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.
Benjamin Zephaniah discusses his trips to North Korea and teaching poetry to university students in Pyongyang
Eric Foley discusses the challenges Voice of the Martyrs Korea faces from South Korea's crackdown on balloon launches
NK News's Chad O'Carroll and Jeongmin Kim discuss their investigation into the current situation of the six men
Peter Prove discusses both state-sanctioned and underground religious communities in North Korea
Paul White discusses being the narrator at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum and doing business in North Korea
The NK News team discuss recent tensions between North and South Korea — and where things could go from here
Hannah Y. Kim discusses traveling to twenty-six countries to meet and interview veterans of the Korean War
Jacco joins NK News staff for a live recording aboard a ferry returning from two days in Yeonpyeong-do
Stephen Epstein discusses how inter-Korean politics are and have been reflected in media portrayals of North Korea
Eric Bischoff discusses "Collision in Korea," which still boasts the largest attendance for a wrestling event in history
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