A costly roll of the dice
The Mohegan Native American tribe spent US$1.6bil and almost a decade building a gambling resort near Seoul with three five-star hotels, a 15,000-seat arena and a water park so lavish that Netflix chose it as the setting for a hit dating show.
Left behind by the robot drive
Tens of millions of workers who may be left behind by China's pivot away from low-end manufacturing towards advanced technology.
Risking another forever war
No one starts a war expecting it to last forever. Yet, since Vietnam, American presidents have repeatedly gotten into conflicts that seem like they could last forever.
Dictator’s suit gets a second life
SEWING machines whirred across bold fabrics at a Kinshasa atelier where Congolese tailors and their style-savvy customers have revived a suit long associated with life under a dictator.
The roof England forgot
IF you were buying a house in a notoriously rainy country, would you choose one with a roof made of straw?
Young guns of Ukraine’s war machine
THIS spring, a Ukrainian Defence Ministry employee was reviewing Denmark's military aid commitments when she found a problem buried in the fine print.
Stairs to happiness, flashpoint for crisis
THE two North African towns are only 1.5km apart, but vast differences separate them.
Neighbours in standoff over migrants
INDIA and Bangladesh share one of the longest borders in the world, through which impoverished Bangladeshis often slip unnoticed in search of jobs and smugglers ferry goods as varied as cattle, gold and raisins.
The thin line against Ebola
A ROPE stretched across a bridge. That was all Uganda needed to show that its border with Congo was closed.
Pakistan’s Kashmir dilemma
INDIA and Pakistan have fought multiple wars over Kashmir, a Himalayan territory that both countries claim.
