What happens abroad, and what it means here.
Foreign events with a direct line to American households and votes.
- Explainer Every Time Kim Jong Un Disappears, the World Kills Him. Here Is How That Ended Before.A cane in 2014, a 'grave danger' report in 2020, a father's death hidden for 51 hours. North Korea's leaders vanish, the internet writes obituaries, and Pyongyang plays the long game.
- Analysis If Kim Jong Un Died Tomorrow, Who Holds the Nuclear Button?A teenage heir, a sister who already runs the regime's mouth, a law that orders automatic retaliation, and a Russian treaty that promises help without delay. The succession nobody planned for out loud.
- News Is Kim Jong Un Dead? The Whole Rumor Runs Back to One X AccountA brain hemorrhage, a Beijing hospital, a secret body transfer and 9,000 Chinese troops. Every piece of it traces to a single poster. Here is what Pyongyang actually showed the world, and when.