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.
Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo discusses the history of Washington-Pyongyang diplomacy — and where it can go from here
Swiss Major General Patrick Gauchat discusses neutral actors on the peninsula and their importance going forward
Duyeon Kim discusses the current state of talks and ways for policymakers to move forward in 2020
Andrei Lankov joins the Seoul team to analyze North Korea's stage-setting New Year's Day policy announcements
Professor Sakata Yasuyo discusses the history and current state of both Tokyo-Seoul and Tokyo-Pyongyang relations
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John Everard discusses his time as the UK's top diplomat to the DPRK and his thoughts on prospects for the future
Professor Balázs Szalontai discusses his scholarly work on North Korea and the controversy surrounding Charles Armstrong
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