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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

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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

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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

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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

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Jailed in North Korea: 5 Americans who got out

November 8, 2014

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in January. US officials announced today that Kenneth Bae has been released by North Korea and is returning home. You can read about his surprise release here.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Nov 8, 2014

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Despite the recent gunfire, Korea’s DMZ is a surprisingly nice place

October 22, 2014

CHEORWON, South Korea — Bill Clinton called the heavily armed demilitarized zone here “the scariest place on Earth.” It is at this border between North and South that the legacy of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War — which never resulted in a peace treaty — remains tense. It’s the tangible remnant of a “forgotten war” in which more than 2 million civilians died.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Oct 22, 2014

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