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December 26, 2024

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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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North Korean missile industry turns to farm machines to address food shortages

Mass ceremony in city square appears to prioritize optics, as state media says Kim Jong Un gifts 5,500 tools for harvest

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 27, 2022
News

China, North Korea resume overland trade with first train crossing in 5 months

Unification ministry confirms first crossing since late April, as two sides report no COVID cases near border

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 26, 2022
News

North Korea adopts ‘crucial’ farm policy weeks after warning of food shortages

State media short on details about policy as Kim Jong Un skips Politburo meeting for second straight time

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 26, 2022
News

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea, Seoul says

South Korea calls test ‘grave provocation’ and vows closer cooperation with US as aircraft carrier arrives on peninsula

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jeongmin KimSeptember 25, 2022
Analysis

Giant new campus in Pyongyang is military institute, exclusive images suggest

Propaganda and architecture show facility next to Kim Il Sung University may support aerospace or missile development

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 23, 2022
News

North Korea denies it’s selling weapons to Russia but defends right to do so

Defense ministry statement comes after US said Moscow seeks DPRK rockets and artillery shells for Ukraine war

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 22, 2022
Analysis

Kim Jong Un shuns appearances outside capital despite claims of COVID ‘victory’

North Korean leader’s reclusion may signal insecurity about virus controls as country preps for vaccinations

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 20, 2022
News

Kim Jong Un orders officials to use law as ‘political weapon’ to protect state

North Korea convenes first legal conference in five years to discuss ‘battle’ against anti-state acts

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 16, 2022
Analysis

Kim Jong Un’s mysterious new aide may be former Moranbong Band member: Images

Drummer at 2018 inter-Korean summit dinner resembles unknown female aide, NK News analysis of state media suggests

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 15, 2022
Analysis

North Korea’s ambitious food crisis fix in danger of missing deadline: Imagery

Construction on over 800 greenhouses appears far from completion month ahead of deadline for top-priority megaproject

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 15, 2022
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