Stories by Simon Martin

SEOUL: Belying his caricature image as an eccentric playboy, Kim Jong-Il was a politically skilled ruler who kept North Korea’s government in place despite famine and economic decline. Published 19 Dec, 2011 10:08pm

SEOUL A computer screen that folds up like a pocket handkerchief, a harbour that goes out to a ship and a road which... Published 23 Jul, 2009 12:00am

SEOUL: It took almost four years of negotiations, 50,000 tons of oil and a complex multinational banking deal to get... Published 16 Jul, 2007 12:00am

SEOUL: The North Korean nuclear deal announced on Tuesday would not immediately stop it from launching an atomic... Published 14 Feb, 2007 12:00am