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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.

Analysis

North Korea pushes ahead with military parade training despite virus lockdown

Satellite imagery also suggests jets have joined preparations for parade scheduled for Feb. 8

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 26, 2023
COVID-19

‘Rising’ illness in North Korea triggers 5-day lockdown in capital

Notice says residents must stay in homes, submit to temperature checks in first citywide lockdown in eight months

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoJanuary 25, 2023
COVID-19

Panic-buying reported in Pyongyang amid rumors of new lockdown order

Source in capital also reports more temperature checks at stores, though officials have not announced new virus controls

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoJanuary 24, 2023
Analysis

North Korean soldiers spotted with sanctioned firm’s tech for first time

Pyongyang-based Glocom marketed to foreign armies for years, but appearance of radio is rare evidence of use inside DPRK

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 24, 2023
News

North Korean military parade to celebrate Feb. 8 army anniversary: Imagery

Marchers form numbers ‘75’ and ‘2.8’ during training, appearing to confirm event on army anniversary

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 23, 2023
News

North Korean civilians start military parade training, imagery shows

Timing of formation practice in Kim Il Sung Square on Saturday suggests parade only weeks away

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 21, 2023
News

North Korea cracks down on speech with new law to counter foreign influence

Rubber-stamp parliament meets for budget talks, but glowing state media report on economy thin on monetary specifics

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 19, 2023
Analysis

Stable genius? Kim Jong Un pushes secret military horse program

NK Pro analysis shows North Korea rapidly built at least 12 horse tracks at army bases, for reasons that remain unclear

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 18, 2023
News

North Korean museum targets drug use, K-pop in campaign against social ills

Propaganda display also acknowledges ‘smuggling’ issue but relies on images of early-2000s tech

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 16, 2023
Analysis

North Korea’s ambitious rural housing project off to slow start: Analysis

Only a few thousand new homes appeared across the country last year as state media stays coy about construction targets

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJanuary 11, 2023
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