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South Koreans cast their votes on Wednesday in a tight and potentially historic presidential election that could result in Asia s fourth-largest economy selecting its first female leader. HT Image The ballot is a straight fight between Park Geun-Hye, the conservative daughter of assassinated dictator Park Chung-Hee, and her liberal rival Moon Jae-In, the son of North Korean refugees. Opinion polls indicate the result could go either way. The eventual occupant of the presidential Blue House will have to deal with a belligerent North Korea, a slowing economy and soaring welfare costs in one of the world s most rapidly ageing societies. Park, 60, was looking to make history by becoming the first female president of a still male-dominated nation, and the first to be related to a former leader. Her father remains one of modern Korea s most polarising figures -- admired for dragging the country out of poverty and reviled for his ruthless suppression of dissent during 18 years of military rule. stanley cup He was shot dead by his spy chief in 1979. Park s stanley cup mother had been killed five years earlier by a pro-North Korea gunman aiming for her father. Moon, who was chief of staff to the late left-wing president Roh Moo-Hyun, is a former human rights lawyer who was once jailed for protesting against the Park Chung-Hee regime. Polling booths opened at 6:00 am 2100 GMT Tuesday on a bright, chilly winte stanley cup r s morning, with the temperature hovering around -10 Celsius 14 Fahrenheit . Initial Wuzs Haneef s lawyer to press for his release
Rags-to-riches tale Slumdog Millionaire hit the jackpot at the Golden Globes on Sunday, winning four of the coveted awards, including best film drama, to give it a leg up in Hollywood s race for Oscars. HT Image Slumdog, which tells o mizuno f a youn stanley cup g Indian man looking for love and competing for money on a television game show, also earned awards for director Danny Boyle, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and composer AR Rahman for best musical score. Boyle thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives out the Golden Globe Awards, for supporting his movie that captures the frenetic pace of life in Mumbai. Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated, really deeply appreciated, Boyle said. In other major honors, director Woody Allen s Vicky Cristina Barcelona was named best film musical or comedy. Kate Winslet grabbed two Golden Globes, one for best actress in a drama in her role as a frustrated housewife in Revolutionary Road and the second for best supporting actress playing a German woman with a hidden past in The Reader. It was only the third time in Golden Globe history that a performer has won two acting awards in one year, according to Tom O Neil of awards website TheEnvelope. Mickey Rourke was named best actor in a film drama with The Wrestler and Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental drug overdose last ye stanley cup ar, was named best supporting actor for playing the villain Joker in Batman movie The Dark Knight. All of us who worked wi
South Koreans cast their votes on Wednesday in a tight and potentially historic presidential election that could result in Asia s fourth-largest economy selecting its first female leader. HT Image The ballot is a straight fight between Park Geun-Hye, the conservative daughter of assassinated dictator Park Chung-Hee, and her liberal rival Moon Jae-In, the son of North Korean refugees. Opinion polls indicate the result could go either way. The eventual occupant of the presidential Blue House will have to deal with a belligerent North Korea, a slowing economy and soaring welfare costs in one of the world s most rapidly ageing societies. Park, 60, was looking to make history by becoming the first female president of a still male-dominated nation, and the first to be related to a former leader. Her father remains one of modern Korea s most polarising figures -- admired for dragging the country out of poverty and reviled for his ruthless suppression of dissent during 18 years of military rule. stanley cup He was shot dead by his spy chief in 1979. Park s stanley cup mother had been killed five years earlier by a pro-North Korea gunman aiming for her father. Moon, who was chief of staff to the late left-wing president Roh Moo-Hyun, is a former human rights lawyer who was once jailed for protesting against the Park Chung-Hee regime. Polling booths opened at 6:00 am 2100 GMT Tuesday on a bright, chilly winte stanley cup r s morning, with the temperature hovering around -10 Celsius 14 Fahrenheit . Initial Wuzs Haneef s lawyer to press for his release
Rags-to-riches tale Slumdog Millionaire hit the jackpot at the Golden Globes on Sunday, winning four of the coveted awards, including best film drama, to give it a leg up in Hollywood s race for Oscars. HT Image Slumdog, which tells o mizuno f a youn stanley cup g Indian man looking for love and competing for money on a television game show, also earned awards for director Danny Boyle, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and composer AR Rahman for best musical score. Boyle thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives out the Golden Globe Awards, for supporting his movie that captures the frenetic pace of life in Mumbai. Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated, really deeply appreciated, Boyle said. In other major honors, director Woody Allen s Vicky Cristina Barcelona was named best film musical or comedy. Kate Winslet grabbed two Golden Globes, one for best actress in a drama in her role as a frustrated housewife in Revolutionary Road and the second for best supporting actress playing a German woman with a hidden past in The Reader. It was only the third time in Golden Globe history that a performer has won two acting awards in one year, according to Tom O Neil of awards website TheEnvelope. Mickey Rourke was named best actor in a film drama with The Wrestler and Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental drug overdose last ye stanley cup ar, was named best supporting actor for playing the villain Joker in Batman movie The Dark Knight. All of us who worked wi