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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.

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North Korea News Podcast

A North Korean soldier’s defection, and a possible Trump-Kim meeting

NK News’ Jooheon Kim breaks down a dangerous border crossing, upcoming APEC summit and a DPRK defense deal with Vietnam

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Jooheon Kim | NK NewsOctober 21, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

The forgotten postal link between North and South Korea

Tony Bard and Jihoon Suk discuss the inter-Korean mail system that crossed the 38th parallel and why it never returned

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 16, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Unpacking North Korea’s military parade, from foreign guests to new weapons

NK News’ Jeongmin Kim and Colin Zwirko discuss what we learned from the spectacle for the Workers’ Party

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsOctober 14, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Chandana Seshadri: How North Korean IT workers exploit remote hiring systems

Researcher discusses how weak security checks and rise of remote work have led to new ways for DPRK to make money

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 9, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

North Korea’s latest weapons expo, naval ambitions and Pyongyang hospital opens

NK News’ Colin Zwirko outlines weapons on display at expo, new destroyers and long-delayed Pyongyang General Hospital

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 7, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

James Heenan: Inside the UN’s new human rights report on North Korea

UN official discusses the update to Commission of Inquiry and unpacks the DPRK’s tightening system of repression

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsOctober 2, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Lee Jae-myung’s ‘E.N.D.’ game, two states debate and North Korea-China talks

NK News’ Joon Ha Park discusses Lee’s first speech to UN and controversy over recognizing DPRK as a separate country

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Joon Ha Park | NK NewsSeptember 30, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Vipin Narang: Why Seoul doesn’t need its own nukes to counter North Korea

Former US nuclear official unpacks allied efforts to strengthen extended deterrence in response to growing DPRK arsenal

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsSeptember 25, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Loyalty relays for Kim Jong Un, and North Korea’s terms for talks with the US

NK News’ Shreyas Reddy talks about the DPRK leader’s evolving personality cult and his Supreme People’s Assembly speech

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK News | Shreyas ReddySeptember 23, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Stephen Mercado: How Japan crafted secret weapons to counter North Korea

Former CIA analyst discusses Japan’s Noborito Research Institute and its covert activities during the Korean War

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsSeptember 18, 2025
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