Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday made permanent a temporary ban on his country’s citizens traveling to Kuwait to work, following a series of abuse and murder cases involving Filipino victims. The ban is being imposed despite the Philippines’ reliance on remittance money from its Kuwait-based workers — 262,000 Filipinos are employed in the oil-rich […]
Read moreSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday. “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace,” Moon told a meeting […]
Read moreFitch Ratings threw cold water on hopes for near-term peace on the Korean Peninsula on Monday, warning that the historic summit between South and North Korean leaders “does not eliminate risks associated with the military stand-off.” Despite newly positive sentiment stemming from the declarations of reconciliation between North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and his South […]
Read moreHistorians and opposition politicians have accused the Indian government of trying to privatize historical sites, including the world famous Taj Mahal. The “Adopt a Heritage” plan aims to allow the upkeep and maintenance of 95 historic sites to be taken over by private firms. India’s tourism ministry has already announced a $3.7 million five-year contract […]
Read moreSouth Korea will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeakers from its border with North Korea this week, while Pyongyang has announced it is poised to realign its time zone with Seoul. The two peace offerings follow Friday’s historic summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. During the meeting, both leaders agreed […]
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IF YOU reach the age of 65 in the OECD, you can expect to live for another 19 years or so (more if you are a woman, less if you are a man). If you stop work earlier than 65, and live a bit longer than average, you could easily be retired for 25-30 years, […]
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“THIS port is for the Togolese,” says Sherif Tchedre, a mechanic standing among containers that line the shorefront in Lomé, Togo’s capital. “But it is Bolloré who runs everything.” He thinks little of the port’s French operator, Bolloré Group, or the conglomerate’s eponymous owner-boss, Vincent Bolloré. They do “nothing for Togo”, he says, adding that […]
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