Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th August, 2017) Savage street fighting had been raging for several hours after far-Right agitators, many prepared for battle and backed by […]
North Korea / United States / World
How to solve the North Korea crisis
Published by The ipaper (14th August, 2017) It would take just 14 minutes for a missile fired from North Korea to reach Guam and military leaders in Pyongyang […]
North Korea / United States / World
This reckless man is a danger to the free world
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th August, 2017) Kim Jong-Un is leader of the world’s most repressive nation, the third generation ruler of a dynastic dictatorship that […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
Land of the living dead
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th August, 2017) The black jeep had slammed into a parked saloon in a quiet suburban street, just beside a house having […]
Africa / Liberia / Technology / United States / World
Trump is debasing democracy the world over
Published by CapX (27th July, 2017) When I was in Liberia three years ago covering the ebola epidemic, I was amazed to discover the depth of antipathy many […]
Iraq / World
Don’t be fooled by this defeat for Daesh
Published by The ipaper (10th July 2017) Some Iraqi troops started celebrating the defeat of Isis in Mosul even as their colleagues closed in on the final fighters […]
Iraq / World
Death throes of the caliphate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th July, 2017) The scenes of destruction were simply apocalyptic. Every street pockmarked by bombs, every building wrecked, every home destroyed, every […]
North Korea / South Korea / World
‘Sunshine Policy’ is simply appeasement of horror
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, […]
World
Britain’s silence over Saudi Arabia’s abuses is shameful
Published by The Times (5th May, 2017) Last month a 29-year-old woman named Mariam al-Oteibi attempted to flee her abusive family in Riyadh, only to be captured by […]
North Korea / South Korea / World
Inside Kim’s camps of death
Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th April, 2017) Lim Hye-jin still shivers at the memory of two brothers who managed to escape briefly from her massive concentration […]
Aid / Economics / North Korea / South Korea / World
Capitalism makes people taller. Just look at South Korea
Published by CapX (26th April, 2017) The spring sun shone and cherry blossom fluttered down to the delight of locals as I sauntered through Namsan Park, a beautifully-kept […]
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 […]