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July 19, 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 Twitter.

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North Korean leader says major hospital project lacks budget, proper supplies

Visit to Pyongyang General Hospital marks Kim Jong Un’s first inspection since May 1

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 19, 2020
News

Italian firm granted another extension to UN sanctions exemptions

Agrotec SPA faced difficulties delivering agricultural machinery to DPRK farms since summer 2019

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 17, 2020
News

North Korea appoints long-time diplomat in China as new vice foreign minister

Pak Myong Ho previously worked as a minister at the DPRK embassy in Beijing

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Oliver HothamJuly 16, 2020
News

North Korean TV spotlights small city’s development, omits major ongoing project

New apartment blocks, factory improvements in Huichon touted a week after city said to be experiencing “problems”

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 15, 2020
News

North Korea still building anti-U.S. museums, though public visits appear down

Promotion of "class education centers" still using coded language, while more overt examples appear on state TV

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 14, 2020
News

Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at August start for mass games

Floor covering installed in recent days, imagery shows, as public practices have reportedly increased this month

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 10, 2020
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North Korean leader’s sister rules out another “useless” summit with U.S.

Kim Yo Jong hails good relations between Kim and Trump, but says change in U.S. attitude required

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 9, 2020
COVID-19

North Korean crowds visit Kim statues nationwide amid grave COVID-19 warnings

All citizens wearing masks, but social distancing absent in visits commemorating founding leader's death

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 9, 2020
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North Korea imported more Russian horses amid new work on elite equestrian parks

30 horses sent during construction on mansion-complex's new track, harkening back to Kim's 2019 ride up "holy" mountain

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Min Chao ChoyJuly 8, 2020
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Trump interested in another summit with Kim, says North Koreans “want to meet”

Comments follow North Korea's repeated explicit rejection of further talks with the U.S. in recent days

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 8, 2020
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