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The writer, a retired diplomat, has served as India�??s ambassador to South Korea
    Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Moon's Seoul to take a softer line

    Moon served as a respected human rights lawyer in the difficult days of authoritarian rule in the 1980s.

    16 May 2017 12:10 AM IST

    Supporters of South Koreas impeached ex-President Park Geun-Hye wave national flags during a rally demanding a repeal of the impeachment in Seoul on March 18. (Photo: AFP)World
    Park's exit leads to a Seoul power vacuum

    This simmering anti-establishment sentiment is waiting to be tapped by a credible outsider.

    20 March 2017 2:36 AM IST

    Two car-shipping carriers berthed at Sri Lankas Chinese-built Hambantota Port. The first phase of the development cost $360 million and was 85 percent funded by the Export-Import Bank of China. (Photo: AFP)World
    Chinese Navy revisits Sri Lanka 6 centuries after the Ming era

    The centrepiece of Chinese plans for a future base in Sri Lanka is Hambantota at the southern tip of the island, 240 km...

    6 Jan 2017 12:40 AM IST

    Demonstrators shout slogans and hold candles during an anti-government protest in central Seoul. (Photo: AFP)World
    In South Korea, astrologers, cults enter matters of state

    Choi Soon-Sil is now at the centre of the political storm raging in Seoul.

    21 Nov 2016 3:51 AM IST

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