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Jonathan Cheng
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China bureau chief @WSJ. Formerly of Korea, New York, Hong Kong bureaus. Author of KOREAN MESSIAH (Alfred A. Knopf), out now. koreanmessiah.com
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    May 22
    Replying to @JChengWSJ @LibraryJournal and 31 others
    “Totalitarian repression, as well as assistance from powers such as China and Russia, help explain the regime’s resilience. ‘Korean Messiah’ by Jonathan Cheng, a journalist at the Wall Street Journal, sheds light on a less appreciated force: faith.”
    Propaganda painting representing Kim Il Sung at the annual Sun Festival
    The unlikely inspiration for North Korea’s first dictator
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Feb 10, 2022
    Yuzuru Hanyu’s Chinese fans, armed with banners and Winnie the Pooh dolls, waiting outside the skating venue here in Beijing
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Feb 8, 2025
    Yun Sun in Foreign Affairs: “Beijing assumes that Washington’s own policies will dismantle the foundations of U.S. global hegemony, even if it creates a lot of turbulence…in the process. China’s top priority, then, is simply to weather the storm.”
    China’s Trump Strategy
    From foreignaffairs.com
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Nov 10, 2016
    South Korea's largest-circulation newspaper this morning: "Angry Whites Overturn America"
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Sep 20, 2018
    Breaking: K-pop boy band BTS is scheduled to perform and give a three-minute speech in front of top officials and heads of state at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, KBS reports, citing unnamed sources. bit.ly/2NoWaC5
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Apr 6, 2018
    Add K-pop boy band BTS to those honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. bit.ly/2H3Mlp4
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Dec 7, 2018
    The power of the BTS fandom: After T-shirt controversy, an ambitious examination of what happened, what didn't and how it played out—by "ordinary BTS fans who believe in the power of knowledge and discussion." @TeamWhitePaper @doolsetbangtan @doyou_bangtan bit.ly/2G5cmoZ
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Jun 27, 2018
    Just FYI, satellite imagery suggests N. Korea is continuing to upgrade its nuclear enrichment facility. @38NorthNK
    Infrastructure Improvements at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility - 38 North:...
    From 38north.org
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Feb 9, 2018
    It's the K-pop Olympics. Pyeongchang torch relay included Suzy (formerly miss A), VIXX's N and Leo, Super Junior's Donghae and Yesung, Sandara Park (formerly 2NE1), Girl's Day, AOA, Soyou, etc. Performing at the closing ceremony: EXO and CL. @TamarWrites
    Korean Singers, K-Pop Acts Get Drawn Into Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics: EXO, CL to Perform At...
    From billboard.com
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    May 16, 2018
    And here it is: the English-language translation of N. Korea's latest statement, taking aim pretty clearly at John Bolton.
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Mar 16, 2018
    No Tillerson? No problem. S. Korea's foreign minister, originally scheduled to meet Rex in Washington, will meet Ivanka instead. bit.ly/2pg3JfA
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Jul 2, 2018
    WSJ editorial board: "New satellite photos show that Kim Jong Un is continuing to develop his nuclear weapons program…This wasn’t supposed to happen after the Donald Trump-Kim summit last month in Singapore."
    North Korea Keeps Enriching Uranium
    North Korea Keeps Enriching Uranium
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Aug 11, 2021
    Diplomats from twenty-five countries at the Canadian embassy in Beijing this morning for the Spavor verdict.
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    Jonathan Cheng
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    Oct 31, 2025
    The White House has shared photos of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s first face-to-face meeting in more than six years, including this intriguing sequence. h/t @ByChunHan whitehouse.gov/gallery/presid…
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