Episode 5. A dramatic chase at sea unfolds to stop a fleeing Pong Su. The North Korean crew fears the worst for their Master after they are told by their superiors in Pyongyang to stop and fight.

Age & SMH subscribers can listen to an extended interview with former SAS soldiers Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis here: https://bit.ly/36s4szb

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Reporter - Richard Baker (Get in touch: rbaker@theage.com.au )
Executive Producer - Rachael Dexter
Narrative Consultant - Kate Cole-Adams
Consulting Producer - Siobhan McHugh
Music & Composition - Vicki Hansen
Sound design & mixing - John Greenfield
Script translations - Yan Zhuang
Extra production - Tim Mummery
Head of Audio - Tom McKendrick

Actors:
Chin Kwang Lee is played by Andy Song
Kiam Fah Teng is played by Anthony Ting
Yau Kim Lam is played by Jason Chong
Casting - Catapult Casting

Additional audio from: Channel Seven

The reading you heard at the start of this episode was an excerpt from The Old man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway- read by Jason Chong.

Episode 5. A dramatic chase at sea unfolds to stop a fleeing Pong Su. The North Korean crew fears the worst for their Master after they are told by their superiors in Pyongyang to stop and fight. Age &amp; SMH subscribers can listen to an extended interview with former SAS soldiers Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis here: <a href="https://bit.ly/36s4szb">https://bit.ly/36s4szb</a>
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Reporter - Richard Baker (Get in touch: <a href="mailto:rbaker@theage.com.au">rbaker@theage.com.au</a> ) Executive Producer - Rachael Dexter Narrative Consultant - Kate Cole-Adams Consulting Producer - Siobhan McHugh Music &amp; Composition - Vicki Hansen Sound design &amp; mixing - John Greenfield Script translations - Yan Zhuang Extra production - Tim Mummery Head of Audio - Tom McKendrick Actors: Chin Kwang Lee is played by Andy Song Kiam Fah Teng is played by Anthony Ting Yau Kim Lam is played by Jason Chong Casting - Catapult Casting
Additional audio from: Channel Seven
The reading you heard at the start of this episode was an excerpt from The Old man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway- read by Jason Chong.

A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.

A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.

The Last Voyage of the Pong Su

Episode 5. A dramatic chase at sea unfolds to stop a fleeing Pong Su. The North Korean crew fears the worst for their Master after they are told by their superiors in Pyongyang to stop and fight.

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