South Korea’s economy is deteriorating, squeezed by political instability and a weakening currency. The won has lost over 12% of its value against the dollar in 2024, making it Asia’s worst ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a critical test in Sunday’s upper house election. A loss could deepen political ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is likely to resign by the end of August after his ruling coalition experienced a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition fell short of securing a majority in the 248-seat upper house ...

Poverty in Iran had become so widespread that in 2021, Feryal Most warned of the middle class collapsing and merging into the poor population ...

Renowned Pan-African scholar and legal expert, Professor Patrick Lumumba, has issued a stern warning that Africa will remain ...

With mounting public pressure, fissures inside the war cabinet, and growing tensions between the military and political ...

What’s happening: Political instability often weighs on currencies around the world, and the violence incited by President Donald Trump is unlikely to bolster confidence in the US dollar at a ...

Political instability's significance is time consistent in cross-sectional regressions back to the 1960's, the period when the key data becomes available, robust in both country fixed-effects and ...

In June, one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Jimmy Cherizier, also known as “Barbecue,” warned that he was launching a revolution against the country’s political and business elites.