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...omen political prisoners to the camps for the first time. In a few months, female "traitors" were arrested and sentenced from five to eight years in prison.< ...essional economists and managers to high positions, and sought advice from foreign development and business experts. The outlawing of the [[Communist Party of

...He had won his crown by competing with his brother and spent time fighting foreign enemies, but mostly kept himself amused by hunting, court parties and a fam The Sassanian rulers always considered the advice of their ministers. A Muslim historian, [[Masudi]], praised the "excellent administration of t

...is a [[Kazakhstan]]i diplomat. She was the [[Foreign minister|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of Kazakhstan from November 1989 to December 1991, and the first ...Presidium of the Kazakh Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. <ref name=Permanent/>

...er". Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. On 19 D ...ongyang.{{sfn|Kim Jong-il Brief History|1998|pp=5-6}} This is contested by foreign academics, who believe he is more likely to have received his early educati