THE inauguration of South Korea's first female president, Park Geunhye, on Monday is a trip down memory lane for most South Koreans - especially those in their 50s and 60s, whose support at the polls ensured her election victory last December. For this ‘5060 generation', as Koreans.
IN Friday's column, I wrote that the Obama administration has no plan to avoid the sequester save raising taxes on the rich. That was unfair. The White House approach is not what I would like, but it is more balanced than I described. Humiliation is a good teacher.
QATAR has stressed its support for the people of nations that experienced the Arab Spring and their legitimate demands and aspirations. Speaking at the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammad al Attiyah pointed towards the suffering of the Syrian people. He added that the actions of the Syrian regime including the use of Scud missiles which caused enormous destruction in Aleppo, internationally banned weapons against unarmed civilians, are flagrant violations of humanitarian values and laws.
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