Author: Kulthum el-Akram

ABU DHABI, 17th January, 2023 (WAM) — Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), has organised the UAE-Korea Business Forum, which was attended by President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea. During the Forum, the Korean President encouraged Emirati investors to benefit from Korean investment opportunities and expertise in vital sectors, affirming his country’s commitment to enhancing economic cooperation and partnerships with the UAE, its strategic partner in the Middle East. As part of the Forum, 23 agreements between the two parties were signed to enhance cooperation. The Forum…

Monarchy has been the understated fixture of the year. Yet its most relevant aspect has been its least understood – monarchy, when it is properly instituted, provides a divided society with the opportunity for renewal and revitalisation. Modern sensibilities would have us believe that contemporary democratic institutions are the natural way of the world, a world that began no earlier than the early 20th century. History however, began far earlier than 1919. Indeed, the 1919 shift from the great monarchies to modern democratic representative government was rather rapid and jarring – far too rapid and jarring to break the hold of…