Talking points

Park Geun-hye is officially headed to the Blue House as the country's first female president. Park, the daughter of a former strongman, has already faced a test over Pyongyang's recent nuclear missiles testing. But the cloud of the crisis may for the moment be far from the minds of 70,000 people expected at her inauguration, the highlights of which include a performance by rapper Psy and, later, a meeting with foreign dignitaries.

The British Court of Appeal hears the government's challenge against a decision to allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to stay in the country instead of being deported to Jordan, where he was convicted in absentia of terror charges in 1999. Leading the push to boot him out is Home Secretary Theresa May, who has called him a "dangerous" man. Local media claim Qatada's stay will cost British taxpayers millions in legal aid, security and government housing.