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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.

North Korea News Podcast

How to talk to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.61

Glyn Ford discusses engagement, the benefits of Track 1.5 meetings, and why the Hanoi summit failed

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootMarch 5, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Making sense of the no-deal summit – NKNews Podcast Ep.60

Fresh from covering the dramatic events in Hanoi, NK News journalists share some initial impressions

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootMarch 1, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Women and human rights in the DPRK – NKNews Podcast Ep.59

Jay Song discusses the DPRK's key women players and chronic human rights problem

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 26, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

The messy history of U.S.-North Korea nuclear diplomacy – NK News Podcast ep.58

Amb. Joseph R. DeTrani discusses past agreements with the DPRK -- and why they failed

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 18, 2019
Evergreen

How to engage North Korea on human rights – NK News Podcast ep.57

The UN's Signe Poulsen discusses the COI, sanctions, and working to improve life in the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 11, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea: a month in review – NK News Podcast ep.56

NK News CEO Chad O'Carroll discusses a busy January on the peninsula

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 7, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

How to talk so North Korea will listen – NK News Podcast ep.55

International Crisis Group's Chris Green discusses diplomacy, inter-Korean ties, and sanctions

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 28, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Kim and Trump’s pen pal diplomacy: a roundtable – NK News Podcast ep.54

The NK News Seoul team talks summits, sanctions, and meetings in Stockholm

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 23, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Ambassador Mark Lippert on U.S.-Korea relations – NK News Podcast ep.53

Mark Lippert talks denuclearization, inter-Korean relations, and the future of American diplomacy

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 7, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Ringing in a new year in North Korea – NK News Podcast ep.52

The NK News Seoul team discuss Kim's speech, a NYE party in Pyongyang, and what to expect in 2019

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 2, 2019
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