K-Pop Star Goo Hara, 28, Found Dead At Home In Seoul
World News | Min Joo Kim, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday November 25, 2019
K-pop star Goo Hara was found dead at her home on Sunday, South Korean police confirmed.
North Korea Calls Biden A "Rabid Dog" Who Deserves To Be Beaten To Death
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Friday November 15, 2019
North Korea has launched another volley of insults at former vice president Joe Biden, calling him a "rabid dog" who is greedy for power and deserves to be beaten to death.
He Was Live-Streaming His Mt. Fuji Climb, Then The Sound Of His Fall
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday October 31, 2019
A man's body has been found on Mount Fuji, Japanese media reported on Wednesday, two days after a climber live-streaming a solo winter ascent of the mountain was seen dramatically falling and sliding down a snow-clad slope.
Trump Presents 'President's Cup' To Sumo Champion In Japan Trip Highlight
World News | Ashley Parker, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday May 27, 2019
Finally, after a full day of matches, perhaps the biggest star of all - weighing in at 243 pounds, according to his most recent physical - climbed into the sumo ring.
Lipstick In Kindergarten? South Korea's Beauty Industry Targets Kids
World News | Min Joo Kim, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Saturday February 16, 2019
South Korea's cosmetics industry, known as K-beauty, has become an Asian powerhouse and global phenomenon for its rigorous step-by-step regimens. But exacting beauty norms also put enormous pressure on South Korean women, making the country one of the world's centers for plastic surgery
North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un Visits China For Summit With Xi Jinping
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Tuesday January 8, 2019
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is in China for a fourth summit meeting with President Xi Jinping, North Korean and Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
South Korea Sends Train Into North Korea, For The First Time In A Decade
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Friday November 30, 2018
A South Korean train rolled across the heavily militarized frontier into North Korea for the first time in a decade on Friday, as Seoul pushed ahead with a plan to reunite the two railway networks despite heavy U.N. sanctions.
South Korean Pastor Raped Followers, Said Was Carrying Out "God's Order"
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday November 22, 2018
The controversial leader of a South Korean megachurch, Jaerock Lee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping eight female followers, after telling them he was carrying out "an order from God."
Promised A "Paradise", They Are Now Suing North Korea Over The Lies
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday October 1, 2018
Hiroko Sakakibara was only a young girl when the North Korean agents came to her father's house trying to sell him on a dream of earthly paradise in the family's ancestral land.
From Hemorrhoids To Hangovers: Bear Bile Is Treasured In China, And That's Bad For Captive Bears
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday June 4, 2018
Inside a row of rusting cages, 15 adult moon bears are imprisoned in varying degrees of apathy and distress. Some lie on their backs in the tiny enclosures, unable even to stretch out; other loll their heads or chew listlessly at the bars of the cage in tortured, repetitive motions.
Made To Eat Pork, Tortured: China Muslim 'Reeducation' Camps' Ex-Inmates
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday May 17, 2018
Kayrat Samarkand says his only "crime" was being a Muslim who had visited neighboring Kazakhstan. On that basis alone, he was detained by police, aggressively interrogated for three days, then dispatched in November to a "reeducation camp" in China's western province of Xinjiang for three months.
Loyalist, "Firefighter": Meet The Man Who Will Be Xi Jinping's No 2
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Saturday March 17, 2018
China's parliament elected Wang Qishan, a key ally of President Xi Jinping, into the role of vice president on Saturday, a move that breaks with tradition but will bolster the president's authority.
In China, Facial Recognition Is Sharp End Of A Drive For Total Surveillance
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday January 8, 2018
For 40-year-old Mao Ya, the facial recognition camera that allows access to her apartment house is simply a useful convenience.
Nuclear Button to Hit US "Always On My Desk", Says North Korea's Kim Jong
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday January 1, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted in an annual New Year's Day speech Monday that he had a nuclear button on his desk and that the entire United States was within range of his weapons - but he also vowed not to attack unless threatened.
Jesus Won't Save You - President Xi Jinping Will, Chinese Christians Told
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Wednesday November 15, 2017
Jesus Christ won't drag you out of poverty or cure your illnesses, but the Chinese Communist Party will, so take down those pictures of Christ and put up a nice photograph of President Xi Jinping.
