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Colin Zwirko

Colin Zwirko

Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.

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North Korean workers stuck in Vietnam following COVID-19 border closures: Hanoi

North Korean workers stuck in Vietnam following COVID-19 border closures: Hanoi

Vietnamese government reports DPRK laborers on temporary visas, efforts being made to repatriate them

North Korean workers stuck in Vietnam following COVID-19 border closures: Hanoi
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 20, 2020
North Korea’s replica Blue House circled as target for expected strike drills
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North Korea’s replica Blue House circled as target for expected strike drills

Replica South Korean presidential residency was previously destroyed in December 2016 special forces infiltration drill

North Korea’s replica Blue House circled as target for expected strike drills
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 17, 2020
North Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma project fails to meet April 15 completion deadline

North Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma project fails to meet April 15 completion deadline

Finishing materials still being sent to marquee beach resort as construction is “pushing forward,” state outlets say

North Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma project fails to meet April 15 completion deadline
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Colin Zwirko April 17, 2020
In first, Kim Jong Un a no-show at annual “Day of the Sun” commemorations

In first, Kim Jong Un a no-show at annual “Day of the Sun” commemorations

North Korean leader conspicuously absent as officials pay tribute to country's founding President

In first, Kim Jong Un a no-show at annual “Day of the Sun” commemorations
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 15, 2020
North Korea kicks off major holiday with markedly low-key state media coverage

North Korea kicks off major holiday with markedly low-key state media coverage

Coverage of annual national meeting for DPRK founding leader's birthday, Tuesday's missile test yet to be appear

North Korea kicks off major holiday with markedly low-key state media coverage
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Colin Zwirko April 14, 2020
Marching drills resume at Pyongyang military parade practice ground, images show
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Marching drills resume at Pyongyang military parade practice ground, images show

Large-scale training at North Korean site signaling parade preparations was halted in January amid coronavirus fears

Marching drills resume at Pyongyang military parade practice ground, images show
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Colin Zwirko April 14, 2020
North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting

North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting

Lawmakers agree to spend 47.8% of state budget on economy, 15.9% on national defense

North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko | Jeongmin Kim April 12, 2020
Kim Jong Un hails North Korean military’s readiness at air force drill

Kim Jong Un hails North Korean military’s readiness at air force drill

Fighter jet exercises at base north of Pyongyang come one year after similar Kim visit

Kim Jong Un hails North Korean military’s readiness at air force drill
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Colin Zwirko April 11, 2020
Kim Jong Un oversees artillery exercises ahead of key parliamentary meeting

Kim Jong Un oversees artillery exercises ahead of key parliamentary meeting

North Korean leader emphasizes modernization, war-readiness at sixth drills of their kind this year

Kim Jong Un oversees artillery exercises ahead of key parliamentary meeting
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 9, 2020
Thailand says it deported six illegal North Korean workers ahead of UN deadline

Thailand says it deported six illegal North Korean workers ahead of UN deadline

All six working in one North Korean restaurant were arrested and fined before being deported in early December

Thailand says it deported six illegal North Korean workers ahead of UN deadline
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Colin Zwirko April 9, 2020