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December 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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North Korea News Podcast

Fake news about North Korean troops, and a Russian attack on ROK websites

NK News’ Shreyas Reddy discusses how misinformation about DPRK soldiers in Russia undermines Ukraine’s interests

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK News | Shreyas ReddyNovember 12, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

What Donald Trump’s return means for North Korea and Kim Jong Un

The NK News team discusses personal diplomacy between the two leaders, prospects for denuclearization and US-ROK ties

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin Zwirko | Jacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsNovember 8, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea’s new missile, fighting in Kursk and the end of the Juche calendar

NK News’ Bryan Betts discusses Pyongyang’s ‘Hwasong-19’ launch and the latest on North Korean soldiers in Russia

Bryan BettsBryan Betts | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsNovember 5, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Bruce Klingner: What a second Trump presidency would mean for the peninsula

US expert discusses how Trump return could alter inter-Korean dynamics and impact Washington’s policy on North Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 31, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul

NK News’ Jeongmin Kim discusses how DPRK troops could help repel incursion and ROK plans to send experts to Ukraine

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsOctober 29, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state

Religious studies scholar discusses DPRK’s five officially recognized faiths and Kim regime’s stance toward believers

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 24, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Examining evidence of North Korean troop deployments to the war in Ukraine

NK News’ Anton Sokolin discusses claims about DPRK soldiers in Russia, related videos circulating online and more

Anton SokolinAnton Sokolin | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 22, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Frank Aum: Why North Korea’s claims should be taken at face value

Senior expert at US Institute of Peace discusses why the Korean problem remains unresolved some 70 years on

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 17, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Breaking down North Korea’s claims about alleged South Korean drone incursion

NK News’ Chad O’Carroll and Ifang Bremer discuss who was behind the incident and what it means for inter-Korean ties

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Ifang Bremer | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 15, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Jihyun Park: A woman’s journey from North Korea to British politics

The defector-activist discusses her two escapes from the DPRK and her fight for global recognition of North Korea issues

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 10, 2024
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