Ruling party landslide empowers South Korea’s Moon

Four-yearly legislative elections on April 15 saw a dramatic swing, giving a large majority to President Moon’s party

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COVID-19 may give Lebanon’s premier a short-term boost

An effective lockdown has set back protests but made economic challenges even more intractable

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The pandemic presents enormous challenges to the global humanitarian system, even as needs rise

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Further pressure on the lira could add to economic difficulties, particularly managing twin public and external deficits

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The largest Malay Muslim separatist group has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the light of the COVID-19 crisis

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A new government had articulated plans to turn the economy around just as the coronavirus pandemic struck

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Social unrest was already expected to see GDP shrink in 2020; COVID-19 all but guarantees a substantial decline

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China has developed new digital surveillance and social control technologies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and the United Kingdom are planning apps to contain COVID-19

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Central European institutions have joined euro-area counterparts in aggressive monetary and fiscal easing

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