May 02, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

Border Controls

Russian man exits North Korea on hand-pushed trolley, calls it ‘big adventure’

Diplomat refuted “negative comments” about how N. Korea treated his peers after eight Russians left the DPRK last week

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoMarch 1, 2021
News

Ex-US marine recounts the day he ‘staged’ a North Korean Embassy raid in 2019

New court documents reveal the testimony of Christopher Ahn, who faces possible extradition to Spain

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 24, 2021
News

North Korea and Thailand are cozying up after sanctions choked their friendship

Officials from both countries met in Bangkok last week, years after U.N. regulations put a halt to their budding trade

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 23, 2021
News

After months of delays, Kim Jong Un’s premier hospital could soon open up

A workers’ base camp was recently removed from Pyongyang General Hospital-related construction grounds 

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 19, 2021
News

Venezuela contradicts its own president and denies North Korean military deal

Draft U.N. report says that Venezuela denies striking any deal with the DPRK, going against President Maduro’s own words

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 18, 2021
News

North Korean leader’s wife Ri Sol Ju reappears for first time in over a year

Ri attended a concert with Kim Jong Un on former leader Kim Jong Il’s birthday

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 16, 2021
News

New North Korean propaganda blames ‘apathetic’ citizens for its economic issues

North Korea seems to be shifting blame for its economic problems from external threats to internal enemies, expert says

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 16, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un wants to boost the economy through science, tech and state control

The North Korean leader discussed industry development, foreign policy and military plans at an ongoing plenum meeting

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 9, 2021
Border Controls

North Korea will boost trade after months of COVID-19 lockdown: Russian official

New disinfectant centers are being built on the North Korean border, Russia’s ambassador to the DPRK says

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 9, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un berates North Korean officials for a rough start to economic plans

Kim kicked off a multi-day meeting on how to carry out economic tasks after last month’s Party Congress

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoFebruary 8, 2021
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