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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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Kim Jong Un raises ‘urgent’ issues of food supply, COVID and flooding

North Korean leader’s remarks at politburo meeting underscore litany of challenges country faces as a result of lockdown

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 2, 2021
Analysis

North Korea preparing to hold military parade in coming months: imagery

Pyongyang typically uses military parades to show off new nuclear missile developments

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 2, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un meets disaffected youth who found redemption through hard labor

North Korean leader's appearance raises questions about his absence from other recent political events

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 30, 2021
News

New North Korean nuclear activity ‘deeply troubling’: IAEA

Nuclear watchdog suggests Yongbyon reactor may be operating for first time in three years

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 30, 2021
News

Youth leaving home for coal mines to fight ‘cultural infiltration’: Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader sent letter to young people gathered in Pyongyang to celebrate Youth Day

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 28, 2021
News

North Korea upgrades new skyscraper to 80 floors, making it 2nd-tallest in DPRK

State media claims soldiers built one story every 16 hours and carried materials up tower ‘dozens’ of times per day

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 27, 2021
News

North Korea to convene major legislative meeting in late September

Supreme People's Assembly to discuss economic development and youth education at upcoming session, state media says

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 25, 2021
News

North Korea exports beer made with rice to China after declaring food crisis

Pyongyang sold $40,000 in beer to Beijing in July in first booze exports of 2021, according to Chinese trade data

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 25, 2021
News

North Korean rocket launch site, villages flooded as state media silent

Soldiers mobilized to build homes by hand in some areas affected by August floods, but others yet to see relief

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 20, 2021
Analysis

North Korea and China carry out cross-border construction at oil pipeline

Repairs to the Dandong-Sinuiju pipeline may be underway, or a new pipeline may be taking shape

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 19, 2021
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