Kim Jong-un’s border closures appear to have blocked the spread of COVID-19 in North Korea, but they have also caused a food crisis threatening the survival of his people.
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Stronger stay-at-home measures led to bigger reductions in crime – though these changes soon began to reverse.
Teenagers directly affected by fracking have voiced disappointment at the political process. They’re looking for other ways to make their voices heard
How to prevent future disasters by learning from the past. Listen to episode 21 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Unless there are safety reasons for outdoor weddings, it would be far better for local authorities to focus resources on making more slots available
After the Brexit referendum, the most-Googled question in the UK was ‘What does it mean to leave the European Union?’ Five years later, we still don’t have the full answer.
In the ‘post-truth’ age, what is needed is more public service media, not less.
The data shows that attainment gaps in English education at age 16 cannot be attributed to any single factor.
The sad reality is that Duterte’s murderous and corrupt brand of politics will be hard to displace.
We often underestimate dangerous risks because they are slow or we think we are in more control of them than we actually are.
Real change will come from the streets, not the ballot box.
New theories about the lab leak don’t make the case for it any stronger, but do reveal the messiness of how historical events play out.
The gradual waning of the ‘vaccine boost’ combined with tactical progressive voting and local issues to sink the Conservatives in a ‘blue wall’ seat.
The election result seems a foregone conclusion, but the country’s political future is far from certain.
A new anti-LGBTQ+ law in Hungary is populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s tactic for securing support ahead of elections.
Myanmar’s constitution provides for an independent legal system. In practice it is anything but.
Plus, what the study of 700-year old garbage is revealing about who lived in Islamic Andalusia. Listen to episode 20 of The Conversation Weekly.
Focusing solely on home working neglects the fact that most employees in the UK rarely or never worked from home after the pandemic
When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva, what will they learn from their predecessors more than 30 years ago?
When the pandemic put tourism on hold, many residents heaved a sigh of relief. Will hasty economic recovery plans scupper our chance for a rethink?
A soldier is on the run after being charged with the attempted murder of the government’s leading pandemic expert.
The idea of friendship means very different things in Chinese and Euro-American traditions.
The UK’s latest news channel has been criticised for poor production values. But do viewers really care?
The Biden-Putin summit will be symbolic, rather than substantive - but there could be grounds for cautious optimism.
The government’s plan to shake up the national rail system is ambitious. Whether it will be cheaper for the customer – and for the nation – remains to be seen