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Ian Birrell

  • Award-winning columnist and foreign reporter. Contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and weekly columnist in the 'i' paper. Writes regularly for many other papers, platforms and magazines. Frequent broadcaster and speaker at events. Co-founder wth Damon Albarn of the Africa Express music project and executive producer of 4 albums...Read more
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Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

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15 years in a slave labour camp – just for listening to pop music in North Korea

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th July, 2021) Three years ago, North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Kim Jong Un clapped along... Read Full Article

Could Kim Jong-un’s sister become the world’s first woman dictator?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (June 21st, 2020) The language was the usual frothing mixture of aggression, bluster and... Read Full Article

The defector taking on Kim Jong-un

Published by UnHerd (19th June, 2020) It was a cloudy July night with a full moon, shortly before midnight, when... Read Full Article

Glimpse into a murky world

Published by The Spectator (26th October, 2019) The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi... Read Full Article

‘Sunshine Policy’ is simply appeasement of horror

Published by CapX (11th May, 2017) The Sunshine Policy of engagement between the two Koreas ran for a decade until... Read Full Article

Inside Kim’s camps of death

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th April, 2017) Lim Hye-jin still shivers at the memory of two brothers who... Read Full Article

Capitalism makes people taller. Just look at South Korea

Published by CapX (26th April, 2017) The spring sun shone and cherry blossom fluttered down to the delight of locals... Read Full Article

North Korea’s idea of Britain? David Beckham and The Queen

Published by The Spectator (20 April, 2017) Korean Notebook When I arrived in Seoul, I joked to my editor that... Read Full Article

I fear for the future when the world’s fate hangs on these two mavericks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) Outside my window in one of the world’s most advanced cities,... Read Full Article

Revealed: Kim’s plan to kidnap tourists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th April, 2017) North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap... Read Full Article

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Recent Articles

  • I’ve seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for constant vigilance against tyranny
  • Town of the Damned
  • World’s most infamous mercenary steps out the shadows
  • Slaughter of the conscripts
  • How to fix the NHS and social care

Tags

aid autism Blair Boris Brexit Cameron China coalition Conservatives Corbyn coronavirus crime Daily Mail democracy Dfid Disability drugs Ethiopia EU Guardian human rights immigration Independent ipaper Isis Labour LibDems Libya May Miliband MoS NHS Nigeria Observer Putin Russia social care Syria Times Trump Ukip Ukraine UN UnHerd USA

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