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Yoon’s impeachment won’t end South Korea’s political chaos

14.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Pyongyang’s strange ten day silence on South Korea

12.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Edward Howell

South Korea must brace for political upheaval

Had you have taken a direct flight from London to Seoul yesterday afternoon, by the time you would have landed you might have been none the wiser that...

04.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Edward Howell

South Korea’s balloon barrage has hit a nerve in the North

Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has long been confined to her brother’s not-insignificant shadow. But, in recent...

01.12.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

North Korea isn’t scared of the UN

It surely comes as no surprise to hear that North Korea does not like the United Nations. The hermit kingdom has long derided the organisation as...

05.11.2024 5

The Spectator

Edward Howell

What’s upset Kim Jong Un?

When Kim Jong Un does not get what he wants, he makes his displeasure known far and wide. Over the past few weeks, one would have thought that Kim...

31.10.2024 5

The Spectator

Edward Howell

David Lammy can’t afford to let down South Korea

Labour’s first 100 days in power have been nothing short of a disaster. Whether the beneath contemptible decision to shelve the Higher Education...

23.10.2024 6

The Spectator

Edward Howell

North Korean soldiers will become Putin’s cannon fodder

Hermit kingdoms usually keep themselves to themselves, but now, North Korea is reinventing the moniker by which it has long been known. The country...

19.10.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

North Korea is not calming down

If you visit South Korea, you may be startled at the presence of road signs pointing towards Kaesong and Pyongyang: two destinations that many of...

10.10.2024 9

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Kim Jong Un will take no blame for North Korea’s floods

The sight of a grimacing Kim Jong Un on board an inflatable rubber dinghy is not what one would expect from the leader of a country which has...

21.08.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Will North Korea send troops to Ukraine?

When dealing with North Korea, it’s important not just to look at what the regime says about its present and future policies. Arguably more...

02.07.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Putin’s alliance with Kim Jong Un is cranking up a notch

As Vladimir Putin prepares to land in Pyongyang for his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, this second meeting of the two dictators in under a...

18.06.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

North Korea’s dirty protest

North Korea has long been known for its rhetorical braggadocio. Most of the time, the regime’s bluster needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. But...

30.05.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Kim Jong Un’s catchy propaganda revamp

Think of North Korean propaganda and you might think of old-fashioned revolutionary marches praising the Supreme Leader, denouncing the United States,...

27.05.2024 30

The Spectator

Edward Howell

How North Korea uses cartoons to evade sanctions

Recently, it was reported that North Korean animators may have been working on cartoon projects for western firms, including Amazon and HBO. Data...

06.05.2024 30

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Is North Korea developing biological weapons?

The threat North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme poses to the world is well known. But as the hermit kingdom actively expands its weapons arsenal,...

18.04.2024 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Why North Korea hates Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans

Alan Titchmarsh presumably did not expect to see his programme Garden Secrets, filmed in 2010, air on North Korean state television this week. He...

26.03.2024 7

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Kim Jong-un is in no mood to calm down

South Korean voters will be among the more than four billion people going to the polls this year. With a huge potential range of outcomes, North Korea...

02.01.2024 5

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Why Kim Jong-un keeps crying

Crying in public is something we tend to associate with the North Korean people rather than their rulers ­– who are often described as having a...

09.12.2023 10

The Spectator

Edward Howell

Is opposition to Kim Jong Un growing in North Korea?

North Korea is hardly the first country that comes to mind when you think of elections. Yet since the inception of the Democratic People’s Republic...

03.12.2023 30

The Spectator

Edward Howell

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