“This is a very dangerous attitude to think that any politician is too high up to be involved in the basis of parliamentary democracy. I think we all have to start with at least a sense of humility” – Aung San Suu Kyi in defence of her decision to contest said that it is in [...]
A good six months before the actual presidential election, it was virtually certain that Vladimir Putin would return to the presidency. Such is the strange “democracy” of Russia. The announcement was followed by Putin’s call to create a Eurasian Union. The plan, unveiled in a newspaper article on October 4, is to achieve EU-style economic [...]
The death of Kim Jong Il has left North Korea, a Stalinist dictatorship and a failing state, in the hands of his youngest son, Kim Jong Un. On December 19th, 2011, he was officially dubbed the ‘Great Successor’. He will continue a family dynasty. Kim Jong Il (the ‘Dear Leader’) died of a heart attack [...]
On December 15, 2010, a boat with illegal immigrants called “boat people” sunk off Christmas Island, which is a dependant territory of Australia. The tragedy happened in the early morning. The citizens of the Christmas Island living near the coast, where the boat crashed were woken up by human voices calling for help. The onlookers [...]
In March 2010 ‘Cheonan’, a South Korean navy corvette, was sunk near Baengnyeing Island located directly by the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea. North Korea was responsible for sinking and killing 46 seamen. In November 2010, North Korean artillery shelled Yeonpyeong Island, which belongs to the South Korea. The world was reminded how Kim’s [...]
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