ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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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Kornel Chang: How Korea’s liberation led to division into North and South

Historian discusses US and Soviet control during 1945-50, land reforms in the DPRK and migration across 38th parallel

Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 14, 2025

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A North Korean defection, postponed US-ROK drills and dismantling loudspeakers

NK News’ Jeongmin Kim discusses a daring escape over the maritime border and the criminal investigation of a defector

Jacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsAugust 12, 2025

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Maeng Hyo-shim: A North Korean family’s escape against all odds

Young escapee details how she fled after an assault against her mother and now advocates for the rights of the disabled

Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 7, 2025

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Russia-DPRK bridge update, trilateral boat tours and Moscow-Pyongyang flights

NK News’ Anton Sokolin talks Tumen River bridge project, boat tour plans and growing aviation links

Anton Sokolin | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsAugust 5, 2025

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How South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung could revive US-North Korea talks

Historian John Delury revisits the 2018-19 summitry and explores why another round of diplomacy won’t look the same

Jacco ZwetslootJuly 31, 2025

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Kim Yo Jong spurns Seoul’s overtures, and US targets North Korean laptop farms

NK News’ Shreyas Reddy discusses what’s behind Pyongyang’s criticism of Lee Jae-myung, and baseball in the DPRK

Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News | Shreyas ReddyJuly 29, 2025

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How North Korea’s Kim rulers manage elites to guarantee regime survival

Edward Goldring and Peter Ward discuss the tools autocrats use to consolidate power during leadership transitions

Jacco ZwetslootJuly 24, 2025

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North Korean ChatGPT, renaming the unification ministry and Seoul’s main enemy

NK News’ Joon Ha Park discusses a flurry of hearings for ROK ministry nominees and what they had to say about the DPRK

Jacco Zwetsloot | Joon Ha ParkJuly 22, 2025

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How Russian tiger hunters got roped into a plot to kill the North Korean leader

Andrei Lankov and Anton Sokolin discuss a Russian family whose story is interlinked with the rise of the DPRK

Andrei Lankov | Anton Sokolin | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJuly 17, 2025

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Lavrov sails on Kim Jong Un’s yacht, military parade prep and wastewater rumors

NK News’ Colin Zwirko talks Russian diplomat’s visit to Wonsan Kalma resort and potential plans for another mass games

Colin Zwirko | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK NewsJuly 15, 2025

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