Ian Birrell

Award-winning columnist and foreign reporter. Contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and weekly columnist in the 'i' paper. Writes regularly for many other papers, platforms and magazines. Frequent broadcaster and speaker at events. Co-founder wth Damon Albarn of the Africa Express music project and executive producer of 4 albums...Read more

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Kang Chol-hwan

Deal or not, North Korea remains a murderous regime

Published by The Times (11th June, 2018) Kang Chol-hwan was sent to one of North Korea’s death camps aged nine... 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

Thousands slaughtered at nuclear test site

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) A North Korean defector claims thousands of political prisoners have been... Read Full Article

Kim’s kill list and ‘Enemy Zero’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2017) The announcement on North Korean state radio could not have been more blood... Read Full Article