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Jean Mackenzie Seoul Correspondent

Jean Mackenzie Seoul Correspondent

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South Korea's fishermen keep dying. Is climate change to blame?

Hong Suk-hui was waiting on the shore of South Korea's Jeju Island when the call came. His fishing boat had capsized. Just two days earlier, the...

25.10.2025 80

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Jean Mackenzie Seoul Correspondent

North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia

Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia's ongoing...

14.08.2025 550

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Jean Mackenzie Seoul Correspondent

North and South Korea are in an underground war - Kim Jong Un might now be winning

Listen to Jean read this article The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard...

01.06.2025 100

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Jean Mackenzie Seoul Correspondent

First British tourists allowed back into North Korea tell BBC what they saw

Don't insult the leaders. Don't insult the ideology. And don't judge. These are the rules tour guides read out to Western tourists as they prepare to...

02.03.2025 100

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Jean Mackenzie Seoul Correspondent