ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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’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 Sokolin | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 27, 2024

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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 Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 22, 2024

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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'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 ZwetslootAugust 15, 2024

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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 Bremer | Jacco Zwetsloot | Shreyas ReddyAugust 13, 2024

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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 ZwetslootAugust 8, 2024

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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 Zwirko | Jacco ZwetslootAugust 6, 2024

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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 Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 2, 2024

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North Korea’s Olympic hopes, a $10M FBI bounty and a fond farewell

NK News’ Joe Smith discusses the DPRK’s athletes in Paris, a wanted cybercriminal and more

Jacco Zwetsloot | Joe Smith | NK NewsJuly 30, 2024

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Roundtable: What to make of North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry’s indictment

The NK News team discusses the US charges against the former CIA analyst and implications for the think tank community

Chad O'Carroll | Ifang Bremer | Jacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsJuly 25, 2024

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