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Seoul is relying on big companies to invest in North Korea, so promised reforms take a backseat

10/10/2018, 12:20:13 AM
South Korean President Moon Jae-in appears not to be prioritizing corporate reforms as he relies on domestic conglomerates to drive investment in North Korea, critics say. ✔ They argue that founding families wield too much power through practices such as cross-shareholding, which comes at the expense of other shareholders ✔ Kim Jong Un is very interested in developing tourism on the eastern coast and has previously said he wants to establish an industrial compound focusing on labor-intensive industries, said Cheon, who served as South Korea's presidential secretary for security strategy from 2014 to 2017


From squalid refugee camp, Rohingya teen aims for higher ed

10/10/2018, 3:25:35 AM
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh--At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has oth ✔ Because of the limited educational opportunities for them, UNICEF calls the refugee children a lost generation ✔ Most Rohingya girls are expected to get married by the age of 16, and sometimes as early as 14 ✔ One day maybe I'll be able to raise up my voice about human rights for the Rohingya


Put a sock in it, men: it's time to end global injustice towards women

10/10/2018, 1:05:12 AM
The feminist dam is about to burst - let's channel the anger for the good of women the world over, writes Boris Johnson. ✔ Women shout slogans during a protest against sexual abuse in Pamplona, northern Spain.Credit:AP That is roughly how it feels today as we watch these extraordinary feminist movements like #MeToo, and the frenzy surrounding the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court ✔ Let me give you a selection, in ascending order of cruelty ✔ Telegraph, London Gender equality Opinion Most Viewed in Lifestyle Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation


'With us, or against us': Nikki Haley's top threats & accusations at UN

10/10/2018, 2:19:17 AM
From bullying countries into voting in line with Washington to proclaiming that the US and Russia will never be friends, retiring US ambassador Nikki Haley has said a lot of eyebrow-raising things at the UN. Here are some of them. ✔ Though Haley initially opposed Trump's candidacy, she came around to eagerly defend her boss ✔ And they do try to cause some disruption, but we manage them and we continue to remind them what their place is ✔ FILE PHOTO © Reuters/Adnan Abidi Like this story ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Nikki Haley news UN newsUS news


Kim Jong-un invites the Pope to Pyongyang

10/10/2018, 1:23:20 AM
undefined ✔ But the invitation will be delivered by the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, when he visits the Pope next week ✔ The handful of churches that do exist are tightly controlled ✔ But the Vatican hasn't confirmed if the invitation to Pyongyang will be accepted


North Korean defector hopes Pope Francis prays for Kim

10/10/2018, 12:36:19 AM
undefined ✔ North Korea is accused of serious human rights abuses, including religious persecution ✔ Ji said North Koreans caught going to church are sent to political prison camps along with their families ✔ We talk about peace, but we do not want peace that is placed on top of a pile of bodies


Ukrainian Nationalists Are the Real 'Separatists'

10/10/2018, 12:58:05 AM
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard at Stalker Zone ✔ And I don’t even know whether I am doing the right thing by speaking about it ✔ Meanwhile on October 4th, 2018 the Rada adopted at the first reading the bill that received the name  Law on total Ukrainization  and prolonged the non-functioning since 2014 law  On a Special Order of Local Self-Government in Certain districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions  …


Nikki Haley resigns as Trump's UN ambassador

10/10/2018, 12:21:52 AM
undefined ✔ Haley had expressed some frustration that her voice had been diminished as the two men became the aggressive new faces of Trump's international policy, the official said ✔ As governor, she developed a national reputation as a racial conciliator who helped lead the effort to bring down the Confederate flag at the Statehouse and helped guide the state through one of its darkest moments, the massacre at a black church


Opinion | Welcome to the jungle

10/10/2018, 12:29:58 AM
The U.S. once upheld the liberal world order. We’re now watching it break down. ✔ By Robert Kagan Robert Kagan Contributing columnist focusing on foreign affairs Bio Contributing columnist October 9 at 4:22 PM Sometimes a particular event, the fate of a particular individual, becomes a symbol of a global, historical trend ✔ The circumstances in which Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini rose to power a world in which no nation was willing or able to sustain any kind of international order gave them ample opportunity to show what they were capable of


Trump's U.N. envoy Nikki Haley quits; denies 2020 ambitions

10/10/2018, 12:34:33 AM
Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday she is resigning as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but the rising Republican star immediately denied she was preparing to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Sitting beside Trump in the Oval Office, Haley said her 18-month stint at the… ✔ Trump unceremoniously announced his firing of former secretary of state Rex Tillerson in March in a tweet ✔ Countries may not like what we do, but they respect what we do ✔ They know that if we say we're going to do something, we follow it through, she said


‘Too dangerous to govern’: Trump paints a dark picture of Democratic control

10/10/2018, 1:59:08 AM
On a campaign blitz four weeks ahead of midterm elections, the Republican president is portraying Democrats as “radical,” “unhinged” and “dim.” ✔ You don’t give power to an angry left-wing mob, Trump said, warning that if Democrats win congressional majorities next month they would turn our country so fast into Venezuela ✔ Currently, such sales are prohibited during the summer months due to air pollution concerns ✔ He noted that he made that promise to you during the primaries, remember


Trump says Ivanka would be "incredible" UN ambassador despite nepotism claims

10/10/2018, 12:35:28 AM
Trump believes his oldest daughter would be "dynamite" in the role vacated by Nikki Haley, who resigned on Tuesday ✔ She described her role as the honour of a lifetime ✔ He does not shut out his advisers, and he does not demand that everyone agree with him ✔ Read More Top Donald Trump stories Sarah Sanders publishes NYT phone number Cabinet 'discussed ousting Trump' Who wrote the anonymous article


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