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Doug Bock Clark

Business Health

Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks

As the country heads into a dangerous new phase of the pandemic, the government’s management of the P.P.E. crisis has left the private sector still straining to meet anticipated demand.

Doug Bock Clark New York Times Magazine Nov 2020 25min Permalink

World

Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned: The U.S. Contractors Abandoned in Kuwait

Dozens of military contractors, most of them Black, have been jailed in the emirate — some on trumped-up drug charges. Why has the American government failed to help them?

Doug Bock Clark New York Times Magazine Oct 2020 35min Permalink

Health

Inside the Nightmare Voyage of the Diamond Princess

At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, one ill-fated cruise ship became a symbol for the panic and confusion that would soon engulf the globe. What two harrowing weeks trapped aboard the ocean liner felt like—for unsuspecting tourists, for frightened crew members, and for the captain himself.

Doug Bock Clark GQ Apr 2020 35min Permalink

Religion Travel

The American Missionary and the Uncontacted Tribe

Last year, a 26-year-old American missionary set out to convert the world’s most isolated hunter-gatherer tribe. This is the untold story of John Chau’s mission and the tragedy that awaited him.

Doug Bock Clark GQ Aug 2019 40min Permalink

World

The Underground Railroad of North Korea

“Any North Korean knows that escaping their nation is nearly impossible.”

Doug Bock Clark GQ Mar 2019 30min Permalink

The Whalers' Odyssey

A courageous tribe, a colossal foe, and a terrifying ocean voyage.

Doug Bock Clark The Atavist Magazine Oct 2018 30min Permalink

World

The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage

President Trump hailed him as a catalyst of the summit with Kim Jong-Un. But what happened to Warmbier—the American college student who was sent home brain-damaged from North Korea—is even more shocking than anyone knew.

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Previously: The Untold Story of Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination

Doug Bock Clark GQ Jul 2018 40min Permalink

Crime World

The Untold Story of Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination

The intertwined destinies of Siti Aisyah, a 25-year-old devout Muslim villager turned prostitute and eventual assassin, and Kim Jong-nam, who was raised as the heir to the North Korean dictatorship and died in a Malaysian airport.

Doug Bock Clark GQ Sep 2017 30min Permalink