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Sunlight filters through the window, but in Jeanne’s memory the day is dark. She is in Bunia, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province, and she is speaking about the worst moment of her life. Her son was six years old, with a laugh that could fill the whole house and a way of running that made her heart soar. The ordeal began with a fever and vomiting—symptoms so common that any mother would first think of malaria. Jeanne gave him medicine from the pharmacy, the same syrup she had used before. She waited. But the…

Paragraph 1: The Blue House has stepped into another roiling political controversy, this time one that orbits the first lady and a single afternoon of golf. On the 26th, officials responded forcefully to reports connected with People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo’s explosive allegation—an accusation that has already captured headlines and dominated political conversation. In essence, Joo claimed that first lady Kim Hea-kyung played what he called “emperor golf” on October 20, accompanied by a famous professional golfer, and enjoyed privileges that he suggested were inappropriate for someone in her position. The Blue House did not take the allegation lying…

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