Ø South Korea’s Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won resigned over the sinking of a passenger ferry that left more than 300
people dead or missing, amid huge public anger over what is seen as a bungled
response to the tragedy. He admitted that he had not been up to the task of
overseeing rescue operations after the ferry capsized with 476 people, many of
them schoolchildren, on board.
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| Chung Hong Won |
Ø Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha was sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India by President Pranab
Mukherjee at a brief function held in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapathi Bhavan.
Justice Lodha will have a brief tenure of five months till September 27.
Ø The Philippines and the United States announced they would sign an
agreement to allow a greater U.S. military
presence on Filipino soil for the next decade. The deal will be signed in Manila a few hours
before U.S. President Barack Obama is due to arrive for a two-day visit. Evan
Medeiros, senior director for Asian Affairs on the National Security Council,
said the deal was a “skeletal and muscular” framework that would allow the two
sides to discuss more rotations of U.S. troops, naval visits and training
exercises.
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