Interview: Noland on the Return of Pak Pong Ju and Prospects for Reform

NPR Morning Edition's David Greene interviews Marcus Noland to discuss the recent reappointment of Pak Pong Ju as Premier of North Korea. Having been out of office since 2007, his return to the Premiership could be a modest signal toward economic reform, though how that squares with North Korea’s increasingly bellicose foreign policy remains to be seen.

Listen to the interview here.