SEOUL (Reuters) - Speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon visit Seoul for the first time has sparked debate in South Korea over how to allow citizens to express often strongly held views while preventing any international incidents. Members of a South Korean conservative civic group take part in an anti-North Korea protest in Seoul, South Korea, December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji To pull off the summit he wants – full of inspiring imagery of Korean unity and reconciliation - President Moon Jae-in needs to walk a fine line between providing sufficient security for Kim and being accused of stifling speech to appease a dictator. Unlike tightly controlled Singapore, where Kim took a surprise night time stroll before his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in June, Seoul is routinely roiled by protests. Many South Koreans still take a dim view of North Korea in the wake of their 1950-53 war and decades of hostility, making the risk of disruptions … [Read more...] about Security, free speech in focus as Seoul braces for possible visit…
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Spanish government warns of security takeover in Catalonia
Aritz Parra, The Associated Press Updated 10:07 am CST, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2017 file photo, Spanish national police block people trying to reach a voting site at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government for a secession referendum in Barcelona, Spain. Spain’s central government threatened on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, to send in national police to ensure security in Catalonia if regional authorities fail to stop recent disruptions by pro-independence protesters on major highways. less FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2017 file photo, Spanish national police block people trying to reach a voting site at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government for a secession referendum in ... more Photo: Emilio Morenatti, AP Photo: Emilio … [Read more...] about Spanish government warns of security takeover in Catalonia
France fears more riots, deploys 65K security forces
Angela Charlton and Alex Turnbull Associated Press Published 11:35 AM EST Dec 6, 2018 Paris – France will deploy more than 65,000 security forces amid fears of new rioting at protests Saturday in Paris and around the nation, despite President Emmanuel Macron’s surrender over a fuel tax hike that unleashed weeks of unrest. Police unions and local authorities held emergency meetings Thursday to strategize on how to handle the weekend protests, while disparate groups of protesters did the same thing, sharing their plans on social networks and chat groups. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told senators Thursday that the government will deploy “exceptional” security measures for the protests in Paris and elsewhere, with additional new forces on top of the 65,000 security officers already in place. Some “yellow vest” protesters, members of France’s leading unions and prominent politicians across the political spectrum called for calm Thursday … [Read more...] about France fears more riots, deploys 65K security forces
Egypt’s security forces kill 15 suspected militants in a Sinai…
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout during a raid on their hideout near al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, state news agency MENA and security sources said on Wednesday. The men were suspected of planning attacks on security checkpoints ahead of the 45th anniversary of Egypt’s October 6 1973 war with Israel, the sources and MENA said, quoting an interior ministry statement. The news agency did not identify the suspects nor say whether there had been any casualties or injuries among the security forces. Police seized a number of automatic weapons in the raid on a farm West of al-Arish where the suspected militants were hiding, MENA said. The raid comes as the Egyptian army, backed by police, push ahead with a military operation to crush Islamist militants behind a wave of attacks on civilians and military personnel in Sinai. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the armed forces last November to defeat … [Read more...] about Egypt’s security forces kill 15 suspected militants in a Sinai…
Ted Cruz: U.S. should ‘undoubtedly’ look to Israel as border security example
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