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.
The NK News team discusses possible outcomes of apparent defection and when DPRK shot down a US spy plane in 1969
Bada Nam discusses why North Koreans are digital ‘hostages’ and how even elites have a hard time surfing the web
Controversial former US national security advisor weighs in on Korean unification, China’s role on DPRK issues and more
Dr. Kim Kyung-jin shares his memories of the Korean War, plus the view of the Wagner uprising in Pyongyang
Christopher Green breaks down peninsula trends, plus South Korea pursues legal action over 2020 office explosion
Karl Friedhoff talks ROK polls, plus a new NK Pro analysis reveals China expanding prisons that hold defectors
The NK News team talks shuttle diplomacy with Japan, live-fire drills near DMZ, methamphetamines at the border and more
Kathleen Stephens discusses the DPRK’s 2010 attacks on South Korea, the breakdown of six-party talks and more
Joanna Hosaniak discusses the origins and politicization of the DPRK human rights movement and where it should go next
Andrei Lankov discusses how North Korea’s rapid weapons advances have brought it closer to goal of unifying peninsula
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