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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.

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Russia continuing talks on reconstruction and repair of North Korean power grid

Joint working group on electric energy cooperation met in Pyongyang Friday with visit by Russian deputy energy minister

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 9, 2019
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DPRK-Syria economic talks, aimed at countering sanctions, underway in Damascus

Joint Economic Committee holding three days of meetings, with signing ceremonies set for Wednesday

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 9, 2019
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Kim Jong Un oversees opening of Yangdok Hot Springs and ski resort

Resort built starting last spring is an achievement made under “worst adversity” from enemies, top official says

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 8, 2019
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New North Korean travel company to offer foreigners medical tourism packages  

State-run hospitals to offer services such as breast tumor treatment, cataract surgery, dental implants: state media

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 5, 2019
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North Korea, Syria set to hold economic talks in Damascus: state media

Top DPRK economic official headed to Syria Thursday following deputy’s August visit

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 5, 2019
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North Korea completes new large-scale dam in country’s north east

Orangchon Power Station's Phalhyang Dam set to help solve "tense electricity issue of the country," state media says

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Oliver HothamDecember 4, 2019
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Kim Jong Un opens large farm in a bid to “improve diets” of local people: KCNA

Construction of the town-sized Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and Tree Nursery began in August 2018

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 4, 2019
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North Korea unveils newly-reconstructed “utopia” town in Samjiyon

Second stage completed, officials declare, with final stage deadline still set for October 2020

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 2, 2019
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North Korean missile tests “serious challenge” to international community: Japan

PM spokesperson declines to comment on DPRK’s apparent missile strike threat against Japan

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoDecember 2, 2019
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Typhoon Lingling displaced over 6000 people on North Korea’s east coast: IFRC

September storm resulted in water and sanitation issues, 75,000 hectares of crops damaged, new report says

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 28, 2019