South Korea’s political springtime
By Lee Byong-chul SEOUL: The ascension to power of the pudgy 29-year-old Kim Jong-un in North Korea has grabbed headlines around the world, but the most important story involving Korean young…
Europeanizing Europe
By Joschka Fischer BERLIN: The eurozone is at the center of the global financial crisis, because only there, in the realm of the second most important currency after the dollar, does…
French diet guru Dukan urges students be graded on weight
France's top diet guru Pierre Dukan is urging the government to grade students on their weight in a bid to curb growing obesity. In a book to be published Thursday,…
Paint it black? No way! Fashion colors up for 2013
As the economy splutters, fashion will naturally turn to solemn grays and blacks, right? Wrong, according to fabric gurus who unveiled their top trends for spring-summer 2013 in Paris on…
Polish art student hangs own painting in museum
Art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn't want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters in his own hands, covertly hanging one of his paintings…
Bosnia’s top cultural institutions shutting down
Bosnia's oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions have begun closing their doors one after another, thanks to long-standing disputes among politicians from its three ethnic groups and dwindling state funding.…
El-Semary perfects art of unraveling layers of history
Last year, the arts were largely not up to par, with a handful of exceptions that only just matched the events ablaze at the time. Concerned with levels of production,…
April 6 launches ‘Preserve the Egyptian Army’ campaign
CAIRO: April 6 Youth Movement launched a campaign Saturday to “preserve” the army from clashes with citizens by speeding up the handover of power to civilians. “The army is what…
US student accused of spying has no regrets
ATLANTA: As a trilingual ex-Israeli soldier, Ilan Grapel was an adventurous law school student in Georgia. He took an internship in Egypt last summer to offer legal help to asylum…
Libya NTC says to review investments worldwide
TRIPOLI: Libya will review its investments in the Arab world, Africa, and elsewhere, and it will make major agricultural and property investments in neighboring Sudan, the chairman of its ruling…