May 19, 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

North Korea: a month in review – NK News Podcast ep.56

NK News CEO Chad O'Carroll discusses a busy January on the peninsula

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootFebruary 7, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

How to talk so North Korea will listen – NK News Podcast ep.55

International Crisis Group's Chris Green discusses diplomacy, inter-Korean ties, and sanctions

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 28, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Kim and Trump’s pen pal diplomacy: a roundtable – NK News Podcast ep.54

The NK News Seoul team talks summits, sanctions, and meetings in Stockholm

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 23, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Ambassador Mark Lippert on U.S.-Korea relations – NK News Podcast ep.53

Mark Lippert talks denuclearization, inter-Korean relations, and the future of American diplomacy

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 7, 2019
North Korea News Podcast

Ringing in a new year in North Korea – NK News Podcast ep.52

The NK News Seoul team discuss Kim's speech, a NYE party in Pyongyang, and what to expect in 2019

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootJanuary 2, 2019
Interviews

What women’s health teaches us about gender equality – NK News Podcast ep.51

Teodora Gyupchanova discusses life for the second sex in the DPRK

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 24, 2018
North Korea News Podcast

Our top 5 most popular episodes in 2018 – NKNews Podcast Ep. 50

From Anna Fifield to Thae Yong-ho, these NK News podcasts were the most popular so far

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 16, 2018
Interviews

Will Kim Jong Un come to Seoul this year? – NKNews Podcast Ep.49

The NK News team talks summit prospects, seven years since Kim Jong Il's death, and French spies

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 10, 2018
Interviews

North Korea: the case for optimism – NKNews Podcast Ep.48

Yonsei's John Delury talks peace, reform, and why Kim Jong Un may be different from his predecessors

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootDecember 2, 2018
Interviews

Reading the tea leaves of North Korean culture – NKNews Podcast Ep.47

Tatiana Gabroussenko discusses what can be learned from North Korean film, literature, and TV dramas

Jacco ZwetslootJacco ZwetslootNovember 25, 2018
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