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.
NK News’ Colin Zwirko discusses recent ballistic and cruise missile tests, restoration of a border airbase and more
Former UK ambassador to DPRK also discusses foreign students entering the country as well as Pyongyang- Moscow ties
NK News’ Alannah Hill discusses Kim Jong Un’s centrifuge inspection, upcoming SPA meeting and more trash balloons
Historian discusses satellite analysis of streets of Hamhung, and what he learned by reading Syngman Rhee’s diaries
NK News’ Ifang Bremer discusses Kim Jong Un’s latest military inspections and signs of a new missile launcher
Research fellow discusses impact of Ukraine war on US-ROK strategic planning, internal stress on Kim Jong Un and more
Chad O’Carroll discusses why the DPRK is holding a concert for Sept. 9 holiday despite canceling related events abroad
Research analyst shares how open-source intelligence can offer insights into the DPRK that governments cannot
NK News’ Anton Sokolin talks Kim Jong Un’s latest weapons inspection, language exchange and food security after floods
Political scientist discusses his new book on how tyrants fall and whether Kim Jong Un would ever give up power
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