May 07, 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.

North Korea News Podcast

Negotiating with a nuclear-armed North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.110

Duyeon Kim discusses the current state of talks and ways for policymakers to move forward in 2020

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 13, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 2, 2020
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 31, 2019
Evergreen

Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3

Part three of an exclusive NK News series

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 24, 2019
Evergreen

How one American snuck into North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 2

Part two of an exclusive NK News series

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 24, 2019
Evergreen

An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1

Part one of an exclusive NK News series

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 24, 2019
Evergreen

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 16, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 10, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 3, 2019
Evergreen

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

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 26, 2019
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