Bloomberg A top official at a global human rights organisation criticised South Korea for trying to shut down two activist groups who sent anti-Kim Jong-un leaflets by balloon across the border into North Korea. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said a decision by South Korea to revoke the licenses and seek prosecution for the groups is ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has quarantined himself at home after testing positive for the coronavirus, raising concerns about his health as he is a cancer survivor, his party leader said. Sharif, 68, took many tests since he was having symptoms of the virus, said Marriyum Aurangzeb, a spokesperson for Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, on Geo television. He ...

Bloomberg Germany’s economy is heading for a contraction of almost 10% this year due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and will recover only gradually from its worst recession since World War II, according to one of the nation’s leading research institutes. Gross domestic product will likely shrink by 9.4% in 2020, before expanding by 3% next year, the ...