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Japanese industry will adapt to South Korean advance

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ASIA

Competition between Japanese and South Korean exporters.

Climate change will drive dangerous inequality

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate-change adaptation and mitigation policies likewise have the potential to widen inequality, unless consciously designed to avoid such outcomes.

Higher oil prices are not benefiting African exporters

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AFRICA

African oil output has fallen in recent years, hitting government revenues, external balances and credit ratings. Meanwhile, debt servicing costs have risen. With investors more…

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Delhi will step up outreach in Global South

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INDIA

In September, India hosted the G20 summit for the first time. It has throughout its G20 presidency sought to position itself as a bridge between developed economies and fellow…

K-pop contributes to South Korea’s soft power strategy

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SOUTH KOREA

President Moon Jae-in described this industry as an “important future growth engine” with “infinite growth potential”. His government aims to expand content industry exports from…

Global South will become even more important to Russia

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RUSSIA

Fostering closer trade and financial ties with countries outside the West is essential if Russia is to improve its economic security and enhance its sovereignty. For Moscow it is…

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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INT

Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Economic downturn raises South-east Asia piracy risk

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The region has some of the world’s busiest ports and sea lanes, which play a key role in global trade.

South Korean conglomerates have new global ambitions

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SOUTH KOREA

In particular SK, now the second-largest business group, and Hanwha, ranked seventh, are each expanding through investment and mergers and acquisitions. A recent bid to buy the…