The Economist Asia - 03.02.2018

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 21 For daily analysis and debate on Asia, visit Economist.com/asia 1 T O UNDERSTAND South Korea’s ...

22 Asia The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 2 its little more than passing interest among workers; they worry whether they will have ...

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24 Asia The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 1 E IGHT years after Natsumi started work at a printing company in Tokyo, her monthly sal ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 Asia 25 2 Thai politics Go beset a watchman T IME is currently of the essence in Thailand. In Dec ...

26 Asia The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 T HE coarse-talking, arse-kicking president of the Philippines is not the sort to worry u ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 27 1 T HE authorities call them “business cults”. Tens of millions of people are en- snared in th ...

28 China The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 2 In southern China these interactions usually take place in small groups, or one to one ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 29 For daily analysis and debate on America, visit Economist.com/unitedstates Economist.com/blogs ...

30 United States The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 2 companied alien minors”. He called the trade “a down-the-middle compromise”. I ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 United States 31 1 Q UITE often, the peddling of a conspira- cy theory is a form of confession: a ...

32 United States The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 2 Critics call Mr Trump an appeaser of despots. They were loud after his adminis ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 United States 33 F ORTY miles from Tulsa, sometimes along unpaved roads, sits Wagoner High School ...

34 United States The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 F OR those Democrats, brimming with anti-Trump zeal, who think now is the time t ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 35 1 I N A quiet suburb of San José, Costa Rica’s capital, is a building that looks like the Whit ...

36 The Americas The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 1 (^2) rightsNGOin Costa Rica, has filed a case in El Salvador against the countr ...

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38 The Americas The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 2 W HILE Donald Trump was in Davos last weektrying to persuade the glo- bal pluto ...

The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 39 For daily analysis and debate on the Middle East and Africa, visit Economist.com/world/middle- ...

40 Middle East and Africa The EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018 1 2 little interest in quelling insecurity. Fully 90% of Mali’s populat ...