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...Meanwhile, in The Sister (Macmillan, June), Sung-Yoon Lee promises to shine a light on another great North Korean mystery, Kim Yo Jong, sibling of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un....
...“When I heard the verdict, I was filled with emotion,” said Kim Kang-won, a lawyer representing the women, seven of whom have died....
...As for Ms Richardson, she has no regrets about leaving acting behind....
...Kim, one of South Korea’s first truly democratic presidents, accepted the apology....
...Last November, Interpol elected Kim Jong Yang of South Korea as its next president....
...Tony Ellis, the lawyer who represented Mr Kim, said the judgment would have wider ramifications....
...Heather Cox Richardson’s provocatively titled How the South Won the Civil War (OUP RRP$27.95/£18.99, April) upends common assumptions about the outcome of the conflict as the US enters election year....
...“Just imagine Kim Jong Un and the Iranians now rubbing their grubby little hands, saying: ‘I’m going after the US now.”’...
.../ From Laurie Richardson, Vienna, Austria...
...After all, fashion loves a high/low moment – consider the rise of Kim Kardashian, taken suddenly seriously on the back of her W magazine cover, or Kate Upton, who moved from Sports Illustrated pin-up to...
...Oxford College Gardens, by Tim Richardson, Frances Lincoln, RRP£40 Richardson’s well-informed narrative and Andrew Lawson’s superb pictures conjure the gardens at their peak, from my colleague Robin Lane...
...However, in his new year address, North Korean leader Kim Jong-eun called for improved relations with South Korea, whose incoming president, Park Geun-hye, has also promised to pursue reconciliation....
...Mr Richardson had described it as a humanitarian mission aimed at assisting Mr Bae....
...“The ‘snow leopard’ patterned coat is in mink that has been needle-punched through cashmere jacquard,” says Kim Jones, creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear, of the label’s star men’s buy (£5,050)....
...His tough sentence comes in spite of pleas for fair treatment made by US politician Bill Richardson, who visited Pyongyang in January with Google chairman Eric Schmidt....
...The New English Garden , by Tim Richardson and Andrew Lawson, Frances Lincoln, RRP£40 / $60 I agree with writer/historian Richardson’s argument that English gardens are at a juncture....
...Kim Kwang-jin, the South’s defence minister, ordered his staff to seek “all possible means” to deal with any response from Pyongyang....
...Futurescapes, by Tim Richardson, Thames & Hudson, RRP£24.95 Richardson’s latest look at the landscape and garden world gives a thoughtful overview of contemporary designers from Kim Mikyoung to Charles...
...Two North Korean diplomats at the UN, in a rare visit outside the 25-mile radius of New York to which the US authorities normally confine them, this week travelled to New Mexico for talks with Bill Richardson...
...North Korea has long been eager for bilateral talks with the US, with officials reminding Washington this month of its interest in meetings with Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, and Bill Clinton...
...Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr recently said, rather controversially, that no job would be safe in the coming year because there are so few safe havens....
...Others believe Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s ailing dictator, is making a show of strength to shore up the succession of his dynasty....
...“It has caused a great deal of hardship for people but it is still a great name, and Lara Croft is a great franchise,” says Kim Richardson, head of brokerage at Mirabaud Securities....
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