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December 21, 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

Understanding North Korea’s surveillance state – NKNews Podcast Ep.96

UPenn PhD candidate Benjamin Silberstein discusses law, order, and control in the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 17, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

The legacy of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.95

Historian August Myrseth discusses the landmark festival's long-term impact

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 10, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

How the U.S. and China could work together on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.94

USC's David Kang discusses how U.S. misunderstanding of Beijing as a threat affects DPRK issues

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootSeptember 3, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93

Former Pyongyang resident Choi Sung-guk discusses his experiences of the international event

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 27, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Much ado about North Korea sanctions – NKNews Podcast Ep.92

The Asan Institute's Go Myong-hyun discusses maximum pressure and its impact on the ground

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 20, 2019
Evergreen

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
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