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December 21, 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 11, 2024
Kim Yo Jong slams ROK border drills, Russian kids to visit North Korea
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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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Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News June 27, 2024
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