ROCKET MAN SHOWDOWN
South Koreans no longer trust the U.S. to keep them safe, and new presidential hopeful Na Kyung-won is leading the charge to bring in their own nukes.
Donald Kirk is a journalist and the author of several books about Asian affairs, including Korea Betrayed: Kim Dae Jung and Sunshine (2009); Okinawa and Jeju: Bases of Discontent (2013); Kim Dae Jung and the Quest for the Nobel (with Kim Kisam, 2016)
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HOT AIR
The activist who has been floating balloons over the border into North Korea for years has big plans to avenge the excrement-filled vessels sent into the South.
BACK DOWN TO EARTH
Multi-billionaire real estate maven had 1,000 properties seized before she was given the harshest possible sentence after a gaudy show trial.
COUNTDOWN
Bolstered by his backers in Beijing and Moscow—where Putin is closer to him than ever—Kim Jong Un is looking to stage an attack and prepping for nuclear war.
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WATCH YOUR BACK
An assassination plot financed by South Korea’s intel agency succeeded in recruiting an asset in Kim’s elite power circles, according to sources close to the plot.
DATE NIGHT
The North Korean dictator’s visit to Russia threatens “deeply troubling” consequences for the U.S., experts say.
PARADISE LOST
Doomsday cult that bought up huge swathes of Fiji after fleeing South Korea faces annihilation as the Pacific nation turns against them.
MELTDOWN
Six years and tens of million of dollars later, the 2023 World Scout Jamboree has culminated in what some say is a national embarrassment.
NO MAN’S LAND
The border on the Korean Peninsula is supposed to be one of the most heavily guarded on earth. But a U.S. soldier ran right through it this week.
ALL SHOOK UP
Kim Yo Jong is becoming the dynasty’s voice of authority as intel reports claim her brother is spiraling into dependency on booze, sleeping pills and imported cheeses.