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July 17, 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.

Evergreen

North and South Korea are not East and West Germany – NKNews Podcast Ep. 167

Rüdiger Frank discusses the two Koreas and Germany, and what Kim Jong Un can do to improve his country's economy

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 26, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

Why North Korea is as dangerous as ever to South Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 166

South Korean National Assembly member and former DPRK diplomat Thae Yong-ho discusses inter-Korean relations and WMDs

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 19, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

The Eighth Party Congress and the future of North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 165

NK Pro contributing analysts and NK News staff discuss the DPRK economy, WMDs, foreign relations and more

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 12, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

‘Lips and teeth’: The rise of DPRK-China relations – NKNews Podcast Ep. 164

NK News's Chad O'Carroll, Colin Zwirko and Min Chao Choy discuss what growing Pyongyang-Beijing ties could bring in 2021

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 5, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea’s thriving art scene – NKNews Podcast Ep. 163

B.G. Muhn discusses what North Korean art tells us about the country and working with artists at Mansudae Art Studio

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 29, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

Is the dream of Korean reunification dead? – NKNews Podcast Ep. 162

Andrei Lankov and Wang Son-taek discuss whether North and South Korea can ever reconcile their differences

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 24, 2020
Evergreen

Turning the Korean DMZ into an ecological peace zone – NKNews Podcast Ep. 161

Bernhard Seliger discusses how the two Koreas can transform their border into an East-West German-style nature reserve

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 14, 2020
Evergreen

Photographing the ‘Unpersons’ from North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 160

Photojournalist Tim Franco discusses his latest book, "Unperson," and the difficulties defectors have in South Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 8, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

North Korean human rights under Trump and Biden — NKNews Podcast Ep. 159

Ambassador Robert R. King, past special envoy for North Korean human rights, reflects on Trump's performance on the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 1, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

Forced labor, COVID-19 and DPRK silence on US elections – NKNews Podcast Ep. 158

Nk News' Chad O'Carroll, Jeongmin Kim and Colin Zwirko discuss the latest from North Korea in this roundtable podcast

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 24, 2020
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