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Actually, North Korea might not be guilty in the Sony hack

December 29, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — The release of “The Interview” last week was supposed to spark a geopolitical imbroglio just in time for the holidays. Instead — after a last-minute release of the hastily canceled film to select theaters and crowds on the web — this Christmas turned out like any other, and we were allowed to watch Kim Jong Un’s head explode in peace.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 29, 2014

Political kidnappings, North Korean style

December 26, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s difficult to imagine that kidnappers could get away with abducting a privileged foreign student from a French university and spiriting him thousands of miles away to his home country via a flight departing from a public airport.

By Geoffrey Cain
USA TODAY

Dec 26, 2014

Terrorist nation status would be a ‘big deal’ for North Korea

December 22, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — The “state sponsors of terrorism” list is a fabled document in foreign policy circles: Washington’s club of designated bad regimes that support saboteurs, assassins and extremists.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 22, 2014

GlobalPost boozes with Kim Jong-un

December 19, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-un admits he’s never met an American journalist, but that doesn’t stop our frigid winter evening from being a convivial one. We clink glasses, swig a soju shot, and plunk a few slabs of pork belly on the grill.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 19, 2014

South Korea pulled strings as Cambodia’s military cracked down on protesters

December 9, 2014

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 7, 2014. Please scroll to the end of this article for a response that South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent GlobalPost on Jan. 9. 2014. GlobalPost stands by the piece in its entirety.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 9, 2014

Alibaba.com: Supermarket for torture devices?

December 8, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s yet another booming market that China dominates: electric shock shields, spiked batons, electric shock stun batons, thumb cuffs, neck restraints and the like.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 8, 2014

North Korea: How the least-wired country became a hacking superpower

December 7, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — This year, North Korea has been flaunting its nuclear hardware in an effort to extort concessions from the United States and South Korea.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 7, 2014

Even a bad-boy dictator needs friends

December 2, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Un has had a wild and crazy 2014. He rang in the New Year with rumors (later retracted) that his executed uncle had been “stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs.”

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 2, 2014

North Korea is actually a surprisingly debauched place

November 26, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — In North Korea, Americans caught committing mere peccadilloes — offenses that aren’t even crimes elsewhere — can expect little mercy from Kim Jong Un’s regime.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Nov 26, 2014

K-pop fuels a hot new mainstream market: makeup for men

November 13, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — Rapper Kwon Ji Yong, who goes by the stage name “G-Dragon,” is among South Korea’s most prominent male sex symbols, winning over fans with his suave, boyish looks and chic dance moves.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Nov 13, 2014

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