Off the beaten track in North Korea — May 30, 2014 Planning a trip to North Korea’s seldom visited north-east? Kate Whitehead provides a guide to Continue Reading ...
UNICEF medication for sale in N. Korean store — December 4, 2013 Diversion of medicine from neediest still apparently plagues humanitarian aid Continue Reading ...
Min Jin Lee — November 13, 2017 Korean American recalls growing up speechless and confused in New York, and says how hurt she’s been
State of play — September 1, 2013 A dearth of nightlife options and a series of power outages leave Kate Whitehead and her tour group wandering
Gay HK policeman’s 1980 gun death — January 15, 2018 Thirty-eight years ago this week, John MacLennan died of gunshot wounds; a public inquiry heard claims
Chan Koonchung remains banned, but big in China — May 21, 2014 Chinese novelist Chan Koonchung says he writes for “his Beijing friends” though they can’t buy
Who are you, Mr Loo? — November 9, 2014 Admired abroad and loathed at home, little was known about this secretive, cunning Chinese art dealer
From Berkeley hippy to Dalai Lama’s personal physician — May 15, 2016 The American doctor and Buddhist monk, a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong, tells Kate