More North Korean Defectors Supporting Moon Jae-in, Shifting View On Pyongyang

The Nikkei Asian Review recently published a piece on rather surprising Moon Jae-in supporters leading up to the special election he won to replace former President Park Geun-hye who current remains jailed following her impeachment. Moon's support from this group was so surprising, it's even been dubbed "the great sensation". Who are they? North Korean defectors. Melbourne-based reporter John Power has spent several years living in & writing about the Korean Peninsula & continues to cover issues affecting the area. John spoke with Korea FM reporter Chance Dorland about his recent report for the Nikkei Asian Review & the research he conducted into the divide among North Korean defectors' preference for presidential candidates & plans for future engagement with Pyongyang. Find more of John's findings in his story, "North Korean defectors divided on Seoul détente", at Stream this episode online at Download the full episode at Rate & Review this podcast at This episode is brought to you by Podcast Assist & its $30 per hour flat rate podcasting voice overs, editing, mastering, transcriptions & even hosting (select a topic, they'll create & host the podcast). Visit Facebook.com/PodcastAssist for more information.

You can listen to More North Korean Defectors Supporting Moon Jae-in, Shifting View On Pyongyang online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

More North Korean Defectors Supporting Moon Jae-in, Shifting View On Pyongyang is an episode from Chance Dorland's Peace Corps PodCast by Chance Dorland.

This episode is 16:58 long.

This episode was published on Jul 9, 2017.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Chance Dorland's Peace Corps PodCast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.