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July 16, 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.

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Roundtable: war remains, sanctions, and N. Korean movies – NKNews Podcast ep.31

The NK News Seoul team rounds up some of the latest DPRK-related developments

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What fish prices teach us about the North Korean economy – NKNews Podcast ep.30

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Interviews

An eight-step guide to North Korean provocation – NKNews Podcast ep.29

Retired LTC Steve Tharp says current negotiations are unlikely to bear fruit

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Interviews

A Conversation with Two North Korean Refugees – NKNews Podcast ep.28

Former DPRK citizens share their take on the recent detente, stories of adjusting to life in South

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Bypassing information control in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.27

Nat Kretchun discusses how people in the DPRK get around the state's rigid censorship

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Interviews

Political risk and investment in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.26

Three experts discuss foreign investments and the future of the DPRK market

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North Korea News Podcast

Live from Pyongyang, it’s… daily life! – NKNews Podcast ep.25

Ambreen Mustafa of the Pakistan embassy in Pyongyang shares her daily life as a foreign diplomat

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Interviews

Feminism, gender norms, and etiquette in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.24

In this episode, Dr. Ross King discusses language and class politics in the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJune 17, 2018
Interviews

What happens in Singapore… – NKNews Podcast ep.23

The NK News team rounds up all the developments from the historic Kim-Trump summit

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJune 14, 2018
Interviews

Thae Yong-ho on prospects for peace and denuclearization – NKNews Podcast ep.22

The former high-ranking DPRK diplomat shares his thoughts on Pyongyang's past, present, and future

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