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.
Trump's 'Terrific' Trip To China May Not Be So Successful
World News | Emily Rauhala, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Friday November 10, 2017
When President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday, he was whisked through quiet streets to the Forbidden City, where he got a history lesson from President Xi Jinping and caught an opera at the Pavilion of Pleasant Sounds.
Move Over America. China Now Presents Itself As The Model 'Blazing A New Trail' For The World.
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday October 19, 2017
American presidents are fond of describing their nation as a "city on a hill" - a shining example for other nations to follow. But China is now officially in the business of styling itself as another polestar for the world, with a very different political, economic and cultural model.
As Xi Jinping Gets Another 5-Year Term, Chinese Wonder If He'll Be Another Putin
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Sunday October 15, 2017
Xi Jinping's face dominates every wall and every section of a major new exhibition in the Chinese capital. Entitled "Five Years of Sheer Endeavor," it portrays China's president as the guiding hand behind every national advance.
China Watches In Frustration As North Korea Crisis Enters Dangerous Spiral
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday September 25, 2017
The view from China could hardly be much worse: the leaders of North Korea and the United States threatening to rain down total destruction on each other, while U.S. bombers and fighters stage a show of military might close to China's shores.
States showing the way forward
Dec 13, 2012
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.
Trump's 'Terrific' Trip To China May Not Be So Successful
World News | Emily Rauhala, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Friday November 10, 2017
When President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday, he was whisked through quiet streets to the Forbidden City, where he got a history lesson from President Xi Jinping and caught an opera at the Pavilion of Pleasant Sounds.
Move Over America. China Now Presents Itself As The Model 'Blazing A New Trail' For The World.
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Thursday October 19, 2017
American presidents are fond of describing their nation as a "city on a hill" - a shining example for other nations to follow. But China is now officially in the business of styling itself as another polestar for the world, with a very different political, economic and cultural model.
As Xi Jinping Gets Another 5-Year Term, Chinese Wonder If He'll Be Another Putin
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Sunday October 15, 2017
Xi Jinping's face dominates every wall and every section of a major new exhibition in the Chinese capital. Entitled "Five Years of Sheer Endeavor," it portrays China's president as the guiding hand behind every national advance.
China Watches In Frustration As North Korea Crisis Enters Dangerous Spiral
World News | Simon Denyer, The Washington Post | Monday September 25, 2017
The view from China could hardly be much worse: the leaders of North Korea and the United States threatening to rain down total destruction on each other, while U.S. bombers and fighters stage a show of military might close to China's shores.
States showing the way forward
Dec 13, 2012
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