By Max Mittleman
Cryptocurrencies have become a $700+ billion dollar market. This highly unregulated form of currency has baffled most governments who are accustomed to controlling the money supplies in their countries. South Korea is one of the biggest markets for cryptocurrencies, but its government is not too keen on the idea. South Korean decisions on banning cryptocurrency affect the global market of the digital assets.
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Six months ago, Zimbabwe’s President of 40 years, Robert Mugabe, resigned from office. This week, he is scheduled to testify before that country’s Parliament regarding $15 billion dollars’ worth of diamonds that remain missing.
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As the 2018 Olympics get underway, the relationship between North and South Korea is as much in the spotlight as are the athletes preparing for competition. What has changed in the thirty years since the last Olympics held on the Korean penninsula?
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Concerns over election fraud and hacking have become a world-wide concern. Kenya joins many other countries left questioning the authenticity of election results, with this issue being reviewed by that nation's Supreme Court. Has Kenyan democracy has been given a new jolt of energy which may provide for future election legitimacy?
Image attribution: By JimSlim, information available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:25332612.nairoboi013.JPG.
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