When it comes to hurling insults, Moscow is not a patch on Pyongyang

by Rashmee

Posted on June 18, 2022


When it comes to insults, the Russians could do worse than take classes  from the …

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Platinum Jubilee and the ‘pong of Pyongyang’

by Rashmee

Posted on June 4, 2022


Midway through the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, someone mentioned the distinct “pong of Pyongyang“.…

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The ‘Pyongyang Olympics’. Why not? Isn’t sport meant to bring us all together?

by Rashmee

Posted on February 9, 2018


The winter Olympics begin today in PyeongChang and some are offering the slightly snarky label: …

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America favours strategic coercion over Pyongyang

by Rashmee

Posted on April 20, 2017 / The National


Is Donald Trump trying to “out-North Korea the North Koreans” at this moment of high …

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In the 1950s, Pyongyang routinely attacked movie theatres in Seoul

by Rashmee

Posted on December 21, 2014


In all the kerfuffle over the cyber attack on Sony Picture’s comedy film ‘The Interview’, …

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No, the Sony hack doesn’t qualify for a drone campaign. Here’s why

by Rashmee

Posted on December 20, 2014


Speaking of the Sony hack, has the threat of cyberwar become more real than ever …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK