A selection from my reporting portfolio
For this Al Jazeera English feature, I spoke with first-time South Korean investors who'd never touched the stock market until the KOSPI started going up amid the global AI boom. South Korea's index has roughly doubled this year, the best-performing major market in the world, and 14.5 million Koreans now own shares.
The role-play chatbot that has millions of teenagers hooked
In South Korea and Japan, millions of young people are immersing themselves in AI role-play app Zeta, writing themselves into interactive stories. Experts warn its addictive, anthropomorphic design may blur reality and deepen emotional dependence on fictional characters.
In South Korea and Japan, millions of young people are immersing themselves in AI role-play app Zeta, writing themselves into interactive stories. Experts warn its addictive, anthropomorphic design may blur reality and deepen emotional dependence on fictional characters.
The North Koreans living in the South who want to go home to die
I met Ahn Hak-sop, a 95-year-old ex-POW who walked to the DMZ with a North Korean flag, begging to return. His story went viral, but I dug deeper into his convictions, contradictions, and whether Pyongyang would take him back.
I met Ahn Hak-sop, a 95-year-old ex-POW who walked to the DMZ with a North Korean flag, begging to return. His story went viral, but I dug deeper into his convictions, contradictions, and whether Pyongyang would take him back.
How South Korea bankrolls U.S. lawmaker trips to Seoul to promote its policy goals
This exclusive revealed how South Korea routed government funds through U.S. nonprofits to finance congressional travel, raising questions about FARA and House ethics compliance.
This exclusive revealed how South Korea routed government funds through U.S. nonprofits to finance congressional travel, raising questions about FARA and House ethics compliance.
Revealed: the secret ‘forced labour’ migration route from Vietnam to the UK
This investigation revealed how Vietnamese migrants were funneled through Serbia and Romania into Europe, exploited in factories, and trafficked onwards to the UK under conditions of debt bondage.
This investigation revealed how Vietnamese migrants were funneled through Serbia and Romania into Europe, exploited in factories, and trafficked onwards to the UK under conditions of debt bondage.
This months-long investigation uncovered how UK-procured PPE was manufactured in Chinese factories secretly using North Korean forced labour, breaching UN sanctions and funneling money to Kim Jong-un’s regime.
In Seoul, high-rises double as army outposts in war against North Korean drones
This feature explored South Korea’s use of rooftop anti-aircraft units on civilian skyscrapers, grounding the story in global trends like drone warfare seen in Ukraine. It reflects how defense policy increasingly intersects with urban life.
This feature explored South Korea’s use of rooftop anti-aircraft units on civilian skyscrapers, grounding the story in global trends like drone warfare seen in Ukraine. It reflects how defense policy increasingly intersects with urban life.
North Korea clearing land inside DMZ in possible armistice violation: Imagery
I broke the first reports on North Korea’s new defense lines inside the DMZ, using satellite imagery to reveal armistice violations and launching a wider investigation series.
I broke the first reports on North Korea’s new defense lines inside the DMZ, using satellite imagery to reveal armistice violations and launching a wider investigation series.
Crossing the Line: The Making of the Man Who Flew Drones into North Korea
A 5,000-word narrative investigation into the South Korean graduate student arrested for flying civilian drones into North Korean airspace, triggering inter-Korean tensions and questions about ties to the country's intelligence services. The piece is the first comprehensive profile of his life, tracing his ideological journey from a childhood in the American midwest to the Yoon presidential office.
A 5,000-word narrative investigation into the South Korean graduate student arrested for flying civilian drones into North Korean airspace, triggering inter-Korean tensions and questions about ties to the country's intelligence services. The piece is the first comprehensive profile of his life, tracing his ideological journey from a childhood in the American midwest to the Yoon presidential office.