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.
Paul Kyumin Lee of Divided Families USA discusses a project to create a registry of divided families in America
Tatiana Gabroussenko discusses how state media portrays Kim Jong Un, plus reports that Hamas is using DPRK weapons
The NK News team discusses the Hamas attacks, the Asian Games, a DPRK-Russia crypto ‘shadow economy’ and more
Steven Denney talks about how relationships impact the sharing of foreign media, and how the government tries to stop it
Sokeel Park of Liberty in North Korea discusses need to focus more on DPRK citizens and not just country’s nukes
The NK News team reviews North Korean leader’s whirlwind tour through Russian Far East, the potential fallout and more
Sydney Seiler discusses his work as a negotiator and intelligence officer, plus Kim Jong Un travels to Russia
The NK News team discusses North Korea-Russia military cooperation, US-ROK drills, DPRK easing border controls and more
Former panel head Eric Penton-Voak explains how to decipher its reports on violations of DPRK sanctions regime
Tim Peters of Helping Hands Korea talks about sending seeds to the DPRK and supporting North Koreans escapees
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