South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeatPrime Minister Han Duck-soo and all senior presidential advisers to Yoon, except those in charge of security issues, expressed their intentions to resign, according to Yoon’s office. It didn’t immediately say whether Yoon accepted their resignations. Executive power in South Korea is heavily concentrated in the president, but the prime minister is the No. 2 official and leads the country if the president becomes incapacitated.
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-parliament-election-8a538a2c99146aa6e2279d13b6a6ea3cVietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in country’s largest financial fraud, state media reportsThe loans were reportedly worth a total of $44 billion and accounted for more than 90% of SCB’s lending between 2012 and 2022. An estimated $12.3 billion was allegedly funneled to Van Thinh Phat while other funds were used privately. Some of the over 1,000 loans had been settled by Lan, judges found, but the court said she would have to compensate the bank fully.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/11/vietnamese-property-tycoon-sentenced-to-death-in-financial-fraud-case.html Ordinary people suffered most during this year’s Eid, says Fakhrul The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Thursday said that this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, has brought no joy for the country’s ordinary people due to exorbitant prices of all products.
https://www.newagebd.net/article/229975/ordinary-people-suffered-most-during-this-years-eid-says-fakhrulIndonesia Commits to Establishing Diplomatic Ties With Israel for First Time in HistoryIndonesia is willing to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Secretary-General Mathias Cormann informed Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday. The establishment of ties with Israel is one of the steps Indonesia has committed to in order to join the international organization, of which Israel is also a member.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-11/ty-article/.premium/indonesia-commits-to-establishing-diplomatic-ties-with-israel-for-first-time-in-history/0000018e-cbfa-dc14-a9de-ebfec78c0000https://archive.is/7UJVuIsraeli ultra-Orthodox minister breaks ranks on military draftInterior Minister Moshe Arbel, of ultra-Orthodox party Shas, said that "the reality after October 7 is that the ultra-Orthodox community must understand that it is no longer possible to continue like this." With the country at war for more than six months since the unprecedented Hamas attack, Arbel told a podcast "there is no moral possibility" for students of Jewish seminaries, or yeshivas, to avoid the draft.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/04/israeli-ultra-orthodox-minister-breaks-ranks-military-draftFrance's interior minister set to visit Morocco for 'security cooperation'A report by Africa Intelligence has confirmed that Paris is encouraging French investors to explore opportunities in the territory. In a press release, the Polisario Front condemned "this dangerous escalation of France's hostile stance towards the Sahrawi people."
https://www.newarab.com/news/france-interior-minister-morocco-security-cooperationPetition for Ukrainian-style visa for Palestinians nearing threshold for parliamentary debateAt least two people have died waiting for the Home Office to decide whether they can reunite with loved ones in Britain, a spokesperson added, saying: “The British Government has previously swiftly offered protection to Ukrainian families under the Ukraine Family Scheme.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/petition-ukrainian-style-visa-palestinians-nearing-threshold-parliamentary-debateColombia’s ELN guerrillas say peace talks have been “frozen”"During the month of March, the government’s decisions continued with the double handling of the peace process with the ELN, in which it attends this Dialogue Table, while underneath it it promotes the demobilization in Nariño, conduct contrary to the fair play and good faith that should characterize the peace talks." ELN The ELN statement was published ahead of a meeting between the two peace delegations in the Venezuelan capital Caracas.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-eln-guerrillas-say-peace-talks-have-been-frozen/Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-oldMolina said the girl’s mother was at work at the time of the assault and that he had accompanied the mother to file a complaint. He added that the family is being harassed as a result. A statement from the General Directorate of Migration, responding to a query from The Associated Press, said that if an officer is found to be involved in the incident, he would face justice.
https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-rape-haitian-girl-5b2584c10a19b2b01ae1b81d95351e4c Salvadoran Court Decried for Letting Case Against 'Santa Marta 5' Continue Defenders of the "Santa Marta Five" have highlighted not only the Salvadoran government's failure to show any proof of the men's guilt, but also the fact that perpetrators of civil war-related crimes are protected under a 1992 amnesty agreement between the government and FMLN.
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