States showing the way forward
Dec 13, 2012
K-Pop Star Goo Hara, 28, Found Dead At Home In Seoul
World News | Min Joo Kim, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday November 25, 2019
K-pop star Goo Hara was found dead at her home on Sunday, South Korean police confirmed.
North Korea Calls Biden A "Rabid Dog" Who Deserves To Be Beaten To Death
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Friday November 15, 2019
North Korea has launched another volley of insults at former vice president Joe Biden, calling him a "rabid dog" who is greedy for power and deserves to be beaten to death.
He Was Live-Streaming His Mt. Fuji Climb, Then The Sound Of His Fall
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday October 31, 2019
A man's body has been found on Mount Fuji, Japanese media reported on Wednesday, two days after a climber live-streaming a solo winter ascent of the mountain was seen dramatically falling and sliding down a snow-clad slope.
Trump Presents 'President's Cup' To Sumo Champion In Japan Trip Highlight
World News | Ashley Parker, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday May 27, 2019
Finally, after a full day of matches, perhaps the biggest star of all - weighing in at 243 pounds, according to his most recent physical - climbed into the sumo ring.
Lipstick In Kindergarten? South Korea's Beauty Industry Targets Kids
World News | Min Joo Kim, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Saturday February 16, 2019
South Korea's cosmetics industry, known as K-beauty, has become an Asian powerhouse and global phenomenon for its rigorous step-by-step regimens. But exacting beauty norms also put enormous pressure on South Korean women, making the country one of the world's centers for plastic surgery
North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un Visits China For Summit With Xi Jinping
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Tuesday January 8, 2019
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is in China for a fourth summit meeting with President Xi Jinping, North Korean and Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
South Korea Sends Train Into North Korea, For The First Time In A Decade
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Friday November 30, 2018
A South Korean train rolled across the heavily militarized frontier into North Korea for the first time in a decade on Friday, as Seoul pushed ahead with a plan to reunite the two railway networks despite heavy U.N. sanctions.
South Korean Pastor Raped Followers, Said Was Carrying Out "God's Order"
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday November 22, 2018
The controversial leader of a South Korean megachurch, Jaerock Lee, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping eight female followers, after telling them he was carrying out "an order from God."
Promised A "Paradise", They Are Now Suing North Korea Over The Lies
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday October 1, 2018
Hiroko Sakakibara was only a young girl when the North Korean agents came to her father's house trying to sell him on a dream of earthly paradise in the family's ancestral land.
From Hemorrhoids To Hangovers: Bear Bile Is Treasured In China, And That's Bad For Captive Bears
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday June 4, 2018
Inside a row of rusting cages, 15 adult moon bears are imprisoned in varying degrees of apathy and distress. Some lie on their backs in the tiny enclosures, unable even to stretch out; other loll their heads or chew listlessly at the bars of the cage in tortured, repetitive motions.
Made To Eat Pork, Tortured: China Muslim 'Reeducation' Camps' Ex-Inmates
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday May 17, 2018
Kayrat Samarkand says his only "crime" was being a Muslim who had visited neighboring Kazakhstan. On that basis alone, he was detained by police, aggressively interrogated for three days, then dispatched in November to a "reeducation camp" in China's western province of Xinjiang for three months.
Loyalist, "Firefighter": Meet The Man Who Will Be Xi Jinping's No 2
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Saturday March 17, 2018
China's parliament elected Wang Qishan, a key ally of President Xi Jinping, into the role of vice president on Saturday, a move that breaks with tradition but will bolster the president's authority.
In China, Facial Recognition Is Sharp End Of A Drive For Total Surveillance
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday January 8, 2018
For 40-year-old Mao Ya, the facial recognition camera that allows access to her apartment house is simply a useful convenience.
Nuclear Button to Hit US "Always On My Desk", Says North Korea's Kim Jong
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday January 1, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted in an annual New Year's Day speech Monday that he had a nuclear button on his desk and that the entire United States was within range of his weapons - but he also vowed not to attack unless threatened.
Jesus Won't Save You - President Xi Jinping Will, Chinese Christians Told
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Wednesday November 15, 2017
Jesus Christ won't drag you out of poverty or cure your illnesses, but the Chinese Communist Party will, so take down those pictures of Christ and put up a nice photograph of President Xi Jinping.
States showing the way forward
Dec 13, 2012
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