Colin Zwirko

Only P-912 was clearly visible in the pics, and we finally got a HD version of the 2024 year in review KJU documentary recently so found it there, P-914

Found that the Il-76 North Korea turned into this early warning aircraft (which isn't being used still it seems) is the one with tail number P-913, since their other two (P-912, P-914) were used during March 2024 paratrooper drills. reaired HD KCTV footage confirms this, wasn't visible at the time

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, a horse, Ilham Aliyev.

And now, the same event from the Azerbaijan Presidential press office: Ilham Aliyev, neck smoothed to the max, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s neck like a ploughed field. No love lost between dictators

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, a horse, Ilham Aliyev.

Today in presidential neck-smoothing, a compare and contrast.

First, from the Turkmenistan government press office: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with a smooth neck, Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan with a neck like a ploughed field.

Oguljahan Atabayeva, sister of current Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Turkmenistan, and a new contender emerges. This is Oguljahan Atabayeva, daughter of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and sister of President Serdar, who is being Groomed For Great Things so she qualifies for the unfeasibly smooth neck work offered by the government press office.

I noticed this in Feb. 2023, when i told colleagues "putin doesn’t make sense though in the context at all, unless it was a thick book about russian military support but uh… yeah sounds crazy." Little did we know! I was never able to find better shots or higher res to prove it definitively.

Russia Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia.

The likely matching Putin photo was taken in April 2022, making it a plausible selection for the book, which could have detailed arms transfer schedules and requirements for related factories sputnikmediabank.com/media/816558...

Not sure what the likely KJU photo is, maybe someone can ID it

CMC meeting came just after a historic flurry of missile tests, which in hindsight have seemed very much connected to preparing to send 240mm and other MLRS as well as Hwasong-11 SRBMs to Russia
nknews.org/2022/06/kim-...

Sept 2022 NYT story: www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/u...

Been sitting on this for a while due to low photo res, but maybe evidence pushing back timeline of North Korean-Russia weapons cooperation:
-Feb 2022 Russia invades Ukraine
-**June 2022** CMC meeting, books featuring likely Putin, KJU, weapons
-Sep 2022 US intel reportedly says Russia buying NK arms

Does North Korea Really Have So Few ICBMs? - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea On May 13, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), as part of the unveiling of the ...

How big is North Korea's ICBM force? Vann Van Diepen responds to the DIA's recent estimate that the DPRK deploys "10 or fewer" ICBMs.

Of course there are around 60 photos in Thursday's report

The 2-day delay in reporting could've been because it ran late Tues, KJU not around to approve Weds morning. Or maybe since heavy rains hit Weds, they wanted to make sure it wasn't being ravaged simultaneous to the report coming out

Opening event imminent for North Korea’s Wonsan Kalma mega beach resort: Imagery | NK PRO North Korea’s gigantic — and problematic — Wonsan Kalma beach resort is about to finally open with a major ceremony likely attended by leader Kim Jong Un, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite ima...

Read here for a timeline of developments since construction started in 2018 www.nknews.org/pro/opening-...

As expected, Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony to open the giant Wonsan Kalma beach resort zone on Tuesday (delayed report in state media Thursday), saying it can accommodate 20,000 people, maybe the largest enclosed resort in the world
www.nknews.org/2025/06/nort...

North Korea's gigantic Wonsan Kalma beach resort is scheduled to finally open this month. Seems the red carpet is out at the Kalmaegi Hotel this morning (Planet Labs pic1, pic2 was June 19), might mean a ceremony today or soon. Pics 3+4 show the location above the driveway, prob the banquet spot

That said, Stanton offers one important caveat:

"If Trump doesn't care what the law says and Congress won't get in his way, that opens up all kinds of possibilities."

So, we should continue to track what the U.S. tries to achieve in any future DPRK diplomacy...

One day you're switching hats with the leader and the next you have no hats at all

North Korea scrubs navy commander from photos in sign of widening warship purge | NK News North Korea has deleted the country’s top navy commander and the manager of the shipyard where a warship launch disaster occurred from images in state media, according to NK News analysis, suggesting ...

Stalin style: North Korea unpersons long-time navy commander Kim Myong Sik and also Chongjin Shipyard manager Hong Kil Ho
www.nknews.org/2025/06/nort...

Likely one of KJU's white yachts attached to one of his towed megayachts off Wonsan Thurs 11:43am (read more: www.nknews.org/pro/kim-jong...), then warship ceremony way up in Rason in evening. He 1) used it then traveled, 2) put there as a diversion, or 3) family used it (where's his wife lately?)

..before the ceremony, unclear if May 21 or June 12.
- KJU seems confused, said ceremony was just over "2 weeks" after disaster. actually was just over 3 weeks.
- we can see Nampho Shipyard managers there, but not Chongjin manager, after arrests. KJU said "severe" punishments handed out to some.

Nampho: 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer, named Choe Hyon, No. 51
Chongjin/Rason: 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer, named Kang Kon, No. 52

KJU speech:
- says these destroyers will sail to linger outside enemy ports even "across Pacific", implying US&ROK
-says a Chongjin worker died days ...

North Korea launches ‘restored’ warship at ceremony, weeks after it capsized | NK News North Korea has officially launched its second new naval destroyer this year at a major ceremony on the east coast, according to state media on Friday, saying the ship has been “fully restored” less t...

April 25 - first new destroyer launched on west coast, to deploy east coast (?) early 2026
May 21 - 2nd ship launch attempt east coast, capsizes
June 1-2 - Lifted upright
June 8 - arrives at Rason for repairs
June 12 - relaunch ceremony, to deploy east coast mid-2026
www.nknews.org/2025/06/nort...

Comparison of North Korea's damaged destroyer in the dry dock at Rason (posted here: x.com/byjepstein/s...) with the overhead shot of the west coast destroyer

See our story on the latest here: www.nknews.org/pro/north-ko...

North Korea will move damaged warship to other shipyard for repairs: State media | NK News North Korea will move its damaged warship to a different shipyard on the east coast for repairs, state media reported Friday, after successfully lifting it out of the water this week and relaunching i...

North Korea released their first update on the warship situation in a couple weeks, says they'll move it to Rajin Shipyard (Rason) about 80km up the coast after another inspection at Chongjin where it is now www.nknews.org/2025/06/nort...

YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies What Happened to North Korea's Warship?

Everything you need to know about the failed launch and damage of North Korea's second guided missile destroyer, in under 30 minutes!

with @csis.org Joe Bermudez and @sydseiler.bsky.social 🔽

Can see evidence of the dock here and maybe that hill is where KJU's

Someone (ROKG?) tasked a Planet skysat of the island on the day of the drills. Also drill location looks like this fishery (38.609453° 125.091010°) 13km from the island. i think on both straight sections to SW and NE of the center. but given direction of launches on NE, maybe toward another target

KCTV reveals yesterday's (May 29) artillery drills took place somewhere near Nampho on the west coast, since I can see this is Sangchuira-do once again used as a target. The building on the right has been rebuilt after being destroyed in a Feb 26 cruise missile test www.nknews.org/2025/05/kim-...

Same recon drone serial number shown in today's report (pic2) as last time (21070601), suggesting it's a prototype and they maybe don't have more. Combat drone also a number (2101003) first seen 2 years ago, but they flew 3 so gotta check KCTV for those #s
www.nknews.org/2025/05/kim-...

This drill marks the first time we can be sure that hundreds of young North Korean conscripts were conducting training in front of KJU while probably expecting it to lead to being sent off to fight and die in a war for Russia and that Putin guy. See Rodong layout too www.nknews.org/2025/05/kim-...