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Kim Jong Un brings a guest to Beijing: His potential heir
New York Times, Published on 03/09/2025
» SEOUL — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, travelled to Beijing this week to hobnob with the presidents of China and Russia, two of his nation’s key allies. But he seems to have had another purpose for the trip: introducing his daughter as his potential successor.
Decades after infamous beating death, recent attacks haunt Asian Americans
New York Times, Published on 16/06/2022
» MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan: When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived near Detroit, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white autoworkers in 1982, it horrified and mobilised Asian Americans across ethnic and linguistic lines.
South Koreans face up to atrocities in Vietnam war
New York Times, Published on 22/08/2021
» SEOUL: The South Korean marine unit had a reputation for leaving nothing breathing behind when they passed through hostile territory, not even a pig suckling its litter.
Hotel that put American in jail gets new Tripadvisor label
New York Times, Published on 12/11/2020
» The resort hotel in Thailand got its public apology. The unhappy American guest who spent two nights in jail for criticising the hotel online got his criminal charges dropped. But it was Tripadvisor, the giant online travel review platform, that got the last word.
Tiger Zoo shuttered, but problem only gets worse
New York Times, Published on 23/09/2019
» SI RACHA, Chon Buri: When Thai park rangers raided a popular zoo famous for letting visitors feed and handle tigers, their grisly haul three years ago shocked the world: 1,600 tiger parts, including pelts, amulets fashioned from skins, scores of teeth, 40 dead cubs found in a freezer and 20 more preserved in jars.