May 20, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

Evergreen

The best and the worst of reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.142

Former NK News editor Oliver Hotham discusses his years reporting on the DPRK and how North Korea coverage is improving

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 18, 2020
Evergreen

Meeting Kim Il Sung and years of reporting on Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.141

Michael Breen discusses his broad career reporting on the two Koreas and his experience meeting Kim Il Sung

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 11, 2020
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Talking Rastafarianism with North Koreans – NKNews Podcast Ep.140

Benjamin Zephaniah discusses his trips to North Korea and teaching poetry to university students in Pyongyang

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootAugust 4, 2020
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Sending Bibles to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.139

Eric Foley discusses the challenges Voice of the Martyrs Korea faces from South Korea's crackdown on balloon launches

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 28, 2020
Evergreen

The six South Koreans still held in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.138

NK News's Chad O'Carroll and Jeongmin Kim discuss their investigation into the current situation of the six men

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 21, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

Christianity in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.137

Peter Prove discusses both state-sanctioned and underground religious communities in North Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 14, 2020
Evergreen

The English-language voice of North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.136

Paul White discusses being the narrator at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum and doing business in North Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJuly 7, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135

The NK News team discuss recent tensions between North and South Korea ⁠— and where things could go from here

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJune 29, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

A journey across the globe to remember the Korean War – NKNews Podcast Ep.134

Hannah Y. Kim discusses traveling to twenty-six countries to meet and interview veterans of the Korean War

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJune 23, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

Inter-Korean tensions: Live from Yeonpyeong-do – NKNews Podcast Ep.133

Jacco joins NK News staff for a live recording aboard a ferry returning from two days in Yeonpyeong-do

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJune 14, 2020
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