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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

Rail trolleys, swim flippers and lockdown in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep. 172

The NK News team discusses the latest departure of diplomats from North Korea and more in this roundtable podcast

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootMarch 2, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

The private, Christian-led university in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 171

Chan-Mo Park discusses his work at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 23, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

The Calvinist, communist, royalist Dutch double agent – NKNews Podcast Ep. 170

Simon Kuper discusses George Blake, who was captured by North Korea during the Korean War and became a KGB double agent

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 16, 2021
North Korea News Podcast

Kim Jong Un’s water slide, missing wife and vaccines – NKNews Podcast Ep. 169

NK News's Jeongmin Kim, Colin Zwirko and Won-Gi Jung discuss the latest stories coming out of North Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 9, 2021
Evergreen

North Korea-Malaysia relations: the past and future – NKNews Podcast Ep. 168

Dr. Hoo Chiew Ping discusses the assassination of Kim Jong Un's half-brother in Kuala Lumpur and DPRK-ASEAN relations

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 2, 2021
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
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