Closed off: North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall
JOSH SMITH and SUDEV KIYADA, of Reuters, report…
Hydropower impacts: China’s Mekong dams turn Thai fishing communities into ghost towns
China’s dam-building on the Mekong River is altering water flows and holding back sediment, affecting millions living downstream. RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Global problems may exacerbate shortages in North Korea’s isolated economy
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea’s isolated economy will not be insulated from global economic headwinds caused by the Ukraine war and the COVID-19 lockdowns in China, analysts said, with recently resumed border trade taking a hit and inflation exacerbating food shortages. Strict international sanctions ban or restrict wide categories of North Korean imports and exports, […]