# How North Korea’s “Zero Covid” Plan Backfired — Katrin Katz

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Podcast: [The Strategerist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strategerist-534552)
Published: 2025-10-28T13:14:15+00:00
Episode link: https://www.bushcenter.org/strategerist
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In this episode of The Strategerist, Katrin Katz, Adjunct Fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair, joined host Andrew Kaufmann and Joseph Kim, the Bush Institute’s program manager of global policy, to unpack the research behind her COVID-19 report on North Korea. Joseph, himself a refugee from North Korea, offers personal insight into life under the regime and the ongoing oppression faced by its people.

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