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The design of funding systems may matter more than funding levels.
South Korea’s unusually rapid transition to a super-aged society means it has had little time to find solutions for pension funding and healthcare for the elderly.
What will it take for the league to survive, expand and carve out its own identity in an increasingly saturated pro sports landscape?
Stream daylighting can help manage stormwater, restore habitats and create greener, more walkable public spaces.
As geopolitical turmoil forces ships to find new trade routes, melting Arctic ice offers a tempting shortcut.
South Korea continues push for peace with the north, as Pyongyang’s military strength grows.
Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.
The lyrics of a famous Korean pop song, covered by Massive Attack during recent shows, express frustration with the establishment and with political hypocrisy.
Africa still needs millions of better-paying jobs and higher productivity to reduce poverty. What has changed is the route to achieving those goals.
Asia’s middle powers are identifying how and where they can cultivate indispensability in the AI value chain.
Translation is only part of the challenge for multinational companies. Words, slogans and symbols can take on entirely different meanings across cultures.
Rising population growth should slow in the coming decades and see a decline in the second half of the century.
Amid the ongoing energy crisis, climate economics experts assess how much export credit agencies are actually driving the shift to lower-carbon as they focus financing on green energy.
A study found that South Koreans who received donated US vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic were more in favor of their government giving to other nations.
Heritage is a cultural process rather than a set of old things.
The ‘nuclear club’ currently consists of 9 nations? Could more nations be joining before long?
Demographer Stuart Gietel-Basten tells The Conversation Weekly podcast why South Korea’s birth rate is climbing, and what that means for the future.
Japan’s ruling LDP has secured an outright majority in the lower house of parliament, enabling the party to implement its agenda.
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.
From Pig Latin to Punch Buggy, kids have long used nonsensical language, gestures and games to carve out cultures of their own.



















