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November 15, 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.

News

North Korean MFA delegation returns from two-week tour of Southeast Asia

DPRK team led by vice FM Ri Kil Song sought to strengthen ties with counterparts in Malaysia, Cambodia, and Laos

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 25, 2019
News

Malaysia to reopen embassy in Pyongyang next year, foreign minister says 

Vice foreign minister also set to visit DPRK by the end of the year

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 21, 2019
News

N. Korea set to name new ambassador to Iran as two seek to expand economic ties 

Former ambassador Kang Sam Hyon left in September after almost 5 years in Tehran

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 21, 2019
News

Kim Jong Un will not attend upcoming ASEAN summit, North Korean state media says

North Korean leader has rejected President Moon's invitation to ROK-ASEAN meeting set to kick off next Monday: KCNA

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 21, 2019
News

Construction underway on North Korean island set to become joint EDZ with China

North Korean land on Chinese side of Tumen river has been promoted as opportunity by nearby Hunchun authorities

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 20, 2019
News

Swiss robotics appear at new North Korean factory in potential sanctions breach

ABB products were previously found by a UN panel to have been acquired by the DPRK without company’s knowledge

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 19, 2019
News

North Korea rejects “useless” summit with Trump until “hostile policy” dropped

Referencing Trump tweet, DPRK foreign ministry adviser rebuffs idea of giving President more to “brag” about

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 18, 2019
Analysis

130+ traffic education parks built across North Korea since 2016: imagery

What’s driving the construction, and is the DPRK preparing to become a car-owning society?

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 18, 2019
News

Top North Korean diplomat Choe Son Hui heading to Russia

Few details available on purpose of first vice foreign minister's trip

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 18, 2019
News

North Korea and Russia sign new protocol on cross-border rail transport

Russia’s deputy transport minister in Pyongyang talks pushed for rail container shipments from South Korea to begin

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoNovember 15, 2019