North Korea publicly executes 80

Source: TOI SEOUL: North Korea publicly executed around 80 people earlier this month, many for watchingsmuggled South Korean TV shows, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday. The conservative JoongAng Ilbo cited a single, unidentified source, but at least one North Korean defector group said it had heard rumours that lent credibility […]

New era in Turkey looks like old one

STORY SUMMARY By Ali Ezzatyar, Goran Sadjadi The Daily Star A new era in Turkey was seemingly born last spring when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared a cease-fire and began withdrawing its guerillas from the country’s borders. In an unprecedented move, the Turkish government formally announced that steps […]