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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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The case for South Korean engagement with the North – NKNews Podcast Ep.144
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The case for South Korean engagement with the North – NKNews Podcast Ep.144

Pastor Cho Hun Jung discusses Korean unification and reunions for families split by the North-South division

The case for South Korean engagement with the North – NKNews Podcast Ep.144
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot September 1, 2020
A pastor weighs in on bible and balloon launches – NKNews Podcast Ep.143
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A pastor weighs in on bible and balloon launches – NKNews Podcast Ep.143

Pastor Cho Hun Jung discusses why he thinks Bibles and leaflet launches to North Korea should be stopped

A pastor weighs in on bible and balloon launches – NKNews Podcast Ep.143
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 25, 2020
The best and the worst of reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.142
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The best and the worst of reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.142

Former NK News editor Oliver Hotham discusses his years reporting on the DPRK and how North Korea coverage is improving

The best and the worst of reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.142
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 18, 2020
Meeting Kim Il Sung and years of reporting on Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.141
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Meeting Kim Il Sung and years of reporting on Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.141

Michael Breen discusses his broad career reporting on the two Koreas and his experience meeting Kim Il Sung

Meeting Kim Il Sung and years of reporting on Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.141
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 11, 2020
Talking Rastafarianism with North Koreans – NKNews Podcast Ep.140
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Talking Rastafarianism with North Koreans – NKNews Podcast Ep.140

Benjamin Zephaniah discusses his trips to North Korea and teaching poetry to university students in Pyongyang

Talking Rastafarianism with North Koreans – NKNews Podcast Ep.140
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 4, 2020
Sending Bibles to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.139
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Sending Bibles to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.139

Eric Foley discusses the challenges Voice of the Martyrs Korea faces from South Korea's crackdown on balloon launches

Sending Bibles to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.139
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 28, 2020
The six South Koreans still held in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.138
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The six South Koreans still held in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.138

NK News's Chad O'Carroll and Jeongmin Kim discuss their investigation into the current situation of the six men

The six South Koreans still held in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.138
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 21, 2020
Christianity in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.137
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Christianity in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.137

Peter Prove discusses both state-sanctioned and underground religious communities in North Korea

Christianity in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.137
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 14, 2020
The English-language voice of North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.136
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The English-language voice of North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.136

Paul White discusses being the narrator at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum and doing business in North Korea

The English-language voice of North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.136
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 7, 2020
Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135
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Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135

The NK News team discuss recent tensions between North and South Korea ⁠— and where things could go from here

Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot June 29, 2020
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