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February 10, 2025

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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.

North Korea News Podcast

North Korea blasts US support for Ukraine, and Russia sends new air defenses

NK News’ Joon Ha Park talks Kim Jong Un’s speech to military commanders and what Moscow may be sending for troops

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Joon Ha Park | NK NewsNovember 26, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Sean King: Why Trump’s reelection could see Kim Jong Un visit the White House

Former US government official discusses Trump’s administration picks and their stances on peninsula issues

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsNovember 21, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

How North Korean troops in Russia have changed peninsula dynamics

Korea Pro Editor John Lee discusses China’s strong statement on its ally, as well as Seoul’s role in Ukraine war

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | John Lee | NK NewsNovember 19, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Minjung Kim: The Ten Principles that govern the lives of North Koreans

Scholar discusses the foundational document that DPRK authorities use to suppress citizens and how it could now change

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsNovember 14, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Fake news about North Korean troops, and a Russian attack on ROK websites

NK News’ Shreyas Reddy discusses how misinformation about DPRK soldiers in Russia undermines Ukraine’s interests

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK News | Shreyas ReddyNovember 12, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

What Donald Trump’s return means for North Korea and Kim Jong Un

The NK News team discusses personal diplomacy between the two leaders, prospects for denuclearization and US-ROK ties

North Korea News Podcast

North Korea’s new missile, fighting in Kursk and the end of the Juche calendar

NK News’ Bryan Betts discusses Pyongyang’s ‘Hwasong-19’ launch and the latest on North Korean soldiers in Russia

Bryan BettsBryan Betts | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsNovember 5, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Bruce Klingner: What a second Trump presidency would mean for the peninsula

US expert discusses how Trump return could alter inter-Korean dynamics and impact Washington’s policy on North Korea

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 31, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul

NK News’ Jeongmin Kim discusses how DPRK troops could help repel incursion and ROK plans to send experts to Ukraine

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsOctober 29, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state

Religious studies scholar discusses DPRK’s five officially recognized faiths and Kim regime’s stance toward believers

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 24, 2024
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