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July 18, 2024

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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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Kim Jong Un upgrades his private beachside manor and tends to leisure boats
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Kim Jong Un upgrades his private beachside manor and tends to leisure boats

The upgraded mansion complex is roughly 25 miles away from a key military submarine development base

Kim Jong Un upgrades his private beachside manor and tends to leisure boats
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 13, 2021
Kim Jong Un warns North Korea of hardship, referencing deadly 1990s famine

Kim Jong Un warns North Korea of hardship, referencing deadly 1990s famine

Kim wants to wage a “more difficult Arduous March” — a term used to describe a historic famine and survival measures

Kim Jong Un warns North Korea of hardship, referencing deadly 1990s famine
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 8, 2021
North Korea warns of political collapse if elites can’t find ideological ‘unity’

North Korea warns of political collapse if elites can’t find ideological ‘unity’

Officials at a Pyongyang conference stressed the importance of being “ardent loyalists” to leader Kim Jong Un

North Korea warns of political collapse if elites can’t find ideological ‘unity’
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 8, 2021
Kim Jong Un tells party cell leaders to bond all levels of society like a family

Kim Jong Un tells party cell leaders to bond all levels of society like a family

10,000 party members from across North Korea met in Pyongyang to discuss new economic plan on Tuesday

Kim Jong Un tells party cell leaders to bond all levels of society like a family
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 6, 2021
North Korea threatens NGOs, media over claims of malnourished children

North Korea threatens NGOs, media over claims of malnourished children

Aid organizations recently told a U.N. panel that children are suffering due to the DPRK’s COVID-19 border restrictions

North Korea threatens NGOs, media over claims of malnourished children
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 6, 2021
North Korean conglomerate faces serious fallout after deadly bus accident

North Korean conglomerate faces serious fallout after deadly bus accident

Korea Kumgang Group appears to have downsized or shut down completely after a once-successful run

North Korean conglomerate faces serious fallout after deadly bus accident
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Chad O'Carroll | Colin Zwirko March 29, 2021
North Korea accuses US of ‘gangster-like logic’ after Biden rebuked its missiles

North Korea accuses US of ‘gangster-like logic’ after Biden rebuked its missiles

The U.S. president had said he would “respond accordingly” if North Korea further “escalates” tensions

North Korea accuses US of ‘gangster-like logic’ after Biden rebuked its missiles
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko | Kelly Kasulis March 26, 2021
Kim Jong Un wants to gift fancy new ‘terrace’ flats to teachers and scientists

Kim Jong Un wants to gift fancy new ‘terrace’ flats to teachers and scientists

The North Korean leader recently inspected housing development plans and prototype passenger buses, state media says

Kim Jong Un wants to gift fancy new ‘terrace’ flats to teachers and scientists
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko March 25, 2021
North Korea says it tested a ‘newly developed’ missile to strengthen military

North Korea says it tested a ‘newly developed’ missile to strengthen military

North Korea says the test helped its solid-fuel missile program and that the missiles "arrest" threats to the peninsula

North Korea says it tested a ‘newly developed’ missile to strengthen military
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko March 25, 2021
Two years past deadline, major North Korean beach resort inches towards opening
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Two years past deadline, major North Korean beach resort inches towards opening

Construction worker camps were removed and trucks moved around the sprawling beach resort, satellite imagery shows

Two years past deadline, major North Korean beach resort inches towards opening
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko March 25, 2021
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