The plotters were overwhelmingly male; five were female. The youngest was 11, the oldest 19. Most were motivated by grievances against them, usually peers and bullying.

A divided federal appellate court panel canceled plea deals for three defendants who are accused to plotting the 9/11 ...

A federal appeals court has denied plea deals for three men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks. This decision has ...

Now comes another gripping portrait of a killer for hire, “The Plotters,” by Korean novelist Un-Su Kim. Kim’s protagonist, 32-year-old Reseng, began life as someone’s discard.

They need “plotters” who can organize quiet killings and, just as important, offer tidy body disposals. New boutique assassination businesses have started up to meet the increased demand.

Set in contemporary Seoul, The Plotters introduces us to Reseng: born in a garbage can, raised in a library used as a front for an assassins’ syndicate, and grown into that familiar trope, the ...