In this week’s episode, Lead Correspondent Shreyas Reddy discusses an NK News investigation that revealed a minor Russian construction company with links to a notorious Chechen strongman is behind a $100 million vehicle bridge designed to link Russia’s Far East with North Korea. He also covers South Korea’s acting president’s call for heightened military readiness […]

In this week's episode, Lead Correspondent Shreyas Reddy discusses an NK News investigation that revealed a minor Russian construction company with links to a notorious Chechen strongman is behind a $100 million vehicle bridge designed to link Russia's...

In this week's episode, Lead Correspondent <a href="https://www.nknews.org/?s=shreyas+reddy&amp;sort=&amp;start=01-01-2000&amp;end=01-04-2025">Shreyas Reddy</a> discusses an NK News <a href="https://www.nknews.org/2025/03/major-chechen-construction-firm-likely-behind-new-north-korea-russia-car-bridge/">investigation</a> that revealed a minor Russian construction company with links to a notorious Chechen strongman is behind a $100 million vehicle bridge designed to link Russia's Far East with North Korea.<br />
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He also covers South Korea’s acting president’s <a href="https://www.nknews.org/2025/03/south-korean-pm-urges-military-readiness-against-north-korea-after-reinstatement/">call</a> for heightened military readiness against North Korean nuclear and missile “provocations” as well as what’s to come in the week ahead. <br />
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About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by <a href="https://www.nknews.org/content_author/jacco-zwetsloot/">Jacco Zwetsloot</a> 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.

North Korea-Russia bridge and Seoul’s call for military readiness against DPRK