extremely capable in cyberspace, compromising sensitive systems around the world and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The DPRK’s armed forces are also adopting unmanned aerial vehicles and developing hypersonic missiles that present new challenges to South Korean and U.S. defenses in the region.


Cho Dongyoun of Seokyeong University has spent decades on the frontline of these new and emerging threats. As a major in the ROK army, Cho helped interpret and expand intelligence capabilities and understand North Korean tactics on the battlefield, online and in space.


She joins the NK News Podcast to talk about these new emerging threats from North Korea and how South Korea is rethinking defense in the 21st century.


About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Jacco Zwetsloot (@JaccoZed) exclusively for NK News, covering all things DPRK — from news to extended interviews with leading experts and analysts in the field, along with insight from our very own journalists.