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July 16, 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.

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The how and why of travel to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.91

Simon Cockerell discusses the positive impact — and ethical implications — of tourism to the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 13, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

What to make of North Korea’s new round of missile tests – NKNews Podcast Ep.90

The NK News team discusses last week's launches and their potential impact on nuclear negotiations

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 5, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Ambassador Tammam Sulaiman on Syria-North Korea ties – NKNews Podcast Ep.89

Damascus's top diplomat in Pyongyang discusses the two countries' decades-old friendship

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 30, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

How sanctions against North Korea impact humanitarian aid – NKNews Podcast Ep.88

The NCNK's Daniel Wertz discusses the impact of sanctions and the difficulties they can pose to NGOs

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 26, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

N. Korea’s surprisingly international scientific community – NKNews Podcast Ep.87

Joshua H. Pollack discusses why DPRK researchers can, increasingly, take their work abroad

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 23, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

How North Korea can guarantee future energy security – NKNews Podcast Ep.86

The Nautilus Institute's Peter Hayes talks electricity and environmentalism in the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 19, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Amb. Robert Gallucci on what went wrong in Hanoi – NKNews Podcast Ep.85

Former U.S. negotiator talks diplomacy, working-level talks, and the art of the North Korea deal

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 16, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Rethinking U.S. engagement with the Korean peninsula – NKNews Podcast Ep.84

Doug Bandow talks diplomacy, pressure, and why he believes it's time for U.S. troops to leave Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 12, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

How to achieve “One Free Korea” in an era of engagement – NKNews Podcast Ep.83

Joshua Stanton discusses the future of sanctions and prospects for regime change

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 9, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea-China relations and great power rivalry – NKNews Podcast Ep.82

Dr. Seong-hyon Lee of the Sejong Institute discusses changing attitudes towards the DPRK in Beijing

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 5, 2019
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