May 20, 2024

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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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North Korea News Podcast

Is the dream of Korean reunification dead? – NKNews Podcast Ep. 162

Andrei Lankov and Wang Son-taek discuss whether North and South Korea can ever reconcile their differences

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 24, 2020
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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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 14, 2020
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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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 8, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 1, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 24, 2020
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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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 17, 2020
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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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 10, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 3, 2020
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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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootOctober 30, 2020
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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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootOctober 26, 2020
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