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Jean Mackenzie

Jean Mackenzie

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The fate of Korea's 'first and biggest' sex festival

Lee Hee Tae had high hopes for his sex festival, which he proudly billed as South Korea's "first and largest". He envisaged 5,000 fans flocking to...

24.04.2024 50

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Jean Mackenzie

Was South Korea’s president cut down by a spring onion?

In February, the price of a single apple in Korea hit $7 (£5.5), albeit at a fancy department store. Fruit is notoriously expensive here, but for...

11.04.2024 60

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Jean Mackenzie

The hidden village just metres from North Korea

14.03.2024 100

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Jean Mackenzie

Why South Korean women aren't having babies

On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, Yejin is cooking lunch for her friends at her apartment, where she lives alone on the outskirts of Seoul, happily...

28.02.2024 300

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North Koreans working in China 'exploited like slaves'

Last month, reports emerged that North Koreans working in China had rioted, after finding out they would not be paid, and that their wages had instead...

08.02.2024 60

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The North Korean family who risked execution to escape by boat

Earlier this year, Mr Kim pulled off a seemingly impossible escape from North Korea. He fled by sea with his entire family - his pregnant wife, his...

06.12.2023 4

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Seoul crush: Survivors still tormented a year on

One year on from the horrific crowd crush that killed nearly 160 young people, Lee Ju-hyun returned to the alleyway where she almost died. She...

26.10.2023 30

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