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Tag: Life Expectancy

Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia

North Korean children’s food situation ‘still dire’

by Bradley K. Martin October 19, 2019February 18, 2020

A dozen years ago on a visit to North Korea I caught a glimpse of an unfamiliar phenomenon. A platoon of soldiers, away from their base for a day of R&R, marched toward me along a broad, marble-floored museum corridor. All of the young men were conspicuously short, several under five feet. I had heard […]

Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Clithering
Posted inWorld

We’re living longer, but not better

by Jonathan Gornall May 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock
Posted inIran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Mideast sees jump in life expectancy, but lifestyle diseases threaten gains

by Jonathan Gornall November 20, 2018
Vladimir Putin's approval ratings have fallen over unpopular changes to the old-age pension. Photo: Flickr.
Posted inRussia, World

Russian pension reform sparks protests as Putin’s ratings fall

by Giovanni Pigni August 7, 2018February 18, 2020
An elderly man reads a newspaper as others play checkers in Singapore, January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Calvin Wong
Posted inAT Finance, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Demographic time bomb ticks down on Singapore

by Nile Bowie February 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

China’s aid a matter of life and death for Laos

by David Hutt December 12, 2017February 18, 2020
A memorial calls into question God's existence in Huntington, West Virginia, a city that has been portrayed as the epicenter of America's opioid crisis. Photo: AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Tales of life expectancy. Or, how inequality hampers growth

by Thorvaldur Gylfason October 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT+

Palestine problem hopeless, but not serious

by Spengler August 18, 2009August 28, 2020

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