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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

North Korean leader laments ‘monotonous’ designs of new homes built after floods

Project in Kimhwa 88 percent complete as original Oct. 10 deadline nears

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoOctober 1, 2020
COVID-19

COVID measures still ‘deficient’ in North Korea: Politburo

Politburo meeting led by Kim Jong Un also emphasized importance of party's upcoming 75th anniversary holiday

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 29, 2020
Analysis

North Korea’s broken bridges: Photos show typhoon and flood wreckage nationwide

Recent storms cut off dozens of bridges, including those that serve as key transport links in major DPRK cities

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 29, 2020
News

Work on China-DPRK ‘bridge to nowhere’ stops amid new COVID-19 border controls

Pandemic and October holiday preparations may have dashed hopes of New Yalu River Bridge’s projected 2020 opening

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 25, 2020
News

Kim Jong Un secretly visited ICBM launcher factory weeks after Singapore summit

Evidence shows that Kim toured sites involved in the first test of a nuclear weapon capable of hitting U.S. mainland

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 24, 2020
News

North Korea renovates key missile launcher factory ahead of big military parade

Renovations at March 16 Factory accelerated in summer 2020, spurred by Kim Jong Un’s visit a year earlier

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 22, 2020
News

North Koreans are drying corn — and you can literally see it from outer space

Satellite images show this year’s grain drying season, which is especially important after recent typhoons and floods

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 21, 2020
Analysis

North Korea upgrades security at Kim Jong Un’s giant Pyongyang mansion complex

Satellite imagery also shows construction of new luxury hilltop facilities along the Taedong River

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 17, 2020
News

North Korea mysteriously airs and then deletes rare footage of an old SLBM test

The footage is not related to Pyongyang’s newest SLBM developments, but its prompt cover-up raises questions

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 16, 2020
News

Kim Jong Un himself ordered state TV to loosen up with rare typhoon broadcasts 

Kim told KCTV to break protocol and air special warnings and on-the-ground updates during recent typhoons, TV chief says

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 14, 2020
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