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Dongtuk’s home town was known for self-immolations. How would he choose to live?… more

This year, the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress are turning into a self-congratulatory pageant in which the Party’s emboldened leadership celebrates itself.… more

Amid reports of Kim Jong Un’s failing health, it appears that the most obvious successor to rule the country, despite its sexist political system, is his sister.… more

In Sarajevo, a woman asked me how Americans would survive a siege. Now, with coronavirus, I've gotten a glimpse.… more

The actress and activist spent the eve of her eighty-second birthday protesting alongside friends and fellow-celebrities, and earning her latest arrest, in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of climate change.… more

Seventeen years ago, Chinese authorities abducted one of a set of twins and sent her to an orphanage.… more

The North Korean Embassy in Madrid was a soft target.… more