World number 361 Lois Boisson pulled off the biggest shock of this year’s French Open with a stunning fourth-round victory against third seed Jessica Pegula. The French player, given a wildcard into the main draw after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in her knee last year, came through 3-6 6-4 6-4 against the US Open … Read more
The striking feature of this election has been the leading opposition candidate, Lee Jae-myung, campaigning in a bullet-proof vest. At a recent rally, he was escorted to the podium by close protection officers, ready to shield him with their ballistic briefcases. He then addressed the crowd from behind bullet-proof glass, under the gaze of rooftop … Read more
Experts say the responsibility lay not only with the private agencies but also with the state. “Adoption agencies exploited the system, and the government turned a blind eye – allowing illegal practices to take root,” said Dr Lee Kyung-eun, an international law scholar at Seoul National University. “The government was the captain, and the agencies … Read more
South Korea’s overseas adoption programme began in the ashes of the 1950-53 Korean War, when it was a deeply impoverished country with an estimated 100,000 orphaned and displaced children. At that time, few families were willing to adopt non-biological children, and the government began an overseas adoption programme, billed as a humanitarian effort. The programme … Read more
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat on Friday stated that the nation got independence from the British due to the collective fight from the countrymen and not due to an individual. Bhagwat was present at the Shikshak Sahakari Bank auditorium in Nagpur during the release of the two-volume book series Sangh Jeevan, authored … Read more