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Quid game: challenges for South Korea’s president
26 minutes Posted Jun 12, 2026 at 10:01 am.
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An interview with Lee Jae Myung, South Korea’s president, a year into his role. Though he has stabilised a turbulent polity and overseen a stock market rally, the path ahead may be bumpy. Can India’s cockroach party become a powerful political movement? And celebrating the creator of “Persepolis”, Marjane Satrapi

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Guests and host:

  • Noah Sneider, East Asia bureau chief
  • Tom Sasse, South Asia bureau chief
  • Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
  • Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, North Korea
  • Cockroach party, Narendra Modi, Gen-Z protests
  • Marjane Satrapi, Iran, Persepolis


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