Published by CapX (11th May, 2017) The Sunshine Policy of engagement between the two Koreas ran for a decade until 2008, won the Noble Prize for its originator, […]
North Korea / South Korea / World
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 I hoped this was not going to be […]
North Korea / South Korea / United States / World
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, I can hear protesters chanting angrily against ‘Crazy […]
North Korea / South Korea / United States / World
Revealed: Kim’s plan to kidnap tourists
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners from South Korea and hold them hostage […]
Syria / United States / World
A president guided by television news and emotional whims
Published by The ipaper (10th April, 2017) Even in the whirlwind world of Donald Trump, last week’s events were mind-blowing. It began with the 45th president of the […]
China / North Korea / South Korea / United States / World
So could North Korea’s cruel regime be next on the hit list?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th April, 2017) When Donald Trump sat down to dinner with China’s Xi Jinping in his garish golden palace of Mar-a-Lago in Florida […]
China / North Korea / United States / World
Donald Trump’s shock tactics on North Korea might just work
Published by The Guardian (3rd April, 2017) Song Byeok used to paint propaganda pictures for North Korea’s dictators. But when famine struck, his family was starving like millions […]
United States / World
Even populist politicians need to build bridges
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2017) Donald Trump can be accused of many things, but certainly not lack of ambition. The 45th president of the United […]
United States / World
Dangerous delusions of The Donald
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th February, 2017) How much has Russia’s malevolent President Vladimir Putin influenced Donald Trump? For months this frightening suggestion has rattled around […]
Europe / Politics
My Tory Brexit friends should hang their heads in shame
Published by The Guardian (7th February, 2016) Ken Clarke has been in superb form since becoming the only Conservative MP with the bottle to vote against the Brexit […]
Politics / United States / World
The real cost of ‘Global Britain’
Published by The i paper (30th January, 2017) It is two decades since a newly-elected Labour government, riding a wave of heartfelt hope, proclaimed Britain would have an […]
Politics
Theresa May’s rhetorical punch
Published by Politico (27th January, 2017) As someone who spends days churning out words for columns and foreign dispatches, I like to liven up copy with a few […]