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May Jeong

World

Strangers in a Homeland

In Kabul, one of the world’s most dangerous cities, one man works to help Afghan migrants return to a place they never knew.

May Jeong VQR Mar 2021 20min Permalink

Crime Sports

"You Won't Believe What Happened"

The untold story of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s two visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.

May Jeong Vanity Fair Oct 2019 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

"The Big Error Was That She Was Caught"

The untold story behind the mysterious disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the world’s biggest movie star.

May Jeong Vanity Fair Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Crime

The Final, Terrible Voyage of The Nautilus

Journalist Kim Wall was murdered aboard a homemade submarine while reporting on the designer of the vessel. Her friend and fellow journalist wanted to know what really happened to her.

May Jeong Wired Feb 2018 20min Permalink

World

Losing Sight

A 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Then she disappeared.

May Jeong The Intercept Jan 2018 40min Permalink

Searching for Ground Truth in the Kunduz Hospital Bombing

Who authorized the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, and why?

May Jeong The Intercept Apr 2016 25min Permalink

World Religion

The Fortune-Teller of Kabul

Afghans have long visited falbin to have their futures foretold. Fundamentalist Muslim clerics hope to stop that.

May Jeong The Guardian Sep 2015 20min Permalink