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July 16, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

North Korea News Podcast

Emerging North Korean threats in cyber and outer space – Ep. 246

Cho Dongyoun talks unmanned aerial vehicles, DPRK battlefield tactics, South Korean defenses and more

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJuly 26, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

How Sweden created a safe space for North Korea talks – NKNews Podcast Ep. 245

Ambassador Jakob Hallgren discusses the 2018 summitry and Stockholms role in diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJuly 19, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea blames ‘alien things’ for COVID-19 outbreak – NKNews Podcast Ep. 244

The NK News team discusses anti-DPRK balloon launches, trilateral military drills, tactical nuke deployments and more

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJuly 12, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

Life inside the pro-North Korea enclave in Japan – NKNews Podcast Ep. 243

Park Hyangsu shares how she left Chongryon and the tragic story of her family members in the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJuly 5, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea’s invented histories – NKNews Podcast Ep. 242

Katie Stallard discusses how the DPRK and other authoritarian regimes use the past as an instrument of power

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJune 28, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

The untold story of Kim Jong Un’s older brother – NKNews Podcast Ep. 241

Emilia Brock and Lucas Reilly discuss the life and murder of Kim Jong Nam, North Korea’s ‘forgotten prince’

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJune 21, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

Lured to North Korea on false promises – NKNews Podcast Ep. 240

Marcus Bell discusses the thousands of ethnic Koreans who left Japan for the DPRK in search of a ‘Workers’ Paradise’

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJune 14, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

Debating nukes a stone’s throw from North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 239

Jacco Zwetsloot guides listeners through the DPRK discussions at Korea Risk Group’s recent conference near the DMZ

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJune 7, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

Inside North Korea’s Lazarus heist hack — NKNews Podcast Ep. 238

Geoff White discusses the DPRK’s global campaign of cyberattacks, from Sony Pictures to WannaCry and more

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsMay 31, 2022
North Korea News Podcast

Exploring North Korea from south of the DMZ – NKNews Podcast Ep. 237

North Korea specialists and tour guides discuss what one can see and learn about North Korea on the inter-Korean border

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsMay 24, 2022
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