Political and historical symbolism will lie just below the surface as the North Korean leader visits Vietnam for a summit with President Trump.
Tag: Economic Conditions and Trends
Britain’s Big Squeeze: ‘Austerity, That’s What I Know’: The Making of a Young U.K. Socialist
Alex McIntyre, 19, was brought up in a Britain being reshaped by government cuts. He gave up on capitalism after a year in college.
The New New World: China’s Entrepreneurs Are Wary of Its Future
Behind the scenes, businesspeople worry that Beijing has become more interested in solidifying its control over people’s lives than promoting economic growth.
With Interest: The Week in Business: Saudi Arabia Turns East, and Trump and Kim Meet Again
Plus, what a sneaker says about college sports, and questions about the next step in building wireless networks.
Amid Trouble With the West, Saudi Arabia Looks East
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is visiting Pakistan, India and China to shore up political and economic ties.
India Dispatch: ‘The Pirate Days Are Over’: Goa’s Nude Hippies Give Way to India’s Yuppies
As newly middle-class Indians flock to Goa’s beaches, residents of the former countercultural enclave worry its laid-back, tolerant vibe will be disrupted by the visitors’ more conservative mores.
Feature: Shopping in Pyongyang, and Other Adventures in North Korean Capitalism
Far from the stereotype of total economic isolation, the black market has brought a surprising degree of modernity and consumerism — for some.
Millions Flowed From Venezuelan Oil Firm to Small Bulgarian Bank
Bulgarian officials, tipped off by the United States, froze accounts and are investigating possible laundering of money from the battered state oil company.
U.S.-China Trade Talks Face Big Obstacle: Ensuring That Promises Are Kept
American negotiators, worried that Beijing will drag its feet on sticking to the provisions of a deal, want a way to punish failures to comply. Their Chinese counterparts may not go along.
Cryptocurrency Was Their Way Out of South Korea’s Lowest Rungs. They’re Still Trying.
A generation of the young with dead-end social and economic prospects, calling themselves “dirt spoons,” aimed to strike it rich. They’ve ended up with big losses.