The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit ~ Noam Chomsky Introduction: A Crisis of Vision in a Hyperconnected Age We are living in a paradox, at no point in history
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After the Pahalgam attack, the entire world was condemning the terrorist violence and urging India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions in the interest of peace and stability. But the main regional body
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The UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) latest 2025 report, “The Real Fertility Crisis,” points to a bigger problem behind South Korea’s extremely low birth rate. A total of 14,000 adults in 14 countries
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An economy is largely steered by two fundamental policy instruments: monetary policy and fiscal policy. Monetary policy primarily deals with the regulation of money supply, interest rates, and inflation, aiming to maintain
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The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law. ~ Nelson Mandela International law? I better call
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As the 12-day war ends in the Middle East, it is abundantly clear that the conflict erupted almost entirely due to Israel’s plan to undermine the US-Iran talks. Israel feared that fundamentally,
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As I expected last week, on Saturday evening the United States bombed Iran’s most fortified enrichment site at Fordow along with the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities, officially becoming a co-combatant in Israel’s
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The 2025 Amarnath Yatra was meant to be a religious spiritual journey by thousands of devotees, who needed the spiritual comfort of the mystical caves of Kashmir. But what happened in the
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On 21 June, the United States struck three locations in Iran with its massive military force. These locations were Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz – three areas where Iran has its nuclear energy
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Donald Trump is not the first president to unleash the terror of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on immigrant communities across the United States. But he’s the most blatant in his
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The late Instructor Lieutenant Commander Somasiri Devendra, who passed away last week, was born on 17th April 1933 in Colombo. He was commissioned into the Royal Ceylon Navy in February 1960 with
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As reported on June 4, 2025, the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Punjab, to prevent the Ahmadi community from observing Islamic rituals on the
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On June 20, a senior female Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, carrying a bounty of Rs. 800,000, was killed in a gun battle with Security Forces (SFs) on the Kotri riverbank
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The former President and Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev who is one of the most authoritative voices in the Kremlin, wrote on the Telegram channel on June 23 a
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On 02 June, the Adani Group was also placed under American scrutiny by allegedly importing Iranian liquid petroleum Gas (LPG) – which violates American sanctions under the Iran Sanction Act. Such an
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