Remco Breuker

Remco Breuker hardly needs an introduction. As an expert on Korea, he frequently appears in the media to interpret current affairs concerning both Koreas. In fact, starting from September 7, 2025, he can be seen on REIZEN, REURING EN REMCO BREUKER: ‘BIG IN KOREA’ on NPO 2. Earlier, he published De BV Noord-Korea (2018) and De Koreaanse golf (2023).

Remco is a Professor of Korean Studies at Leiden University and advises the government on the situation in Korea. Is anyone better suited than Remco Breuker to interpret and analyze the geopolitical developments of both Koreas for the Haagsch Instituut GeopolitiekNu?

Media appearances

Trouw
📅 3 september 2025
“This is how you do it: If you want to organize resistance”: New TV series shows what the Netherlands can learn from South Korea

BNR Nieuwsradio
📅 13 augustus 2025
Tens of thousands of North Koreans work as slaves in Russia: a hopeless existence

BNR Nieuwsradio
📅 25 april 2025
North Korea grows and thrives through its role in the war between Russia and Ukraine

RTL Nieuws
📅 8 april 2025
Olaf (29) ran the half marathon in North Korea: “Exceeded all my expectations”

De Volkskrant – Podcast
📅 26 december 2024
Korea expert Remco Breuker: We should have seen earlier that North Korea would supply soldiers to Putin

De Volkskrant
📅 16 december 2024
The political situation in South Korea: “This seems to me a fully functioning democracy in its purest form”

NRC
📅 8 december 2024
South Korean president Yoon no longer interferes in state affairs, opposition speaks of a “second coup”

De Stentor
📅 6 december 2024
Live: South Korea – senior military officers suspended, party leader turns against president Yoon

NPO Radio 1
📅 5 december 2024
What Remco Breuker still doesn’t understand about the Koreans

BNR Nieuwsradio – Ochtendnieuws
📅 4 december 2024
Pressure on South Korean president to resign is growing

NPO Radio 1 – Met het Oog op Morgen
📅 3 december 2024
What was president Yoon of South Korea thinking when he declared a state of emergency?