Keeping up with the Kims: North Korea’s communist monarchy
What do its three generations of leaders tell us about this brutal dictatorship and its prospects of a nuclear deal…
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A “nuclear-to-nuclear showdown”: what Donald Trump must realise about North Korea
“You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive,” Trump wrote in his letter cancelling the summit.
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How a 92-year-old led a people’s revolt to overthrow Malaysia’s ruling party
New-old prime minister Mahathir Mohamad came out of retirement expressly to stop Najib Razak, his former protégé, from wrecking the country.
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“This is the time”: how Malaysians toppled the government after 61 years in power
The internet generation and a retired politician proved a lethal combination for a government that thought it was invincible.
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How Britain offered the murderous President Duterte materials for “urban warfare”
The Philippines leader said he wanted to slaughter three million drug addicts.
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One Syrian teenager’s quest to rebuild Aleppo
“We don’t want to preserve Aleppo as this theatre of war. We want to bring out the essence of the…
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Could a Korean peace deal hold? Why Donald Trump should beware gloating too soon
Both North and South Korea remain committed to the goal of a united Korea, but have very different ideas of…
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No, China isn’t Black Mirror – social credit scores are more complex and sinister than that
In China and elsewhere, the implied threat isn’t the tyranny of the crowd, but state and corporate power.
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