Beyond her own personal humiliation, the ramifications of Park’s fall are already reverberating from domestic South Korean politics into the fraught geopolitics of Northeast Asia.
Mikayel Zolyan, Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Armenia's upcoming election should advance the country's transition from presidential to parliamentary system. But President Serzh Sargsyan may have a hidden agenda to retain power beyond his term's end.
Peter Meylakhs, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg; Yadviga Sinyavskaya, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, and Yuri Rykov, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg
In Russia, social networks have given a new life to the conspiracy theory that HIV-AIDS is a global hoax.
The Pope hasn't actually opened the door for married priests. But in rethinking celibacy, he has shown his mastery of the art of containing people without actually making big changes to the Church.
Why, after decades of international agreements, are we still damaging the environment? New research, looking at dozens of unsuccessful policies, has uncovered the basic elements of failure.
Massive new coal plants planned for Pakistan will further harm the environment in a country already suffering the effects of climate change. Solar energy is a clear alternative.
A strengthening movement of Indigenous designers and developers is working to show Indigenous cultures, teachings, languages and ways of knowing through video games.