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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.

North Korea News Podcast

The shared future of the two Koreas – NKNews Podcast Ep. 202

Mason Richey and David Tizzard discuss prospects for a North-South confederation and the concept of a singular ‘Korea’

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 28, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

North Korean nukes, sanctions and the United Nations – NKNews Podcast Ep. 201

Former UN Panel of Experts member Maiko Takeuchi discusses the effectiveness of sanctions on DPRK denuclearization

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 21, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

A 200th episode roundtable – NKNews Podcast Ep. 200

NK News journalists and contributors discuss North Korea’s nighttime military parade, cruise missile tests and more

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 13, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

A Canadian detained in China – NKNews Podcast Ep. 199

As Michael Spavor marks 1,000 days in a Chinese prison, Kevin Garratt shares about his detention at the same facility

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 4, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

Creativity and propaganda in North Korean music – NKNews Podcast Ep. 198

Keith Howard explores the central role of music as an ideological tool and how it illuminates North Korean society

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 31, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

Failing to foresee China’s entry into the Korean War – NKNews Podcast Ep. 197

Jonathan Corrado and Markus Garlauskas discuss the US intelligence failure and its relevance to contemporary challenges

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 23, 2021
COVID-19

Pyongyang or bust: DPRK tourism and the pandemic – NKNews Podcast Ep. 196

North Korea tourism professionals discuss the nature of the industry and its future after COVID-19

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 17, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

Telling North Korean resettlers’ stories with fashion – NKNews Podcast Ep. 195

Jihyun Kang and Marie Boes discuss how their company ISTORY designs clothes to counter stereotypes and misunderstanding

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 10, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

How Trump brought Korea to the brink of nuclear war – NKNews Podcast Ep. 194

Professor Van Jackson discusses the risk of war during the 2017 nuclear crisis and prospects for US-DPRK diplomacy

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 3, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

Front row at the Korean War armistice talks – NKNews Podcast Ep. 193

Korean War veteran Richard Underwood discusses his experience interpreting at the Kaesong peace talks to end hostilities

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 27, 2021
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