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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 Bluesky / Twitter.

Analysis

“Sense of continuity”: North Korea restores old TV series to feature Kim Jong Un

New films similar to those on his father aired at start of Kim’s rule, but began this month to be tacked onto old series

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 26, 2020
News

Rising stars: North Korea promotes two high-profile military officials

Pak Jong Chon and Ri Pyong Chol, now Vice Marshal and CMC vice-chairman, are frequently seen by Kim Jong Un's side

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 24, 2020
Analysis

North Korean TV erasing Kim Jong Un’s Supreme Commander emblem

Scene deletion, obscuring of emblem beginning in February may relate to 2019 constitutional change

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 22, 2020
News

Classes begin at new North Korean hospitality school, state media says

Incoming students at Pyongyang Service Industry University learning how to provide "incredible service": Uriminzokkiri

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 20, 2020
News

Nigeria deported ten North Koreans ahead of 2019 worker ban deadline: report

Abuja claims sanctions compliance in first implementation report to UN on recent years’ measures

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 19, 2020
News

Security gates upgraded at North Korean central government compound: imagery

Upgrades and more minor work around compound follow construction on Kim Jong Un’s office and new adjacent building

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 18, 2020
Features

What’s up Pyongyang? North Korea experiments with vlogging to fight “fake news”

A new online series, produced in-country, could represent a bold new style for Pyongyang's propaganda operations

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Oliver HothamMay 18, 2020
Analysis

After Kim Jong Un’s early May reappearance, luxury boat replaced at Wonsan villa

Moves could be sign of North Korean leader’s return to Wonsan as third large luxury barge enters repair docks

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 14, 2020
News

Pyongyang to send tourist electric carts to delayed Wonsan-Kalma resort

New vehicles reportedly domestically produced, following North Korean leader's recent appearances using Chinese models

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 13, 2020
News

Imagery reveals scope of Samjiyon reconstruction project’s “third stage” 

Most villages in city limits near North Korea's symbolic Mt. Paektu seeing major demolition, reconstruction in 2020

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMay 8, 2020