April 17, 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.

News

North Korean leader’s sister rules out another “useless” summit with U.S.

Kim Yo Jong hails good relations between Kim and Trump, but says change in U.S. attitude required

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 9, 2020
COVID-19

North Korean crowds visit Kim statues nationwide amid grave COVID-19 warnings

All citizens wearing masks, but social distancing absent in visits commemorating founding leader's death

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 9, 2020
News

North Korea imported more Russian horses amid new work on elite equestrian parks

30 horses sent during construction on mansion-complex's new track, harkening back to Kim's 2019 ride up "holy" mountain

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Min Chao ChoyJuly 8, 2020
News

Trump interested in another summit with Kim, says North Koreans “want to meet”

Comments follow North Korea's repeated explicit rejection of further talks with the U.S. in recent days

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 8, 2020
News

Kim Jong Un visits grandfather’s mausoleum on death anniversary

Visit follows conspicuous absence from Kumsusan Palace in April, comes amid heightened COVID-19 measures

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 7, 2020
COVID-19

North Korean schools close one month into new term, sources say

Earlier reports indicated COVID-19 is to blame for ending an already-delayed school year

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 7, 2020
COVID-19

North Korean TV resumes domestic COVID-19 coverage following leader’s warnings

Footage of sanitizing public facilities, other prevention efforts had mostly disappeared from state media in March

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 6, 2020
News

North Korean media hails 2017 ICBM launch on anniversary

Pyongyang had previously refrained from open praise for the "historic" July 4 Hwasong-14 test

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 3, 2020
COVID-19

Kim Jong Un reappears at Politburo meeting on COVID-19

North Korean officials criticized for lax attitude as Kim urges strengthening coronavirus response measures

Analysis

Some progress on long-stalled Pyongyang housing blocks under new campaign

Construction comes as Kim Jong Un shifts propaganda priority to living standards over tourist resorts

Colin ZwirkoColin ZwirkoJuly 2, 2020
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