May 09, 2024

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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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Turning the Korean DMZ into an ecological peace zone – NKNews Podcast Ep. 161
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Turning the Korean DMZ into an ecological peace zone – NKNews Podcast Ep. 161

Bernhard Seliger discusses how the two Koreas can transform their border into an East-West German-style nature reserve

Turning the Korean DMZ into an ecological peace zone – NKNews Podcast Ep. 161
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Jacco Zwetsloot December 14, 2020
Photographing the ‘Unpersons’ from North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 160
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Photographing the ‘Unpersons’ from North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 160

Photojournalist Tim Franco discusses his latest book, "Unperson," and the difficulties defectors have in South Korea

Photographing the ‘Unpersons’ from North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 160
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Jacco Zwetsloot December 8, 2020
North Korean human rights under Trump and Biden — NKNews Podcast Ep. 159
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North Korean human rights under Trump and Biden — NKNews Podcast Ep. 159

Ambassador Robert R. King, past special envoy for North Korean human rights, reflects on Trump's performance on the DPRK

North Korean human rights under Trump and Biden — NKNews Podcast Ep. 159
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Jacco Zwetsloot December 1, 2020
Forced labor, COVID-19 and DPRK silence on US elections – NKNews Podcast Ep. 158
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Forced labor, COVID-19 and DPRK silence on US elections – NKNews Podcast Ep. 158

Nk News' Chad O'Carroll, Jeongmin Kim and Colin Zwirko discuss the latest from North Korea in this roundtable podcast

Forced labor, COVID-19 and DPRK silence on US elections – NKNews Podcast Ep. 158
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Jacco Zwetsloot November 24, 2020
Statues and sanctions: North Korea in Congo – NKNews Podcast Ep. 157
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Statues and sanctions: North Korea in Congo – NKNews Podcast Ep. 157

Hilary Mossberg and John Dell'Osso discuss shady North Korean business deals and sanctions evasion in Africa

Statues and sanctions: North Korea in Congo – NKNews Podcast Ep. 157
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot November 17, 2020
How South Korean NGOs impact inter-Korean relations – NKNews Podcast Ep. 156
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How South Korean NGOs impact inter-Korean relations – NKNews Podcast Ep. 156

Sang-young Hong of the Korean Sharing Movement talks about civil society's interactions with North Korea

How South Korean NGOs impact inter-Korean relations – NKNews Podcast Ep. 156
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot November 10, 2020
Trump or Biden: Who can solve the North Korea problem? – NKNews Podcast Ep. 155
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Trump or Biden: Who can solve the North Korea problem? – NKNews Podcast Ep. 155

John Delury and In-Bum Chun discuss how the 2020 U.S. presidential election could affect North Korea

Trump or Biden: Who can solve the North Korea problem? – NKNews Podcast Ep. 155
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Jacco Zwetsloot November 3, 2020
Why diplomacy is still the way to go with North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 154
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Why diplomacy is still the way to go with North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 154

Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry discusses his time in the Clinton administration and talks with the DPRK

Why diplomacy is still the way to go with North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 154
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Jacco Zwetsloot October 30, 2020
How overseas labor improves ordinary North Korean lives – NKNews Podcast Ep. 153
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How overseas labor improves ordinary North Korean lives – NKNews Podcast Ep. 153

Andrei Lankov and Peter Ward discuss the difficulties and opportunities of the North Korean workers living abroad

How overseas labor improves ordinary North Korean lives – NKNews Podcast Ep. 153
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Jacco Zwetsloot October 26, 2020
US intelligence and strategy on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 152
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US intelligence and strategy on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 152

Markus Garlauskas discusses WMDs and why the U.S. and North Korea were closer to war in 2015 than in 2017

US intelligence and strategy on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 152
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Jacco Zwetsloot October 23, 2020
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