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BBC OS: 2023/06/14 16:06 GMT: Life inside North Korea

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Life inside North Korea

2023/06/14 16:06 GMT

2023/06/14 16:06 GMT: Life inside North Korea

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Three people inside North Korea risk their lives to talk to the BBC

Three people inside North Korea risk their lives to talk to the BBC about the reality they are facing.

It’s been more than three years since North Korea sealed its borders, in response to the pandemic, never to reopen them. No-one has been able to leave or enter the country, and for a long time even supplies of food and medicine were stopped.  Three people living in North Korea have risked their lives via secret communication to tell the BBC what is happening. Our Seoul Correspondent Jean Mackenzie shares her first report.

As the Reuters Institute says there’s a sharp decline in appetite for news in recent years, we hear from two editors about changing news demands.

And in Nigeria, more than 100 people have drowned and more are missing after a boat carrying them down the River Niger capsized. We get the latest from our correspondent.

Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo: People work in a field just outside Pyongyang, North Korea. Credit: Reuters/Damir Sagolj)

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