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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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Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at August start for mass games

Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at August start for mass games

Floor covering installed in recent days, imagery shows, as public practices have reportedly increased this month

Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at August start for mass games
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 10, 2020
North Korean leader’s sister rules out another “useless” summit with U.S.

North Korean leader’s sister rules out another “useless” summit with U.S.

Kim Yo Jong hails good relations between Kim and Trump, but says change in U.S. attitude required

North Korean leader’s sister rules out another “useless” summit with U.S.
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 9, 2020
North Korean crowds visit Kim statues nationwide amid grave COVID-19 warnings

North Korean crowds visit Kim statues nationwide amid grave COVID-19 warnings

All citizens wearing masks, but social distancing absent in visits commemorating founding leader's death

North Korean crowds visit Kim statues nationwide amid grave COVID-19 warnings
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 9, 2020
North Korea imported more Russian horses amid new work on elite equestrian parks
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North Korea imported more Russian horses amid new work on elite equestrian parks

30 horses sent during construction on mansion-complex's new track, harkening back to Kim's 2019 ride up "holy" mountain

North Korea imported more Russian horses amid new work on elite equestrian parks
Trump interested in another summit with Kim, says North Koreans “want to meet”

Trump interested in another summit with Kim, says North Koreans “want to meet”

Comments follow North Korea's repeated explicit rejection of further talks with the U.S. in recent days

Trump interested in another summit with Kim, says North Koreans “want to meet”
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 8, 2020
Kim Jong Un visits grandfather’s mausoleum on death anniversary

Kim Jong Un visits grandfather’s mausoleum on death anniversary

Visit follows conspicuous absence from Kumsusan Palace in April, comes amid heightened COVID-19 measures

Kim Jong Un visits grandfather’s mausoleum on death anniversary
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 7, 2020
North Korean schools close one month into new term, sources say

North Korean schools close one month into new term, sources say

Earlier reports indicated COVID-19 is to blame for ending an already-delayed school year

North Korean schools close one month into new term, sources say
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 7, 2020
North Korean TV resumes domestic COVID-19 coverage following leader’s warnings

North Korean TV resumes domestic COVID-19 coverage following leader’s warnings

Footage of sanitizing public facilities, other prevention efforts had mostly disappeared from state media in March

North Korean TV resumes domestic COVID-19 coverage following leader’s warnings
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 6, 2020
North Korean media hails 2017 ICBM launch on anniversary

North Korean media hails 2017 ICBM launch on anniversary

Pyongyang had previously refrained from open praise for the "historic" July 4 Hwasong-14 test

North Korean media hails 2017 ICBM launch on anniversary
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Colin Zwirko July 3, 2020
Kim Jong Un reappears at Politburo meeting on COVID-19

Kim Jong Un reappears at Politburo meeting on COVID-19

North Korean officials criticized for lax attitude as Kim urges strengthening coronavirus response measures

Kim Jong Un reappears at Politburo meeting on COVID-19