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December 25, 2024

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Jacco Zwetsloot

Jacco Zwetsloot

Jacco Zwetsloot has been the host of the NK News Podcast since episode 1 in February 2018. He has interviewed a wide range of guests about their knowledge of and experience in North Korea, from celebrity defectors to high-ranking U.S. government officials. His goal is to help as wide a cross-section of North Korea-related stories as possible be told, in order to build up a fuller picture. Jacco has a Master of Arts from Leiden University, for which he wrote a thesis on North Korean graphic novels.

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Minjung Kim: The Ten Principles that govern the lives of North Koreans
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Minjung Kim: The Ten Principles that govern the lives of North Koreans

Scholar discusses the foundational document that DPRK authorities use to suppress citizens and how it could now change

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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News November 14, 2024
Fake news about North Korean troops, and a Russian attack on ROK websites
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Fake news about North Korean troops, and a Russian attack on ROK websites

NK News’ Shreyas Reddy discusses how misinformation about DPRK soldiers in Russia undermines Ukraine’s interests

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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News | Shreyas Reddy November 12, 2024
What Donald Trump’s return means for North Korea and Kim Jong Un
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What Donald Trump’s return means for North Korea and Kim Jong Un

The NK News team discusses personal diplomacy between the two leaders, prospects for denuclearization and US-ROK ties

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North Korea’s new missile, fighting in Kursk and the end of the Juche calendar
Podcast

North Korea’s new missile, fighting in Kursk and the end of the Juche calendar

NK News’ Bryan Betts discusses Pyongyang’s ‘Hwasong-19’ launch and the latest on North Korean soldiers in Russia

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Bryan Betts | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News November 5, 2024
Bruce Klingner: What a second Trump presidency would mean for the peninsula
Podcast

Bruce Klingner: What a second Trump presidency would mean for the peninsula

US expert discusses how Trump return could alter inter-Korean dynamics and impact Washington’s policy on North Korea

Bruce Klingner: What a second Trump presidency would mean for the peninsula
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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News October 31, 2024
North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul
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North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul

NK News’ Jeongmin Kim discusses how DPRK troops could help repel incursion and ROK plans to send experts to Ukraine

North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK News October 29, 2024
Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state
Podcast

Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state

Religious studies scholar discusses DPRK’s five officially recognized faiths and Kim regime’s stance toward believers

Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News October 24, 2024
Examining evidence of North Korean troop deployments to the war in Ukraine
Podcast

Examining evidence of North Korean troop deployments to the war in Ukraine

NK News’ Anton Sokolin discusses claims about DPRK soldiers in Russia, related videos circulating online and more

Examining evidence of North Korean troop deployments to the war in Ukraine
Frank Aum: Why North Korea’s claims should be taken at face value
Podcast

Frank Aum: Why North Korea’s claims should be taken at face value

Senior expert at US Institute of Peace discusses why the Korean problem remains unresolved some 70 years on

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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News October 17, 2024
Breaking down North Korea’s claims about alleged South Korean drone incursion
Podcast

Breaking down North Korea’s claims about alleged South Korean drone incursion

NK News’ Chad O’Carroll and Ifang Bremer discuss who was behind the incident and what it means for inter-Korean ties

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