Quid game: challenges for South Korea’s president

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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