April 25, 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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Kim Jong Un’s plenum speech and a look ahead to 2020 – NKNews Podcast Ep.109
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Kim Jong Un’s plenum speech and a look ahead to 2020 – NKNews Podcast Ep.109

Andrei Lankov joins the Seoul team to analyze North Korea's stage-setting New Year's Day policy announcements

Kim Jong Un’s plenum speech and a look ahead to 2020 – NKNews Podcast Ep.109
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot January 2, 2020
Japan’s difficult relationship with the Korean peninsula – NKNews Podcast Ep.108
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Japan’s difficult relationship with the Korean peninsula – NKNews Podcast Ep.108

Professor Sakata Yasuyo discusses the history and current state of both Tokyo-Seoul and Tokyo-Pyongyang relations

Japan’s difficult relationship with the Korean peninsula – NKNews Podcast Ep.108
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot December 31, 2019
Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3
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Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3

Part three of an exclusive NK News series

Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3
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Jacco Zwetsloot December 24, 2019
An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1
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An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1

Part one of an exclusive NK News series

An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1
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Jacco Zwetsloot December 24, 2019
On Her Majesty’s diplomatic service in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.107
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On Her Majesty’s diplomatic service in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.107

John Everard discusses his time as the UK's top diplomat to the DPRK and his thoughts on prospects for the future

On Her Majesty’s diplomatic service in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep.107
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot December 16, 2019
DPRK history and plagiarism in Korean Studies – NKNews Podcast Ep.106
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DPRK history and plagiarism in Korean Studies – NKNews Podcast Ep.106

Professor Balázs Szalontai discusses his scholarly work on North Korea and the controversy surrounding Charles Armstrong

DPRK history and plagiarism in Korean Studies – NKNews Podcast Ep.106
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot December 10, 2019
Fire, fury, and summitry: reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.105
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Fire, fury, and summitry: reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.105

Before she leaves the NK News team, senior correspondent Dagyum Ji sits down to discuss her thoughts on all things DPRK

Fire, fury, and summitry: reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.105
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Jacco Zwetsloot December 3, 2019
Going back and forth to Pyongyang as a secret negotiator – NKNews Podcast Ep.104
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Going back and forth to Pyongyang as a secret negotiator – NKNews Podcast Ep.104

Park Chul-un discusses his multiple clandestine trips across the DMZ during a turbulent period in inter-Korean relations

Going back and forth to Pyongyang as a secret negotiator – NKNews Podcast Ep.104
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot November 26, 2019
Bringing Slovenian avant-garde rock to the DPRK – NKNews Podcast Ep.103
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Bringing Slovenian avant-garde rock to the DPRK – NKNews Podcast Ep.103

Morten Traavik and Mary Sun Kim discuss Laibach's 2015 concert in Pyongyang and navigating North Korean censorship

Bringing Slovenian avant-garde rock to the DPRK – NKNews Podcast Ep.103
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Jacco Zwetsloot November 19, 2019
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