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November 22, 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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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News July 4, 2024
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Eric Foley: Why it’s better to launch balloons into North Korea under the radar
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Eric Foley: Why it’s better to launch balloons into North Korea under the radar

CEO of Voice of the Martyrs Korea discusses why priority should be getting information to DPRK citizens, not publicity

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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News June 27, 2024
More North Korean balloons and border incursions after Kim-Putin summit
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NK News Team: Deciphering North Korea’s new treaty with Russia
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Chad O’Carroll discusses the importance of the Russian leader’s trip to Pyongyang and his meeting with Kim Jong Un

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As Paris 2024 nears, ‘godmother’ of North Korean Paralympians champions change

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In interview, missionary Sue Kinsler recounts her work for people with disabilities across more than 130 visits to DPRK

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Daniel Pinkston: How North Korea uses technology to control its citizens
Podcast

Daniel Pinkston: How North Korea uses technology to control its citizens

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Daniel Pinkston: How North Korea uses technology to control its citizens
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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News June 13, 2024
ROK restarts propaganda loudspeakers, and North Korean construction inside DMZ
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ROK restarts propaganda loudspeakers, and North Korean construction inside DMZ

NK News’ Ifang Bremer talks rising inter-Korean tensions and a mysterious DPRK land-clearing operation

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Peter Moody: North Korean pop propaganda, girl groups and lyric revisionism
Podcast

Peter Moody: North Korean pop propaganda, girl groups and lyric revisionism

Historian Peter Moody discusses the regime’s use of songs to spread its message and the potential of musical engagement

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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News June 6, 2024
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