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December 23, 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

US to North Korea sanctions violators: Prepare to ‘lose liberty and property’

FBI wants to send a "clear" message with latest ship seizure and warrant for Singaporean man’s arrest

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 25, 2021
News

North Korea discourages computer game addiction, pushes tech in new short film

After two-year hiatus, state-run TV channel airs new live-action dramas packed with socialist life lessons

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 23, 2021
Analysis

North Korea is hyping citizens up for submarine missile and satellite launches

New domestic propaganda boldly boasts SLBM and aerospace program developments to DPRK citizens

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 21, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea doesn’t want its people to know about COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Despite heavy coverage of COVID-19’s tragic impact overseas, DPRK state media remains silent on global vaccine rollout

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoApril 19, 2021
Border Controls

North Korea turns airport into COVID-19 disinfection center to boost trade

Satellite imagery shows construction at airfield near the Chinese border — possibly to tackle extreme drop in imports

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 16, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un resumes traditional holiday visit to grandfather’s embalmed body

The North Korean leader’s wife Ri Sol Ju and sister Kim Yo Jong joined an unusually small group at the Kumsusan palace

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 15, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un’s symbol erased from Pyongyang Station area, replaced by party logo

Experts say it’s part of a greater move to place more responsibility on the North Korean leader’s subordinates

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 14, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un’s record of April missile tests raises prospect of launches, reveals

North Korea could use April 15 holiday to reveal new ballistic-missile submarine or test weapons

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 13, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un upgrades his private beachside manor and tends to leisure boats

The upgraded mansion complex is roughly 25 miles away from a key military submarine development base

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 13, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un warns North Korea of hardship, referencing deadly 1990s famine

Kim wants to wage a “more difficult Arduous March” — a term used to describe a historic famine and survival measures

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoApril 8, 2021
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