Anna Fifield

New Zealand journalist Anna Fifield is the Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and last year she wrote the book on controversial North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She joins the show to discuss… Audio

Where is North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un?

Is he seriously ill? Has he maybe died? Or is he just out of public view for a while?

Rumours are swirling, but no one seems to know anything definite.

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Have China's draconian powers of government enabled it to kick Covid-19 to the kerb? And can we believe the figures on the virus coming out of the country?  Audio

Today Calling Home is from China where expat Anna Fifield is based as the Washington Post Beijing Bureau Chief. She talks about her life in the Chinese capital. Audio

US President Donald Trump has stepped onto North Korean soil during a hastily arranged meeting with Chairman Kim Jong-un.

In total Mr Trump took 20 steps into North Korea, becoming the first serving… Audio

A 'cunning calculating and murderous dictator'.

That's how a new book is describing the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

The book, The Great Successor by New Zealander and Washington Post Beijing… Audio

North Koreans are not "robots brainwashed by their weird leader", just ordinary people trying to make ends meet, says award-winning New Zealand journalist Anna Fifield. She lifts the curtain on… Audio

Asia correspondent Anna Fifield on Xi Jinping's charm offensive across south-east Asia, his latest stop being the Philippines, and there's drama in Japan with the arrest of Nissan's chairman for… Audio

After not going anywhere for six years, Kim Jong Un makes his third visit to China in as many months, the Civil Aviation Administration of China demands more than 40 foreign airlines to re-designate… Audio

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un prepare for tomorrow's historic summit in Singapore. Anna Fifield from the Washington Post is there. Video, Audio

Anna Fifield reports from Singapore with a preview of the big meeting. What does Trump want? What does Kim want? Can they come to an agreement? And if these two personalities weren't big enough… Audio

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, blaming "tremendous anger and open hostility" from the North. Audio

Anna Fifield discusses what the frenzy of diplomacy in north-east Asia tells us about the prospect for a deal on North Korea's nuclear programme. Also what Malaysia's elections mean for the corruption… Audio

Anna Fifield reports from South Korea which is about to host the high stakes Inter-Korea Summit which will set the stage stage for a further summit between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump in the coming… Audio

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to meet US President Donald Trump. They used to be in lock-step on North Korea but now Trump is holding a summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and has… Audio

President Xi Jingping seeks to exert even more control in China at the National People's Congress. Audio

Plans that would allow China's president to stay in office indefinitely, while in Manlia there are signs its President doesn't plan to stick around; discussions around the pressures on women in… Audio

Anna Fifield reports from Seoul with a diplomatic coup scored at the opening of the Olympics by North Korea, the arrest of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Malaysia's "gay checklist" and it's the… Audio

Anna Fifield reports from Seoul where Winter Olympics' officials contend with minus 25 degree temperatures and a roof-less stadium ahead of the games starting next week with North Korean athletes… Audio

At the winter Olympics next month, the Koreas will march under one flag - united, after so long apart.

They'll also compete as one in women's ice hockey.

This comes out of the first real talks… Audio