The ‘war on drugs’ is a disaster – and it’s about to get worse
Published by The i paper (1st January, 2024) Two days after Christmas, the South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known... Read Full Article
15 years in a slave labour camp – just for listening to pop music in North Korea
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th July, 2021) Three years ago, North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Kim Jong Un clapped along... Read Full Article
Could Kim Jong-un’s sister become the world’s first woman dictator?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (June 21st, 2020) The language was the usual frothing mixture of aggression, bluster and... Read Full Article
The defector taking on Kim Jong-un
Published by UnHerd (19th June, 2020) It was a cloudy July night with a full moon, shortly before midnight, when... Read Full Article
Glimpse into a murky world
Published by The Spectator (26th October, 2019) The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi... Read Full Article
‘Sunshine Policy’ is simply appeasement of horror
Published by CapX (11th May, 2017) The Sunshine Policy of engagement between the two Koreas ran for a decade until... Read Full Article
Inside Kim’s camps of death
Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th April, 2017) Lim Hye-jin still shivers at the memory of two brothers who... Read Full Article
Capitalism makes people taller. Just look at South Korea
Published by CapX (26th April, 2017) The spring sun shone and cherry blossom fluttered down to the delight of locals... Read Full Article
North Korea’s idea of Britain? David Beckham and The Queen
Published by The Spectator (20 April, 2017) Korean Notebook When I arrived in Seoul, I joked to my editor that... Read Full Article
I fear for the future when the world’s fate hangs on these two mavericks
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) Outside my window in one of the world’s most advanced cities,... Read Full Article