Cheongwadae (; Hanja: ; literally "pavilion of blue tiles"), also known as the Blue House, is the executive office and official residence of the President of the Republic of Korea.
It is located in Jongno-gu of the capital Seoul. The Blue House is the most protected official residence in Asia.
RSD-10 Pioneer
The RSD-10 "Pioneer" ( : "raketa sredney dalnosti (RSD) "Pioner""; ) was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, that stayed in the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1988. It carried GRAU designation 15Ж45 ("15Zh45"). Its NATO reporting name was SS-20 Saber.
Intermediate-range ballistic missile
An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km (1,864–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
IRBMs are currently operated by the People's Republic of China, India, Israel, and North Korea.
Demilitarisation
Demilitarisation or demilitarization may mean the lowering of state armed forces. It is the opposite of militarisation. For instance, the demilitarisation of Northern Ireland caused a lowring British security and military weapons. Demilitarisation in this sense is usually the result of a peace treaty ending a war or a major conflict.
Operation Cyclone
Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the mujahideen (jihadists) in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. The mujahideen were also supported by Britain's MI6.
Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever. Funding officially began with $695,000 in 1979.
Mujahideen
Mujahideen ( "") is the plural form of mujahid (), the Arabic term for one engaged in "jihad" (literally, "struggle"). This is an English term to describe guerrilla-type militant groups led by the Islamist Afghan fighters in the Soviet–Afghan War. It now extends to other jihadist groups in other countries.
The English term "jihadists" is also related to the mujahideen.
Jihadism
"Jihadism" (also "jihadist movement", "jihadi movement" and variants) is a 21st-century neologism found in Western languages to describe Islamist movements seen by the military to be "rooted in Islam" and a threat to the West.
The term "jihadism" first appeared in South Asian media; Western journalists adopted it in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks of 2001.
One America Appeal
The One America Appeal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on 7 September 2017, by all five then living former U.S. Presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. This aimed to encourage support for recovery efforts for Hurricane Harvey, but was then extended to include areas most affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
The appeal was launched when the five former Presidents aired a joint PSA on the NFL’s regular season opening broadcast.
Aijalon Gomes
Aijalon Mahli Gomes (June 19, 1979 – November 17, 2017) was an American teacher. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
He was detained in North Korea for illegally entering the country through China on January 25, 2010. On August 27, 2010, it was announced that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter had secured Gomes's release. In May 2015, Gomes published an autobiography, "Violence and Humanity".
On November 17, 2017, he was found burned to death in what was ruled a suicide at a park in San Diego, California at the age of 38.
Tomás Borge
Tomás Borge Martínez (13 August 1930 – 30 April 2012) was a Nicaraguan politician and writer. He was the cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the administrations of Daniel Ortega.
Borge also held the titles of "Vice-Secretary and President of the FSLN", member of the Nicaraguan Parliament and National Congress, and Ambassador to Peru.
The Elders (organization)
The Elders is an international non-governmental organisation of public figures known as elder statesmen, peace activists, and human rights advocates. They were brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. They describe themselves as "independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights".
The goal Mandela set for the Elders was to use their "almost 1,000 years of collective experience" to work on solutions for controversial and long-lasting problems such as climate change, HIV/AIDS, and poverty, as well as to "use their political independence to help resolve some of the world's most intractable conflicts".
Nairobi Agreement, 1999
The 1999 Nairobi Agreement was a deal signed by Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan in Nairobi, Kenya, on 8 December 1999.
The stated intent of the agreement was to "provide the critical impetus for resolving the northern Uganda conflict." The deal was brokered by former US president Jimmy Carter.
Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital is a 733-bed facility in Atlanta, Georgia, focusing in the care of acutely ill adults. Emory University Hospital is staffed by Emory University School of Medicine faculty who also are members of The Emory Clinic.
The hospital is known as one of the nation's leaders in cardiology and cardiac surgery, oncology, transplantation, ophthalmology, and the neurosciences.
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were created and given by United Nations General Assembly (UN General Assembly) in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend people and organizations which have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights. The ceremony for the laureates is hold on Human Rights Day, 10 December in every fifth year.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering prize.
It has been given since 1930 for "outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity".
The prize is given jointly by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
It is named for Herbert Hoover, the first recipient, who was an engineer by profession.
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer
Brian Shaffer (born February 25, 1979) was a medical student at Ohio State University. On the night of March 31, 2006, Shaffer went out with friends to celebrate the beginning of spring break. He was separated from them and they thought he had gone home. Shaffer has not been seen or heard from since. The case has received national media attention.
Columbus police have several theories about what happened; some interest and suspicion has been directed at a friend of Shaffer's who went with him that night but who has refused to take lie detector tests about the incident.
While foul play has been suspected, including the possible involvement of the Smiley Face serial killer, it has also been speculated that he might be alive and living somewhere else under a new identity.
Smiley face murder theory
The Smiley face murder theory (variations include Smiley face murders, Smiley face killings, Smiley face gang, and others) is a theory believed by retired New York City detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte. They say that a number of young men found dead in bodies of water across several Midwestern American states from the late 1990s to the 2010s did not accidentally drown. They believe that they were victims of a serial killer or killers.
The term "smiley face" became connected to the alleged murders when it was made public that the police had discovered graffiti showing a smiley face near locations where they think the killer dumped the bodies in at least a dozen of the cases.