Pestilent peninsula: covid in North Korea
Economist Podcasts19 Touko 2022

Pestilent peninsula: covid in North Korea

North Korea’s zero-covid strategy appears to have failed. The country has officially acknowledged 162 cases; the true number is probably orders of magnitude more. The country’s health-care system is inadequate, and pre-existing conditions such as tuberculosis and malnutrition are rampant. With elections impending in Turkey, politicians have begun competing with each other to scapegoat refugees. And why girls outperform boys in the Arab world’s schools.

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Integration, differentiation: migrants in Germany

Integration, differentiation: migrants in Germany

Five years ago, a vast wave of migrants and refugees began to spill into the country. We examine their fates amid a tangle of bureaucracy. Even for the uninfected, the coronavirus has caused widesprea...

1 Syys 202022min

Ill be going: Abe Shinzo’s legacy

Ill be going: Abe Shinzo’s legacy

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister leaves behind a mixed bag of policy successes and shortcomings. We examine his legacy and ask what his successor faces. The annual meeting of central bankers in ...

31 Elo 202019min

Shot down, in flames: Kenosha, Wisconsin

Shot down, in flames: Kenosha, Wisconsin

Another shooting of an unarmed black man by police has reopened wounds still not healed after George Floyd’s killing—and, like all else, the unrest is being politicised. Montenegro’s president is Euro...

28 Elo 202020min

Team-building exercise: America’s Middle East diplomacy

Team-building exercise: America’s Middle East diplomacy

American officials hope more Arab states will follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel; the groundwork for that has been quietly laid for years. Not every expectant mother ...

27 Elo 202022min

The grande scheme of things: corruption in Mexico

The grande scheme of things: corruption in Mexico

The former head of the state-owned oil firm has presented stunning claims of high-level graft. Are they credible, and will the president pursue them? Museum curators usually try to add to their collec...

26 Elo 202022min

Insecurity services? Alexei Navalny’s poisoning

Insecurity services? Alexei Navalny’s poisoning

Doctors believe Russia’s opposition leader was poisoned, and suspicion naturally falls on the Kremlin. Why might the country’s leadership have taken such a risk? For LGBT people coming out is, in many...

25 Elo 202022min

Isle take it: Turkey’s adventures in the Med

Isle take it: Turkey’s adventures in the Med

The considerable oil and gas reserves beneath the eastern Mediterranean have sparked Turkey’s interest—as well as a number of disputes in the region and beyond. China’s leaders like to say their count...

24 Elo 202021min

In over its head of state: Mali’s coup

In over its head of state: Mali’s coup

The military has again ousted the president, after months of protests and years of ethnic violence. Fresh elections or no, whoever comes out on top faces a tough job. We survey the pandemic-era dining...

21 Elo 202021min

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