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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.

News

North Korean TV begins airing Beijing Olympics as athletes stay home

First broadcast of Winter Games comes days after the opening ceremony, a quick turnaround by DPRK standards

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 9, 2022
News

North Korea accelerates military parade training ahead of key holidays: Imagery

Scale of celebrations for Feb. 16 holiday unclear, but major parade featuring heavy weapons expected by April

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoFebruary 9, 2022
News

Kim Jong Un decries construction delays, mass labor system in letter to workers

Criticism comes as major construction projects remain unfinished after missing deadlines in recent years

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 9, 2022
Analysis

Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis

Revelation raises new questions over whether North Korean leader concealed presence at late-January missile tests

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 8, 2022
News

Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans

Supreme People’s Assembly maintains high defense spending levels while boosting pandemic budget

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 8, 2022
Analysis

North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis

Kim Jong Un also rode horse on private beach next to hotel for new propaganda film, NK Pro has found

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 7, 2022
News

After flurry of missile tests, Kim Jong Un says ties with China ‘unbreakable’

North Korean leader pens praise-filled letter to President Xi Jinping on eve of Winter Olympics

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 4, 2022
News

North Korea and Russia hold talks to ‘restore’ pandemic-hit trade

Talks between DPRK envoy and Russian Far East minister come after North Korea built up rail station near shared border

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 2, 2022
News

North Korean leader appears with wife in public for first time in 5 months

Ri Sol Ju reportedly joins Kim Jong Un at Lunar New Year concert, again playing role of support figure in state media

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 2, 2022
News

Kim Jong Un’s body ‘withered’ as he ‘suffered’ for the people, state TV says

New 2-hour program on 2021 ‘hardships’ reveals unseen military horse rides and more to bolster Kim personality cult

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 1, 2022
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