Pyongyang

The rail North Korea: An eye-opening train journey through the secretive state

May 12, 2016

It was refreshing not to be in the constrained confines of Pyongyang, but in a more natural environment watching people go about their daily routine unhindered. However, the narrative is never as linear as it seems. It helped that we were travelling with Geoffrey Cain, a former journalist and author, now studying for a doctorate in Korean Studies

By Monisha Rajesh
The Telegraph

May 12, 2016

Behold! The best of North Korea’s 349 new propaganda slogans!

February 18, 2015

SEOUL, South Korea — Pyongyang is drab and colorless, known mostly for its blockish, retro-Soviet architecture and socialist realism.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Feb 18, 2015

South Korea has a free speech problem

January 19, 2015

SEOUL, South Korea — In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings, three million people marched in France to defend free speech.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Jan 19, 2015

After Sony attack, hackers obliterate a Kim Jong Un video game

January 15, 2015

SEOUL, South Korea — Last month’s Sony hack was a national debacle, nearly canceling “The Interview” and denying moviegoers a fruitful two hours of butthole and gay jokes.

By Geoffrey Cain
USA TODAY

Jan 15, 2015

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

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

Is Kim Jong Un’s powerful little sister running North Korea now?

October 6, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s been an unusually quiet quarter for North Korea, which has avoided the occasional exchange of bellicose bluster with the US and South Korea, and has not tested a much-prophesized fourth nuclear bomb.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Oct 6, 2014

Weaned on smuggled goods, North Korea’s new generation goes wild for Leonardo DiCaprio…

September 8, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — By North Korean standards, Yeonmi Park, 20, grew up in affluence, the daughter of a party loyalist who traded in gold and silver with Chinese customers.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Sep 8, 2014

Why the Koreas matter to the pope

August 18, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea have been divided for more than six decades, but on Monday Pope Francis moved his followers with a final prayer during Mass: It’s time to find a path to peace on the Korean peninsula, and to reject the “mindset of confrontation and suspicion” that plagues both sides.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Aug 18, 2014

This badass Japanese politician is organizing a pro wrestling match in North Korea

August 12, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — The muscular and imposing Antonio Inoki stands among Japan’s most revered former wrestlers, a WWE hall of famer who has settled into retirement as a member of the Japanese parliament.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Aug 12, 2014

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How China Perfected the Surveillance State

March 25, 2025

Geoffrey Cain on Investigative Journalism, Authoritarian Power, and The Perfect Police State | In a wide-ranging conversation with Jennifer Grossman, CEO of The Atlas Society, investigative journalist Geoffrey Cain reflects on years spent reporting inside some of the world’s most restrictive regimes — and on the research behind his book The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.

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Thanks to AI, Apple’s China problem is only getting worse

February 21, 2025

For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about how even America’s most valuable company has become trapped in China’s web of technological control — and how that web is about to tighten even further.