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.
NK News’ Joon Ha Park discusses South Korea’s concern about border clashes and tracks Kim Jong Un’s recent appearances
Scholar discusses Kim Jong Il’s love of foreign cinema and the important role of film in DPRK society
NK News’ Anton Sokolin discusses who joined the DPRK’s fall trade fair and what North Korean engineers are up to Russia
Hanna Hopko and Volodymyr Vernygora of Ukraine discuss the threat that the DPRK poses to both Europe and Asia
NK News’ Chad O’Carroll unpacks the life Kim Yong Nam and the disappearance of a sanctions-monitoring website
Dutch researcher shares his experience helping North Koreans fight crop disease and strengthen food security
The NK News team unpacks Trump’s visit to Korea, Lee Jae-myung’s diplomacy and how Pyongyang responded
KBS reporter discusses the challenges of working under constant supervision and what he learned about inter-Korean ties
NK News’ Chad O’Carroll discusses Trump’s imminent visit to South Korea and his desire to meet the DPRK leader
Historian traces Pyongyang’s far-reaching financial and labor schemes and warns world has lost vital tools to track them
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