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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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How women are driving change in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.33
Podcast

How women are driving change in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.33

Bronwen Dalton discusses gender and social transformation in the DPRK

How women are driving change in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.33
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 19, 2018
Change from below? Empowering the North Korean people – NKNews Podcast ep.32
Podcast

Change from below? Empowering the North Korean people – NKNews Podcast ep.32

LiNK's Sokeel Park discusses how a grassroots social revolution is taking place in the DPRK

Change from below? Empowering the North Korean people – NKNews Podcast ep.32
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 12, 2018
Roundtable: war remains, sanctions, and N. Korean movies – NKNews Podcast ep.31
Podcast

Roundtable: war remains, sanctions, and N. Korean movies – NKNews Podcast ep.31

The NK News Seoul team rounds up some of the latest DPRK-related developments

Roundtable: war remains, sanctions, and N. Korean movies – NKNews Podcast ep.31
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 5, 2018
What fish prices teach us about the North Korean economy – NKNews Podcast ep.30
Podcast

What fish prices teach us about the North Korean economy – NKNews Podcast ep.30

Fresh from three weeks in-country, Peter Ward discusses markets and money in the DPRK

What fish prices teach us about the North Korean economy – NKNews Podcast ep.30
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 30, 2018
An eight-step guide to North Korean provocation – NKNews Podcast ep.29
Podcast

An eight-step guide to North Korean provocation – NKNews Podcast ep.29

Retired LTC Steve Tharp says current negotiations are unlikely to bear fruit

An eight-step guide to North Korean provocation – NKNews Podcast ep.29
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 22, 2018
A Conversation with Two North Korean Refugees – NKNews Podcast ep.28
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A Conversation with Two North Korean Refugees – NKNews Podcast ep.28

Former DPRK citizens share their take on the recent detente, stories of adjusting to life in South

A Conversation with Two North Korean Refugees – NKNews Podcast ep.28
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 16, 2018
Bypassing information control in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.27
Podcast

Bypassing information control in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.27

Nat Kretchun discusses how people in the DPRK get around the state's rigid censorship

Bypassing information control in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.27
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 10, 2018
Political risk and investment in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.26
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Political risk and investment in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.26

Three experts discuss foreign investments and the future of the DPRK market

Political risk and investment in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.26
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot July 2, 2018
Live from Pyongyang, it’s… daily life! – NKNews Podcast ep.25
Podcast

Live from Pyongyang, it’s… daily life! – NKNews Podcast ep.25

Ambreen Mustafa of the Pakistan embassy in Pyongyang shares her daily life as a foreign diplomat

Live from Pyongyang, it’s… daily life! – NKNews Podcast ep.25
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot June 25, 2018
Feminism, gender norms, and etiquette in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.24
Podcast

Feminism, gender norms, and etiquette in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.24

In this episode, Dr. Ross King discusses language and class politics in the DPRK

Feminism, gender norms, and etiquette in North Korea – NKNews Podcast ep.24
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot June 17, 2018