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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.

Analysis

What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia

Top DPRK general has appeared at drills that were likely part of preparations to send elite soldiers to fight Ukraine

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 29, 2024
News

Russian air force jet stops in North Korea before unusual flight toward Ukraine

Plane appears to make irregular landing near airbase, after DPRK allegedly started sending troops to Russia

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 28, 2024
News

North Korea claims ROK military used west coast island for drone incursion

DPRK defense ministry repeats threat of attacks on South Korea in case airspace violated in future

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 28, 2024
Investigations

North Korea building football field-sized blockade at destroyed border road

Move appears aimed at reinforcing ‘permanent’ severing of connections to South, in line with Kim Jong Un’s orders

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 24, 2024
News

Kim Jong Un makes first public visit to ICBM base, calls for modernization

North Korean leader demands quicker launch capabilities for long-range missiles targeting US at underground facility

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 23, 2024
News

Kim Jong Un calls out problems rebuilding flood-hit villages near weapons plants

Satellite imagery shows progress repairing broken bridges in Jagang as North Korean leader pushes back project deadline

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 22, 2024
News

South Koreans are ‘legit enemy’ and ‘not kin,’ Kim Jong Un tells troops

North Korean leader tells military not to hesitate to attack South in case of war in visit to frontline HQ

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 18, 2024
Analysis

Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads

Images show North Korea is still in process of digging up sections of road and railways to sever ties to South

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 17, 2024
Analysis

Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

No brings experience on weapons procurement as shakeup coincides with reported ROK drone interception failure

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 17, 2024
News

North Korea hints at constitutional change after blowing up border roads

State media suggests document changed to specify South Korea as ‘absolute enemy’

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 17, 2024
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