Everyone knows that at the Mont Saint-Michel, the tide rises faster than a galloping horse. North Korea created an even faster horse: Chollima. Today, it is doing ten times better with Mallima.
In the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, drones are well known for their military uses, whether for surveillance or air strikes. They have even won literary acclaim, with the recent publication of a thriller by an author writing under the pseudonym Doa, whose title, “Pukhtu primo” is a clear allusion to this part of the world.
One image associated with North Korea is the never-ending avenues of Pyongyang stretching into the distance, empty of cars, serving merely as decoration.
By a happy coincidence, top quality French bread is making its grand entrance on the Cambodian market just as Cambodian rice goes on display at the SIAL food fair in Paris. And only a week after the annual food festival La semaine du gout!
For some years now, French diplomacy has been undergoing a transformation. Take my current responsibilities : I can give you three examples that illustrate this.
If you think that a « co-sponsor » is probably a sportswear brand, that “3G” is useful to watch videos on your smartphone, and that the “Indonesian lounge” is probably a new bar, so the 69th UN General Assembly Ministerial Meeting is a great occasion to get you up to date.
October 1997: While the crisis in Congo-Brazzaville was affecting many large cities throughout the country, Pointe-Noire was hit by scenes of violence and clashes between various armed groups.