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December 22, 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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North Korea News Podcast

North Korea’s foundation day, top diplomat at UN and return of foreign teachers

Chad O’Carroll discusses why the DPRK is holding a concert for Sept. 9 holiday despite canceling related events abroad

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsSeptember 3, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Decker Eveleth: Scrutinizing North Korea’s nuclear missiles from the sky

Research analyst shares how open-source intelligence can offer insights into the DPRK that governments cannot

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 29, 2024
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North Korea’s new suicide drones, and Russian students in Pyongyang

NK News’ Anton Sokolin talks Kim Jong Un’s latest weapons inspection, language exchange and food security after floods

Anton SokolinAnton Sokolin | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 27, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Marcel Dirsus: What makes North Korea’s dictatorship unique from others

Political scientist discusses his new book on how tyrants fall and whether Kim Jong Un would ever give up power

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 22, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Yoon’s new vision for unification with North Korea and US-ROK summer drills

Chad O’Carroll and Jeongmin Kim dissect the South Korean president’s Liberation Day speech and Ulchi Freedom Shield

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Jacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsAugust 20, 2024
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Rob York: How the Global South views North Korean human rights

Scholar discusses geopolitical battle for influence in Southern Hemisphere and DPRK’s illicit efforts to finance weapons

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 15, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea expert arrested for spying, and overachieving DPRK Olympians

Ifang Bremer and Shreyas Reddy discuss Switzerland’s investigation of an ex-UN official and how North Korea did in Paris

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Jacco Zwetsloot | Shreyas ReddyAugust 13, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Donald Kirk: How Seoul secretly paid for a summit with North Korea

Veteran journalist Donald Kirk discusses how Kim Dae-jung’s quest for a Nobel prize may have financed DPRK nukes

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 8, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

North Korean missiles to border, catastrophic floods and arms factory expansion

NK News’ Colin Zwirko discusses changes to DPRK weapons production and what satellite imagery reveals about flood damage

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jacco ZwetslootAugust 6, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Ed Pulford: Discovering the city where North Korea, China and Russia collide

Anthropologist discusses his time in the multiethnic frontier city of Hunchun and how residents view the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 2, 2024
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