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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 sounds the alarm on North Korea’s missile development wishlist

Advisory lists top industries and items North Korea may be seeking from abroad, warning global industry over sanctions

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 2, 2020
News

US bans citizens from traveling to North Korea for a fourth consecutive year

The State Department first instituted the travel ban in 2017 in response to the death of U.S. tourist Otto Warmbier

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoSeptember 1, 2020
News

Twitter fully shuts down North Korean propaganda account

The @coldnoodlefan account was first restricted last month, but its content is still appearing on other social media

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 31, 2020
News

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe resigns, regrets not solving North Korea abductees issue

Abe also names North Korea as a top national security concern as he steps down over a chronic health issue

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 28, 2020
News

North Korea reports real-time typhoon damage in rare overnight broadcasts

Streets flooded, buildings damaged in North Korean southwest as Typhoon Bavi forecast to pass by Thursday afternoon

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 27, 2020
COVID-19

Kim Jong Un holds meeting on incoming typhoon, urges better COVID-19 plan

Politburo and Executive Policy Council meetings convened in Pyongyang on Aug. 25 as Typhoon Bavi approaches

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 25, 2020
COVID-19

North Korea quietly stops claiming zero COVID-19 cases in the country

From February through July, state media took pride in frequently claiming the country was free of COVID-19

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 25, 2020
Analysis

Rumors explained: Is Kim Jong Un really in a coma? Will Kim Yo Jong take over?

Rumors surface yet again that Kim Jong Un is gravely ill and Kim Yo Jong assumed power — but most of it is likely false

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jeongmin KimAugust 24, 2020
News

North Korea working to influence November election, US intel official says

Head of U.S. Counterintelligence short on specifics concerning the DPRK threat, however

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoAugust 21, 2020
News

North Korea’s long-term economic goals ‘seriously delayed,’ ruling party says

Plenum meeting reveals details ahead of Eighth Congress in Jan. 2021, where a new five-year economic plan will emerge

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jeongmin KimAugust 19, 2020
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