Unrest continues in Bulgaria, as citizens take to the streets to protest high prices and corruption. These protests have been going on for some time and they seem to be getting larger. The government has already fallen, so there is not immediate objective for the protesters. The unrest most likely signals an intolerable level of frustration.
South Korea inaugurated its new President, Park Geun-hye. Ms. Park is the daughter of a former leader of Korea (one remembered for his authoritarian rule), and generally speaking represents a fairly conservative point of view. Her most immediate problem (aside from the issue of North Korea’s objectives) is to figure out how to revive the South Korean economy. Her task is difficult as the winds from China and Japan tend to have a strong effect on South Korea’s economy.
The Palestinian Authority claims that Arafat Jaradat was killed by Israeli prison officials. An Israeli autopsy held that Jaradat died from cardiac arrest and showed no signs of trauma. The Palestinian autopsy, however, held that Jaradat had been tortured to death. How the autopsies could have come to such radically different conclusions is not explained. The anger within the Palestinian community is quite high, and one should expect the string of protests to continue and amplify.
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