In early 526, a Chinese emperor granted a personal audience to an elderly Buddhist monk. The monk, Daodu, explained to Emperor Liang Wudi that he had grown weary of “this physical frame.” The body “is ...
A worker at Hyundai’s Ulsan engine plant in the south-east of the country set himself on fire on Sunday in protest at the company’s alleged suppression of union members. The man – named only as Shin – ...